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AXL ROSE Negotiating For More Money Before Releasing 'Chinese Democracy'?
- Feb. 6, 2008
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According to The Pulse of Radio, recent reports have indicated that GUNS N' ROSES' long-awaited new album, "Chinese Democracy", is finished and the group's frontman W. Axl Rose is negotiating for more money with his record label before he will release the masters.
The ever-shifting GUNS N' ROSES lineup began working on "Chinese Democracy" sometime in the mid-'90s, and has reportedly spent $13 million recording the effort. Promised release dates in 2006 and 2007 did not materialize.
GUNS N' ROSES has only toured twice in the last 14 years: an aborted 2002 run that only lasted for a few shows, and a far more successful 2006 trek that took the latest lineup around the world.
Although Rose is considered one of rock's greatest frontmen, his sometimes irrational behavior onstage, reclusive lifestyle and notoriety for feuding with other rock stars has also earned him a reputation as one of rock's true eccentrics.
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COMMENT | Heh
posted by :
2/6/2008 11:47:22 PM
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Axl should release the album, then have the record company promise to pay him for 15 years before they finally do.
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COMMENT |
posted by : R10TST4RTER
2/6/2008 11:52:20 PM
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this shit is a joke
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COMMENT |
posted by : Metal2TheMAX
2/6/2008 11:54:42 PM
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YOU ALL OWE AXL YOUR $$$$
SO PAY UP BITCHES.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
2/7/2008 12:00:07 AM
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Axl is a joke
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COMMENT |
posted by :
2/7/2008 12:05:10 AM
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13 million, dear god. it probably wont even sound very good.
i really hope it sounds like st anger.
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COMMENT | Seriously...
posted by :
2/7/2008 12:07:26 AM
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More money for Axl!!!
Oh....and a giant bowl of M & M's with all the brown ones removed.
Oh....and free botox injections and hair transplants for life!.
Oh....and he wants to see Hillary Clinton in a bra.
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COMMENT |
posted by : pigchop
2/7/2008 12:09:13 AM
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"The case against Chinese Democracy
Or, why Slash must fight Axl to the death in an alley
It's pretty pathetic but the “Welcome to the Jungle” video is one of my top-three I Remember When (I.R.W.) moments.
I.R.W. No. 1: Seventh-grade English when Ryan Welch came in crying to tell us the space shuttle Challenger had exploded.
I.R.W. No. 2: Driving to work listening to NPR when Bob Edwards told me about the towers coming down.
I.R.W. No. 3: Sitting cross-legged on the floor with Ty Sage drinking Pepsi and eating Pringles when I first saw Axl get off the bus and drown in that oh-so-sublime hell of Sunset Strip.
I don't remember if I said it to Ty or if he said it to me, and I know the words weren't this well-crafted, but someone said to someone: “This is tantamount to witnessing the birth of our Lord. It's indubitably the apex of rock-nay, modern culture. Nay, human history.”
Or maybe it was just: “Holy fuck, dude! Did you see that!?!?”
On my deathbed, this moment will likely flash before me; my first listen to Chinese Democracy will not. Hell, I may not even live that long. And this is why I beg you Axl: Please don't ever release Chinese Democracy.
Every generation has its white whale record-the album every fan knows is weeks from being complete when the shit goes down. The singer goes into a rage and torches the masters, the guitarist's halfway through recording the final epic solo when he ODs, the A&R guy doesn't hear a hit and drops the band from the label. The hippies had The Beach Boys' Smile. Their kids had Prince's Black Album. We've got Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy.
If you were born between 1970 and 1980, you probably spent most of you childhood loving or hating Guns N' Roses. Likely your love or hate peaked with Use Your Illusion. The biggest news in rock since, well, Appetite for Destruction, made your RATT records sound like Herman's Hermits. Both volumes of Illusion went platinum half a dozen times over, MTV poured “November Rain” down our horny gullets every 15 minutes and GNR spent two years on the road playing more than 200 shows. Naturally the follow-up has been hotly anticipated, and anticipated, and anticipated.
