The Burning Question 24/11/2008

OMG! defiently. Guns & Roses new album is pretty amazing. i have it myself.
and in my opinion; it is defiently worth the wait. although, they could have brought it out abit earlier. but they didn't. and now to be honest, is the right time to have brought it out :)

OMG! defiently. Guns & Roses new album is pretty amazing. i have it myself.
and in my opinion; it is defiently worth the wait. although, they could have brought it out abit earlier. but they didn't. and now to be honest, is the right time to have brought it out :)

OMG! defiently. Guns & Roses new album is pretty amazing. i have it myself.
and in my opinion; it is defiently worth the wait. although, they could have brought it out abit earlier. but they didn't. and now to be honest, is the right time to have brought it out :)

I LIKE IT SO THERE
I never really listened to the leaks and so I didn't much know what to expect
I was pleasantly surprised
ALSO I GOT IT ON SATURDAY FROM HMV.com :D:D
WAHEY
CHINESE DEMOCRACY CHRISTMAS NUMBER ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

if you got the free dr. pepper then yeahhh but i live in australia so i couldnt get it so in that case no lol

I've only heard the song, not the full album just yet. But it's either going to be absolutely awesome, or a complete waste of blood, sweat, tears, and time.

No.
Definatley not.
They've been way too overplayed lately and it's put me off them completely.
But then again, so has Axl Rose's surgery.

i just got the album and its well worth the wait all the songs on it are immense good work guys

Well its okay...its just not the same without Slash and Duff there, it sounds too different! So in answer to the question was it worth the wait....im sitting on the bench on that one. If you had asked me if it was worth the $14m or whatever it was then the answer would be know!

NO.
ive got to say, this is probly the worst album ive ever listend to, all the time in the waiting and it is hopless.

people wont old guns n roses not what ever axel is tryin to make the great guns n roases name into.

what a complete waste of time the album was and a waste of money for me and the millions they put into it.

Was it worth it?
Im going to sit on the bench on that one im afraid. Sure the music is pretty good...but its missing something...Oh yeah, Slash, Duff and Izzy..its just not the same without those guys and the new members are a bunch of people i've never heard of!

If you asked me if it was worth the $14 million or whatever it was then the answer would have to be no!

NO.
ive got to say, this is probly the worst album ive ever listend to, all the time in the waiting and it is hopless.

people wont old guns n roses not what ever axel is tryin to make the great guns n roses name into.

what a complete waste of time the album was and a waste of money for me to buy the album and the millions they put into it.

Was it worth it?
Im going to sit on the bench on that one im afraid. Sure the music is pretty good...but its missing something...Oh yeah, Slash, Duff and Izzy..its just not the same without those guys and the new members are a bunch of people i've never heard of!

If you asked me if it was worth the $14 million or whatever it was then the answer would have to be no!

No! it wasnt the same with out Slash and the others!! i gave the album to me mate and she agrees !!!

No! it wasnt the same with out Slash and the others!! i gave the album to me mate and she agrees !!!

no.

No.

oh yeah, well worth it,
after such a long wait it was gonna be amazing or stink up the place,
glad to see it was the first.
My rents were bout my age when they started listening to the,
so i can at least say i had them growing up, :D lucky me!

You can definatly tell its axl written, if it sounds like any of the old gnr material, it would be the songs axl wrote, november rain, my world, etc less raw and more piano. Most people seem to like it, but do they like it because they want it to be worth the time? I think its alright, but i dont know if its worth 14 years..
But it's been
14 years of silence
It's been
14 years of pain
It's been
14 years that are gone forever
And I'll never have again
(from 14 years, use your illusion 2)

You can definatly tell its axl written, if it sounds like any of the old gnr material, it would be the songs axl wrote, november rain, my world, etc less raw and more piano. Most people seem to like it, but do they like it because they want it to be worth the time? I think its alright, but i dont know if its worth 14 years..
But it's been
14 years of silence
It's been
14 years of pain
It's been
14 years that are gone forever
And I'll never have again
(from 14 years, use your illusion 2)

You mean, people actually bought the album? Ha! What a waste of money.

as good an album as it is i must say no...
firstly with the amount of money and time poured into this album it should have probably been the best album ever released...
it just doesn't have any songs that i believe can turn into real classics like Sweet Child O' Mine, November Rain, Paradise City to name a few...
also it is just not a guns n' roses album! why didn't axl just change the name? some of the musicians add great depth such as buckethead with some pretty intense solos but some of the other guitarists are just slash wanna-be's... also there is pretty much no cool bass hooks like duff used to do...
it may be an amazing album but not by guns n roses... more axl rose and "friends"

Considering they took about a year and a half per song to finish it. No.

