fuk yeah the leaked songs rock

new stuff sounds really great. its important that gnr move forward with new players, able to present axl’s epic songs

The leaks don’t sound as GNR. Axl should have dropped the name.
As Izzy said : “This is obviously not GNR”.

Lets all face the facts the demos arent bad there pretty darn good and we should all get on with our lives whilst waiting for the album

Like many people I had written this off before hearing a single note. Im big fan of slash and I was dissapointed with VR, though i still bought it like moron.

But holy shit the second I heard The guitar kick in on the song chineese Democracy I was hooked this is some of the best music ive heard in a long, Thanks todays pussy rock music I forgot what rock actually sounds like.

yeah, i heard the leaks. honest, i do think they are great, but just not the same without slash. that new kid just kinda stinks. but they are good songs. i really like IRS and catcher in the rye. they aren’t the same as before, but hay, i’m not the same either. appetite was something i listened to in middle school; when i was stupid. these songs have a different meaning, and they’re more deep than most of GNR’s songs. beside, of course, novemeber rain and don’t cry. not the same, but still good music.

gah, axl was my favourite, but he’s kinda lost the hardcore he used to have. and he’s not near as hott as he used to be. wtf?! “dreads” and plastic surgery? gah, crazy man.

i’m still buying the album the day it’s released! if it’s EVER released, that it…

all u peeps who h8 axl dat doesnt mean the albums gonna be bad just cos u h8 him.i love the old gnr but ive heard the new songs and im able to admit theyre good.and gnr may be dead but this aolbum should bring them alive againn.rockstar70 u mite not like it but that doesnt mean others dont like it.

this is why women shouldn’t be let out of the kitchen.

the leaks are awesome and only DEMOS. the final shit will rock your face, hearing these has shattered all the doubt i had about axl and the new lineup.

i must admit i was a hater but seeing them in 2006 and hearing these really changed my mind.

I think that the gunners minus slash are doing a good job I’m listening to them right now keep up the good work Axl

Heard the leaks. Composition and music is amazing. With final mixing and engineering these tracks should sound mind-blowing. They get better the more I listen to them.

I’m a little confused by the reviewers comments and those of many leaving comments. Why are we sad that there is no Slash, no drug/alcohol influence, degregation, etc… I absolutly love old GNR. but, you know what… I’m not a middle/high-school kid anymore and, sadly, neither are most of those other people. Don’t Damn Me and Out to Get me still make me want to go punch somebody in the face, but, they aren’t the soundtrack to my life anymore. The new GNR stuff is more significant. It’s all about redempton and moving forward. I never heard the leaks. But, just today I heard studio demos of these for the first time. They seem album ready to me. So, I’ll just assume that the reviewer and others weren’t lucky enough to hear quality mixes. Sorry to rain on the “I hate Axl because he changed but I can’t” parade.

Some of you need to get your heads out of the sand. The leaks are better than anything out there right now and they blow way the VR crap. The only so so song is IRS. If you want the classic style gnr go listen to the blues and catcher in the rye.

I’m sick and tired of reading the comments from you people that just want another “Appetite…”. That was (and still is) a great album but it’s NOT what the next album will (or should) be. Life goes on!

The only thing I REALLY don’t like about “Chinese” is that it’s not yet released…

I’ve heard all the leaks and personally I think they beat the hell out of most of the stuff around today.
Chinese Democracy, There Was A Time, Better and Madagascar are all great songs. The long guitar solo on “There Was..” is just great!

Axl: I think we all have demonstrated a little patience now so just get on with, let us finally have this album and move on to the next! Please.

Axl

Kick ass

Someone gave me bootleg copy of Chinese Democracy that took me over a month to listen to from lack of interest. A few interesting moments I will admit but Buckcherry sounds more like GnR then this collection does. You know when you put some music on and if it is good you can’t do anything else except sit there and listen to it. The first song “Better” was pretty good but down hill from there - totally couldn’t hold my attention. There were a few bursts of guitar histrionics that I perked up to but nothing compelling and certainly nothing with the hard rocking beauty of Sweet Child or the guttural majesty of Welcome to the Jungle, both rock n roll masterpieces. In my opinion Axl should never release this because he can only lose by doing so. It holds more mystique as an underground myth then it will if he releases it and it gets panned which it will. GnR was a GREAT band and this is NOT GnR no matter what Axl says. Axl had a great weird arrogant pouty charisma in the day but this is stale and proof positive that those accounts of him still being a freaky egomaniac who will always be his own worst enemy have to be true. Te ORIGINAL Axl Rose would never have made Chinses Democracy/ They wouldn’t even have let him in the Kat Club with this music. Too bad. Velvet Revolver rocks though.

the blues is november rain??!??!
WTF Rolling Stone fuck you
the blues is a ballad but’s nothing to do with november rain idiot

The songs kick! Axl is amazing! I’ve been waiting since 1998+ when I got the first set of leaks. The new ones (same songs) quality is better. Only do the right and true GNR fans will give back by buying the album. These people leaving negative remarks are here for spite, only. I’ve seen people say, they’re just going to steal the songs they like when it comes out. Some are out of spite, in lieu of Axl, being the only original member. Axl didn’t leave GNR the others did. Quit being selfish, because you want to live their life. You’re all losers and should be kicked in the head. Intelligent people don’t compare unpolished music to past songs done by the band and say they suck, without hearing the finished product. It’s commonsense. You don’t listen to a song one time and love it. Your brain catches on to it, and you know what I mean, even if you are an idiot or you have brain damage.

