I'm not going to check out any of his work. If it's good I might be disappointed, if it's bad I will be biased from the start.

I wonder how Matt feels about this. According to him Duff was all "yeah we want you in the band but Axl won't let go of Frank", then Frank leaves and Matt doesn't get the call.

I love the idea of a musician making a song worse because he's bored. Fuck the audience right. Buckethead also has this weakness where he will change up a great solo with a completely mediocre one because repeating the good one is just too much hassle. Slash have some instances of this too on certain songs. In every case the alternative version tends to be shit.

In lieu of Matt returning perhaps this Isaac character is the best outcome.

Matt might not be realistic, but from an economic standpoint his name on the bill would be a bigger draw than anybody except Adler. And we know how much these guys like their cash. I'm giving it an outside chance. Brain would be fine but I'm not really ecstatic about it. That Isaac guy from Duffs band might work just as well. Outside of Matt/Steven it just doesn't seem very important who the drummer is.

It's sad to see Steven these days. Back in 2016 he was killing it. This is probably the best song performed in the reunion:

No chance of that happening anymore.

I'm sorry to say it but this is GREAT news. He's arguably the worst drummer the band has had and he's been standing in the way of a Matt/Brain reunion.

Hope it's Brain for the skill and Matt for the personality.

Sorry Frank.