Album is finished, now in studio's hands

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"Guns N' Roses have completed their new album, "Chinese Democracy", amid claims that Axl Rose is to star in a new reality TV show. The legendary hard rock act have been working on the record for almost 15 years, but the wait is apparently nearly over. Last month, there were rumours that Axl had played the finished recordings to label executives, who spoke enthusiastically about it. According to reports, Geffen Records are now in possession of the album and are in discussions with the band's frontman about the release. Meanwhile, it has now been suggested that Rose will mark the long-awaited unveiling of the record with a "revealing" TV programme. Media speculation suggests "a major music-orientated television channel" have been in discussions with him about the behind-the-scenes show. A 'source' said: "There is a lot of footage to choose from. Some of it is incredibly personal and revealing about Axl's life." There remains no official release date for "Chinese Democracy""

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/dotmusic/20080410/ten-guns-complete-democracy-31c8aba.html

4/11/2008 3:27:23 AM

Haven't they been saying pretty much the same thing for several years now?

4/11/2008 4:22:45 AM

let me guess which "major music-orientated television channel" is trying to make a reality show..........could it be VH1, the reality show channel for washed up stars

4/11/2008 7:57:05 AM

Wasn't there something about free Dr. Pepper for everyone in the country if this thing released in 2008? That would be pretty funny if it actually happened.

4/11/2008 8:34:55 AM

^yes. DP even has a blog about it:
http://www.chinesedemocracywhen.blogspot.com/

4/11/2008 8:50:17 AM

never

4/11/2008 10:28:44 AM

GnR = still relevant?

4/11/2008 10:34:32 AM

^you posted in the thread so i guess so

4/11/2008 11:37:38 AM

^^always.

I'll buy this the day its released, which will hopefully happen, lol.

4/11/2008 1:34:50 PM

any band that created welcome to the jungle will always be relevant

4/11/2008 1:36:04 PM

I will definitely buy this when its released, whenever that comes around.

4/13/2008 2:37:00 PM

get a life people

gnr has long since passed and they weren't even that great to begin with, like one great album in appetite so what

I mean theres only one original member and everyone knows hes a washed up douche

do you seriously expect this to be good?

4/13/2008 4:12:39 PM

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"get a life people"

And yours is dedicated to chiding listeners of bands you deem irrelevant?

Suck a cock

4/13/2008 4:19:59 PM

^^Umm, UYI I & II are two totally badass albums. Even better than AFD in my opinion.

4/13/2008 4:51:55 PM

plus Lies isn't bad, and I'll occasionally listen to Spaghetti Incident when I'm in the right mood...

4/13/2008 6:33:06 PM

both illusions were better than appetite

4/13/2008 9:36:54 PM

4/13/2008 9:37:18 PM

one great album? GNR has four great albums

Appetite
Illusion I and II
Lies Lies Lies

4/13/2008 10:01:52 PM

Nerdchick listens to GnR?

unexpected

4/13/2008 10:20:28 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxtb4KWY5f8

4/13/2008 11:10:19 PM

Sorry to question the band's relevance.

I love AFD and UYI x2 aswell and will totally buy (steal from interhax) this when it drops.

I just find myself equally as enthusiastic about my free Dr. Pepper

4/14/2008 12:25:32 AM

^^^

yep. absolutely AWESOME rock albums.

4/14/2008 12:27:17 AM

yadda yadda

I'd take any pretty much any album from bands like soundgarden or alice in chains over something supposedly as great as use your illusion anyways

hell nirvana was shitty compared to other grunge bands and they still put gnr out of business

and does anyone actually think this album is going to be true to their music anyways? I'm not even sure use your illusion was since it focused on these overblown dramatic rock songs

4/14/2008 7:20:18 PM

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"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxtb4KWY5f8"

LOL I know this is making fun of Estranged. but that video is fucking awesome - even dolphins couldn't make it less rockin


the part where Slash comes out of the water is the most glorious moment ever captured on film

4/14/2008 7:39:13 PM

I didn't mean to try and offend you Nerdchick. I've just noticed all the hippie shit you and your SO do, and I thought you guys would listen to Phish or Widespread Panic.

