HisRoyalSweetness Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 (edited) as amazing as the whole chinese democracy experience was, i can't help feeling the album cover was a little bit of a missed opportunity. i mean, don't get me wrong... the bike was awesome. but i do sorta feel like it could have been slightly more awesome, or at least more representative of the album as a whole.do you think axl will pick a more exciting cover for the next volume in the chinese democracy saga? like maybe a pole? or a fork? or maybe a an old hub cap? Edited October 9, 2012 by HisRoyalSweetness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnrjanus Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 This has been the album cover since 2000, and there is a meaning behind it, its a bike against a wall where guns n roses is painted on. In china... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnkelSivert Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HisRoyalSweetness Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 (edited) no don't get me wrong... i love the bike! and i can totally appreciate the poetry of it being a picture from china on an album called "chinese democracy." that's rich and beautiful and deep. but he's going to need another album cover for the next volume. unless you're thinking he may go super bold and release all four volumes with the same bike album cover. or maybe multiple angles of the same bike? i guess it would be somewhat risky to break with the bike imagery now, after so many have come to associate it with chinese democracy. just the other day, i was out for a ride and somebody said, "hey man, nice chinese democracy machine!" so yeah, i could see the temptation not to mess with the recipe for success. he could run the risk of a re-branding nightmare ala new coke if he tries too hard to tamper with the gnr formula we all know and love.but who knows... maybe a new album cover could draw even more new fans to the band. i have plenty of friends who don't like bikes but are way into walking sticks. that's just an example, but you get what i mean. maybe he could attract new fans of different inanimate objects? it's a gamble... but life always is! Edited October 9, 2012 by HisRoyalSweetness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Yeah, maybe he'll go with something like this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damn_Smooth Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 How about a trampoline with a Mexican midget jumping on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HisRoyalSweetness Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 (edited) guys, please try not to make a joke out of this thread. obviously, axl's not going to pick a midget jumping on a trampoline. he's clearly trying to pick album cover imagery that's subtle and minimalist in order to provide some sense of balance for the overstuffed sonic nightmare on the cd itself. midgets jumping on a trampoline IS NOT subtle or minimal.i was thinking maybe a can opener? photographed in china, naturally, so it makes logical sense. Edited October 9, 2012 by HisRoyalSweetness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuloputas Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 axl should use a pic of his favorite car, a ferrari or something like that, people love cars, it would help the album sales.and he'd get money from the car manufacturer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damn_Smooth Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 guys, please try not to make a joke out of this thread. obviously, axl's not going to pick a midget jumping on a trampoline. he's clearly trying to pick album cover imagery that's subtle and minimalist in order to provide some sense of balance for the overstuffed sonic nightmare on the cd itself. midgets jumping on a trampoline IS NOT subtle or minimal.i was thinking maybe a can opener? photographed in china, naturally, so it makes logical sense.That may be true, but you would think that Axl would want to go a little more "in your face" with this album. He needs something that will grab people's attention when they see it on store shelves. Nothing grabs attention like midgets on trampolines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HisRoyalSweetness Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 yeah, but it wouldn't make logical sense. maybe if they were chinese midgets jumping on a chinese trampoline, photographed in china. but that still strikes me as a crass, tasteless and transparent grab for attention.the bike was a tad bit boring, but still dignified and enigmatic. i really think he should try to strike that same balance, just for the sake of artistic continuity between albums. i got it!!!!! how about a desk chair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damn_Smooth Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Desk chairs are too boring. How about Chinese thumb cuffs with the G on one and the R on the other? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HisRoyalSweetness Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 thumb cuffs are both too literal and too obscure.what about a garden hose in front of a brick wall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damn_Smooth Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Can the garden hose be twisted to write GNR? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HisRoyalSweetness Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 (edited) that strikes me as too literal and heavy handed. maybe if there was a gnr sticker on the garden hose? or on the brick wall behind it? Edited October 9, 2012 by HisRoyalSweetness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volcano62 Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 DJ Ashba will be featured on the next album cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damn_Smooth Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Yeah, I like the sticker on the hose idea. I think that would work. Good thinking HRS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HisRoyalSweetness Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 DJ Ashba will be featured on the next album cover.what, like his feet or something? standing next to the garden hose? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bonham Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Axl should use one of the old album covers -- like the the Appetite cover -- but update it for the 21st century with some Chinese stars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 i mean, don't get me wrong... the bike was awesome. but i do sorta feel like it could have been slightly more awesome, or at least more representative of the album as a whole.You're such a deep thinker, why don't you give us a few examples of covers that would have been "more representative of the album as whole" so we can bask in the glory of your intelligence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Axl should use one of the old album covers -- like the the Appetite cover -- but update it for the 21st century with some Chinese stars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HisRoyalSweetness Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 (edited) i mean, don't get me wrong... the bike was awesome. but i do sorta feel like it could have been slightly more awesome, or at least more representative of the album as a whole.You're such a deep thinker, why don't you give us a few examples of covers that would have been "more representative of the album as whole" so we can bask in the glory of your intelligence?that's tough because i'm not a graphic designer but here are a few quick ideas just off the top of my head...a decaying elephant carcasstwelve pounds of lumpy diarrhea a portrait of fat axl alone in his underwear, crying "white hot tears" over his desire to see slash stay popular and relevant. Edited October 9, 2012 by HisRoyalSweetness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustycage Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 DJ Ashba will be featured on the next album cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron MikeyJ Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 I don't mind the CD album cover but it is nowhere near my fav. It reminds me of the Zeppelin 4 album cover, the old dude with the sticks. That cover also is just average imo. Which when I compare the Zeppelin 4 cover with zeppelin I- In through the out door, Zeppelin 4 is clearly the worst. Which is funny since it is considered their best album (not my fav) but you get what I mean. When I think of gnr's albums, only appetite is the really good cover. Which is funny since it was the second choice, and honestly the cross is way better than the robot cover. But honestly other than Appetite all of guns album covers are pretty weak overall. I would say lies is probably second best. So if we ever get another album I hope they try a little harder, because for a band of their status, weak album covers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepsicoca Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Yeah, maybe he'll go with something like this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spunko12345 Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 (edited) that strikes me as too literal and heavy handed. maybe if there was a gnr sticker on the garden hose? or on the brick wall behind it?Maybe he could spin it all on its head and use a picture of a wok or some chopsticks next to the Statue of liberty. So it's like China but in America (where he's from). That would blow people's minds. Edited October 9, 2012 by spunko12345 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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