… 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… More »
Never let it be said that I’m above appreciating a good stunt, especially one that involves the release of Chinese Democracy–an album that is on the verge of reaching the “20 years in the making” mark sooner than you might think: “In an unprecedented show of solidarity with Axl, everyone in… More »
Today an item about Axl Rose helping out a neighbor whose house was in danger of being destroyed by the California wildfires while working on saving his own house is making its way around the Internet, complete with articles headlined “AXL ROSE IS A HERO” and Axl’s unidentified neighbor saying that she feels “blessed” to live next to the reclusive Guns N’ Roses frontman. But what I don’t understand is why this story is firing up the hardrockosphere now, given that the story being referenced originally ran all the way back in November. Could this be some weird pre-pre-push for Chinese Democracy that’s centered around the idea that Axl is a good guy who will do wonderful things with the money that fans should lay out for his long-delayed album, or did some hapless reporter expereince an RSS hiccup that’s reverberated around the world? Clip of the original Fox report after the jump.
If Guns ‘N’ Roses’ Chinese Democracy is indeed finished and ready to be leaked to BitTorrent, what’s the hold up? Could it be that Axl wants more money from his used ‘n’ abused label? For a guy who never leaves his tartan Xanadu, he sure spends a lot. More »
There are a few things that are looking wobbly in the days leading up to Super Bowl XLII–cough cough, Tom Brady’s ankle, cough cough–and programmers on cable networks are betting that the ratings power of Tom Petty is one of them. The Hollywood Reporter is saying that networks are in a “counterprogramming frenzy” thanks to the allegedly low starpower of the veteran rocker, although weirdly enough they’re trying to go for the bro demo that I’d think would like classic rock, scheduling eating contests judged by former Giant Sean Landeta (Spike TV), the premiere of a reality series about Deion Sanders (Oxygen, go figure!), and a kitten halftime show for the Puppy Bowl. OK, that last one probably crosses more demographic lines than its competitors. While it’s pretty obvious that the halftime show’s programmers have been all about skewing conservative since the Super Bowl that ruined Janet Jackson’s career, I don’t know if Tom Petty is as weak a target as the folks at Spike and Oxygen suspect, his live shows do pretty well as far as ticket sales go, and I’d bet that his cross-demographic name recognition is higher than that of any top-20 musician today who hasn’t appeared as a featured performer on a TV show. At the very least, I’ll be tuning in to see if he brings out a special guest or two:
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?
Last night on Late Show With David Letterman, Slash stopped by to plug his new book and clear the air with Axl Rose, although maybe doing so by talking about how Axl kicked his grandma off her perch on the couch so he could crash out until mid-afternoon–and how Axl responded to being rebuked for… More »
Actual, audible proof that Axl Rose has actually been in a recording studio sometime in the past few years: The Sebastian Bach cover of Aerosmith’s “Back In The Saddle” that he cameos on–from the sound of this pretty low-quality radio rip, Rose pretty much replicates Steven Tyler’s original vocal… More »
Actual, audible proof that Axl Rose has actually been in a recording studio sometime in the past few years: The Sebastian Bach cover of Aerosmith’s “Back In The Saddle” that he cameos on–from the sound of this pretty low-quality radio rip, Rose pretty much replicates Steven Tyler’s original vocal… More »