GNR kicks ass! it will all end just as the others have. the music will live on forever.

I am shocked that so many people are hanging onto the idea that Axl has made some masterpiece and it is going to be the greatest album ever. Let go already. Axl isn’t some musical genius who is misunderstood. He’s a complete moron. He let some of the best players in the game go because his ego got to big, period. It’s not Guns ‘N Roses now. It’s Axl with a bunch of hired hands. So Axl here’s to you, dumbass.

The album 13 years in the making that will never come out! Release dates come and go always seems something comes up. Why bother touring without a album, just milking the GNR name for some cash!

Want to live like a rockstar put the dam album out already. Not do these”WORLD TOURS” that mean nothing but a quick influx of cash to the Axl Show!

Will you all fucking give Axl a break?

This new record is absolutly amazing!

It’s a shining example of how much Axl has matured as an artist, and how much the new line up can easily give Slash in the bollocks!

Unlike Velvet Revolver songs, this album shows depth in the lyrics that we’ve never seen before, perfected arrangements from numerous acclaimed artists, and, all in all, a perfect Guns N’ Roses record!

I for one am fed up of hearing that the new Guns N’ Roses are “just a cover band”

OBVIOUSLY NOT!

Just you wait to hear the finished product, rather than sum early demos which have been mysteriously dubbed “studio quality tracks”.

jst wait for them 2 properly release the album before slagging it off!

all we need is just a little patience…

listened all you motherfuckers out there …….. just shut the fuck up and see what will happen to guns n roses in 6 months time …… i wont tell you what will happen but just wait and see ….until then just smoke weed and stay high !!!!!!!!

Personally, I’ve always felt SW has usually tried too hard to sound like Jim Morrison, and he was like a poor man’s Eddie Vedder.

Where VR are concerned, they are okay, but nothing spectacular; I think the hype factor has sort of worn off since 2004/2005 for them.

What a crap! Of course you should not expect old GNR style, but this is awful! AXL, isten to LIBERTAD by Velvet Revolver and hear how Scott Weiland sings! Damn, I wish I can hear old GNR songs with Scott singing!

I GOT IT!! Axl is making a statement about the political situation in China!! By never releasing the record, he is, in effect, saying that democracy will never happen in China. It’s a symbolic statement! It’s a protest record without even being real! Wow–he’s so deep…so profound…

Guns and Fucking Posers were The most unoriginal Total pile of shit in 1992 and they suck shit out of dead dogs asses in 2007 GNR rock Yeah right! Aluminium Pop Joe dirt Fucking Dickheads

DID YOU GUYS KNOW THAT G.N.R REALLY STANDS FOR GIRLS NOW ROCK !! NOT ANOTHER BUNCH OF BED WETTERS !!

Axl has had 15 years to make this record. 15! He has no other job or purpose in life but to do this one thing and he can’t/won’t do it. Pathetic. If he lived in reality where time and deadlines matter he’d be starving on the streets.

I think the leaks are great.I mean, you can’t expect something like old guns n roses, and if you do, you are stuck in the 80’s.
Many critics and old GNR’ fans have written so much shit about the upcoming album, but I really believe that the new album’ll have many potential tracks on it.

The new songs are better than anything from the UYI albums, they blew me away. People been reading too many rock magazines that advise you it’s cooler if you say you prefer Slash over Axl these days. So what, Axl split the band up, Slash has moved on, Axl’s moved on, but you guys haven’t..

I was a big GN´R fan, but since they split Axl has done nothing but dream with this long, long, long not awaited album and frankly the few songs i´ve heard really suck. This is not GN´R, this is a has been singer with a bunch of nobodies. I guess Axl deserves this after all the crazy things he did when he was a real rock star.

I think the review is dead on, Not only are the songs lame, but at the end of the day it’s NOT Guns N’ Roses, no matter what crap people wanna force themselves into believing.

And anyone who has actually been waiting around for this myth of an album, seriously needs to get laid.

Axl Rose is such a prick, seriously he’s turned everyone off from his music just with his attitude. He’s washed up, and he knows it, he just won’t admit it. Plus, the only reason he’s teasing up with ‘Chinese Democracy’ is because he knows that it’s the only thing he has going for him, and if he doesn’t force it down our throats, people will forget about him.

