As I was reading through Blabbermouth.net's news articles today, I ran into one in particular that caught my attention called, "Ask Guns N' Roses a question".  As I read the article, there was a glaring omission.  The one person who would not be accepting questions was none other than frontman Axl Rose, the lone original member of Guns N' Roses and flag bearer of the GNR brand.  Axl has been relatively quiet since the release of the band's long-awaited album, "Chinese Democracy" on November 23rd, 2008.  Seemingly out of nowhere, he appeared on several GNR fan websites from Dec. 11th - 12th, 2008 to answer questions and more recently, he agreed to interviews with Billboard.com, "Axl Rose Speaks" (Feb. 6th, 2009) and Spinner.com, "Axl Rose Insists Original Guns N' Roses Lineup Is Dead and Buried" (Feb. 27th, 2009).  As the Spinner article title suggests, there is a great deal of interest regarding the classic Gun N' Roses lineup.  Yet this interest always gets shot down by Axl who has been plagued with questions over why he is using the Guns N' Roses name.  The greatest hurdle that Axl has to overcome is redefining and re-creating a brand that was already a smash hit worldwide.  Axl's predicament is not without precedent.   In 1985, Coca-Cola changed their formula to a "new" version of Coke, but due to public backlash, the old formula was brought back.  While both versions were available at the same time, the classic formula ultimately prevailed.  That is not to say that the "classic" version of Guns N' Roses will reunite.  As Axl's recent interviews suggest, the level of therapy needed before a reunion could take place would make Metallica's "Some Kinda Monster" documentary look like child's play.

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