Everyone knows how much I love Guns ‘n’ Roses, right? And how my lifelong dream is to have a G’n’R tribute band that also does a few Skid Row* covers, yeah? Well, the Rockstar I Adore, Axl Rose, is in the news for the first time in a long time. It seems he has finally got some actual recorded traxx for his long-anticipated Chinese Democracy album out in the world now. And of course, scandal abounds on the “Internet” because the “pirated” tracks were “leaked” to the Interwebs, and then of course, some “conspiracy theorists” have a “theory” that there’s a “conspiracy,” and the bottom line is it doesn’t really matter who put the tracks out, because now they are out.
I, of course, will be waiting until the album is available in its entirety and legally, but here are some kewl links, if you’re into G’n’R. And if you aren’t, well, come back tomorrow when I’m sure I’ll have something more interesting like another photo of the backyard or the dog, or both.
Track-by-track review (and by the way, I totally love Joel Stein’s writing style and want to marry him now):
http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1818247,00.html?iid=redirect-gnr
Article on the “leak”:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1818182,00.html
*I always had this dream but it also includes the idea that one day, while I’m out at a show doing G’n’R stuff, Axl will show up at the bar, but I won’t recognize him right away so he’ll just watch the show and be like, yeah, that chick is totally rockin out, and then I will look out in the crowd as the band starts the haunting melody that leads into “18 and Life,” and then Axl will stand up and Sebastian Bach will be standing there with him, and then they will pluck me off the stage and carry me on their shoulders (which might require further assistance from one of the bouncers because I’m pretty stocky, and they are both a little more on the slender side) and then I will go on a magical date with my 2 favorite rockstars, ever. Ahhh.
So you can imagine my surprise and glee to learn that, in the past couple of years, Axl and Sebastian have actually buddied up IRL: http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/06/23/axl-roses-chinese-democracy-tirade-sebastian-bach-tells-all/. Now all I have to do is get the band going, and then they really can come to a show. Should be any day now.
And one last thing, Axl’s working on his bio. But maybe he should finish and release the album, first:
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