I like old guns and I don’t like this last album…there isn’t the slash sound

I like old guns and I don’t like this last album…there isn’t the slash sound

Greg says he “can’t wait for the new album”. Greg you have waited for over 10 years and you will probably wait 10 more because Axl is too scared to release a flop. I’ve been reading some wonderful reviews for the new Velvet Revolver so now Axl will probably have to go in the studio for again for some “final touch ups”. WHATEVER!

the old gnr are better but the new are still one of the best bands around they have some great new songs and i cant wait for the new albem to come out

gnr rule

Is it true that the bulk of this album has been recorded at the Neverland Ranch? Come Axl, its over man. If you don’t have enough faith in Chinese Democracy to release it after god knows how many years of trying, why should anyone else have faith enough to care?

great news! Chinese Democracy will be available at any CD store or walmart type place on 6/21/07!

GNR rule man!
New tracks rule! - even better when played live!!!!!!!! Who says it’s just AXL? Izzy came onstage on their latest tour n the other guitarists n drummers n keys are brill! But I still think…come on Slash, Duff, Steven and Matt, if Izzy can do it……

what i think is funny, is that press, and media are just opinion-makers. im sure axl put his heart into this project, and thats all that matters to him. what we say doesnt mean much, except for arguing and debating with one another. if you dont like it than thats fine, but dont fight with others cause they dont feel the way you think they should.

what i think is funny, is that press, and media are just opinion-makers. im sure axl put his heart into this project, and thats all that matters to him. what we say doesnt mean much, except for arguing and debating with one another. if you dont like it than thats fine, but dont fight with others cause they dont feel the way you think they should.

I think axl’s songs are great its just that he needs to control his behavior such as not leaving off stage and not walking off stage during a show even without slash duff or matt his new band mates can help him focus more on his music than his behavior i personnaly do not like the way he act i think the late kurt cobain best put it saying his cleshay life is totaly boring to me but overall axl still can make good music but needs to control his lifestyle and consentrate into rebuilding guns n roses but axl rose is still one of the greatest frontman to set foot on the stage

all i know is i just had a wank

I am not a huge Guns fan although I like their music. I think that these leaked songs are good.
Had these songs been released back in the day everyone would be saying how great they are. The whole issue is going to be about Axl waiting so long as opposed to being about the music.

Instead of crying about Axl and his band, just go listen to Velvet Revolver and try to convince yourself they’re anything more than a slightly above average rock band. Or that Contraband wasn’t a boring, dated, run of the mill album. Or that Libertad will be any better.

I’m sure it will make you feel better, saying that Slash and Duff were the real masterminds behind Guns N Roses while they continue to crank out some more music that sounds exactly like what it is, aging rock legends trying in vain to emulate their past success

This whole problem would have never occured if he just released it as a solo project… Axl Rose is big enough name to still get alot of attention if he were to drop it as a solo disc.

axl rose just wants to win a grammy with chiniese democracy so he can try to top his former band mates velvet revolvers contraband

axl needs slash duff and matt back in the band as soon as possible his new band mates do not know how to play there instroments properly and the new songs are bad worse than the spegetti incedent album

the leaks are great rock songs

cmon you give that punk wannabe avril a decent review,that drivel is a joke..are you on mtv’s payroll?im sure gnr’s album will be a breath of air from this insane garbage they shove down our throats

In my opinion, no matter how good or bad the new album is it will be a let-down. It just took way, way too long to produce. The build up is just too much.

i haved loved gnr for more years than i can count. i love velvet and i like the sound of the new gnr. i just wish that the old band would get back together. i know it wont happen but a girl can dream. axl does need to lay off the sergury or he will look like a whiter michael jackson.

Hey bonedog, or is it corndog? Who says I ain’t got none? …hehehehe… Velvet Revolver are a BAND that rocks harder and I bet their new album will sound betters than this long awaited overworked and overdubbed vanity project. Any anyway its JMHO.

Just another Hater who doesnt want to let go of what was. Why does this article even have a picture of Slash? He’s not Guns N’ Roses, anymore. These songs ROCKKK HARD!! they did in the concert, so just imagine when they are complete. AXL really put his all into this….Its gonna kick ass

Another critic who’s bitter because Slash is gone. The 80’s and earlier 90’s are over. The new songs Rock!!!

I didn’t know Axl had so many haters.

I think whatever you think of him should not influence the way you think of his music.
I like Better and Madagascar the best..

I didn’t know Axl had so many haters.

I think whatever you think of him should not influence the way you think of his music.
I like Better and Madagascar the best..

I think these songs kick ass and are so much better than the crap that’s out right now. These songs are just demo’s, just imagine what they are going to sound like when the CD’s finally out. GN’R 2007!!!! Whoever wrote this article sucks!

Who cares? That ship has sailed! Appetite for Destruction came out 20 years ago - amazing then and still holds up now - it’s a classic. The magic that was once GNR (a hungry band with a sound that destroyed hair metal) is gone. Axl is grasping for something out of his reach.

How is this even Guns and Roses without Izzy, Slash and Duff?

