GnR's Shackler's Revenge and Mudvayne's Dig

I think I stumbled across something you may find interesting...if you are a GnR or Mudvayne fan.

It seems that the studio version of Mudvayne's "Dig" (iTunes link) was sampled by GNR for "Schacker's Revenge" (iTunes link).

At a minimum, it seems to have served as inspiration. Check out the opening 10 seconds of the beginning of "Dig" and the first 4 seconds of "Shackler's Revenge."

But then again, when you consider how long Axl and GNR have been working on "Chinese Democracy," you have to wonder which song really came first.