After spending an estimated $16 million (which would make it the most expensive album ever) and 10 years in the studio, Axl promised that 2006 was the year of Chinese Democracy.
Wait-sorry-as I was typing, things changed. Axl now promises that 2007 is the year of Chinese Democracy (March 7 if you're sucker enough to believe his latest press release).
Three months back, Rose told New York magazine that he won't release the album until he knows it's “a good record.”
“It's not about being a control freak,” he said. “It's about being maybe smart enough to go, ‘No, that's a bad idea.' That's all it's about. Keeping the ability to at least have a shot as opposed to something that's just an obvious disaster. I want to make a good record. I don't want to throw a brick. This cannot be Shaq at the free-throw line.”
All of this sounds reasonable. But it's totally not. Axl, please don't ever release Chinese Democracy.
Smile and the Black Album have set a precedent. No matter how great these white whales are, once they're harpooned, they are always disappointing. When Brian Wilson finally released Smile, there were just way too many songs about vegetables and barnyard animals. When Prince's authorized version of the Black Album surfaced, the rock-funk hybrid that would have been mind blowing in 1988 was a total let down.
“Welcome to the Jungle” kicked my junior-high ass because it came out of nowhere and sounded like nothing I'd ever heard (OK, it sounded like an adolescent, psychotic, punk-speed-metal Rolling Stones' song-but in the seventh grade I barely knew the Stones, Ramones or Aerosmith, so GNR was a revelation). “Welcome to the Jungle” worked so well because I didn't expect it. But Chinese Democracy is a gigantic, mountainous, steaming pile of expectation.
Really, the best thing Axl could do for his career is die-preferrably in a back-alley knife fight with Slash after a chance meeting backstage at a Hold Steady show. Slash would pull a blade from his top hat and slash Axl through the heart, and as Rose bled to death he would only say, “Don't release Chinese Democracy; it's not-mmphhhhgggarrrglllecough.” At least then, we GNR fans could endlessly tell doubters: “Axl would have never approved of this. Man, if he had just waited a month to fight Slash behind that burned-out Shoney's, this album would be great.”
But no, soon enough Axl will disappoint us with the biggest piece of shit ever. Or will he? He's still canceling shows. He's still a mercurial little bitch ready to fuck his fans at every turn. Maybe-no, he'll release it. If there's one thing he knows, it's how to fuck up his legacy."
And when Steven Adler dies, his gravestone will read: Guns n' Roses will soon be reuniting - stay tuned for all the rock n' roll action in the afterlife!
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COMMENT | First day Buyer
posted by :
2/7/2008 12:12:44 AM
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Bring it out.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
2/7/2008 12:14:14 AM
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Who's Axl?
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COMMENT | This is a joke
posted by :
2/7/2008 12:18:41 AM
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Axl "kosher hotdog" Rose is already about zome 50 million bucks in debt to his record company. He's in worse a position to negotiate anything when Saddam was when he already had a rope around his neck.
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COMMENT | negotiating for more money?
posted by : pistonslap
2/7/2008 12:23:19 AM
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god Axl is such a joke! spending 13 mil and over 10 years to record an album and he has the nerve to ask for more money? No one should buy this record, it will sound like an outdated POS and it's not even the real GNR.
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COMMENT | PAY THE MAN!!!
posted by : SterileEyes
2/7/2008 12:34:02 AM
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Besides, NY Times reported $13 million in 2005. They've re-recorded it 117 times since!
Give him a billion dollars...whatever it takes, I want to hear it and I can't afford his asking price.
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COMMENT | Shit
posted by : The Duke of Hurl
2/7/2008 12:44:09 AM
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Whenyou take 13 years to finish, you almost HAVE TO ask for more money.
Inflation, you know. The dollar's only worth half what it was way back then..
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COMMENT | Why is everyone still waiting...
posted by : bagofsoup
2/7/2008 12:50:20 AM
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...for an Axl Rose solo album to come out?
Y'all have heard half the tracks already...it just ain't that good. Period. Nothing comes CLOSE to Appetite or UYO 1/2.
