ONE MORE QUICK RANT ABOUT ALL THE CHINESE DEMOCRACY HULLABALLOO
Thursday, October 16th, 2008 at 12:00pm by Axl Rosenberg
I know that people are already sick of talking about this, but as self-admitted hardcore GN’R obsessive who has actually been waiting a really, really (really, really, really) long time for this fucker to get released, I have a few quick things I have to get off my chest.
- The cover art that so many seem so disappointed by is real. In 2002 Axl showed a concert audience in China a photo (on the giant arena screen) of Chinese Democracy’s cover art (Amazingly, not a single concert goer managed to snag a picture on their cell phone.). It was a photo taken in China and sent to Axl by a fan of a bicycle leaning against a wall where someone had spray painted the band’s moniker. That’s a cool story, but one that 99.999% of the world will never know. Maybe that’s why there’s allegedly going to be multiple covers – because a photo of a bicycle seems pretty lame.
- Of the fourteen songs on the album, only three (“Scrapped,” “Sorry” and either “Prostitute” or “This I Love,” at least one of which will turn out to be the untitled song which leaked earlier this year) are ones we haven’t heard before, which is disappointing. However, in ‘02 Axl told he was actually making three albums, with one to be released every year for three years, Lord of the Rings-style. By that logic, if Chinese Democracy really comes out this year, there should be another Rose N’ Roses album in 2009 and and yet another one in 2010. What are the chances that actually happens? I’d guess slim to none, even if Chinese Democracy somehow does end up being a hit.
- This is all a moot point because I honestly do not believe that the album is coming out, and will not believe that it’s coming out, until Axl makes a statement to that effect. The guy once claimed he didn’t know his managers booked a tour for him until he read about it on the internet; his bullshit knows no bounds. As long as he stays quiet, he has (semi-) plausible deniability – “Everyone else said it was being released, we never said it was being released.”
Rant over. Thanks for letting me vent.
-AR
Alright Axl:
1. The cover sucks. I wanted something that could look great on a t-shirt. Not a bloody “Cult”-like cover.
2. I really hope that “Chinese Democracy” is released… That’s as far as my hope goes. I don’t wanna think about waiting for a “Chinese Trilogy”…
3. Again, I really hope that “Chinese” sees the light…
A lot of hullaballoo for a band that had one great album and nothing but over-produced filler thereafter; that has been reduced to a revolving door of cover mucians vying to play on a glorified Axl Rose solo album.
Why anyone has their hopes up for this, I have no idea.
I’m more excited about the new “GnR” album than Metallica, but that’s not saying much.
Totally true on the last point, don’t bite until the bastard can come out and give us a date and confirm it’s release.
That cover does suck. But how anyone can bitch about the fact that there are only 3/4 un-leaked songs is beyond me. If i spent 10 years making an album, i wouldn’t then alter it just to cater for illegal downloaders.
I like the cover personally
But I don’t really think it’s a fitting cover for a GNR cd. Doesn’t really go with their music
Fuck Guns N Roses I am sorry. They have a few good songs thats about it.
I’m not a crook! But I am in love with Novaltine!
Now that we got that out of our way… I dig the new tracks. I don’t care if Slash isn’t in the band.
He’s been off blowing Stone Temple Pilots and playing with Space Ghost. Shit sounds like a shell of his former self.
I like the album cover for CD, but wish “Guns n’ Roses” was smaller which’d make the image bigger.
It’s not the photo that looks stupid, but how the text is aligned. It looks like it was whipped up on MS Paint in 3 minutes.
The fact that you’ve heard most of the songs is probably nobody’s fault but your own. You shouldn’t download the demos for an album and then bitch the songs sound familiar.
I hoped he’d throw a curveball and not include any of the leaked tracks that Brandon suggests I’m immoral for having heard.
@ Devin
We all realize that you are sorry for not liking GN’R.
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