In 2008, after seventeen long years of waiting, Guns N' Roses finally, finally released their first bit of new material since 1991's simultaneous release of Use Your Illusion Parts 1 and 2. ‘Chinese Democracy', one of the most anticipated albums in rock history, came out with a, well it was more of a whimper, than any bang normally associated with the band. See, in those seventeen years, something happened. Some things changed, and Guns N' Roses became irrelevant.

‘Better', the latest single to be lifted from that eagerly awaited album is more of the same, but less of the same. Put simply, the song is everything you'd expect from the band; just not that good. Maybe it has become tiresome; maybe they have outstayed their welcome. Or maybe, just maybe, in those seventeen years the Guns N' Roses song formula, as well as their overall sound, has become stale and dated.