What is with Slash and Duff ending up with arsehole frontmen?

Anyway, Contraband was awesome, and I've never listened to it with any nostalgia about GNR. While inevitable, I always thought it was unfair to try to compare them to GNR... that album stood up in its own right. I liked Libertad for a while and still think it's ok but it's not likely to be an album I'll feel compelled to pull out of the vault on a rainy day.

PS - "Other bloke" = Dave Kushner.