It would be like Robert Plant rounding up a bunch of hired hands and going on the road as Led Zeppelin.

Personally, I would prefer to know what an esteemed critic like Kurt Loder, Anthony DeCurtis or David Fricke think of the tracks.

This review is just proof of why I don’t buy my music, or watch movies, according to what someone else says.

I think this songs are the best rock music i`ve heard in years. And yes they are only demos. Can`t immagine how they will sound in real studio album version. TWAT is one of the most beautiful songs for me since Since I`ve Been Loving You from Zeppelin.

some of us have been waiting half our lives for “november rain- the musical”

im just saying…

this is the same RS that always bashes oasis for some reason or another,

its a little different than old guns but the songs are all qreat and span alot of different areas of rock music

Muha.Coming from the magazine that gave “Contraband” a four-star review,I wouldn’t take this too seriously.

If you want to hear the same old,tired ass-stick to the basics-Appetite-like rock,grab yourself a copy of Velvet Revolvers upcoming “Libertad”.

Jesus.I could literally pick apart this entire review.I will say,however … That “The Blues” and “Chinese Democracy” alone were worth the wait.

“November Rain” the musical? Good god.Where do they come up with this crap?

I have always despised Axl Rose and Guns N Roses,but I’m sticking with the majority here; These songs sound pretty damn good.Not nearly as bad as this so called “journalist” here makes them out to be.

Hey! wildvoodoo! GnRs absolute worst will still always sound better than your very best. Oops! You aint got none, son..

’sides, Van Halen Rules!!

I miss Izzy, Slash, & Duff as much as the next guy, but you’re being unfair to Axl here.

“Chinese Democracy”, “The Blues”, and “IRS” are respectable enough. “TWAT” is just ok.

As for other tracks that have leaked, “Madagascar” is excellent, and “Better” isn’t half bad either.

it sounds great. Better than what other members of Guns And Roses are doing.

These songs are great. Anybody expecting them to sound like old GnR is silly. Different band completely. But the music is good. In fact better than I had anticipated.

this album is kicking ass and these songs are only demos

this album is kicking ass and these songs are only rough demos

It’s time for Axl to release the album and have the balls to take whatever reaction the critics give him. Axl seems to think that he has to create some sort of musical masterpiece to last the ages.

But…I like these new songs. I don’t share the same viewpoint of this writer.

I heard that Axhole Rose and Michael jackson were making a record together entitled: All the Plastic Surgery that Money Can Buy! Guns and Roses were a band. Once upon a time. The rest of the guys got sick of their singer who somehow convinced himself that he was the center of the universe. More like a black hole. If/when this “album” ever comes out will it be relevant to normal humans? I think not.

Rollingstone is a little harsh on these songs. For the most part, the leaked tracks are pretty good. Some of the songs either sounded outdated or derivative of earlier GnR tracks though. If anything these songs prove that Axl has been doing something over the past ten years. Now if only he would release the damn album…

i’d buy it.. why not? took 15 years to make.

First off, I’m not a huge Guns N Roses fan…..although some of their work is very very good. I can’t deny that. That have just never put out a whole album that I could enjoy all the way through. I have to say, though….while I thought this would be a joke…these songs do sound pretty good. I’ll buy this album……if it ever comes out.

Why do you look at me when you hate me
Why should I look at you when you
make me hate you too
I sense a smell of retribution in the air
I don’t even understand why the fuck
you even care
And I don’t need your jealousy yeah
Why drag me down in your misery
And when you stare don’t you think I feel it
But I’m gonna deal it back to you in spades
When I’m havin’ fun ya know I can’t conceal it
‘Cause I know you’d never cut it in my game
Oh no
And when you’re talkin’ about a vasectomy
Yeah
I’ll be writin’ down your obituary
History

You got your bitches with
the silicone injections
Crystal meth and yeast infections
Bleached blond hair, collagen lip projections
Who are you to criticize my intentions
Got your subtle manipulative devices
Just like you I got my vices
I got a thought that would be nice
I’d like to crush your head tight in my vice
Pain!!

And that goes for all you punks in the press
That want to start shit by printin’ lies
Instead of the things we said
That means you
Andy Secher at Hit Parader
Circus Magazine
Mick Wall at Kerrang
Bob Guccione Jr. at Spin,
What you pissed off cuz your dad gets more
pussy than you?
Fuck you
Suck my fuckin’ dick

You be rippin’ off the fuckin’ kids
While they be payin’ their hard earned
money to read about the bands
They want to know about
Printin’ lies startin’ controversy
You wanta antagonize me
Antagonize me motherfucker
Get in the ring motherfucker
And I’ll kick your bitchy little ass
Punk

I don’t like you, I just hate you
I gonna kick your ass, oh yeah! oh yeah!

You may not like our integrity yeah
We built a world out of anarchy oh yeah!

And in this corner weighin in at 850 pounds,
Guns N’ Roses

Get in the ring
Yeah!

