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Subject: Chinese Democracy, The Album

Written By: JamieMcBain on 08/09/05 at 10:05 pm

I am not a big G'NR fan, but when is Chinese Democracy going be released as an album?

Come on Axl................ some of your fans are still waiting!

::)

Subject: Re: Chinese Democracy, The Album

Written By: JamieMcBain on 08/09/05 at 10:08 pm

Here's the latest news.....

http://www.undercover.com.au/news/2005/aug05/20050808_gnr.html

Subject: Re: Chinese Democracy, The Album

Written By: Powerslave on 08/09/05 at 10:55 pm


I am not a big G'NR fan, but when is Chinese Democracy going be released as an album?


Never. Guns N Roses could have been the biggest band ever, but because of him, they were only the biggest for five minutes.

Subject: Re: Chinese Democracy, The Album

Written By: MaxwellSmart on 08/10/05 at 1:34 am

"Chinese Democracy"?
Great album title...who cares what point they're trying to make!

Subject: Re: Chinese Democracy, The Album

Written By: agoraphobicwhacko on 08/10/05 at 5:20 am

I've been wating MANY years for this album to come out. We've only heard a few songs from it: 'Chinese Democracy', 'The Blues', 'Madagascar', Riyadh and the Beduoins', 'Silkworms', and 'IRS". The first 5 songs I mentioned were played live in 2002, and 'IRS' demo leaked on the net earlier this year.  Its really sad what he is putting his fans through. Every year, there is a new excuse as to why its not coming out. I think if it doesn't come out by year's end, its never coming out.

Subject: Re: Chinese Democracy, The Album

Written By: JamieMcBain on 08/10/05 at 10:02 am

By the time it comes out, Axl will probally be dead and or the band will have broken up.

::)

Update:

The album is now out, and neither has happend.

Subject: Re: Chinese Democracy, The Album

Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 10/28/08 at 4:55 am

Just heard from a friend that Chinese Democracy is supposed to be released on November 23rd. I looked it up and it sounds like they're serious this time, Guns N' Roses has a website with a countdown timer as well as the first single (also titled "Chinese Democracy"), which was released a few days ago.

http://web.gunsnroses.com/splash.jsp

I'll believe it when I see it, but the new single (IMO) is pretty good.

In a related story (I'm not making this up), the Dr Pepper company announced earlier this year that they'd give a free can of Dr Pepper to EVERYONE IN AMERICA if Guns N' Roses releases Chinese Democracy in 2008. They sound like they're ready to make good on their offer.

http://www.chinesedemocracywhen.blogspot.com/

Subject: Re: Chinese Democracy, The Album

Written By: Foo Bar on 10/28/08 at 10:45 pm


I am not a big G'NR fan, but when is Chinese Democracy going be released as an album?


When gas is less than $3.00/gallon.
When AC/DC comes out with a new album.
When Duke Nukem Forever is released for the PC.

Hey, I can dream.

Subject: Re: Chinese Democracy, The Album

Written By: Davester on 10/28/08 at 10:49 pm


  Didn't I download a song from Chinese Democracy a couple of years ago?  It was called "Better".  And it was...

Subject: Re: Chinese Democracy, The Album

Written By: whistledog on 10/28/08 at 11:32 pm

I heard the new song on the radio, and it sounded unlike anything GnR ever did before.  I wasn't impressed becuase to me, the song sounded just like any other rock song you hear on the radio, and in the golden days of GnR, they had a style that made their songs sound so unlike other songs at the time

Subject: Re: Chinese Democracy, The Album

Written By: JamieMcBain on 11/11/08 at 4:53 pm

Save the date Nov 23, 2008!

Finally!  >:(

http://web.gunsnroses.com/splash.jsp

Subject: Re: Chinese Democracy, The Album

Written By: JamieMcBain on 11/23/08 at 1:39 pm

Today's the day, finally the album is now out in stores!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Subject: Re: Chinese Democracy, The Album

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/08 at 1:51 pm


Today's the day, finally the album is now out in stores!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It has taken three years to be released?

Subject: Re: Chinese Democracy, The Album

Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 11/23/08 at 2:12 pm


It has taken three years to be released?


Actually, they've been working on it for more like 15 years.  :o :o :o

Subject: Re: Chinese Democracy, The Album

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/08 at 2:14 pm


Actually, they've been working on it for more like 15 years.  :o :o :o
How much did the recording studio charge?

Subject: Re: Chinese Democracy, The Album

Written By: Rice_Cube on 11/23/08 at 4:30 pm

Did everyone get their free Dr. Pepper?

Subject: Re: Chinese Democracy, The Album

Written By: La Roche on 11/23/08 at 4:51 pm

Great album.

Very impressed.

Subject: Re: Chinese Democracy, The Album

Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 11/24/08 at 1:50 am


How much did the recording studio charge?


Apparently it ended up costing $13 million to complete, which gives it the distinction of being the most expensive album ever made.

(Don't ask me why, I have no idea.)


Did everyone get their free Dr. Pepper?


Crap, I forgot.  :-

Great album.

Very impressed.


I went out and bought it today but...it seems like an awful lot to take in. I kind of like it so far but I'll need to listen to it a few times to get used to it, if that makes any sense. But actually that's a good sign because the music I like the best is stuff that takes time to grow on me at first.