Hooks Axl. Find someone that can write you some and put out a record worth a shit.
Otherwise, please...just stop.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
2/7/2008 12:51:37 AM
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one of the greatest front men of all time
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAH
more like the greatest douchebag of all time
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COMMENT |
posted by : SandmanZepp
2/7/2008 12:52:08 AM
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dude st. anger is a masterpiece compared to what this Axl guy is going to release.
Fuck Axl he's a fucking prick!
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COMMENT | this goes to pigchop
posted by : SandmanZepp
2/7/2008 12:53:40 AM
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ohhh and.....pigchop,
no offense but did u realize how much time of your life u spent writing all that crap that nobody cares to read. dude get a life!
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COMMENT | Re: PIGCHOP
posted by : djbguitar
2/7/2008 1:08:18 AM
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That's blatant plagiarism. It's from an article written over a year ago. Pigchop just added the last two paragraphs. Which is obvious, due to the fact that the original writer was much more eloquent than pigchops final comments.
Down with the music industry. Take them for all they are worth Axl.
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COMMENT | Guns and Roses???
posted by :
2/7/2008 1:09:27 AM
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Hmmm ???
Queer metal?
Fairy Rock ???
Come on ppl seriously. this thing is taking the shape of a brasilian soap opera.
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COMMENT | Appetite For Destruction
posted by :
2/7/2008 1:10:41 AM
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One of the greatest hard rock albums out there. Nothing any incarnation of GNR could do will ever top AFD so quit waiting for AFD 2.
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COMMENT | More money or more marketing funds??
posted by :
2/7/2008 1:20:46 AM
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From what I understand, Geffen capped their investment for this record a while ago and I understand that Axl has funded the recording since then. At this point Geffen is trying to figure out how to make money off this record, right? Now Axl is straight out requesting more money? Why would he do that after putting Geffen through such a long wait and millions spent??? There must be a misunderstanding OR Axl really doesn't want this shit out....
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COMMENT | ^^^^^
posted by : Markentoth
2/7/2008 1:24:42 AM
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I read Pigchop's post, and it's more interesting than the other derivative comments here.
That video has become iconic. When it came out, everyone was talking about it. I saw GNR with Tracii Guns back in the day, but it was Axl who grabbed my attention. He made that band, and anyone who has seen them live with will agree.
I can't be bothered with new GNR. Hell, I never listened to the last one, so I really don't care if they release another.
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COMMENT | Reportedly spent $13 Mil?
posted by : PowerBrake
2/7/2008 1:44:39 AM
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Reported by whom?
This is ludicrous and Rona Barrett material. Its only Rock and Roll
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COMMENT |
posted by : piitti
2/7/2008 1:59:57 AM
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Well I've heard the leaked demo versions and the tunes are pretty good actually... I dont know how much they need to sell to even get their money back but it's going to be fucking hard these days with the internet and all...
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COMMENT |
posted by : Kreep
2/7/2008 2:09:15 AM
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You don't need 13 million records to make a great record. What's this twat with too much money thinking? You can't polish a turd and that's what it will be because he's built it up so much.
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COMMENT | Read
posted by :
2/7/2008 2:15:54 AM
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If you read Classic Rock magazine, you would know all about the difficulties in the album, it's not just Axl in the band! Anyway, this was his b'day it was posted on!
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COMMENT | Axl is fuckin wasted!
posted by :
2/7/2008 2:25:55 AM
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1st: spending 13 million$ on an album is absolutely stupid. The best albums are always the ones who have cost the less...
2nd: from the demos I've hear, it will sound like shit for sure. Forget everything you ever have heard about GNR, cause it ain't GNR anyway. It'll be the kind fo shit that appeared on the End Of Times soundtrack (that "Oh My God" song was unlistenable, seems Axl thought it would be cool to sound like Nine Inch Nails!)
3rd: anyway, spending over a decade on the same album, I guess if he waited so much, he wasn't sure it was good! lol Think about it, most bands have released 6 albums since the Chinese Democracy sessions have started! And I remember always seeing every 6 months the healdines "Chinese Democracy will be in stores before a few weeks" and years later, still nothing! That album is already a joke, so better keep it for yourself Axl! I hope you'll have a pretty good release party in 2034 when the album will finally be out and you'll have re-recorded every fuckin' note for the 6473th time!