Yeah this song is dedicated to All the Guns n’ fuckin’ Roses fans
Who stuck with us through all the
Fucking shit
And to all those opposed…
Hmm…well

Rockin Dork….you’re a dork all right. The new tracks were sweet in concert..album will be for sure.

GoGuns has a good point.
Just by the number of people who post here with good reviwes of the new songs, it´s clear that not eveything is black and white, and not eveyone hates this songs as this article implies

Just by the length of this post alone it is apparent just how much people are either really looking forward to the album or just how much they really are pissed at how long it is taking.

i listened to sum of the songs, which is unimportant…. how can u even call a band guns n roses when the only people left in it are dizzy and axl…. the real guns n roses is one of my all time favourites…and this is guns n roses aint nothin but a no good tribute made by a madman.

What do you wan´t, today´s music it´s basically did in one computer, Guns N Roses and Axl Rose is trying to revive the Rock and Roll that was killed by the Hip Hop and the Electonic Music

Please try to clean your ears!
This leaks are ‘leaks’ not finally songs but they are FANTASTIC. Only a genious can made this!
Wait to CD … will kick ass!!

Personally from what i’ve heard the only real good song that seems to be really worth of some talk is CIHINESE DEMOCARCY. It has a hard rocking guitar riff, a cool intro, and Axl’s voice is damn amzing.

Axl, give this album a chance and REALESE IT once and for all

I just hate the uncertainty behind this project…

Rockin Dock…..”better music being made now” WHO?!?! WHERE?!?! are you kidding me? there hasnt been any great rock records since 1994….wake up….you must be 15 years old…

Ali_G

I’m glad someone read the review. And yes I have listened to all of the leaks that have been released thus far. I have had live versions of these songs for quite some time now. I’ve been listening to the live tracks for a good 6 months. I have live and demo versions of Better, The Blues, Chinese Democracy, Madagascar, and IRS. I have only demos of Catcher in the Rye and There Was A Time. And only live versions of Rhiad and Silkworms.

So, let me now do my review. IRS gives the fans a taste of Pitman’s synth work and also shows off what Tommy, Bubblefoot, and the rest have to offer in musicianship. Axl still has it on this track with the voice that we all love and takes us back to the early days.

“The Blues” is a specatcular song that starts off with the piano playing of Dizzy that is identical to the intro done at the Boston 2002 show. The entire sounds like it came straight from this legendary show, all the way down to the very note. The piano playing of Dizzy and the orchistra continues through the entire song as Axl shows that he still has it. Bumblefoot kicks into a great solo. At the 3:50 mark, Axl kicks it into high gear and hits some very high notes. VERY IMPRESSIVE!!!!

“Chinese Democracy” starts out with an intro of whispering and talking in Chinese before bringing the fans a “Mr. Brownstone” sounding Axl. This song sounds the most like what would be on Appetite. A very rocking song that beats the hell out of anything on MTV and radio these days. A very good solo is in this song, something not found in todays rock.

“Seriously, why would somebody care about G’n’R in 2007?”

You cared enough to read the article and supposedly downloaded the songs, listened to them, and wrote a response to this weak excuse for an article. Would you do the same if tracks from a new Poison album leaked? Probably not

Seriously, why would somebody care about G’n'R in 2007?

These guys were pretty solid 15 years ago, and these leaks might not have been a total failure (though definitely not good), but there’s so much better music being made right now. This whole discussion is going to be null and void when this album comes out in a couple months and the 50,000 people who bother paying attention to this are the only ones who buy Chinese Democracy.

axl should stick to doing drugs, not making music.

the fact that its a new band and not izzy duff and slash playing with axl shouldn’t have any barring on how these songs are judged. Because there is no reason for these songs to get a review unless it was a biased review by someone who is anti axl and the new band

this are only demos and i fell they all kick ass

better irs chinese democracy twat the blues

and my personal favorite is catcher in the rye which was written about john lennon and brian may plays on it

This is a horrible review

you’re much better off deciding for yourselves

the buckethead solo in twat 424 in stands up against most solos that i have ever heard

the intro on cd is mindblowing with the guitar riff about 1 minute in

that opening riff is fucking amazing lol i can’t believe this review is serious

Though these songs still need some work in my opinion, they are unquestionably better than most mainstream music that I’ve heard in years. After all of these years, Axl can still give me chills.

If that is the dude from Nine Inch Nails playing guitar on these tracks, then Trent is an idiot for letting him go. The guitaring is out of this world and so are the songs. The Rolling Stone review is a joke.

Looks like it’s not Axl who is living in the past, but most of his critics are. People should stop making silly jokes and eventually LISTEN to the music, wich - by the way - is amazing.

Axl sounds better than ever and the songs are worth listening for the guitar work alone.

what a stupid review. this is some of the best music ever made. wanna hear the best guitar solo ever? listen to there was a time.

“Chinese Democracy” and “Better” are great rock songs.

