I have the utmost respect for Tracii the guitarist. Tracii the person still to this day leaves a lot to desire. He once said any drummer can be replaced and that may be true. However a guitarist also can be replaced also. Yes, there is always a difference just look at the replacements for Steve, NO ONE has filled that void imo! Yes their making great music but this guys attitude about people, dude these people are the people that support you! Is he really that dense that he doesn't get it? His arrogance is nauseating! I haven't seen the band since Blades was the lead guitarist and even though he didn't come close to Tracii, he was approachable. Tracii for the position he is in, in this time of his life and all the shit he Fd up with that band he should be considerably more humble but he still seems to be the same miserable guy he was years ago. As far as drummers go, I actually traveled about 70 miles outside Philly to try and catch him and Phil and guess what the drummer didn't make the show. I talk to a lot of people in the business and one who was very close to this band and there was only one professional member in this band and he is no longer with us! Tracii tends to blame everyone else for his F ups! This band with Tracii (who is far superior than Slash) should have been a giant. They even more than Motley deserved stadium tours. There is only one reason they never got that far and that's the person that blames everyone else. There is only one thing in a band that never can be replaced and that's the vocal! Never worked with any band. Maybe VH but even Sammy didn't make VH Eddie did. There's a reason Zeppelin never fully reunited and that's because Jimmy was a stickler for the drum sound he wanted. From The Firm to Coverdale Page he was never happy with the drum sound except maybe the Black Crowes. Tracii is the Jimmy Page of that era imo! I'm not a hater of the guitarist but the person is a miserable F**k and yes I met a few times. I met all of them more than once and not once did Phil come off as an egotistical ahole! There is only one other guy in music that I've met that was more down to Earth and accomedating to his fans. I met many from the Crue to Page and Plant and to this day Phil and this other person were thee most plesant to be around! That is something I don't understand every old school country artist knows where their bread is buttered but some of these rock guys. Forget about it! If I could say one thing to Tracii it would be lighten the fuck up!