Chinese Democracy, the first new Guns N’ Roses album since 1991, debuts tonight at 9 PM PST exclusively on MySpace Music, where fans can listen to it for free.
Well, actually it debuted on BitTorrent a while ago, but we’re not talking about that. Also, the band has previously released two songs, Chinese Democracy and Better, to radio stations and music sites in the past couple of weeks.
But tonight is the big debut, and for most people it will be the first time they hear the music. It will be available in 25 countries: US, Canada, Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Russia, Turkey, Poland, India, Australia, New Zealand, Korea and Japan.
Remember this ’cause it’s important: listening to music on BitTorrent for free is illegal. Listening to it for free on MySpace isn’t.
The physical album goes on sale November 23.
~~yawn~~
you are obviously less than 30 years old.
…or considers this an Axl Rose album, not a gunners album… which it is.
Fantastic reply, Michael. I don’t think that reader got the point of the apostrophed “because.”
Nice write up.
Oh, whoops. I thought the yawn/reply was about the fact that it was being released on MySpace, not that it’s a Guns N’ Roses album.
~~yawn~~ its an Axl Rose album
~~yawn~~ I’m over 30 but not into nostalgia, times have moved on.
~~yawn~~ big deal its on myspace
Or, god forbid, someone who has a different preference of music.
I’m under 30 years old (25), and was introduced to them at a young age by my older siblings and like many others, own almost all their cds. But
I think what george of the jungle was saying is, who cares? this has been on torrents for a while now like every other popular artist.
I clicked it’s torrent link it right after ac/dc’s black ice and kanye west’s new album.. Just another folder of mp3’s on my ipod.
P.S. Why anyone “over 30″ would buy a gun’s and roses album without Slash, Duff, or Izzy on it is beyond me.
Stick to tech
New GNR album and we’re discussion a fucking yawn comment?
That is exactly why I am NOT bothered.
haha agreed, guns and roses was around in my day. But go figure all the old bands are coming back. AC/DC just released theirs so why the hell not other old timers haha. This is one i will have to see if its worth it. Thanks for the headsup Michael
Yeah , ACDC still have the group and their old punch !.. GNR without Slash aint GNR . They have sebastian bach too in a single i heard . All the messed up tards in one album .
17 years and this is all we got for the wait. Terrible.
And i think it was 15 . The Spaghetti Incident?
Yeah, that was completely a band on it’s dying days – Spaghetti Incident – but I always thought that slamming out 30 songs like they did on Illusions I and II was a mistake, basically their whole back catalog – well over 50 songs on Appetite, Lies, Illusions I/II – where does that leave you? Burnt out!
ahh yea but don’t let the myspace uhhh ad page deter you
haha it stil should be good
I wonder if a rather well-earning person like you still pays for music considered all the hints to torrents.
(Note: I agree with all the points you make, I don’t mind paying artists, but can’t be bothered paying labels for the work of the musicians).
Just Axl ain’t GNR – I’ll def give it a listen tho
This is my personal favorite of all 3 GNR records.
all “3″ records?
i count 5
sorry 6
Buckethead still rules.
…and kudos to myspace for getting the exclusive..?
…and until then, you can enjoy 90 second samples of two –count ‘em TWO– singles. Enjoy!
if this is big news in music, then yes, it’s a sad day. g n’ r rakes in the cash by going via best buy and they premiere the record on a news corp. site. wow, what integrity that axl has!
people really still care about g n’ r? listen to music that matters, folks.
wendy,
Aside from the big “BEST BUY” logo on that page and the call to by the CD from “BEST BUY”, I agree, Best Buy really got worked over.
I’m holding out for a new ABBA album.
You’re in luck – Agnetha released one last month.
i’d take slashes velvet revolver with tom morello, and scott whilen over axls whiney Michael jackson lookin ass anyday. i still remember axls temper tantrums to this day
Probably going to blow hard.
I like alex rose , and I am a Chinese ，囧
Released on the torrents a while ago. Decent album.
Hey – where is my free Dr. Pepper then???
This is the worst album ever. Axel should have just let this one die. Every song is so far from anything vaguely reminiscent of Guns and Roses.
MA I want my click back
I thought I was going to here GNR’s latest album!
“What we have here is a failure to communicate”
GNR rules and this album is going to kill it. And it’s an awesome article. I wonder how much if any MySpace is paying for the exclusive.
Wow tuff crowd hear, I just read all the comments…
These are the facts; Axel is GNR just as David Lee Roth was Van Halen
Ask me how I know…
I went to a VH concert with Hagar and then a VH concert with Roth within the last 2 years!
No F’n comparison!
the song “Chinese Democracy” fucking sucks. An article in Rolling Stone said that, with the production taking 10 years to get to this point, the album would have to be nothing less than the best album ever to meet expectations. I don;t think even Axl can pull that off…
So what…your music pleasure depends on what RS sez?
Grow some would yaa!
Think of it as a music station…ya don’t like it…turn the F’n channel!
what you said is bullshit
Is Slash still in the group?
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Nope , he is in Velvet revolver !..cant keep the guy away from guns …
Myspace servers can’t handle the load, choppy playback… shows you that there are more people trying to listen to it than the T.W.A.T(s) bashing it on this thread, stick to your Dungeons and Dragons, and enjoy your Josh Groban…
michael, you’re the best myspace beat reporter out there.
heh by the time i got around to comment the torrent finished downloading… go figure
HAHAHAHAHAHA. I love the part of the video where you GET to myspace, to rip it, from this TechCrunch artical!
Updated StationRipper to record MySpace: http://www.yout...h?v=fRiL5swt2fQ
Was already recording it before tonight, but without art and correct naming.
-Greg
(Was going to play some WoW tonight, but figuring out how MySpace was doing this was more interesting!)
HAHAHAHAHAHA. I love the part of the video where you GET to myspace, to rip it, from this TechCrunch artical!
Yes, well, it was just a very quick flash, so hopefully no fair-use issues
Any recent LA sitings for W AXL Rose? Some cuts from the new Album have been playing on local radio since end of October..sounds like he is back in full force.
Since Steven Adler is Dr. Drew’s rehab program, maybe he can join the group… hehe
Axl has proven he can change with the times, but has not proven that he can still change the times.
There’s a big difference.
I like the album a lot. And if you’ve seen guns n roses in concert in the past 10 years you’ll understand that the band is 80% axl, 20% the rest….
I never thought Guns N Roses album would see the light of day. I’m sure lots of money was lost because I heard Vegas had a betting line on whether a new album would EVER be released.