If Coldplay has allegedly taught us anything, it's that you go to unlikely sources when you allegedly rip people off. So I'd say Axl Rose had allegedly taken good notes from one of the world's biggest bands in allegedly ripping... CONTINUE READING AXL DENIES RIPPING OFF ULRICH SCHNAUSS»
Posted on October 6, 2009 in (28 comments)
Tags: Axl Rose | Guns N' Roses | Ulrich Schnauss
The band's manager tells NME that while CYHSY have indeed abandoned plans to head into the studio, bloggers suggesting a permanent split are "probably reading a bit too much into things." They are "unlikely to work together in the immediate... CONTINUE READING CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH NOT NECESSARILY BREAKING UP»
Posted on January 21, 2009 in (6 comments)
Tags: Axl Rose | Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Guns N' Roses | Nine Inch Nails | Tom Hanks | Uninhabitable Mansions
Maybe he's excited by his surprise appearances on a few of these year-end lists (way to blaze trails NY Post). Or, despite what he says, maybe he realizes talking to the press/fans helps sell records. Whatever the case, last night... CONTINUE READING AXL ROSE ON CHINESE DEMOCRACY, BIPOLARITY, RUNNING LATE & KANYE WEST»
Posted on December 12, 2008 (8 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Axl Rose | Guns N' Roses
Dr. Pepper plans to make good on its promise to give everybody in the United States a free can of the bubbly once Axl's opus hits the shelves. It'll involve an on-line coupon, but according to a Pepper spokesperson "full... CONTINUE READING YES, WE'RE ALL GETTING FREE DR. PEPPER »
Posted on October 17, 2008 (4 comments)
Tags: Axl Rose | Bon Iver | Guns N' Roses
Please insert turkey jokes where you see fit, we're too astonished to talk shit: As previously hypothesized, Chinese Democracy will indeed be at Best Buy stores nationwide on 11/23. You can fill in the blanks and learn about "the structure... CONTINUE READING CHINESE DEMOCRACY WILL BE OUT IN TIME FOR THANKSGIVING!»
Posted on October 9, 2008 (6 comments)
Tags: Ariel Pink | Axl Rose | Guns N' Roses
You never do know with Axl and the much-delayed, much-overworked Chinese Democracy, but according to a story at Rolling Stone, the post-G'NR opus will be out the end of November ... exclusively at Best Buy. Imagine how much it would... CONTINUE READING CHINESE DEMOCRACY COULD BE YOURS BEFORE THANKSGIVING ... ONLY AT BEST BUY!»
Posted on September 26, 2008 (27 comments)
Tags: Axl Rose | Guns N' Roses | Sasquatch! | St. Vincent
Saul Hudson's still got feelings for Axl. About the recently arrested CD leak-blogger, Slash tells the LA Times: "I hope he rots in jail. It's going to affect the sales of the record, and it's not fair. The Internet is... CONTINUE READING SLASH ON CHINESE DEMOCRACY LEAKER»
Posted on August 29, 2008 (13 comments)
Tags: Axl Rose | Bat For Lashes | Guns N' Roses | Slash | SXSW | The Golden Filter
Take our ink-stained hands and join us at the OldStand, where Jon McMillan goes to remind everyone what an honest-to-goodness music magazine is supposed to look like. For the cover story, Bob Guccione Jr. himself gets in the ring with... CONTINUE READING OLDSTAND: SPIN, NOVEMBER, 1990»
Posted on June 23, 2008 in (9 comments)
Tags: Axl Rose | Bon Jovi | Iggy Pop | Judas Priest | Pixies
Yesterday we heard Chinese Democracy had leaked. Now we've actually heard Chinese Democracy. Or most of it. It wasn't just an urban legend -- Axl really was working on something (but "overworking something" is more accurate). It's good to hear... CONTINUE READING CHINESE DEMOCRACY LEAKS, UNDERWHELMS»
Posted on June 19, 2008 (50 comments)
Tags: Axl Rose | Guns N' Roses
Last night the gods of '90s-era modern rock radio wept a tear of happiness when the newly reunited Stone Temple Pilots performed "Vaseline" and didn't entirely suck (although Scott gets a little too into the whirling dervish bit post-solo and... CONTINUE READING STONE TEMPLE PILOTS BRING KIMMEL SOME REUNITED ROCK, WHILE SCOTT WEILAND FEELS AXL'S PAIN»
Posted on May 2, 2008 in (13 comments)
Tags: Axl Rose | Guns N' Roses | Jimmy Kimmel | Scott Weiland | Stone Temple Pilots