While it was revealed earlier in the week that Axl Rose would be continuing his tenure with AC/DC, it seems original Guns N Roses drummer Steven Adler is still reveling in the band’s iconic past.

Last year Adler went on hiatus with his acts ‘Adler’s Appetite’ as he was tired of playing small venues, saying he’d only revive the act if a “big band” hired him.

Now, the drummer has taken to Twitter to reveal he’s revived the act, currently taking bookings from promoters, advertising that he’d be playing the album in its entirety.

Matt Sorum, who also performed with the band has revealed in an interview with Forbes that he’s writing a new book that explains music in the digital age.

“At first, it came off a bit elitist to me,” Sorum admitted, “but [then] [I] [started] to like the idea to get the general public the original WAV forms of the recording. I have Tidal and Spotify on my phone and I love it. [But remember], we spent a lot of time and energy in making a record, then [suddenly] it gets squashed into a digital MP3.”

He also, like most dinosaur rock acts, continued to showcase his disdain for digital and streamed copies of music by reminiscing about the good ol’ days of holding physical copies of music and its superiority to the way millennials experience the art form.

“There’s something about connecting with the music by means of its original format; by holding the record in your hand, and watching it rotate until it played its last tune,” he continued. “It’s a spiritual connection, some might say. You can’t connect with music like that today — you can’t reach for its soul. Today, digitizing music in MP3 format, diminishes its soul. It’s not the same sound.”

He also admitted GNR and Velvet Revolver “were a little behind” the technological curve, saying bands like “Linkin Park were digitally savvy”.

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