Chinese Democracy by Guns n Roses: classic or dud?

But Dud, on the strength of the bits and pieces from it that have emerged on the Internet or have been played live.

Thanks.

meanwhile, "there was a time" sounds better & better to my ears

That will happen before the GNR disc comes out.

The Axl Rose led band is responding to the thousands of fans who asked the band to come through the official site of the event.

This promises to be another memorable day for all who will come to the Bela Vista Park and more in specific for all those who have been waiting for the day that Guns would come.

Guns n’ Roses was the most requested band by the official site users, amongst all bands, by all fans, whether Portuguese or international. It is expected that many international fans will travel to Lisbon to be there to hear the material on the new album ‘Chinese Democracy’ for the first time live.

In an interview with the American magazine Rolling Stone in January of this year, Axl Rose confirmed that this long awaited Guns n’ Roses album was ‘very complex’ and that it would be a surprise for all the fans.

Axl followed that by saying that he was ‘trying something different’ and that certain arrangements would be very different from what the fans were expecting and probably closer to the sound of Queen. ‘Better’, ‘There Was A Time’ and ‘The Blues’ are some of the titles of in total 26 new songs.

In 2001, the new version of Guns n’ Roses performed at the third edition of Rock in Rio. More than 200.000 fans witnessed the return of Guns n’ Roses, after 7 years away from the stage.

Axl Rose introduced the new band during a show of more than two hours, which was considered to be the best of the entire event. Today, 5 years later, the show of Guns n’ Roses at the City of Rock promises to be a historic one, both for Rock in Rio and for Portugal.

By: Paulo M. Guerrinha

Source: rockinrio-lisboa.sapo.pt

When released, I am sure it will become dud, like the rest of their output.

This is actually a pretty good album if you can forget that it's supposed to be Guns N' Roses. Some of the guitar solos are phenomenal.

"Overproduced" is an understatement, but there are good songs underneath the expensive sheen.

And I'm still hoping for a REAL Guns N' Roses reunion. They say it'll never happen, but surely Axl will run out of money at some point. I would gladly pay an ungodly sum to see the original band.

Duff rejoins for five dates in south America, takes over much of the lead vocal on "it's so easy"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC8lwtS5wx4

God, I hadn't realized Axl can barely walk and sing at the same time anymore.

highlight of the tour so far has been this incredible performance by DJ Ashba (and the reaction of Axl)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4cPN45Kzi8#t=347

I think I'm going down a then-and-now rabbit hole pretty bad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmvyWszkn1Y

Axl and Slash are talking

Yeah, I've just read about this... seems that hell has indeed frozen over!

I love how this is news.

This must be the germ of a plan to make some serious bank. Else they will show themselves to be even bigger morons than everyone already suspects.

something so sad about the last ten years of gnr to me. not "wasted potential" sad but like a motorboat on an enormous lake with nobody in it and only one cylinder firing and an infinite supply of fuel and all the other boats are on a lake two counties over

Axl is sad in a sort of beautiful decadent rockstar way, Slash playing Sweet Child O'Mine with Fergie was just embarrassing

hey next year is the 25th anniversary of 'black or white' AND use your illusion sooo

there'll be chinese in democracy by the time runs and goses gets b.....

Slash playing Sweet Child O'Mine with Fergie was just embarrassing

Slash and Paulina Rubio, on the other hand...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqisMsT70TI

Axl is sad in a sort of beautiful decadent rockstar way

yeah - his total disengagement, how even when he's playing a show he's hardly there - he went directly from youth to Norma Desmond but with this "I still leave the house sometimes" twist

I'm a convert to "This I Love" and "Better" after hearing both live, though I still say this shouldn't be branded GNR.

still it was an incredible moment for the former, he was shrieking the high notes with a lot of power. actually surprised in general how in good voice he was.