After listening to it on myspace over and over i have come to the conclusion of it really depends if it was worth the wait. Sure if your a hardcore guns n roses fan anything is worth the wait to hear them once more. For people completely new to guns and roses i'd say no.
There isn't anything exiciting and alot of it reminds me of other bands and to me you can hear mr. rose has been listening to various other bands because the first 10 secs of the song sounded like someone else!

For us inbetweeners who think gnr are ok but not completely obsessed with them? well i guess it's fair to say the album is mediorce, it's nothing special. Now Axl has had his wank in front of everyone he needs to catch up with the times which is a shame as that man has some tubes on him, but regergitating the ballards not too dis-similiar from november rain on the album does get a bit stale. I think velvet revolver sounded more like the new gnr than gnr!

i forgot to mention i'm sure most musicians can wank alot quicker than it took for this album to come out.

First, it's not Gun's And Roses...it's Axel.
Second, they weren't any good to begin with so how could this be any better.

No

this album is not worth the wait its not guns and roses its axl rose and band, it took 17 years and about 5 million guitarists

this album is shit and was terrible

Given the lenghty build-up to this album's release, expectations have been very high.

The biggest problem is that the new album doesn't push any further forward than previous GNR offerings. In fact, it barely sounds like GNR at all. Much in the same way that Hypnotize and Mesmerize were a departure for System Of A Down, the same trick here doesn't quite work. We really are missing the big riffs, although Scraped is a rare return to form.

If you are looking for another Appetite For Destruction, then you'll be sorely disappointed.

It is very obviously missing the old line up despite having some near legendary artists on the album. Let's just say, the old GNR magic isn't there.

I think GNR have had their day, and Axl should have let the name fade away. Chinese Democracy is clearly one man's ego getting the better of him.

Given the lenghty build-up to this album's release, expectations have been very high.

The biggest problem is that the new album doesn't push any further forward than previous GNR offerings. In fact, it barely sounds like GNR at all. Much in the same way that Hypnotize and Mesmerize were a departure for System Of A Down, the same trick here doesn't quite work. We really are missing the big riffs, although Scraped is a rare return to form.

If you are looking for another Appetite For Destruction, then you'll be sorely disappointed.

It is very obviously missing the old line up despite having some near legendary artists on the album. Let's just say, the old GNR magic isn't there.

I think GNR have had their day, and Axl should have let the name fade away. Chinese Democracy is clearly one man's ego getting the better of him.

Axl took far too long and to be honest, it isn't Guns n' Roses without Slash.

hello no! they've had their time, this was all just a hyped up media show in a lame attempt at a 'comeback'. And they failed almost as badly as Britney Spears. G'N'Rs are dead, time to move on, people.

Dont get me wrong i love Guns n Roses but this album is a bit of a let down. After all the hype i was kinda hoping for something a lot more impressive. It shoud have set a new standard for thr rock world but has not even managed to as impressive as previous albums such as Appetite for Destruction.

Give it up Axl, grow old disgraceful rather than disgracing the Guns n Roses name!!!

Guns n Roses are nothing like they used to be. You cant beat the line original line up, plus axl rose is past it. He's hitting the high notes,but just not like he used to.

I bought the new album and had mixed feelings about it due to the fact Axl is the only original member. After hearing all the songs on the album i'm pretty confident that I can say it was worth the wait. It does have a solo aspect to it though that puts me off. But still, when I heard the first two songs 'Chinese Democracy' and 'Shackler's Revenge' I got well into them and was headbanging like a crazy mother f***er. Buckethead's guitar solos are amazing too. It's a shame he still wasn't in the band... Anyway, the album is awesome and hopefully the old GnR's fans will accept it.

hell no. its not even guns n roses, its just axl. normally that would have been a good thing, but because the album sounds like techno shit people are dissapointed. bring back slash!

The new Guns N' Roses album was most definatly worth the wait, but it's not Guns N' Roses, It's Axl Rose taking glory from the name.

The new Guns N' Roses album was most definatly worth the wait, but it's not Guns N' Roses, It's Axl Rose taking glory from the name.