Better is a great song, but it’s the only good song on the album

‘Catcher In The Rye’ is pretty good actually.

I’m not even a fan, but I like Tommy Stinson (who plays bass in Guns n’ roses) so I cecked the songs out. You know what? They are amazing! I agree, what a lousy review!

Did the writer even LISTEN to the songs? The guitar solos make Slash look like one lousy amateur. “There was a Time” has one of the best guitaring EVER.

Actually, the new songs are fantastic.

Slash? That’s ten years ago! Care to mention TOMMY STINSON (ex-The Replacements) on bass, ROBIN FINCK (ex-Nine Inch Nails) on guitar and FRANK FERRER (Paul McCartney) on drums?

Poor Axl needs to settle down with a nice lady like Paris Hilton… They both can sing… What Axl Rose needs now, is help from his friends… TOM CRUISE WHERE ARE YOU?… Poor Axl has seen too many psychs! His blood has turned to acid, and his hair looks like earth, wind & fire worms!

Hey Slash,

Grow up and learn some class. The real Slash has more class in his pinkie than you are showing here.

This is the lousiest review ever written for RS.

Why don’t they review the guitarists who are acutally playing, instead of the one who isn’t?

Wow, I’ve alway hated G & R, but I dunno, these new songs are great. CD is perfect, as is he Blues.

Good job Axl.

Axl is a retard. And I’m sure he loves the cock.

Does anybody know when the new Van Halen album is coming out?
I just love that David Lee Roth.

Jar Jar Binks > Axl Rose

I’ve heard it..
and it isn’t good.
In fact, it so far from good that it’s not even bad…
it’s Extraoridinarily repugnant.
And Axl smells.
No, seriously. I saw him at a club in LA the other night, and he smelled of Aquanet, KFC and piss.
He’s a bloody wanker I say.

I think this rockscar dude has got to be retarded…or at least autistic.
Your dearest Axl stopped being relevant when I took my Gibson Les Paul elsewhere.
He is a whiny bitch and should be put down like a horse with a broken leg.

Hey Ali G,

My apologis dude.
I am whacked on a fifth of JD and a speedball.
I don’t know why I was so rude.
PLEASE
BLOW
ME

Hey Ali G,

BLOW
ME

New Guns N’ Roses.

‘’Chinese Democracy'’ is the greatest opener of all time.

Fuck you Rolling Stone. Such a good mag back in the day, now you guys fucking SUCK.

Axl rules.

Ellis,

The reason that review was deleted was because it was in contrast to this “review” done by RS. MetalFile actually judged the songs by their own merits instead of the fact that Slash, Izzy and Duff aren’t in the band as is clearly evident by the title of the article. Imagine that, not making up your mind before you listen to the music! What a novel concept!

Uh-Oh, HOT DOG!

Hey losers,
I think this entire email string is a sure sign of the apocalypse!
GNR is frigging LAME! Even I know that!
Give me some Mastodon or Slayer and I will soak my white cotton panties.
GNR is like the Spice Girls with penises.
You little left wing freaks are why this country is going right down the crapper.

You know what?
I would love to to dress up like a clown, crank up some WHAM!, and repeatedly jam my sausage in and out of Axl’s fart box.
Then bury him under my house.

…I’m just sayin’…

Knock, Knock.
Who’s there?
Axl.
Axl Who?

…word.

stop breaking my heart over and over again, axl.

release the damn thing!

axl is a genious and the songs kick ass and all the rumored “big guns” are still unheared.

And while we kinda like the unabashed brawn of “IRS,” it features Axl hawking really bad lyrics he knows are “lyrics.”

huh? What the fuck does that even mean? Who the hell wrote this review? No way a credible music journalist. No way. This HAS to be a fake review. No way. I dont buy it.

The reviewer should understand that Axl Rose & the talented replacements are not the same old bluesy GNR, theyve progressed to form a new sound. Most real artists do this. Even if you think Axl is a D-BAG (which he is) these song are still pretty fucking good. Sure there is definley some indie music going on now that is better. But these leaked songs are more lively, interesting, and just plain superior than 90% of current Mainstream Rock, and most of the comments on here seem to agree.

Who knows if this album will ever be released or if it should. With so called critics ready to discard anything done by Axl & the talented replacements without taking into account the actual quality of the songs. It would probably best serve Axl Rose’s enormous ego to have the Most Mythical Album Never Released, at least that title is something he may actually be able to acheive

I Can’t Wait

To hear China White

Chinese Democracy is never getting released. Screw Axl for giving me false hopes.

…ignore the rest and keep on rockin

Errr…how many comments here for Axl’s GN’R? That goes to show how much people want him back and to kick ass all over again. Of all his contemporaries, he’s the only one who has remained true to himself and his vision; long prolonged as it may be. You guys trashed the Stooges’ ‘The Weirdness’ as it’s the most kick-ass record so far this year. Shame on ya, R.S! Fire some of your so called reporters and bring back some real blood rock journos. It’ll save your mag, and Axl will do the same for rock n’ roll.