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COMMENT | pitti
posted by :
2/7/2008 2:28:54 AM
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What site did you go to to hear the demos?
The ones I have heard suck & I spent (or should I say wasted) alot of time looking for decent demos.
T.W.A.T. sucks
MADAGASCAR sucks
THE BLUES sucks
THE BEDOUINS sucks
SILKWORMS sucks
CHINESE DEMOCRACY sucks
Please say you've found some other songs that sound good.
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COMMENT | FUCK>>>>>>>>>
posted by :
2/7/2008 2:29:47 AM
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I wish I could go back to sleep!
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COMMENT | !!!!!!!
posted by : HEY YOU MR. SECURITY MAN
2/7/2008 2:44:57 AM
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GET THAT GUY OUT OF HERE.....CAN YOU HEAR ME MR. SECURITY MAN?!!?!?! GET HIM OUT OF HERE... THAT GUY... RIGHT THERE.. YEAHHHH....OUUUUTTA HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!
GIVE ME THAT SHIRT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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COMMENT | I am more likely to buy....
posted by :
2/7/2008 3:03:56 AM
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THE NEXT G'NR HITS ALBUM THAN I AM TO BUY "CHI-CHEESE-DEMOCRO-CHECKERS"
WORD UP ACK-HELL!
LOSER.
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COMMENT | oh man,
posted by :
2/7/2008 3:20:27 AM
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Axl still shits on everybody after a decade of bullshit and promisses.
he prove to be talenteless without the true GnR lineup
Poor rich man.
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COMMENT | listen,i'll make a hundred dollar bet...
posted by :
2/7/2008 3:25:40 AM
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i'll bet anyone here on this site before the end of 2008 that axl will be back together with the original members of guns n roses.steven might not be there and matt sorum might but still.think about people.only options axl has left after this thing fizzles is A. take his lil solo band on the road to half empty stadiums and pretty decent money or B. reunite the original members of the band and make millions and millions of dollars on a tour that would be the hottest thing since watermelon kool aid.what do you think.......
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COMMENT |
posted by :
2/7/2008 3:26:32 AM
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Axl will sucks until he dies in a sanatorium, acting like napoleon bonaparte or something really crazy like that.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
2/7/2008 3:31:49 AM
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and the axl' groupies was hotter than watermelon kool aid
lol
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COMMENT | one other thing
posted by :
2/7/2008 3:56:08 AM
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axl loves money too.he already sold some publishing now he is negotiating on this new CD.when this whole nonsense blows over with democracy music he'll be looking for new ways to make some huge cash...guess how? reunion. thats how.
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COMMENT | van halen,the police,led zeppelin,etc.
posted by :
2/7/2008 4:00:58 AM
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van halen,the police,led zeppelin are some big names that have all recently reunited to huge acclaim.most people thought they'd never see any of these three bands reunite but they have and all in the same year so i don't see why a guns n roses reunion can't happen.hey even velvet revolver frontman scott weiland said he is done with them and reforming stone temple pilots.
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COMMENT | Once big-time fan says to Axl...........
posted by : Midnight Glory
2/7/2008 4:50:06 AM
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.....fuck you!
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COMMENT | THE CHINESE CONNECTION
posted by : JERK OFF
2/7/2008 4:53:15 AM
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Sebastian Bach dancing topless down the hall in a glitter parade.
Fuck Axl Rose and Fuck GNR!
Don't ever release this album!
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COMMENT | pigchop´s comment is worth reading this story.
posted by :
2/7/2008 5:25:48 AM
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The comment by the user pigchop is awesome.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
2/7/2008 6:18:01 AM
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1. Axl has paid everything over 10 mil in costs from his own pocket.
