“Chinese Democracy” Claims Yet Another Victim

Frustrated by the constant delays and mealy-mouthed promises surrounding Chinese Democracy, the Italian Guns N’ Roses fan site Guns N’ Roses Italia has decided to get out of the ring:

we regret to tell you that in relation to the protest we started on December 7th 2006, our Guns fan sites and forums, gnronline.it and gnronline.org, will be shut down at once. The never ending saga of Chinese Democracy, the lack of respect, clearness and mutual loyalty are just some of the reasons that has brought us down to this painful conclusion. Until now our detractors have always accused us of being “Axl Fanatics” (and to a certain degree it is probably true) but today we aren’t able to sustain Axl’s project anymore, neither financially nor economically. We just can’t afford to waste our heads on a project that has never even taken us into consideration. We gladly leave that to other “fan” sites and forums that have the will and passion to be fooled around one more time. …

We still want to believe in Axl Rose and his record and we greatly wish that Chinese Democracy would see the light of day before February 2008. If that will be the case we will make our best effort to re-open the site otherwise our domains will be lost and that will be the end of it.

February 2008, huh? Well, judging by that deadline, it’s apparent that the people running this site are trying to get out of their long-term commitment; after all, if they were serious about sticking with Axl all the way through to the Chinese Democracy release date, they’d at least have re-registered the domain through 2017.

Guns N’ Roses Italia [gnronline.it, via Blabbermouth]