Nosaj Thing Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 This artwork is damn cool. Where can I get it in full size? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 If they chose the bike one it Must have been due to authorization of one or more of these paintings. Still, they could've used the red hand or grenade cover and the bike booklet if that's the case. I can't get over the fact the most expensive album ever, with megalomaniac-esque songs and heavy production has a picture of an old bike on the cover. I get the idea of how 'interesting' it is that someone graffiti Guns N' Roses on a random wall in China but it's not cool as an album cover, especially when minimalism is the last thing you think of when thinking about Chinese Democracy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoM Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Wow, I like it a lot.I saw red hand booklet before and I believe it's the best. Granade booklet is good, but also a little weird. Stalin, Mao, kissing guys, don't ask don't tell - WTF!?In the US, the military has a dont ask dont tell policy in regards to being gay, thats why the soldiers are kissing. Why or how it relates to the song or album Idk.Yeah I know, that was my thought exactly. What Mao and Stalin has to do with gays in US army?BTW maybe Obama and his change (no more "don ask don'tell" rule) is the reason why that booklet wasn't released... (joking). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.wa.T Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Wow, I like it a lot.I saw red hand booklet before and I believe it's the best. Granade booklet is good, but also a little weird. Stalin, Mao, kissing guys, don't ask don't tell - WTF!?In the US, the military has a dont ask dont tell policy in regards to being gay, thats why the soldiers are kissing. Why or how it relates to the song or album Idk.Yeah I know, that was my thought exactly. What Mao and Stalin has to do with gays in US army?BTW maybe Obama and his change (no more "don ask don'tell" rule) is the reason why that booklet wasn't released... (joking).May be because communism and being gay dont go together, thats my guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquor & Whores Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 did sb check if cover B and cover C include properly written lyrics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millions Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Some of that artwork is really beautiful.Having said that, I wouldn't spend my cash on a re-release unless there was at least a new song or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amir Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 (edited) You can buy (a print of?) the "Hundreds of Thousands" artwork for $4,800:http://www.artnet.com/artwork/426233988/425934722/rankin-hundreds-of-thousands.htmlEDIT: Apparently there are 5 prints:http://www.artnet.com/artwork/425632044/113308/rankin-hundreds-and-thousands.html Edited July 16, 2013 by Amir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Can someone help me find the red hand? I would like to buy that artwork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amir Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Couldn't find info on Red Hand, but info on other paintings here: http://gnrinternational.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=chinesedemocracy&action=print&thread=2499Also, just saw that Hundreds of Thousands is $4,800 for 1 of 25 prints. Not that rare, then. Just find a high-res version and print it myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Who cares if there was a rerelease planned? It never panned out, and clearly there was nothing extra to be included on the disc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 (edited) Couldn't find info on Red Hand, but info on other paintings here: http://gnrinternational.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=chinesedemocracy&action=print&thread=2499Also, just saw that Hundreds of Thousands is $4,800 for 1 of 25 prints. Not that rare, then. Just find a high-res version and print it myself That's what I'm trying to do.I remember I tried to buy the Snakepit II original artwork from Slash's auction few years ago. I was willing to pay $5000 but that went for around $14,000 lol. Edited July 16, 2013 by Nosaj Thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 You can buy (a print of?) the "Hundreds of Thousands" artwork for $4,800:http://www.artnet.com/artwork/426233988/425934722/rankin-hundreds-of-thousands.htmlEDIT: Apparently there are 5 prints:http://www.artnet.com/artwork/425632044/113308/rankin-hundreds-and-thousands.htmlSame photographer, same candy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom2112 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 For the first time, through avid GNR collector Troccoli, we are now able to see Axl's alternative Chinese Democracy booklets in their entirety.Cover B - Red Handhttp://t.co/zPUzC3m40eCover C - Grenadehttp://t.co/BCzUwlrdGyI liked the liner notes, always wondered what the hell Rhiad was about, now I know! thanks for sharing. I could have used this a few weeks for an essay I was doing, Axls other quotes on Chines democracy were a little timid and didn't really express a definitive position, other than he was opposed to the overall treatment of the chinese people. good read and some of the images were quite good, would have preferred either the grenade or the the red hand as the cover instead of the the bike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yourcrazy Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 I always hated the bike cover. Both of these are cool and much better done. Not sure why they weren't released with the album though. Thanks for posting this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangoSkank Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 I so wish there was a breakdown of what happened with Axl vs. label on this. Seems like there was a lot of work and a lot of planning that suddenly got abandoned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR DOOM Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 (edited) One of the pieces in C looks like Axl and 2002 Robin edit: top row, second in from the right. Edited August 21, 2014 by DR DOOM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodzilla72 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Thanks for bumping this- I'd forgotten how comically High-School-Art-Class some of those paintings and collages are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyrobot Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Thank you for sharing but this artwork is vomitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estrangedtwat Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 "Vomitive?"Is that even a cromulent word? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvH Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Best of both worlds would be the red hand cover on the grenade booklet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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