Poor Axl Rose. First, his former Guns N' Roses pals jump ship to Velvet Revolver. Now, people working on his drawn-out Chinese Democracy disc--from guitarist Buckethead to a drummer named Brain--have shacked up with Primus' Les Claypool for his latest project. ...
... Somewhere Axl is pouting...and probably scratching his head.
? I kinda doubt that Axl is poor/pouting/scratching over any of this considering Slash/Duff/Matt were out of GNR for about 5 years
before starting up VR and Brain has been working on & off with BH & Bernie since 1992 & Claypool since 1996 and Axl doesn't seem to have a problem with any members of the current line-up working on their solo stuff.
But in defense of this reviewer, mentioning Axl's name for any or no reason does seem to be the best way to get your shit noticed by a larger audience.?