Chinese Democracy Deluxe Boxset Due December 15th
Geffen Records has set a December 15 UK release date for a limited deluxe box set edition of GUNS N' ROSES' new album, "Chinese Democracy". In addition to the full-length CD, the package includes a T-shirt, bandana, patch, belt buckle and key ring.
To order a copy from HMV, go to this location.
Posted on: 2nd December 2008 @ 17:37 GMT | Posted by: Admin | Source: Blabbermouth
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'The Killiers' beat GN'R in the UK
From musicradar.com - The Killers' Day & Age has won the first big chart battle of late 2008. The Killers' album third album Day & Age has gone straight to Number 1 in the UK this Sunday (28 November) ahead of Guns N' Roses' long-awaited Chinese Democracy. Initial reports from the UK industry suggest Day & Age sold over 200,000 copies in one week, to Guns N' Roses 150,000. In any other week this year, Guns N' Roses' impressive sales would have taken them straight to Number 1. To compare, The Verve's fourth album, Forth, debuted at Number 1 in the UK on first-week sales of just over 70,000 in September 2008.
Posted on: 2nd December 2008 @ 17:36 GMT | Source + Image: www.musicradar.com
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'Chinese Democracy is here!!
From gunsnroses.com: Chinese Democracy is everything you've been waiting so patiently for -- and a lot more. Here's a full track description:
"Chinese Democracy" opens things up on a theatrical note. Right away you realize that frontman and GN'R mastermind Axl Rose has never sounded better. Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal's guitar solo is another highlight of the title track. "Better" couldn't be better, with a five-pronged guitar attack setting off explosions while a hard beat crunches away. Tommy Stinson's bass line provides the backbone of the rhythm. "Street Of Dreams" comes next, the beautiful song that you might recognize during GN'R's 2006 tour, introduced as "The Blues."
The fifth track, "If The World," is a classic funk-rock song with Middle Eastern elements and liquid bass playing from synth man and programmer –- and track co-writer –- Chris Pitman. There Was A Time" "Broken glass and cigarettes, writing on the wall/It was a bargain for the summer and I thought I had it all," Axl sings before this instant classic crescendos into the powerful chorus. Other highlights include Dizzy Reed, Pitman and Axl's synth orchestra, which gives the song a movie feel.
A gorgeous instrumental intro featuring piano, bass and Axl's signature wails begins the album's next track, "Catcher In The Rye". "Scraped" features Axl all over the register, with layers and layers of vocal tracks piledt on top of each other while a sinister guitar riff shoots through the chorus: "Don't you try to stop us now/'cause I just won't let you." Meanwhile, "Sorry" is a kick-back track with acoustic guitar but with Axl-penned lyrics that bite: "You don't know why I won't give in," he says. "To hell with the pressure, I'm not caving in."
Track No. 9, "Riad N' The Bedouins" has Axl giving his all to the vocal over a complex, multi-layered guitar rhythm. The instrumental bridge segues from strings to a Bumblefoot solo assault. An electronic drum loop leads right into the next song, "I.R.S.", which contains some of Axl's most inner-reaching lyrical content on the album. Track No. 12, "Madagascar," features accltaimed orchestral arranger Paul Buckmaster and emotional samples from history, including two speeches by Martin Luther King Jr., the films "Mississippi Burning" and "Cool Hand Luke."
"This I Love" starts with only Axl's voice and piano playing, and it's the only song on the album solely written by Axl. "Prostitute" brings things to a close, with Axl saying, "It's not a question of whether my heart is true."
Chinese Democracy is a truly epic project, GNR's first studio release since 1993's The Spaghetti Incident?.
Retail chain Best Buy is the exclusive outlet for the CD and vinyl album in the United States. The album is also available via the iTunes Store.
Posted on: 24th November 2008 @ 17:49 GMT | Posted by: Admin | Source: www.gunsnroses.com
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'Chinese Democracy' streaming in its entirety on GN'Rs Myspace!!
Listen to the whole of Chinese Democracy 3 days before its is officially released on the bands official MYSPACE page. It will be available up to the 23rd November when it will be taken down.
Posted on: 20th November 2008 @ 16:07 GMT | Posted by: Admin | Source: Official GN'R Myspace
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Listen to Chinese Democracy samples of every song!!
Dutch retailer vanLeest have published 30 second samples of every song on the new album at this location. I have not listened to them all as i don't want to ruin the surprise when i get it next Monday. I did, however listen to one song sample of 'Street of Dreams' which turned out to be 'The Blues', which the band have played live since 2006.
**Ive also noted that the piano in the song 'Prostitute' was frequently played by Axl as a mini piano solo before the song 'November Rain' when GN'R played live, this would explain why Prostitute was included on photos taken of the setlist**
Posted on: 18th November 2008 @ 10:26 GMT | Posted by: Admin | Source: vanleest.nl
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Awesome new GN'R ad up!!
Check this out:
Posted on: 18th November 2008 @ 10:23 GMT | Posted by: Admin |
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Second single "Better" aired in USA and available for streaming!
New York's Q1043 has the second single "Better" from Chinese Democracy available for streaming at this location. Better has been leaked several times over the past few years, the final cut sounds awesome!!
Update: "Better" is now streaming on the official Guns N' Roses website
**New forum layout and design has now been published at forum.gnr-uk.com, you can now get rid of the adverts on the forum by registering and logging-in, although still an inconvinience - it is still out of my control. Sections for discussion will soon be up and running, so please register and get posting!!**
Posted on: 17th November 2008 @ 18:23 GMT | Posted by: Admin | Source: Q1043.com
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Classic Rock Review Chinese Democracy
From Classic Rock Magazine: In 1966, Beach Boy Brian Wilson took part in 17 recording sessions at four different recording studios, using over 90 hours of tape and dozens of session musicians to create a song that was to be known as Good Vibrations. With an eventual cost of $50,000 it was rumoured to be the most expensive record ever made. If the record industry, music critics and Wilson’s teenage fanclub were sceptical, when they heard the finished single it all made sense. The song was aural perfection: a multi-part mini-symphony filled with gorgeous harmony singing, a beautifully mournful middle section, and a chorus that just would not leave your head. The song became the band’s first million-selling hit. It was, everyone agreed, time well spent. Read on...
Posted on: 17th November 2008 @ 18:18 GMT | Posted by: Admin
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'Chinese Democracy' page updated
The 'Chinese Democracy' page has been updated with all the information you need to know for the release of the new album. More information will be added about this album as soon as new details are in circulation. Im also currently working on a history of the new album, which i hope to have published very soon. Enjoy and keep checking back!!
Posted on: 15th November 2008 @ 15:31 GMT | Posted by: Admin
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GNR-UK.COM - Back to business!!
With the release of the longly-awaited new album just around the corner and with alot more happening in the GN'R world at present I firgured that now would be the perfect time to fire gnr-uk.com back up again! This will be a very exciting time for GN'R fans around the world and im glad i can share it all with you! Rest assured, gnr-uk.com will have up-to-date news coverage up to the release of 'Chinese Democracy' and into the future. Thanks for your continued support. Remember, if you have any suggestions or general feedback then please email me at: mail@gnr-uk.com
Posted on: 15th November 2008 @ 15:26 GMT | Posted by: Admin
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