chinese democracy - the saga continues!

[Raad_Man]

you know if youre a fan of axl, then there's plenty of stuff to be entertained by.  so i can see how chuck klosterman would like it.  plus, axl's a fucking lunatic and he'll have an emotional break down when this album fails.  as a fan of axl, i think chuck just wants to try and be supportive and nice so axl doesn't stop making music.

[emma]

Chuck Klosterman is at least five kinds of dumb.

[Raad_Man]

holy fucking shit man.  i thought gnr would get more normal after this fucking album finally came out.  but no, it's hte opposite man. 

in case you didn't know, dr. pepper agreed to give 'every american' a free soda if the album came out.  well, it did, and their website redemption thing was overwhelemed, so they extended the date you could get your coupon by a couple of days and set up a phone number to call. 

but in the mean time, chinese democracy ended up not selling so well.  kanye's gonna be number one.  axl's gonna be a distant two.  he ain't handling it well.  he's decided to sue dr. pepper because they didn't live up to their promise to give every american a free soda.  his lawyer's letter says dr. pepper ruined what was supposed to be a monumental day for music fans.  axl wants them to take out full page ads in each of the biggest papers apologizing to america for lying and ruining cd's release.  and he wants them to pay him a bunch of money for using his 'legendary reputation' to promote their soda.

holy shit this is so funny.  i love axl.  i just wish he made more music that didn't suck.

[Kid Pain]

chuck klosterman should stop proclaiming things.

[Regular Joe]

in case you didn't know, dr. pepper agreed to give 'every american' a free soda if the album came out.

I just didn't get this part at all, in addition to not getting why anyone gave such a huge shit about this washed up band releasing an album. Why is Dr. Pepper as a brand so invested in GNR? Why not Mountain Dew?

[Raad_Man]

holy shit man this album is a flop!  it debuted in the number 3 spot, with onnly 260k sold.  ha ha ha ha.  axl failed.  now it's time to get that reunion happening! 

even wfmu people who don't like rock n' roll would probably want to go see that show.  i mean fuck, that's what everyone's been waiting for!!

axl's been AWOL for the last couple of months and has refused to say anything about the album or do publicity at all.  the only thing he's put out is his press release about suing dr. pepper.  but the sun is reporting it's cause he's trying to get all the reunion agreements in place.  so fucking sweet!  it's happening people!  a new day has come!

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The only fitting topper to this Chinese Democracy catastrophy would be to immediately follow it with a world-wide reunion tour where Chinese Democracy material would not be performed at all.  haha

I wouldn't go to any GnR concert under any circumstance given Axl's reputation for making the audience wait two hours and then play two songs and storm off the stage in a pout like a five year old.  Thanks, but no thanks.

[andrew in philadelphia]

there's a reason this genre of music got shown the door in the early 90s: it's boring, self indulgent, cliched and stupid. it was fine for the time and place with which it is associated, but anyone today who is seriously invested in the doings of GnR - other than out of pure morbid curiosity - needs to get their head examined.

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Also, I think that GnR's decision to market solely through Best Buy was a bad idea, while AC/DC's decision to go with Walmart was a master stroke for them.

Yeah, I don't like Walmart either, but you have to admit that it was a brilliant decision. 

[daveB from Oakland]

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Axl Rose is suing Dr Pepper for what he calls a botched giveaway. Dr Pepper had promised everyone in America except Slash and Buckethead a free soda if the Guns N' Roses album "Chinese Democracy" came out this year.

It was released Sunday. Dr Pepper agreed to give away coupons through its Web site that day, but demand was so overwhelming many fans could not connect.

Dr Pepper extended the giveaway by 18 hours. That wasn't good enough for Rose. His lawyer, Alan Gutman, says the redemption plan was "clumsily implemented" and calls it "an unmitigated disaster." He says Dr Pepper should have negotiated a legitimate relationship with Guns N' Roses for a giveaway.

He's demanding a full-page apology in several large newspapers, an expanded time period for fans to get the free coupons, and an appropriate payment, although he does not say how much. A Dr Pepper spokesman doesn't address those demands but says the promotion was simply "a fun giveaway."

©2008 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, rewritten, or redistributed.   yeah whatever ...

If I was Axl, I'd also demand that Dr. Pepper give free cans to the entire population of China. And that the company must change it's name to "Dr. Bumblefoot".

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Just wait until Axl finds out that Slash got his hands on one of the coupons by using a fake name.  I bet he's gonna be MAD.

[Raad_Man]

there are rumors of a reunion, bitches!!!  it was in the sun, mtv and google entertainment news.  shit yeah motherfuckers this is what we've been waiting for.  welcome to the jungle.  i'm gonna watch you bleed.

[Stupornaut]

there's a reason this genre of music got shown the door in the early 90s: it's boring, self indulgent, cliched and stupid.

Since when were G'n'R ska-core?

[Raad_Man]

there's a reason this genre of music got shown the door in the early 90s: it's boring, self indulgent, cliched and stupid.

Since when were G'n'R ska-core?

dude, what the fuck are you talking about?  gnr weren't ska.  they were fucking rock n' roll.  the last real rock n' roll band.  they had nothing to with gay ass ska, which i'm sorry to tell you sucks.

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there's a reason this genre of music got shown the door in the early 90s: it's boring, self indulgent, cliched and stupid.

Since when were G'n'R ska-core?

HAHA! 

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