You know, some creepy music to listen to before you play some frisbee golf

4/14/2008 7:41:32 PM

ha ha ha, no Phish for me. I prefer bands that actually write songs. it shows they care, you know?

TheBullDoza likes Grateful Dead though. but if you skip the 10 minute washboard solos their stuff is pretty good

4/14/2008 7:47:45 PM

the majority of the songs on UYI I & II were written at the same time as the Appetite for Destruction songs

4/14/2008 8:16:34 PM

that's not entirely true. some had been written back then, others while touring, but the majority were written later on.

4/14/2008 8:43:10 PM

i fucking love estranged...was bummed when they didn't play it in greensboro last year (or whenever that was)

and why can't you like multiple types of music and appreciate them for what they are

as much as i love gnr, I also love listening to phish's junta albums

[Edited on April 15, 2008 at 1:58 AM. Reason : .]

4/15/2008 1:53:40 AM

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"I'd take any pretty much any album from bands like soundgarden or alice in chains over something supposedly as great as use your illusion anyways hell nirvana was shitty compared to other grunge bands and they still put gnr out of business and does anyone actually think this album is going to be true to their music anyways? I'm not even sure use your illusion was since it focused on these overblown dramatic rock songs"

I like soundgarden (though not as much as GnR). Alice in Chains is about on the same level as GnR (i.e., top shelf, favorite bands of all time).

and yeah, i think this album will likely suck.

4/15/2008 2:17:56 AM

Somehow I doubt this will happen, but if so, that's un fucking believeable. I find it extremely amusing that Chinese Democracy has taken this long to come out. It's like Chinese Democracy is never going to happen, in China or in the music world. Amusing likenesses FTW

4/15/2008 4:06:23 AM

so they were just waiting for the beijing olympics all along

4/15/2008 7:55:04 AM

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"any band that created welcome to the jungle will always be relevant"

Just because it has the same name doesn't mean it's the same band.

4/15/2008 9:05:41 AM

Well, Slash & Co. are sittin' around bored...

4/15/2008 11:18:29 AM

i love gnr

4/15/2008 11:59:16 AM

4/15/2008 12:05:35 PM

part of the reason it's taking so long is Axl's nutcase antics

example - he has his guru do a psychic evaluation of everyone involved in the album. if the person fails, they're fired

4/15/2008 12:07:52 PM

^ is that what happened to bukkit head?

4/15/2008 1:47:15 PM

it was a different time back then... a different time

4/15/2008 2:38:50 PM

^^

check out the stories about buckethead's studio chicken coop during the making of this thing...some sick shit

and...believe it or not, axl had issues with buckethead's pornography habits

4/15/2008 2:42:40 PM

links!

4/15/2008 2:50:56 PM

this buckethead guy is pretty cool. im having a blast e-researching him

4/15/2008 3:15:40 PM

aha sorry...i didn't have time to drop any links earlier...here's an excerpt from the article where i found that info

http://chinese-democracy.blogspot.com/2008/02/classic-rock-magazine-chinese-democracy.html

can't seem to find the whole article at the moment...i sat in a barnes & noble and read the whole thing in the actual magazine

4/15/2008 7:21:51 PM

anyone ever thought that maybe it's a prank on everyone?

think about; "Chinese Democracy". . ..

never gonna happen.

your thoughts?

[Edited on April 15, 2008 at 11:09 PM. Reason : asdfasd]

4/15/2008 11:09:00 PM

^akin to Duke Nukem FOREVER?

4/16/2008 8:59:02 AM

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"this buckethead guy is pretty cool. im having a blast e-researching him "

some people I know that play guitar say he is just amazing technically

4/17/2008 5:11:01 PM

I think it'll come out

and I think it'll suck

bad

4/17/2008 5:15:14 PM

^^ Yea hes pretty solid technically. pretty boring for the most part too.

4/17/2008 5:16:31 PM

its leaked:

hxxps://download.yousendit.com/A7C4A9B925227266

6/19/2008 11:44:08 AM

GTFO. So how is it???

6/19/2008 12:01:54 PM