Spreading 'Democracy'
LT tipped me to some leaked tracks off the looooooooooong anticipated Guns n' Roses album "Chinese Democracy" thanks to the site Stereogum (though it appears the links have since expired).UPDATE: ("Forget Lies - Gn'R Leaks!" [E!Online])
I downloaded and gave "IRS," "T.W.A.T. (There Was A Time)" and "The Blues" and few listens. The mix wasn't the greatest. Definitely not the final product. It was OK.
I kept thinking THIS is the result of 9 years of work???? IRS was my favorite of the three. Had some good melodies and some classic Axl Rose screeching. But the guitar work was unremarkable (makes you realize how big a role Slash and Izzy played in shaping the GnR sound). The songs were OK but not memorable. Certainly no Appetite. Sounded more like left over Illusions.
He should just go ahead and put the whole thing out and be done with it. Take his critical lumps then go back to the studio and prepare his proper "comeback." I can hear it now: "The Emancipation of Axl."
New Guns n' Roses - Chinese Democracy [Stereogum]
Earlier:
GnR: Get In the Ring [Jonworld]
posted by JP at 1:25 PM
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Axl goes back on tour to discover that all the hot metal chicks he's been looking forward to cavorting with are now 35 and 40 years old, and he's still prettier than they are.
I was just talking with a friend about GnR, and how they had the misfortune to do their best work FIRST. Many bands have this problem--they knock it out of the park with the first release, and then find they've got nothing left. Appetite is a classic, every track, but after that for my money they could never do more than a double.
Pearl Jam had that same problem, imo, though they're coming out of it now. Of course unlike Axl, they've actually been PLAYING all this time.
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