No the only thing worth waiting for guns and roses related is axel rose dying he's to up his own arse

More than a decade for an album..
I don't think so.
Not even for Guns N' Roses.
Or should I say Axl Rose.

I've just read Kerrang!

Axl needs to get a grip on reality, and get rid of those strange braids...

I personally think its not that big a deal... We have been waiting for it for 14 years so i really dont give a crap anymore! Everyone got fed up of waiting after about 8 years!
It could be good who knows but it definatly wont be the amazingly awesome album everyone thinks it will be.

If by worth the wait you mean, has Axl finally decided if he wants to be a Rockstar or an Elton John wannabe, then the answer is sadly no.

Nope i dout it, they made their fans wait too long and the music style has changed so much since they were popular. I dowt anyone will care anymore.

Of cause it was worth it .. man can't you see how f*cking awsome they are ..? OMG

Guns & Roses, legends among people that walk god's green earth among us... how lucky we must be to one day bump into an EX guns star. But that was back in the 90's! This music just isn't the thing to listen to these days. Time to retire Axel? Oh, I think so!

Guns & Roses, legends among people that walk god's green earth among us... how lucky we must be to one day bump into an EX guns star. But that was back in the 90's! This music just isn't the thing to listen to these days. Time to retire Axel? Oh, I think so!

absolutely, i think its great that even without duff, slash and matt axl can still pull off the old sound its brilliant!!!!!!! love it GNR RULE!!

no way,
hes taken far too long,
made far too much money off watching people wait.
it just seems like axl trying to get yet more attention.
give up while you still have youre dignity!

no way,
hes taken far too long,
made far too much money off watching people wait.
it just seems like axl trying to get yet more attention.
give up while you still have youre dignity!

no way,
hes taken far too long,
made far too much money off watching people wait.
it just seems like axl trying to get yet more attention.
give up while you still have youre dignity!

As if it was worth the wait, GN'R got ridiculous when they released Use Your Illusion, Axl swimming with dolphins? Please, his ego has just grown and grown since then and it's resulted in this shite stain of a waste of money. As quoted by a real musician in Kurt Cobain, 'It's better to burn out than fade away'. Axl should take note as soon as possible or he'll just end up embarrasing himself. As if he couldn't any further.

As if it was worth the wait, GN'R got ridiculous when they released Use Your Illusion, Axl swimming with dolphins? Please, his ego has just grown and grown since then and it's resulted in this shite stain of a waste of money. As quoted by a real musician in Kurt Cobain, 'It's better to burn out than fade away'. Axl should take note as soon as possible or he'll just end up embarrasing himself. As if he couldn't any further.

As if it was worth the wait, GN'R got ridiculous when they released Use Your Illusion, Axl swimming with dolphins? Please, his ego has just grown and grown since then and it's resulted in this shite stain of a waste of money. As quoted by a real musician in Kurt Cobain, 'It's better to burn out than fade away'. Axl should take note as soon as possible or he'll just end up embarrasing himself. As if he couldn't any further.

As if it was worth the wait, GN'R got ridiculous when they released Use Your Illusion, Axl swimming with dolphins? Please, his ego has just grown and grown since then and it's resulted in this shite stain of a waste of money. As quoted by a real musician in Kurt Cobain, 'It's better to burn out than fade away'. Axl should take note as soon as possible or he'll just end up embarrasing himself. As if he couldn't any further.

Hell Yeah!
But There Not As Good As they Used To Be. it must have been hard for guns n roses though as in the past 15 years they have had alot of different members coming and going. i love the new guitar riffs it really makes me feel like slash is still in the band!

i think if a band is finding it this hard to put out an album then they should scrap it. in this case GnR didnt, which maybe they should have. sorry but its the truth

Rumour has it, that during this time, Axl was trying to learn how to sing, sadly this didn't happen but the deadline was up and they had to release.

Hii kerrang :)
i bought my first copy last week, and i love it !!! definatly the best music magazine out :)
carnt wait to by the new guns and roses album. do you know were the best place would be to buy it :), plz post this comment so i know were to find it :)

Hii kerrang :)
i bought my first copy last week, and i love it !!! definatly the best music magazine out :)
carnt wait to by the new guns and roses album. do you know were the best place would be to buy it :), plz post this comment so i know were to find it :)

of course it was! it is an amazing album. it may not be the old guns n' roses sound but its different and it rocks. so much better than metallica and ac/dcs new albums!

