Here is a photo of James and me looking tough after listening to Chinese Democracy. James is wearing his Year of the Rat outfit from Aunt Sonia in honor of the album's release.
I went to Best Buy to buy the new Guns N' Roses Chinese Democracy CD and found a stand dedicated to it in the middle of the store. You could tell people had been there before me buying the CD but it wasn't near a sell out. It's a great CD, but I might be a little biased since I have a category devoted to GNR and have been chronicling Chinese Democracy since 2005.
The songs that made it on the album are not the same as the leaks going around the Internet. Those were clearly demos since the album songs are more polished. You can tell more guitars have been added to songs and more Axl Rose vocal layers too. If you look at the liner notes, some of the songs have gone back to the 90s when Paul Tobias was a guitarist. In fact in some cases five guitarists are all playing on one song. I thought it was odd that Axl included photos of Buckethead in the album. Buckethead even has a thanks section in the back of the booklet. Why is this odd? Buckethead left the band like three or four years ago!
I really like the new songs that I have never heard like Shackler's Revenge and Scraped. I was surprised that the song known on the Internet as The Blues is actually called Street of Dreams.
If you ever liked Guns N' Roses in the past, the album is well worth your time. Epic in nature, Axl Rose takes us through a whole range of music. Is it the original band? No. But it is still good. We'll just wait a few years till the original lineup reunites because there is just too much money and fame involved for a rock star to turn down.
Dr Pepper extends Chinese Democracy free coupon offer due to consumer demand
Everyone in America has until 6 PM EST on Monday, November 24 to get a free 20 oz. Dr Pepper
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