Seventeen Years And Twelve Bucks Later

Was Chinese Democracy worth the wait?
HERE is a review of the album and more inside stuff from the guy busted for leaking it on the internet.

Amuse Your Delusion

Why Chinese Democracy’s fine print is way more fun than the record itself
By Rob Harvilla
We can all agree that the eons-delayed, punchline-defying, free-Dr.-Pepper-triggering release of Guns N’ Roses’ Chinese Democracy marks the death of something — some combination of the music industry, “the album” as a unit of cultural import, old-guard rock stardom, irony, sincerity, free-market capitalism, hip-hop, the spread offense, and neoconservatism. Regardless, I feel comfortable stating that it’s the last record I will ever buy just to read the liner notes. Holy shit. Do pop into Best Buy sometime this week and have a gander.
(Deep breath.)
Fourteen studios in four cities. Twenty-two assistant engineers. Eight folks under the heading “Additional Pro Tools.” Six more under “Logic.” The phrase “initial production” reoccurring. Eleven musicians get their own personal thank-you lists; deranged mastermind Axl Rose’s requires nearly three columns of tiny-ass type (notable names: Mickey Rourke, Donatella Versace, Izzy Stradlin). And these are just full-album credits. All 14 songs get their own personal bibliography: “There Was a Time” has six guitarists (five is more common) and five orchestral arrangers (Axl is cited as both); “Madagascar” boasts not just French horns but synth French horns, plus clips from two Martin Luther King speeches and dialogue from Mississippi Burning,
Cool Hand Luke, Braveheart, Casualties of War, and Seven. Full lyric sheet too: Within the first minute of the histrionic piano ballad “This I Love,” Axl rhymes why, goodbye, I, eyes, wise, try, inside, die, mine, light, bright, night, and deny.
the entire hilarious article is HERE

Axl Rose Missing for 8 Weeks

The eccentric rocker has infuriated bosses at record label Geffen after disappearing without promoting the band’s long-awaited ‘Chinese Democracy’ album, which was released last week 15 years after the last Guns N’ Roses LP.
A source told The Sun: “People have been trying to contact Axl for two months and he’s completely AWOL .
“It is frustrating because the album would have had a much better chance of going to number one if he had only been prepared to show his face.
“You would have thought after spending all those years on an album you might do a few weeks of promotion.”

It has been claimed Axl’s disappearance could be due to him entering into secret talks to reform the classic line-up of the band.

Free Dr. Pepper Day

The new Guns n’ Roses album, Chinese Democracy has finally arrived. One of the most highly anticipated albums in rock history.
For those who heard about Dr Pepper’s offer to give each and every American a free can of soda if Chinese Democracy is released in 2008, Guns N’ Roses wants to make sure every Guns N’ Roses fan, and every other American, gets what was promised.
Apparently, only those who go to the soda company’s Web site today (Sunday, November 23, 2008) and sign up for a free 20 ounce soda coupon will get the free can. Guns N’ Roses encourages all those interested to sign up for their coupon on Sunday, collect their drink and celebrate the release of Chinese Democracy!
coupon available HERE

Chinese Democracy by the Numbers

Paul & Axl Music on My Space

Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney and Guns N’ Roses released their biggest hits on vinyl records and compact discs, but today, their new albums will debut online on MySpace.
Users of MySpace, the world’s largest social network on the Internet, will be able to listen for free to “Electric Arguments,” the new album by McCartney’s side-project group The Fireman, and “Chinese Democracy,” the long-delayed album by hard rock band Guns N’ Roses, before the songs are in stores and at online shops like Amazon.com.
Reuters report HERE
the Fireman MySpace HERE
Guns n’ Roses MySpace HERE