[King Dick]

10/18/06, 6:19 pm EST

Exclusive: More Juicy “Chinese Democracy” Tidbits

In the new issue of Rolling Stone hitting stands this Friday, our Brian Hiatt reveals what he’s discovered about the long-awaited Guns N’ Roses album Chinese Democracy. The article begins with this elusive quote from GN’R manager Merck Mercuriadis, in which he essentially retreads stuff we already know: “The album will come out this year. There are ten Tuesdays left before January – it will come out on one of them.” But trust us, it gets better. Highlights after the jump.


Following Guns’ headlining gig in San Bernadino, California, on September 23rd, Axl threw a party at his mansion and played the full album in his poolroom for visitors, including his friend Sebastian Bach, former singer of Skid Row. “It was mind-blowing,” says Bach, who is opening for Guns n’ Roses on their upcoming North American arena tour. “It’s a very cool album – it’s badass with killer screams, killer guitar riffs, but it’s got a totally modern sound. The word for it is ‘grand.’ It’s fucking epic. He’s reinvented himself yet again.”
The album includes some tracks that have been played live or leaked onto the Internet, including the poppy “Better” and the hard-hitting “I.R.S.” “There’s this one song called ‘Sorry’ that’s almost like doom metal with Axl singing really clean over this grinding, slow beat that is fucking mean,” says Bach. “I cannot get it out of my head.”
Veteran engineer Andy Wallace, who mixed Nirvana’s Nevermind, is working on the project, according to a source close to the band. “We’re absolutely delighted with the mixes,” the source says.
On October 24th, the band will kick off its North American tour in Miami. Two dates — November 10th in New York and November 20th in Halifax, Nova Scotia — are already sold out, according to Mercuriadis. Additional U.S. dates will be added in early 2007, and the band will return to the States in the summer as well, he says.
Though a source told Rolling Stone that the album is due November 21st, Mercuriadis declined to confirm this. “I don’t know that we will announce a release date,” he says. “You just might walk into your record shop one Tuesday and find it there.”
-- Rolling Stone

http://www.rollingst...ocracy-tidbits/

This post has been edited by jack99: 18 October 2006 - 05:59 PM

[GNRfan001]

sweet

[Thunderstruck]

Holy mother of God!

[Ridin' the Nightrain]

...Woah.

[kevin]

Good news! Keep this stuff coming!

[moreblack]

not announcing a release date?

interesting...

[X_Patience_X]

Here's the article:



Cool

[Takeshi]

So in the article Merck refused to confirm that the 21st was the release date, but his little buddy at HTGTH claimed that Merck had denied that the 21st was the date.

It's good news that they're still confident that the album will be released. I wish they'd just announce the freakin' date.

This post has been edited by Takeshi: 18 October 2006 - 04:38 PM

[King Dick]

the release date is probably set, and we probably aren't going to find out until that day.

probably nov 21. if they aren't announcing a release date, its not like they are going to admit thats the date.''

and people think Axl cares about being #1 on the charts ? I dont. I think he just wants to put out the best record he can put out.

[Jackamo!]

"Sorry"? hmm... what's doom metal?


& the last line is very disappointing. merck just said that there will be little promotion

[Ridin' the Nightrain]

Jackamo, on Oct 18 2006, 10:38 PM, said:

"Sorry"? hmm... what's doom metal?

It's pretty heavy. Kinda gloomy. Has a sludgish sound to it. Can cross over into other genres such as black and death at times.

But I doubt it really is like doom metal. I can't believe Axl would make something like that. Unless he means the more mainstream version of doom - which isn't as heavy.

This post has been edited by Slash's Appetite: 18 October 2006 - 04:41 PM

[username]

AWESOME!

Can't wait!

[King Dick]

Jackamo, on Oct 18 2006, 02:38 PM, said:

"Sorry"? hmm... what's doom metal?


& the last line is very disappointing. merck just said that there will be little promotion

so fucking what?

the music will do the talking. Axl does things his own way, always has. And if the rest of the album matches up to material like Better and The Blues, we are in for the album of the decade.

[X_Patience_X]

Jackamo, on Oct 18 2006, 10:38 PM, said:

"Sorry"? hmm... what's doom metal?


& the last line is very disappointing. merck just said that there will be little promotion

http://en.wikipedia....wiki/Doom_metal

Yeah and it sounds almost cruel not to tell us a release date...

[chesire78]

thanks for posting can't wait to hear it