Originally Posted by Captain_jovi

2005/2006 was when mistakes became more evident. He used to be such a tight guitar player locked into the rhythm section but, I assume, once he got hooked on pain pills, he'd play out of key, miss cues and overly rely on four or five of his signature licks. BUT in 2012 he looked the best he had in years and his playing was fine! So I can't honestly think his comments were about his playing from that era. There's too much proof stacked against that.