To be honest? No!
If any other band spent that long making one album they'd be critised to kingdom come and to qualify for taking so long to make, it would have to be the best piece of music ever made and i severely doubt it is.

To be honest I dont care at all. They expect EVERYONE to be excited about this new album. But everyone has different opinions really.

i havent heard the new album yet, but i'm looking forward to hearing it. i've seen the way they've changed there image though, not sure if i like it but hopefully there not going to be like every other band and there still going to be the same as they were...just even better. i hope Axl Rose still uses his voice in the same great way as he did before.

i havent heard the new album yet, but i'm looking forward to hearing it. i've seen the way they've changed there image though, not sure if i like it but hopefully there not going to be like every other band and there still going to be the same as they were...just even better. i hope Axl Rose still uses his voice in the same great way as he did before.

i havent heard the new album yet, but i'm looking forward to hearing it. i've seen the way they've changed there image though, not sure if i like it but hopefully there not going to be like every other band and there still going to be the same as they were...just even better. i hope Axl Rose still uses his voice in the same great way as he did before.

I wouldn't define them as GNR anymore, it's just Axl and new new troupe of performing monkeys. GNR ended the moment Slash left.

Considering GNR ended when Slash left, it's pretty good. Myspace has the full album on & it has Axl distinct voice & some other randomer & no Slash...which makes it good & bad. But hey, considering it has took 15years...its worth it...x

no way. i listened to it on myspace and it is terrible. its doesn't deserve to be called a GNR album. well it is hardly GNR it's axl and some replacements. overall terrible.

my theory, and i am a GNR fan, is that 16 years is a riduclous wait and i think that they have got away with too much and they dont deserve to do well with it. Its crap and over rated and i cant help but feel disappointed that we had to wait so long for something that wasnt worth a wait at all

Sometimes its a good album but sometimes(the super long intros)
its boring, did they really need 40 seconds of nothing on chinese democracy,well chinese people
talking.better,I.R.S,scraped,shacklers revenge & chinese democracy(apart from the intro)are the standout songs on this album. considering that it was the most expensive album to make ever shouldnt all the songs be decent.
14 tracks 14 or so years, it could have been much better.

Sometimes its a good album but sometimes(the super long intros)
its boring, did they really need 40 seconds of nothing on chinese democracy,well chinese people
talking.better,I.R.S,scraped,shacklers revenge & chinese democracy(apart from the intro)are the standout songs on this album. considering that it was the most expensive album to make ever shouldnt all the songs be decent.
14 tracks 14 or so years, it could have been much better.

Sometimes its a good album but sometimes(the super long intros)
its boring, did they really need 40 seconds of nothing on chinese democracy,well chinese people
talking.better,I.R.S,scraped,shacklers revenge & chinese democracy(apart from the intro)are the standout songs on this album. considering that it was the most expensive album to make ever shouldnt all the songs be decent.
14 tracks 14 or so years, it could have been much better.

Yeah it was a good album, but the songs did drag on a bit
good album, but deffo not in GnR's terms

No
to be honest no
it was boring and not good

Well... to say its been a long time comin would be an understatment!

The songs arernt bad and tbf there are times when they are bordering on amazing, Axl's voice is still as comanding as it was all those years ago.

As good as Axl is though it still doesnt make up for the lack of Slash which was and will always be the best thing about Guns & Roses. Most people will be more curious than excited about this album

Hell yeah it was worth it!!! I think they held it back for so long to build the hype so more people would buy it.

www.myspace.co.uk/UnholyConfessions81

Hell yeah it was worth it!!! I think they held it back for so long to build the hype so more people would buy it.

www.myspace.co.uk/UnholyConfessions81

dont people know that slash and co left the band back in 1993!!!! come on guys ! good bloody album though .

Not Really. It's Just Not The Same Any More Without Any Of The Other Band Members And Axel 's Voice Sounds Different And It's Hard To Recognise His Amazing Voice In Some Songs. All In All I Thunk It Was Better Beofore They Left ='( Dissapionted.

Totally. As regards the "it doesn't sound like GNR" comments - come on, it has been 17 years since the last original albums, did you really expect Axl not to develop musically since the Use Your Illusion days?

Chinese Democracy is a complex album, it's going to take me a good few listens to unravel all the layers, and while I think Slash is amazing the guitar work here is pretty damn impressive.

