If you're referring to "Oh My God", the song off of the End of Days soundtrack, I agree...the song sounded like a band that was trying to rip off GnR.
Glad to hear Axl is fat though...he was way too thin, man!
Slash WAS a great guitarist, but I was disappointed by his Snakepit albums. I saw Slash's Snakepit a year and a half ago when they opened for AC/DC, and they were very lame. Slash is a great guitarist, but he doesn't have a lot of stage presence, and his singer was a complete idiot (he even forgot what city he was in... HA!). From that point of view, I'd have to say Slash is missing Axl just as much, music-wise anyway.