Knock Knock…

Nobody F’n cares anymore

funny thing is that this new version of guns n roses that most of the new leaks are similar to some of the emo songs out there right now.

i like to go to the circus

This music is crap. Axe Rose is a loser. I saw him a few months back. Suprisingly enough he actually showed up. The ass was 3 hours late though. On top of that the junky couldn’t get through 1 damn song without going off stage. Big Loser. His hair looked ridiculous. His voice was even more ridiculous and these leaks sound like jokes. The sad thing is that they’re not. The sadder thing is that it took his sorry ass how many years to put out such awful music? Too many to count or care.
He’s less than zero.

HEY SILKWORM!!!! HOW THE HELL DO YOU PUT OASIS IN THAT GROUP??? YOUR AN IDIOT!!!

I think the songs are great. G n R have done something completely different and ALL great rock bands never repeat themselves.

I agree with that last post except for him they are a good band.

another thing is THE ALBUM HASNT EVEN CME OUT YET!!!! let the album coem out then decie if you like it or not. nto jsut now when are u have heard is soem leaks

The band should now be called “axl rose and the guns.”

I like the song “better” ve, very much. The others I have yet to hear. Good songs are goods songs but its still not the original g n’ r.

Nickleback.
Creed.
Fallout Boy.
My Chemical Romance.
Him.
Oasis.
Modest Mouse.
The Kaiser Chiefs.
U2.
Linkin Park.
Fergie.
ALL ABOVE. BOW DOWN’CAUSE HERE COMES GUNS’N'F**KIN ROSES! RAP/ROCK/EMO IS ABOUT TO COME TO AN END, AND THIS MAGAZINE WON’T HAVE ANYTHING TO WRITE ABOUT.

The songs sound great.

And if you´ve listen to the previous demos, you can see the evolution of the songs.
These version probably ain´t the defenitive songs either.

(if there is such thing as “definitive version”)

Don’t see why this was deleted since it IS on topic. This is a review from Metalsucks.net, and it does the songs justice.

Whe n you get on the site, you’ll have to scroll down cause all the descriptions are posted seperately, not all in one headline. Anyways, here is what they said. QUOTED

CHINESE DEMOCRACY
Oh boy oh boy, do I live for days like today. Three brand spankin’ new studio-quality tracks from the perpetually in-the-works Axl Rose/ Guns N’ Roses comeback album Chinese Democracy have leaked, and your good friends Axl and Vince will be sharing them with you over the course of the next three days.

First up: the title track. It would logically seem that this is the song intended to open the album: the extended, moody build-up with the people whispering in Chinese, those first sweet, fuzz covered licks that Robin Finck teases us with, Axl’s sudden scream, and then an EXPLOSION of rock. Like the “Madagascar” track that leaked earlier this year, it would seem that Axl’s vocals still need some work, but otherwise, man, does this song (which the band has already been playing live since 2001) kick some major ass. It’s like some super-sick hybrid of GN’R and White Zombie: industrialized hard rock with just the right amount of tasty grooves to remind us why we always loved Axl in the first place. Finck and Buckethead trade off during the solo, with Finck supplying the sustain-heavy first half and BH going all Tom Morello on our asses for the big finish. The completed version should be KILLER.

THE BLUES
This “November Rain”-esque ballad is, again, a song that Axl’s reconfigured Guns have been playing live since ‘01, and has been a fan favorite just as long. This is the first time we’re hearing a studio-quality version, though, and just let me say, it’s the only one of the leaks I’ve heard so far that I think is ready for release without any further touch-ups. That’s the always dependable Dizzy Reed tickling the ivories; meanwhile, the contrasting guitar solos between Robin Finck (who, a friend commented, “plays like Axl sings”) and the heretofore unsung Richard Fortus (pictured right) illustrate that Axl is fully utilizing his three unique axe slingers (it’s not hard to imagine a video for this song with at least one of these dudes standing atop a cliff or rising out of the water or whatever), while the orchestration should take you right back to 1992, when a certain video trilogy was in constant rotation on MTV.

THERE WAS A TIME
A friend once commented to me that one of the things he really loved about Guns N’ Roses was their ability to take a three minute song and turn it into a six minute song- that “Paradise City,” for example, contains a seemingly endless amount of soloing that stretches out the running time while avoiding ever becoming mundane.

Well, that friend should leave “There Was A Time.” Nearly half of its almost seven minute running time is solos either by Robin Finck (first two solos) or Buckethead (outro solo)- and it might be both guitar players’ finest hours where they really give Slash a run for his money. When I first heard about this song in Rolling Stone way back in 1999, I assumed that any song Axl was jokingly referring to as “TWAT” would be hard n’ heavy- but this is actually another epic track, densely layered and constantly shifting between harder-edged rock and more emotional power balladry. The band has only performed this song live once, which is too bad- it is truly excellent.

