November 23rd, 2008 // 4 Comments

China, perhaps unsurprisingly, is not happy about the title of the new Guns N’ Roses album; authorities are not letting the album into the country, and fans are wondering just what, exactly, the title is trying to say about Axl’s attitudes toward their homeland. The best thing about this news? It means that Cornrowed Axl gets his own Wall Street Journal woodcut. [WSJ]


  1. Hyman Decent

    I wonder if it’s a play on the phrase harder than Chinese arithmetic. Maybe more elusive than Chinese democrcy? I.e., the completion of the album?

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