Subject: Re: Chinese Democracy, The Album

Written By: La Roche on 11/24/08 at 1:58 am


I went out and bought it today but...it seems like an awful lot to take in. I kind of like it so far but I'll need to listen to it a few times to get used to it, if that makes any sense. But actually that's a good sign because the music I like the best is stuff that takes time to grow on me at first.


You're right. It takes some time to process.

When you first listen to it, the thought that automatically comes to mind (mind anyway) is that it's an excellent product, but there's no all that much in the way of continuity. It's sort of like they took a whole lot of stuff and mixed them together (which, one gets the feeling, is what happened).

Subject: Re: Chinese Democracy, The Album

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/08 at 2:09 am


Today's the day, finally the album is now out in stores!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Download only, or the real mccoy in the shops?

Subject: Re: Chinese Democracy, The Album

Written By: La Roche on 11/24/08 at 2:10 am


Download only, or the real mccoy in the shops?


CD for $11.99. LP for $19.99.

One would assume similar figures in sterling.

Subject: Re: Chinese Democracy, The Album

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/08 at 2:11 am


CD for $11.99. LP for $19.99.

One would assume similar figures in sterling.
LP now there is a rarity?

Subject: Re: Chinese Democracy, The Album

Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 11/24/08 at 2:13 am


CD for $11.99. LP for $19.99.

One would assume similar figures in sterling.


You get it on CD or vinyl?

If this stupid economy ever picks up, I'm gonna buy me a turntable.

Subject: Re: Chinese Democracy, The Album

Written By: La Roche on 11/24/08 at 2:14 am


You get it on CD or vinyl?

If this stupid economy ever picks up, I'm gonna buy me a turntable.


:-[ Both.

I'm stimulating the economy.

Subject: Re: Chinese Democracy, The Album

Written By: La Roche on 11/24/08 at 2:15 am


LP now there is a rarity?


Don't know about for you but here a lot of record companies are releasing vinyl presses as well as the CD's. Usually in somewhat more limited numbers but still, large enough quantities.

Subject: Re: Chinese Democracy, The Album

Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 11/24/08 at 2:16 am


:-FASTER!

FASTER!

STIMULATE IT FASTER!!!
  :o :o :o

Subject: Re: Chinese Democracy, The Album

Written By: La Roche on 11/24/08 at 2:20 am


Well, you're not stimulating it fast enough.

FASTER!

FASTER!

STIMULATE IT FASTER!!!
  :o :o :o


Dude.. it's 2:30AM... any stimulation going on now is strictly between me and the hand I've sat on for the past half hour.  ;D

Subject: Re: Chinese Democracy, The Album

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/08 at 2:20 am


Don't know about for you but here a lot of record companies are releasing vinyl presses as well as the CD's. Usually in somewhat more limited numbers but still, large enough quantities.
I have only seen LPs sold in the large record stores in Oxford Street, the ordinary shops in the High Street stock ony CDs

Subject: Re: Chinese Democracy, The Album

Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 11/25/08 at 1:57 am

AL-B, conspiracy nut wants to know...

Subject: Re: Chinese Democracy, The Album

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/08 at 5:25 am

China's censors cool on Guns N' Roses democracy album

SHANGHAI (AFP) — China's Internet censors appeared to be trying to block fans Monday from accessing websites related to Guns N' Roses' first album in 17 years, which is provocatively titled "Chinese Democracy".

Subject: Re: Chinese Democracy, The Album

Written By: La Roche on 11/25/08 at 10:44 am


AL-B, conspiracy nut wants to know...


One of those little dealies that goes nuts if you steal it.

Subject: Re: Chinese Democracy, The Album

Written By: JamieMcBain on 11/25/08 at 11:05 am

It's suprising, the album is released, but there is still no democracy in the actual country!  ::)

Subject: Re: Chinese Democracy, The Album

Written By: Davester on 11/28/08 at 11:22 pm


  Plenty of heavy riffs and Axl's singing is still strong, thanks in part to the production...

  Great hard rock and that's all that really matters...

Subject: Re: Chinese Democracy, The Album

Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 12/21/08 at 2:11 am

I'm starting to love this song.

And I don't love that many songs.  ;)

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

Subject: Re: Chinese Democracy, The Album

Written By: Mushroom on 12/27/08 at 11:38 pm

I heard the CD, and I have to admit:

I was not very impressed.

It was in development for like 15 years, and it sounds like it.  All of the songs sound like they could have been in the Top 40, in like 1993.  It was ok, but I think I would rather listen to Use Your Illusion 1-20 before listening to that again.

To me, it was somewhat of a dissapointment.  Axl is totally lost as to what music is today.  Velvet Revolver to me is much more accurate as to what the "modern" GNFR should be sounding like.

Subject: Re: Chinese Democracy, The Album

Written By: woops on 12/29/08 at 12:02 am

I like "Better" and the title track, though not sure if I should buy the album and it's notreally Guns N' Roses since Axl is the only original member.

Subject: Re: Chinese Democracy, The Album

Written By: thereshegoes on 12/29/08 at 10:46 am

I was fearing the worse and was gladly surprised. It still sounds like G'n'R wich is in itself a miracle.

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