Highlights for me: Chinese Democracy, Shackler's Revenge, Scraped and Sorry, with a special mention for This I Love.

Great to have you back Axl. Now, when are you touring?

Its just ok, it's missing a something (SLASH!). its good to listen too but i wont rush to see them at any festivals.

It sounds like a techo, industrial country rock band ...gone wrong. It's like they took everything crap from the last 17 years it took to make the album, and put it into an album.

im not one of the people that would to buy it, how can it be GNR with only one original member, Velvet Revolver are more GNR than they could ever be, the album, ive listened to it and it just doesnt sound like anything that GNR would have produced, i dont like it at all
it sucks tbh

If Axl Rose had released this album under his own name then it would of been an ok rock album. As it is its probablely one of the worst albums i have ever heard, and to call it a Guns N Roses album when it clearly isnt (doesnt sound anything like them) is to pour bucket loads of water on the firey memory of one of rocks great bands. It is over produced and yet sounds like an unsigned bands demo tape, this is quite an achievement considering the millions spent to make the record. Give the guy his dues he has tried lots of different ideas but on listening this comes off sounding more like NIN or Linkin Park than Guns N Roses. The whole album feels like the old saying, too many cooks spoil the broth, as its clear many musicians, producers, engineers, studios and company bods have been involved to get this record to see the light of day. If you like soso rock like Andrew WK you will like this record, Guns N Roses fans should however give this cd a wide bearth, (you have been warned!).............all this record shows as with bands like Queen, is that one man does not make a band, but the spark and magic a group of people jamming together can only bring.

1 out of 10 for effort.

who can honestly say they remembered this album was even being made?

14years for a lot of nothing really

who gives a flying monkey fuck? haha GnR are shit, always have and will :)

^_^

no. Sounds fake.

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no. Sounds fake.

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no. Sounds fake.

If Axl Rose didn't own the name Guns N' Roses, this would have been a half decent solo album on his behalf. However since he has "raped" the name Guns N' Roses, this album has ruined the name of a once legendary band.

Axl You Are A BAWBAG!!!!!!!!!!!

Well i cannot see how this is a GnR album it features 1 member of the original line up axl should have said this is a solo album instead of after all these years releasing a supposed GnR album. They should properly reform and tour again.

Well i cannot see how this is a GnR album it features 1 member of the original line up axl should have said this is a solo album instead of after all these years releasing a supposed GnR album. They should properly reform and tour again.

well yeah i guess it was worth the wait but come on guys 16 years and now its out im not sure i want it any more, but at least its out for christmas so people can buy it

well yeah i guess it was worth the wait but come on guys 16 years and now its out im not sure i want it any more, but at least its out for christmas so people can buy it

well i didnt even remember it then my dad told me and i thought id listen to it online and well im not excatly getting excited over it its disapointing

well i didnt even remember it then my dad told me and i thought id listen to it online and well im not excatly getting excited over it its disapointing

well i didnt even remember it then my dad told me and i thought id listen to it online and well im not excatly getting excited over it its disapointing

no way. it's pretty disappointing considering it's been in the making for years. It's not even the original band- just Axl. what was he thinking?

I really enjoyed the album! I love the way g'n'r made there sound more modern and i cant wait for there tour!!

Good album but it isnt a guns and roses album its an axl rose album, just axl rose with a load of randoms, theres no real massive gnr classic there and its a shame.

i fucking love this album! fair enough its not pur GNR but still, songs like "better" and "street of dreams" are never far off my ipod or cd player. and tbh, it could never live up to the hype, but its still a solid, amazing alabum!

Definatly not worth the wait, i mean most of the original band aren't even in it!

Definatly not worth the wait, i mean most of the original band aren't even in it!

One thing i have got to say,
What has happened to Axls voice?
Loved their old stuff way better.

What?
Do you think Axl really cares about Chinese Democracy?
Think Not.

i think chinese democracy's a good enough album, but while listening to it, i was thinking 'it took 15 years to make this? really?'. it has just the same quality as a record released in 2 years at the most, so no, kerrang!. it was not worth the wait.

I got the album and think its great however its not the same as there old stuff, i have to say i prefer there older stuff.

no.

I havent really heard much of Guns N Roses, but when Radio 1 play Chinese Democracy, i have found that it really grows on me!

No, go out and but the Killers album instead