Now, I don't want to go off on a rant here, but you understate both cases. I think they could have become the greatest rock and roll band in the world. And you must know the story of Axl refusing to take GNR onstage to give the audience _something_ after James Hetfield stepped into a firepot on stage.

'No, man, I can't (drag on cigarette, slug from whiskey bottle). My voice, you know.'