To me, it feels like it took a good 4 or 5 years to get theirselves going. They had so much time off, it took awhile to get back into the groove. HAND just sounds like such a Bon Jovi record to me. Crush didn't, and Bounce CERTAINLY didn't. they all had their good songs but HAND sounds like what they should have sounded like in 2000. They're pulling out rarities, going out of their way to play songs they normally wouldn't, Jons sounding the best he had in years. IMHO, it took these years to get the machine rolling.