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THE FBI PAYS A VISIT TO THE METALSUCKS MANSION

 Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 at 12:37pm by

mulder and scullyNot really. But that’s the first panicked thought that flashed through my mind when I read the report on RollingStone.com that two FBI agents paid a visit to the office of Kevin Skwerl of AntiQuiet.com, who posted the nine leaked Guns N’ Roses Chinese Democracy tracks on his blog last week:

Yesterday Skwerl was surprised to find himself face to face with two FBI agents who paid a visit to his day job. “It was kind of an ambush,” Skwerl tells Rolling Stone. “When I came back from lunch they were waiting in the lobby for me. It’s a little creepy they know where I work.” Two young FBI officers, who Skwerl describes as “Mulder and Scully types,” questioned him for 15 minutes about where he got the tracks and made plans to visit his house at 7:00 a.m. this morning.

I mean, like, woah. That is seriously fucking scary. God forbid I ever find myself face to face with two FBI agents for something I posted on this site, I’d probably shit my pants.

But the bigger question is, who is behind this? Why does the FBI care about leaked Guns N’ Roses tracks over any other band? Is Axl Rose hiring the fucking FBI? What is wrong with this man? Uh oh, better watch what I say.

-VN

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  • pembleton

    Two words when confronted by the FBI:

    “Lawyer. Please.”

  • J cantrell

    sounds like pumpupthevolume to me!

  • dudemandude

    Gonna call the President
    Gonna call in the Private Eye
    Gonna get the IRS
    Gonna need the FBI

  • http://www.myspace.com/evilsammy Sammy

    Maybe they’re considering it interstate theft of intellectual property and Axl, by way of 30 million in record sales (or is it 100 million?), has the clout (read: $$$) to see that it’s enforced.

  • http://sirjorge.com/blogx sir jorge

    wow, gnr really must be upset over the leak.

  • ERiK

    I love it. While I enjoyed stealing and listening to the tracks, I find it encouraging that the government is starting to bring the iron fist down slowly but surely.

  • Master Chef

    They came to his house because he’s an alien man! A blogging alien from the planet Bulllog. It’s the only logical explanation.

  • THE FBI

    …actually, we were just investigating the spaghetti incident…

  • Bob

    hardy har har

  • CrapMcPoopin

    “Kiddie porn… what are you talking about… we’re here for the Chinese Democracy leaks”

  • http://www.myspace.com/crocpodcast Noch

    ..the FBI is pretty fucking late on this one.

    Chinese Democracy has leaked long ago.

    And I certainly hope it’ll never be released in physical form.

    It’s absolutely terrible.As some of you may have predicted also…

  • http://www.sithomeandrot.com/celebs/ manny

    I find it humorous that he was creeped out that the FBI knows where he works. I’m pretty sure the average internet user can get that info much less an organization with a $20 billion budget at it’s disposal.

    The victim tone to his quote is humorous too. He posted copyrighted material that isn’t his on his website. He should be happy he wasn’t charged and just questioned.

  • catsaremetal

    Axl Rose needs to pay his hairdresser, ya know.

  • http://www.myspace.com/porkspam Porkspam

    right… the “FBI”… the douche probably just got his computer stolen by 2 hard core GNR fans who couldn’t find the songs on the net..

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