Slash says that he's glad Axl and company have finally set a release date for Chinese Democracy, and he didn't even mention that he's in line (along with the rest of the United States) for a free soda. Rather, the ex-Guns axe man says that hearing Axl's voice on tape is enough of a gift. Slash, in true rocker parlance, said that the album was "cool." When asked about a possible return to the band, however, he was a little more circumspect, dropping a certain f-starting expletive and saying that, even though everybody always him, he didn't know anything about the subject. [Gigwise]