2. The record has already been turned in.
3. The record co. is having the squirts because they are scared of the digital age and are worried they won't profit.
4. The Pulse Of Radio is the one who f'd up the Zeppelin at Bonaroo story.
5. I am right, you are wrong.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
2/7/2008 7:10:56 AM
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I LIKED IT BETTER WHEN IT WAS GOING TO COME AND NEVER DID.
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COMMENT | ha ha
posted by :
2/7/2008 7:39:45 AM
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I doubt in this music climate the album will come close to making enough money to pay off 1/4 of the cost it took to record it. Face it the only people that care about this are old hanger ons that hope and pray this album is going to be some amazing masterpiece... get over it and move on its just a record and it will probably be mediocre at best.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
2/7/2008 8:03:55 AM
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i have never liked guns and roses but i am deffinatly going to download this if it comes out just cos i hate this guy for what i've read on here
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COMMENT |
posted by :
2/7/2008 8:20:10 AM
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The castle crumbles and you're left with just a name - where's your crown, King Nothing..........?
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COMMENT |
posted by :
2/7/2008 8:45:45 AM
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Chinese Demo = Boston's Third Stage
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COMMENT | I gotta say
posted by : Neil Young's Cocaine Booger
2/7/2008 9:02:28 AM
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it is about time an artist took the record company for more money, than the record company making more money than the artists!!!!!
Needless to say, I wouldn't buy this CD if my life depended on it. But I still like Axl sticking it to the record company.
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COMMENT | I'll never have greater pleasure
posted by : JJJB
2/7/2008 9:13:18 AM
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than downloading it FOR FREE !!!
NOT Guns N' Roses anyway
Axl Rose Band
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COMMENT | ...
posted by : Golgotha
2/7/2008 9:26:18 AM
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I'm not a huge fan of the Axl rose band, but some of the songs HE leaked to the net was rather good...so I'm looking forward to this. I'm buying it no matter what. Axl is a funny bloke too..twisted but entertaining most of the time.
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COMMENT |
posted by : IFH
2/7/2008 9:29:24 AM
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As much as I hate to say this...this could quite possibly be the most ingenious marketing campaign since Burger King recently videotaped people saying they hate McD's/Wendy's and they want their Whopper. With all the anticipation surrounding the release of Chinese Democracy, people will probably buy it whether they love or hate Axl simply because they just want to hear what all the fuss is about. I won't be one of those people, but perhaps millions of others will.
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COMMENT | you should all...
posted by : spaceace70
2/7/2008 9:33:22 AM
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read Slash's autobiography to understand about the workings of Axl's mind. It gives a good perspective of the break up of the original line up. It's a must for any GNR fan.
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COMMENT | ???????????...
posted by : #1metalhead
2/7/2008 10:14:40 AM
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why does this ass hole or band (witch ever you choose to call it) still have record deal? why doesn't geffen just cut their loses and drop them.write the money off.i'm willing to bet they already have.this is what happens when people who have no idea at all how to run record company,especially this day in age when the music industry is on it's dying legs and labels can't really afford to let a thirteen + mil.record not be released.how much money will geffen actually loose,this was thirteen mil.record ten years ago if you remember correctly.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
2/7/2008 10:14:46 AM
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Also, those who accuse Axl of "breaking up one of the greatest bands" in AFD-era GNR - without him, who got over 40% of the songwriting credit and fees (2x more than any other), he who had the whole album re-recorded at the time to make it sound more punk and "live" - it was mainly HIS doing. Stop blaming a guy for inventing the wheel and then making a different one, even though everyone loved the first version.
He is different yeah, and sometimes ridiculous but quit being so simple minded. It is what it is.
BTW I believe the dispute now is over promotion - Axl of course wants a lot for promtion and the record co. does not. So there you go.
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COMMENT | Axl Rose = The biggest joke in music history
posted by : MoltenLavaStudios
2/7/2008 10:35:55 AM
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What a fucking clown.
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COMMENT | Nobody does rock like Axl...
posted by :
2/7/2008 11:18:08 AM
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...drop the record dude, it's time!
