The rumor mill is at it again. After having written a review of G'N'R's debut album, Appetite for Destruction, I found on metalsludge's webpage a news, or rumor, item that is of obvious interest. Apparently Axl's baby, an album that is supposedly going to be called Chinese Democracy, was finished in December.
Most people might find that not a big deal, but if you take under consideration that is has been under production for about 10-12 years and has cost more than 13 million dollars already, then the news is of gargantuan proportions. We're talking proportions of Tommy Lee's size (as in his height). Axl and his pseudo-Guns N' Roses have been writing and recording this album with so many problems, mostly due to Axl's indecisiveness, that the question remains: will people actually care if and when this album comes out? I mean, talk about burning your bridges! If he had released an album a couple of years (or even going the Def Lep road, four years) after The Spaghetti Incident was released in 1993, then things might've been different. Or maybe things will be big exactly because he's been a hermit all these years. Who knows?
Axl Rose and Co. have actually NOT BEEN AROUND (with the exception of live performances here and there, whenever Axl actually showed up) for a long time, folks. Let's just check out some things that have happened since G'N'R released their last studio album, shall we? In no particular order of importance, of course.
1) The Spice Girls ruled the world and then disappeared (sorry, couldn't resist it).
2) Led Zeppelin played again!
3) The Police got back together!
4) KISS got back together, then started playing musical chairs.
5) Poison's Bret Michaels went from being the star of the show, to being the star of his show, Rock of Love.
6) The mighty Van Halen got back together with... OMG... Diamond Dave!
7) Slash actually got one band together, Slash's Snakepit, made two albums in about 7 years and not a lot of noise with them, and then got back together with Duff and Matt Sorum, added the Stone Temple Pilots singer, Scott Weiland, and made another band, Velvet Revolver, with which success came a-flowin'.
8) Aerosmith went from having their videos played non-stop on Mtv (1993-94) to pretty much being shunned by what is now pretty much HHtv (1999-present). More on HHtv later.
9) Queen toured again!
10) I released my first album with my band, Maracas Brain!
As you can see, the music world has done a few cartwheels since Guns were last considered as part of the Billboard top 200 in a "new album just released" status. And let's not even get into things outside rock, like 9-11. So time will tell, as Poison once said, and we'll just have to wait and see if Axl's magic can actually outsmart even himself and make the greatest comeback in the history of popular music.
Most people might find that not a big deal, but if you take under consideration that is has been under production for about 10-12 years and has cost more than 13 million dollars already, then the news is of gargantuan proportions. We're talking proportions of Tommy Lee's size (as in his height). Axl and his pseudo-Guns N' Roses have been writing and recording this album with so many problems, mostly due to Axl's indecisiveness, that the question remains: will people actually care if and when this album comes out? I mean, talk about burning your bridges! If he had released an album a couple of years (or even going the Def Lep road, four years) after The Spaghetti Incident was released in 1993, then things might've been different. Or maybe things will be big exactly because he's been a hermit all these years. Who knows?
Axl Rose and Co. have actually NOT BEEN AROUND (with the exception of live performances here and there, whenever Axl actually showed up) for a long time, folks. Let's just check out some things that have happened since G'N'R released their last studio album, shall we? In no particular order of importance, of course.
1) The Spice Girls ruled the world and then disappeared (sorry, couldn't resist it).
2) Led Zeppelin played again!
3) The Police got back together!
4) KISS got back together, then started playing musical chairs.
5) Poison's Bret Michaels went from being the star of the show, to being the star of his show, Rock of Love.
6) The mighty Van Halen got back together with... OMG... Diamond Dave!
7) Slash actually got one band together, Slash's Snakepit, made two albums in about 7 years and not a lot of noise with them, and then got back together with Duff and Matt Sorum, added the Stone Temple Pilots singer, Scott Weiland, and made another band, Velvet Revolver, with which success came a-flowin'.
8) Aerosmith went from having their videos played non-stop on Mtv (1993-94) to pretty much being shunned by what is now pretty much HHtv (1999-present). More on HHtv later.
9) Queen toured again!
10) I released my first album with my band, Maracas Brain!
As you can see, the music world has done a few cartwheels since Guns were last considered as part of the Billboard top 200 in a "new album just released" status. And let's not even get into things outside rock, like 9-11. So time will tell, as Poison once said, and we'll just have to wait and see if Axl's magic can actually outsmart even himself and make the greatest comeback in the history of popular music.
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