There are 50 Tuesdays left in 2008, which means that there are 50 more chances for all of us to wonder if Chinese Democracy will really, finally be released at some time prior to the impending apocalypse. The latest rumor regarding this years-in-the-making album: It’s done! But Axl Rose and his label don’t quite see eye-to-eye on how the album will be marketed, which is leading to further delays. What could the disagreement have stemmed from?
The label’s ideas probably went something like this:
• Billboards reading “You know you’re curious. CHINESE DEMOCRACY.” in 300-point type.
• Lil Wayne remixes of every song on the album to get the “blogger crowd” interested.
• Handing out postcards at Velvet Revolver shows.
• Commemorative dolphin shows at Sea World.
But Axl probably balked at those (even the dolphin one!)–in favor of a genius brainstorm of his own:
Axl: “I need two million dollars for the first video.”
Record exec: “No.”
But still! 50 Tuesdays left! There’s still time, right?
GNR Finish CD? [Antimusic]
Label wants to wait until Election Day (working in the whole Democracy theme) but Axl wants it out for the summer. That is the beef.
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Sparkletone
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Sorry, Dan. But I never get out to Coachella anyway. I don’t really want them to get back together anyway. Because then the real exitement would be destroyed by an MTV TRL-bute shitshow with, like, Fergie singing “Sweet Child” and Linkin Park and Jay-Z doing “Civil War” and “Double-Talkin’ Jive” or something worse. Paris HIlton and the Olsen Twins intro-ing bands talking about how they “always loved ‘Appetite’ and stuff”… and you know stupid MTV wouldn’t even think to invite Mike Monroe or Tracii Guns. Gah! And then the nostalgia would die and a year later would come the Miley Cyrus tribute to Limp Bizkit and Radiohead…
@GovernmentNames: FTW.
@MickFNS: I think a Miley Cyrus-does-radiohead album would be the only thing I’ll have to look forward to after that Scarlett Johansson-does-Tom Waits album drops.
It’s true, I’m afraid. Hillary is dead.
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Sir EDMUND Hillary !!! Psyche !!!
Huh. Do we have any proof that Axl has ever acknowledged the existence of the internet?
@dickdogfood: have you never seen the mlb advanced media-powered gunsnroses.com???
No, but really now–how intimately could Axl have been involved with that? What could possibly tear the man away from his Häagen-Dazs-and-As the World Turns binges?
All I know is that the leaked tracks sound pretty spiffy.
@dickdogfood: i could tell you, but then i’d have to kill you. and myself.
I will be depressed beyond imagining if the album drops this year and doesn’t have a cover worthy of nomination for Worst Album Cover Of The Year ‘08.
LiveNation needs to step in this year and throw assloads of cash at Axl
and get back Izzy, Duff, Slash and Matt (or Steven). Guns N’ Roses was Guns N’ Roses when it was Guns N’ Roses and anything else is just Axl And Friends. Besides- what band is left besides GNR that hasn’t reunited? Until that happens, I don’t care if this record ever comes out. Tick, tock Axl…
@sparkletone: I don’t think there’s any doubt that we’re talking at LEAST quarterfinals on this one.
@MickFNS: You just ruined the surprise Coachella announcement next week.
@dickdogfood: What’s hilarious is that there is footage of some show in Rio (or something) where Axl goes on a rant about the Internet, and starts calling out people by their screen names. I caught it a few years ago. Totally surreal.