Wouldn't You Like To Be A Pepper Too: Axl Rose Is Not Entirely Selfish When It Comes To Sharing His Soda

Axl Rose Is Not Entirely Selfish When It Comes To Sharing His Soda

... but sharing the completed masters for Chinese Democracy is another story. Rose responded to Dr Pepper's declaration that it would give a free soda to every American—save Buckethead and Slash—if his long-delayed album came out this year via a statement on the official Guns N' Roses site:

"We are surprised and very happy to have the support of Dr Pepper with our album Chinese Democracy, as for us, this came totally out of the blue. If there is any involvement with this promotion by our record company or others, we are unaware of such at this time. And as some of Buckethead's performances are on our album, I'll share my Dr Pepper with him."

Aww. No hard feelings! And hey, Axl: If you need a place to finish the album, I hear that Dr Pepper happens to have expert knowledge of constructing ad hoc studios where people are forced to finish albums in absurdly short periods of time. At the very least, maybe you can get some sort of seed money for a bonus track or two? Oh, wait, that would actually be a terrible idea, wouldn't it.

Press Release from Axl Regarding Dr Pepper [gunsnroses.com]
Earlier: Axl Rose Could Buy The Country A Soda If He'd Just Release His Damn Album Already]
[Photo: AP]

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10:15 PM on Wed Mar 26 2008
By Maura Johnston
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by f1sh3r at 12:07 AM on 03/27/08
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i hate to say it, but i'm finally interested in this album. as an appetite era fan of guns and roses, and a huge fan of the use your illusion albums, i was staunchly against the "new" guns n roses. but after all the delays, i dunno. suddenly i'm thinking if it's taken this long to be released, it must be great. that and i hate velvet pilots, errrr, yeah. well, i hate coke boy, but he ruins the whole thing for me.
by drjimmy11 at 02:25 AM on 03/27/08
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cute, but not buying it. all anyone, CNN has, is a copy and paste of the "press release."

why on earth would Dr. pepper use a blogspot account?? yeah, whoever made it copied and pasted some T&C to make it look legal, but things like

"CONSEQUENCES
Violation of any of these agreements will result in the termination of your www.chinesedemocracywhen.blogspot.com account."

kind of don't work. How can I have an account for one particular blogspot account?
by drjimmy11 at 02:33 AM on 03/27/08
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comment from page we are supposed to believe is actually endorsed by Dr. Pepper and not just a hoax:

Peter said...

in all honesty i think Dr. Pepper tastes like shit but it goes good with captin' (alcies know what i'm talkin' about) HOWEVER! if this is true and actually works i will have a new found love for Dr. Pepper
by tigerpop at 10:47 AM on 03/27/08
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@drjimmy11: It looks fishy, but did anyone try to contact Chris Kooluris from Ketchum Media, the guy supposedly behind the press release?
by Maura Johnston at 10:50 AM on 03/27/08
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@tigerpop: i've been in contact with him, yeah. he's legit.
by Janelleyo at 12:09 PM on 03/27/08
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@Maura Johnston: I really cannot express my appreciation enough for the bubble mentions. The band and their fans think I'm the only one that finds a way to squeak that into a conversation. Thank you:D