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COMMENT |
posted by :
2/7/2008 11:42:48 AM
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ERROCK,
You are an emo, no? Wipe your wet spot after you use the bathroom.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
2/7/2008 11:52:27 AM
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Chinese Democracy, coming soon to a bargain bin near you!
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COMMENT | Pop-Guns an' Hoses
posted by :
2/7/2008 11:53:42 AM
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I agree that this latest incarnation of GN'R should be aptly titled, "The Axl Band".
I don't think it's gonna totally suck when he finally drops this turd but I bet the record company financing this is gonna be oh so pissed if their $13 million was not well spent...and so will the GN'R fans left that are still worshipping his "Axl-ness"
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COMMENT | Oh yeah
posted by :
2/7/2008 11:57:23 AM
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...70% of those waitin' on this are gonna be downloading it...for FREE!!
So that means it's predictable that Axl's gonna be in a world of shit when it drops
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COMMENT | To Pig Chop
posted by : King's Man
2/7/2008 12:03:19 PM
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Just an FYI: We are probably the same age. I was also in the 7th grade when the Challenger exploded because I remember the moment distinctly. That means that Appetite was released when we were in the middle of summer between 8th and 9th grades. Just helping you out with your timeline.
I agree that the 1st time I saw the video was a watershed moment of my youth as well.
I can't wait for the train wreck that will be Chinese Democracy. It's been a while since I bought a comedy CD.
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COMMENT | People are still growing up stupid.
posted by : pigchop
2/7/2008 1:00:40 PM
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this goes to pigchop
posted by : SandmanZep
ohhh and.....pigchop,
no offense but did u realize how much time of your life u spent writing all that crap that nobody cares to read. dude get a life!
COMMENT | Re: PIGCHOP
posted by : djbguitar
That's blatant plagiarism. It's from an article written over a year ago. Pigchop just added the last two paragraphs. Which is obvious, due to the fact that the original writer was much more eloquent than pigchops final comments.
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I take it neither of you guys understand what it means when QUOTATION marks are used?
Dumbass'.
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COMMENT | Bring it on
posted by : RiotAct666
2/7/2008 1:45:16 PM
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Chi - Dem 2008 is here. Axl is God
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COMMENT | Crazy...like a fox
posted by :
2/7/2008 1:54:43 PM
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I remember when Brian Bosworth ("the Boz") joined the Seahawks and showed up at Candlestick in SFO. Many in the crowd had "I Hate the Boz" and "Boz Sucks" t-shirts on. When asked what he thought about it, he divulved that it was HIS t-shirt company that was printing them.
Point? He wanted to sell a character...not just a few t-shirts. Guns created a "character" in 1986 with all the "most dangerous band in the world" shit. Axl's doing nothing different today: he's "moving the market" as they say on Wall Street. Evidence? Look no further than those GNR haters that feel the need to justify why Chi Dem won't come out. Save your breath...it's definitely coming (probably even this year).
Axl is abrasive, bipolar, and a general SOB to deal with, but he's also a pretty damn good businessman. He has some serious leverage with the record company because they've already sunk $10MM+ into the project. That becomes sunk cost unless they can A) Move units or B) Get $ out of Axl's other pocket (merchandising, touring, etc.).
It may be in Geffen's best interest to stake some more $ for promotion or they can't make the sales figures they need to recoup. Another possibility is that Baz was right and Chi Dem is a 3-4 volume opus...better get your claws in on the front end or maybe Axl holds back "other projects" or maybe even gives the music to another label...what does he care?? He's already done all the heavy-lifting on Geffen's $.
Bottom line is that Axl is holding all the cards here. Like him, hate him, or somewhere inbetween...he already has you interested enough to wonder WTF he's up to. You'll be there creaming in your Dora the Explora backpack when he finally releases it.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
2/7/2008 2:43:53 PM
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I take it anyone who says that Guns are going to reunite did NOT read Slash's book. After reading that, I HIGHLY doubt a reunion is going to happen. At least anytime soon.
and Better was a sweet song. probably the only demo I've heard that was good, but still. that song has 'radio hit' written all over it.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
2/7/2008 3:41:21 PM
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loved gnr still do axl needs to release it and bomb then get over it and realize he needs to reunite to pay back geffen! this shit is too funny its like he keeps giving himself more rope, whats he gonna do hang himself from the grand canyon? release and bomb just do it axl we are all waiting.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
2/7/2008 3:55:47 PM
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Soon is the word!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chinese democracy starts now!!!!!!!!!!
