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use your illusion

"Chinese Democracy" May Arrive Via Video Game First

One omission from the possibly half-faked Rock Band 2 track list that we published last week: Guns N' Roses' "Shackler's Revenge," which appeared on another leaked track list and which has the same title as a "lost" film that had some sort of contribution by former Guns N' Roses guitarist Buckethead. The New York Times is reporting that "Shackler's" will indeed be on the game come September, and that; more details on the track, via message-board postings pulled together by a GN'R fan blog, after the jump. More »

wouldn't you like to be a pepper too

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: More »

art brutes

The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament Bites The Bucket

In today's second battle in the Southeast Bracket of our Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament—the last battle of the tournament's first round!—we pit the minimalist scrawls of be-helmeted prog-metal guitar freakazoid Buckethead against the Lady And The Tramp-meets-industrial Photoshoppery of Italian electro-goth duo Helalyn Flowers. Personally, I'm voting for the latter, if only because a month later I still can't figure out what's with the metal contraption they're sucking on, but decide for yourselves (and offer your own explanations!) after the jump. More »


Axl Rose sings "Nightrain" through the years, and here are the results: in 1992, he's off-key; in 2001, he's seemingly helium-enhanced; and last year, he's actually not bad, although we have to wonder just what role was played by on-the-fly pitch-correction technology. [MetalSucks]