1. Axl Rose is incredibly annoying as a person, lyricist, and singer.
2. They're annoying, generic Hair-Metal trash, with out any originality whatsoever.

And your tastes proggy?
Slash alone could make any band good. Just because you don't like them doesn't mean that they're bad.

You are basing this on what?

What if everyone on the forum doesn't like them? And what if they've contributed absolutely nothing to music, except keeping the Hair-Metal trend going a few more years? Does that make them bad? Seriously, what constitutes an objectively bad band in your opinion?

One of the reasons for Appetite For Destruction's success was because they didn't sound like the rest of the hair metal sh*t that was around at the time.

Doesn't disprove any of what you quoted. Wolfmother doesn't sound like many other bands today and they're generic.

Well, your what if has just been blown out. There are at least 2 of us that do like them.
Guns N Roses never fit the bill of "hair metal". Their album structure did not fit, they did not follow a standard blueprint. They included many different elements on later albums, taking chances that other bands were scared of. They didn't follow trends. Listen to their demo tapes and it doesn't fit hair metal. Look at GNR Lies, doesn't fit, strays to far from hair metal. They got their start in the 80's, that is the only common ground.

You didn't call them generic You said they were 'generic hair metal trash'

How can they be 'generic hair metal trash' if they were doing something different to all the other hair metal bands?

Here we go with the 'at the time' arguement again. And if it makes you feel better, I'll say Pop-Metal that tried to diversify by doing power ballads. Happy?

F*ck "At the time arguments". I don't care about "At the time". They were better then, and are better now. What have you heard by them? Maybe Welcome to the Jungle? Paradise City? Try November Rain, Patience, Don't Cry, Coma, I could go on forever. Guns N Roses are one of the best bands ever. Their sound never fit in with hair metal. There was more than an urge to become famous.