They never sounded the same since Adler left simply cause Matt Sorum is better than him. I can't imagine steven playing the illusion songs, Matt did and awesome job, especcialy in estranged and you could be mine. I think the end of gnr was when Izzy left. Anyway, it was like a time bomb, Slash and Axl were never too close, they have the drugs problem, Axl is egocentrical and crazy which used to piss the band members off and millions of other things that made gnr broke up.