This was printed on 11/01/96
"...Impatient with the five year gap since their last major releases, the two USE YOUR ILLUSION albums, Rose is insisting the group get down to some hard work. And, as the owner of the group name, he has the right to get rid of anyone he feels is not pulling their weight. In a statement, Rose insists there will be a new Guns N' Roses album next summer - even if he has to recruit a new set of musicians to help him make it. He warns Sorum and McKagan to give up their "pseudo studio musician work ethic."
http://www.mygnr.com/news/1996/9611012.htmlAxl was only 8 years off his target!