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Vandals drummer Josh Freese's new album: $7-$75,000!
Few people can claim punk, rock-star and metal cred, but drummer Josh Freese is a unique breed. Although a permanent member of punk-prodigy group The Vandals since 1989, new-wave band Devo since '95 and Maynard James Keenan's A Perfect Circle since the beginning, Freese's work has also appeared in many other places. To name a few: Guns N' Roses, The Replacements, Sting, Nine Inch Nails, Ween, The Offspring and so on.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsGuns N' Roses: Chinese Democracy
“All I’ve got is precious time,” Axl Rose snarls... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsGuns N' Roses serves up free Chinese Democracy, Dr Pepper
Guns N' Roses' long-awaited followup to 1993's The Spaghetti Incident occupies a special spot in our pop culture collective unconsciousness - a piece of art whose creation story is so well known that it's impossible to disconnect the history from the actual product being offered. Regardless of whether it's actually any good, Chinese Democracy's fate has already been written: like a glam-rock Ozymandias, it stands as a towering monument to cost-be-damned tenacity, crushed expectations, and the sheer force of Axl Rose's ego.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsGuns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy gets release date
Break out the Dr Pepper, y'all.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsGNR's Chinese Democracy goes Best-Buy exclusive
For 15 years, Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy has stood as a monument to the perils of rock 'n' roll egoism, a perennial punchline and the embodiment of Shelley's Ozymandias: "Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!" Five producers and $10 million deep into the boondoggle there was little hope that the album would ever see the light of day, before GNR graced the public with some new material released via a video game. Our long national nightmare may at last be drawing to a close; Chinese Democracy could be released before the end of the year. There is... read more
Found in: Music, NewsMy Son Axl
Dear Beloved Fan, as one of the 768 people who watched my son, Axl, play “Baby Beluga” on a toy guitar on YouTube (youtube.com/axlsdad), you are clearly a listener of discerning taste. I’m sure you’ll agree that he’s not like all those other two year olds... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesGNR delivers Democracy to Geffen amidst conspiracy
After more than a decade of false promises and speculation, Axl Rose and his Guns N’ Roses bandmates have finally delivered their long-fabled album Chinese Democracy to Geffen Records. The record’s final price tag is estimated to be a cool $13 million. Many music industry observers thought today’s announcement would never come. The band began working on Chinese Democracy 14 years ago as the follow-up to 1993’s The Spaghetti Incident, but money, copyright issues and turmoil between the band members plagued the project from the very beginning. GNR announced the album’s completion and release dates several times, most recently in... read more
Found in: Music, NewsDr Pepper offers free soda for GNR's Democracy in 2008
Sometimes love for a particular kind of art transcends all societal boundaries and expectations. Case in point: It seems even employees at soft drink conglomerates are becoming frustrated over the wait for the next Guns N' Roses album. Speculations for the cost of the still-forthcoming followup to the GNR 1993 covers collection The Spaghetti Incident run in the $13 million range. Entitled Chinese Democracy, it's had several rumored and announced release dates, the most recent of which was March of last year, but no album has actually followed. After more than a decade, Axl Rose, the man responsible for Paste's... read more
Found in: Music, NewsCloninger Takes 'Sweet Child' Essay To ABC
You read Curt Cloninger’s 2,305-word essay on Guns 'N Roses' "Sweet Child O’ Mine" in issue 26 of Paste. Now you can see the man himself (Cloninger, that is—not Axl or Slash, sorry) deliver excerpts from his epic work in a video segment from ABCNews.com. Check it out here.... read more
Found in: Music, News2,305 Words On “Sweet Child O’ Mine”
This article is about the song “Sweet Child O’ Mine” by Guns N’ Roses. read more
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