I’m tired of saying it and I’m tired of hearing it. Axl Rose owns the name “Guns N’ Roses“. He can tour, and write under that name as long as he owns it. Everyone knows that I’m not an Axl sympathizer but Jesus Christ I’m tired of hearing former members bitch about him.
I said awhile back that Chinese Democracy doesn’t really sound like a Guns N Roses record. It just doesn’t, but the fact remains that he owns the name. What get’s me is the former members of G N’ R bitching about him touring under the name.

I haven’t wanted to talk about this because it’s just been pure speculations and rumors, but there has been a lot of words flying around about Guns N’ Roses doing full blown stadium tour. What’s the big deal about that? Well, everyone is wondering how the hell Axl plans on filling those seats. They don’t believe that Guns N Roses has the pull they once did, even with the release of Chinese Democracy. You really do have to wonder if it’s possible for them to fill stadium seats and sell tickets. While there is no doubt that they will …read more

Axl Rose has come out of “Hiding”…maybe. It’s been almost three weeks since the release of Guns N Roses’ Chinese Democracy and everyone has been wondering where Axl Rose is. Some rumors started saying that he might be trying to get the original line-up back together. Some said that Geffen records was highly upset with him and said that record sales would have gone better had he made some kind of appearances to promote the record and blamed the poor start on him.

Guns N Roses Chinese Democracy sales have taken quite the dive in the second week. First week sales reports estimate a sale of 261,000 copies (Including digital sales), which was much less than most anticipated.
In it’s second week of sales Chinese Democracy has only sold just under 57,000. That’s a huge drop, but let’s be honest, that’s still a lot of records these days for a rock band and a lot of rock/metal bands would love to have those kind of number after a month or two. Granted this is a band that made a huge impact in the …read more

As I promised awhile back, I have a copy of Reckless Road Guns N’ Roses And The Making Of Appetite For Destruction. This book documents  the coming of Guns N’ Roses from the beginning and the making of Appetite For Destruction. Marc Canter, the author and longtime friend of Saul Hudson (Slash) started collecting and documenting everything Guns N’ Roses from the beginning of the bands inception, to the release and touring of the band in support of their breakthrough and historic record. It has hundreds of pictures of the band as well as pictures of memorabilia, tickets, flyers …read more

Look on the back of your milk cartons, Axl Rose is missing. He pulled a Ja Rule  and just up and disappeared a couple of months before the release of Chinese Democracy. Maybe he saw all of the trash being talked about the new album and just decided to lay low and prepare himself for the slurry of insults and bad reviews that were bound to happen from Internet goers.
But what if he was doing something more productive? What if he was trying to rebuild some bridges and heal some old wounds? Even if it is just for money…what …read more

I’m just kidding. That just seemed like a proper and funny title considering what went down last week. But seriously, everyone expected this record to sell a million copies in it’s first week due to great anticipation that has been building for over a decade now. Granted, sales still did better than most rock bands these days, landing Guns N’ Roses Chinese Democracy at #3 on the Billboard 200. It only sold about 261,000 copies and that includes 25k digital sales. That’s a far cry from what they expected. Perhaps it’s because of the economy right now, or maybe …read more

Amongst the plethora of Guns N Roses Chinese Democracy news and former band members kissing Axl’s corn-row braided ass hairs, hoping for a Guns N Roses Reunion, there is actually some non GNR news!
Bret Michaels of Poison is writing a biography about himself. He says the title is still a working progress but right now it’s just called “The Brett Michaels Story“. I imagine it will have a heading title like “Every Rose Has It’s Thorn” or Something To Beleive In”. You know, something to make it sound more interesting that it really is. You can read an interview …read more

Steven Adler, the former Drummer of Gun’s N’ Roses has a dream of a G n’ R reunion. I think Slash does too and that’s why he’s kissing a lot of Axl Rose ass lately. Steve Adler has suffered with his addiction for sometime now and that is what caused his booting from the band back in the 90’s. Adler’s lawyer had this to say according to Gibson.com and Reuters:
“When he gets sober, they’ll accept him into the band and then they’ll do a comeback album and a world tour, that’s the dream of Steven Adler,” Sands told Reuters.

The article …read more

Yesterday marked the release of the next Guns N Roses single from Chinese Democracy entitled “Better“. Instead of go anywhere else to listen to it, you might as well stick around and listen to it here.
 
Better – Guns N Roses