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I apologize if this has already been posted but I found it quite interesting so I thought that I would share it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guns_N'_Roses#Discography

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guns_N'_Roses

Discography

Albums

Appetite for Destruction cover.

Year Album US

UK

US Sales RIAA Certification

1986

Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide (EP)

- - 10,000 -

1987

Appetite for Destruction

1 5 18,000,000 15x Platinum

1988

G N' R Lies (EP)

2 22 5,000,000 5x Platinum

1991

Use Your Illusion I

2 2 5,355,985 7x Platinum

1991

Use Your Illusion II

1 1 5,435,447 7x Platinum

1993

The Spaghetti Incident?

4 2 1,290,849 Platinum

1998

Use Your Illusion

- - 430,912 -

1999

Live Era: '87-'93

45 45 729,370 Gold

2004

Greatest Hits

3 1 2,419,000 2x Platinum

TBA

Chinese Democracy

- - - -

All sales reflect US numbers only; worldwide sales are estimated at more than ninety million.

RIAA certifications are based on storewide shipments only. Some albums have yet to be re-certified again, thus making their current certification outdated.

Here is this tools email address, lets crash his email by all emailing him now:

mike.bell@calgarysun.com

Here is the link for the article:

http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2006/03/04/1473007.html

Opinion: Making Axl matter again

By MIKE BELL -- Calgary Sun

The job description of publicist has changed a great deal over the past few years.

Back in the day, it merely required you to get your client seen with all of the right people and featured in all of the right magazines.

Or, on the damage control side of things, to issue a statement offering a plausible explanation/excuse on behalf of the client such as "Mr. Arbuckle was merely making a toast when things went horribly awry" or "While Mr. Gere would love to attend your sit-down function, he regrets he will have to decline in order to care for his family pets."

And the worst- case scenario, hammering the teeth out, blowtorching the finger prints and disposing of the body.

These days, though, celebrity, itself, has evolved from merely doing or accomplishing something that is inspiring to others, to accomplishing nothing but presenting to the public the minutia of your life to obsess over, such as getting out of bed, buying a coffee at Starbucks or being totally, unequivocally heterosexual. Really.

Managing that minutia -- planning it, planting it, pimping it or publicly denying it -- is the new job of the publicist.

But how to make a splash for your client -- to get the people to care about your client's flip flops, weight loss or genuine affection (no, seriously) for the opposite sex -- is what sets the Lohan's apart from the ... well, somebody not nearly as trendy, skinny or promiscuous as her.

Actually Lindsay Lohan's person or, more likely people (a team of 23 genetically created individuals working around the clock) are pioneers in the world of PR -- from the feuds to the sluttiness to the familial car-wreck to the lost diary to the anorexia to the "exhaustion" to the car show nipple slip, there is nothing too shameless in their world and for the good of their client.

Which makes it seem likely those same people have now set their skills on the once dormant career of Axl Rose.

Long the punchline to the old rock 'n' roll joke -- "How many jerks does it take to make a mediocre bar band famous and then break up that band when they're really popular and then get new musicians and call them the name of that old band and then take 10 years and an estimated $15 million to record a new album that will probably stink bad?" (I never said it was a good joke) -- Rose now sits on the most anticipated thing since the second coming of Christ (you probably missed it because that day Brangelina was spotted in a mall -- with the kids!!!)

Five songs reportedly from Chinese Democracy (I.R.S., There Was A Time, The Blues, Catcher In the Rye and Better) have already been "leaked" on the Internet and to radio stations, with all of the right reactions from the Rose camp such as cease and desist orders and the proper amount of "outrage" and "shock."

Uh huh. They really, really hate people talking about an album that, as of now, doesn't even have a release date.

Their client has been irrevocably damaged by the release of songs, which, despite sounding as dated and indulgent as the most bloated GNR song at the apex of their crapaciousness, have fuelled anticipation from fans and non-fans alike who acknowledge the blackhole of sucktitude this music represents but still can't wait to hear the rest of it to determine the full extent of its bowel-moving odiferousness.

Even I, after sitting through these songs and feeling the full wave of nausea sear through to the very core of my being, returning lunch back above ground and causing me to question the existence of a kind and merciful creator, even I want to hear the rest of the album.

Now, maybe, maybe these really are leaks.

But more likely it's the diabolical work of people who know what they're doing -- geniuses in the field of publicity.

And if that's the case, then I don't think it's a stretch to predict before the month is over --ladies and gentlemen, I give you Mrs. Lindsay Rose.

May I be the first to toast the bride.

QUICK HITS:

Speaking of publicists, if Scott Stapp leaked his sex video with Kid Rock in order to kickstart his stalling solo career -- as Rock seemed to suggest -- he may want to stop taking advice from Fred Durst ... Is it me, or did Avril Lavigne look and sound fantastic at the Olympics closing ceremony? She done growed up good ... Don't get your hopes up on a Madonna show in Calgary. The only reported Canadian show is a date in T.O. ... Finally, adding insult to injury, Sheryl Crow was apparently getting set to announce a Canadian tour before she had to undergo surgery for breast cancer. Here's wishing her a speedy recovery in hopes we'll see her soon.

I apologize in advance if this has already been discussed but I couldn't find a thread on it & the search function doesn't seem to be working.

Who should open for GN'R on the new tour?

I think that it should be Billy Talent - their debut album has the raw energy of Appetite For Destruction and is almost as good.

www.billytalent.com

I wanted to see which of the new tracks everyone hopes to see on Chinese Democracy?

I know that it's been reported that there are going to be 13 Tracks and that they currently have 31 (I think) Tracks.

For me I want to see these 4 for sure as they are Excellent:

T.W.A.T. (There Was A Time)

The Blues

Madagascar

Better

I'm really looking forward to hearing the studio versions of The Blues & Madagascar as I've only heard the live versions and they're great.

I.R.S. & Chinese Democracy are okay and I wouldn't be that upset if they were on there. I guess it's a given that Chinese Democracy will be on there. Maybe the studio version of Chinese Democracy will be better than the live version.

Hopefully Silk Worms & Rhiad & The Bedouins won't make the cut. Again I've only heard the live versions but I was not impressed with them.

Thoughts?