Matt Sorum on why he left GN'R, Recent Mojo interview

Got this from MYGNRFORUM:

December 2004 edition of Mojo. Extracted from a huge article on VR regarding well....VR. I picked the best bit which i've read so far, so ill type it up here. Its Matt Sorum saying why he quit:

Article name: The Boys are Back in Town

Matt Sorums departure was less amicable. The drummer, now 44 and drug-free, remebers one night in early 1995 as if it were yesterday. Sorum arived at the Complex studios in Santa Monica to hear Axl talking with Paul Huge, the Guitarist bought in to replace Gilby Clarke (himself Izzy Stradlins replacement). When Sorum heard Huge slating Slash, he snapped.

"I said, Listen motherfucker, when I'm sitting in the room, I'd appreciate it if you don't fucking say shit about Slash. He's my friend. Then Axl got in my face. I said, Axl, man you're fucking smoking crack if you think this band is GN'R without Slash. You're gonna go play Sweet child o' mine with fucking Paul Huge? Sorry, dude, it ain't gonna sound right. Axl says, 'I'm Guns N' Roses - I don't need Slash. I'm Guns N' Roses.' I said You know what? No you aren't. This bullshit went on for another 20 minutes. And then Axl finally said, 'Well are you gonna fucking quit?' I said, I don't fucking quit! So he said, 'Well, then you're fucking fired.'

"Paul Huge chased me out to the parking lot and said 'Just come back in and apologise!' I said, Fuck you Yoko! I'm gone. I went home to my fucking six level palatial rock star estate with two elevators. About a month later I got the letter from the lawyers.