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COMMENT | My prediction:
posted by :
2/7/2008 4:16:32 PM
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Several of the record labels involved will sue and win the rights to release all the stuff he's recorded on their dime. There will be 3 or four albums released by various labels. This will happen within the next two or three years. I'm no cleo or psychic friends hotline but I'm willing to bet this will happen- ESPECIALLY considering the state of record labels nowadays!
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COMMENT | RE: pigchop
posted by : djbguitar
2/7/2008 5:07:29 PM
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in response to your comment about quotations, if you understood proper citation methods you would have cited your source. In fact, just using quotes without any form of citation is in fact plagarism. Please feel free to just stop posting here at blabbermouth or attend some sort of higher learning establishment so you can learn how to write your own material.
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COMMENT | axl
posted by :
2/7/2008 9:08:26 PM
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axl rose sucks what album what year what life time hestill sucks
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COMMENT | I hope the news didn't interfere with the "commute" to your own
posted by : okayokay
2/7/2008 10:33:55 PM
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"play with what was taken from the 1st americans" towerbase, choppy
i'm getting misty...
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COMMENT | ^^^^wrong news story
posted by : okayokay
2/7/2008 10:35:25 PM
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sorry
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COMMENT | HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA...
posted by :
2/8/2008 12:58:21 AM
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oh my God... HA HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA...
now that I caught my breath...
Doesn't AXL owe the record company MILLIONS of dollars to recoup the expenses of over a DECADE of recording costs?!?!??!
I think the big winners of all this are Tommy Stinson and the other hired hands. They're on salary. Like lawyers, they're doing to make the most money. They get paid no matter what. The longer this album takes to get released, the more money they're going to make for doing absolutely nothing.
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COMMENT | oh... and FUCK AXL...
posted by :
2/8/2008 12:59:01 AM
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for ruining a Replacements reunion!!!!
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COMMENT |
posted by : I 4 N I
2/8/2008 1:09:04 AM
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This is definitely not gonna live up to the hype.
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COMMENT | spaceace70
posted by : JJJB
2/8/2008 6:15:31 AM
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is right. Slash's book is a great read. Then you can all understand
why Axl is the over rated powertripping asshole that he is.
Just for snicks I wen back and listened to the Illusion's this week.
These albums suck ! Maybe 5 or 6 good songs.
CD will be even worse.
Can't wait to download it for F R E E !!
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COMMENT | Find Yourself Something To Do!!
posted by : rose6
3/5/2008 11:47:30 AM
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Y'all sound like a bunch of old ladies gossiping.
Shame on you! And some of you call yourself fans??!!
I don't think so. Fans are loyal and NOT backstabbing.
W. Axl Rose is the ONLY person who knows. So, y'all can just quit yapping and wait and see what the outcome will be.
In the Interim, I suggest you look for a job, while Mr. Rose enjoys his well deserved luxurious lifestyle.
signed,
a loyal fan (for life)
with or without "Chinese Democracy"
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COMMENT | SINCE WHEN DO DRUG USERS REMEMBER SHIT???
posted by : rose6
3/7/2008 9:53:51 AM
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Well ... it's NOT hard to figure out who is behind the feedback here!
LOTS of talk about Slash and his book.. hmmm... *reads story over .. umm NO..no mention of the book NOR the heroin drug addict.
Umm .. since were on the topic, y'all seem to enjoy. I have a quick question. How does a person who has been stoned on Heroin and DRUNK on Jack Daniels the whole time he was with Axl .. and most of his life,... write about HIS life?? Seems to me, it should be somewhat distorted, .. a blur. That book is BS!
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COMMENT | SLASH IS OVERRATED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
posted by : rose6
3/7/2008 9:59:41 AM
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I NEVER liked that snake!!
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