I.R.S.
Here it is: the last of the new GN’R leaks… for now. I’m completely talking out of my ass, but since this version of the song is a hybrid of the 1999 Buckethead-less demo and the vastly different demo that seemed to be the basis for the live version of the song played last year, I’m guessing that version of the song was recorded sometime around 2000/2001 when Buckethead first joined the band.

In any case, it only cements what the previous leaks have already revealed: that whether or not you think it’s Guns N’ Roses, Axl has surrounded himself with some amazing musicians and is sitting on some killer material. Here’s hoping we finally get to experience the rest of Chinese Democracy soon… legally or otherwise.

gnr is seriously one of the worst bands ever

Tracks have been taken down due to legal request.

What does it matter to ya, when you’ve got a job, you’ve got to do it well, you’ve got to give the OTHER BAND a hannnnnddd……
(do it well, and get a new monicker guys, this ain’t gnr. over.

The new songs rock! When you see them live, you see how good they really are. GNR is the best band out there right now. VR is close. There are no new bands out there that can touch them.

The leaks have proved to most of us that Axl still has it and the new GNR fn ROCKS! RS get your heads out of your A$$!

Are we listening to the same songs here?

why should we listen to a magazine that boasts Panic at the Disco, in which Axl has more talent in his finger nail than that god awful band??? The leaks are awesome, album should be brillant, but people have to understand, it’s not 1987 anymore. Long live new GNR!!!!

yes, Tommy Stinson wrote some stuff. everytime you hear bass played in these musics, it was played by Tommy, for example. He is called ‘the general’ by Axl, and apparently they recorded a music called ‘the general’. we’ll see if it’s on chinese democracy.

Harry said:Wasn’t it early 2006 when Axl Rose proclaimed, “The people will hear music by the end of the year.” Haha, yeah right…so much for that.

ACTUALLY HARRY, IF YOU WENT TO SEE THE BAND LAST YEAR, YOU WOULD HAVE HEARD THE NEW MUSIC, SO HE WAS RIGHT.

wierd review, i like the leaks, chinese democracy intro is very intense, i didn’t think the new music would sound that good

Shut up,Chucky.

Didn’t expect anything more…so…

Server is down.

We did hear music when he said we would. I remember hearing the leaks. He never said we’d hear the music in the form of a finshed cd, just said we’d hear music, and we did. So Axl was telling the truth

Wasn’t it early 2006 when Axl Rose proclaimed, “The people will hear music by the end of the year.” Haha, yeah right…so much for that.

Axl Rose = Roger Waters without the talent

Chinese Democracy = the third Boston album

Axl is about 1 year away from playing State Fairs and then a complete mental breakdown.

What a fu*cking joke.

Excellent review–thanks! Can’t wait to hear the tracks, even though I know I’m gonna be disappointed. They never got it together without Steven Adler.

“Guys, I coulda used a little more cowbell.”

Damn Right.

I’m a Tommy Stinson fan, now-bass player for GnR, former bass player for the Replacements. Does anyone know if he has written any songs for Chinese Democracy?

to:
Joe B. | 5/9/2007, 8:06 am EST
“Chinese Democracy” tries waaaay too hard to rock? Wtf does that mean?…”

What that means is this: Good songwriting should appear effortless. Sadly, this is not the case with your beloved GnR. I’m sorry for your loss.

wow. this stuff has none of the flow of GNR, and the producing is some of the worst I’ve ever heard. Very disappointed.

i luv gnr but l lve the cock more

Guns N’ Roses aren’t relevant any more?
So why do we have so many comments to this article?

The leaks rock socks. And for the song “Better” alone I would purchase the album.
Sure Axl’s voice isn’t top notch all the time, but they’re demos.
Sure the chorus to TWAT is a bit bad, but the last half of it with the guitar solos take it to another level.

IZZY has a new album coming out this month on itunes.

Considering the amount of time these songs have supposedly been worked on, they’re terribly underwhelming. I didn’t have high expectations, but the leaked tracks don’t even live up to mediocre expectations.

Thanks for the review Liz !

I’m tired of reading fakegnr propaganda. That band is a fraud. Period.

“Chinese Democracy” tries waaaay too hard to rock? Wtf does that mean? Worst review ever

where do you get the leaks from?

bad review and besides they are leaks. These leaks > everything thats popular atm, including VR.

You should judge the leaks without taking into account the past of GN’R (past is gone) and the fact that they’ve taken like 15 years to develop.
These songs are very good, but comparing them to something that took place 20 years ago…
Live the present!

everyone has got it in for Axl, all the mags. They wont give new gnr a chance cause half of um are still stuck up slashs arse.

Wow, shocking review.
Why is Slash even mentioned/pictured? He hasn’t been in the band for more than 10 years- Robin Fink has been in GnR longer than Slash was…
The leaks are awesome, anyone who says otherwise are obviously band-wagon jumpers. Chinese Democracy is going to be one of the best albums of the decade- much better than MCR, or any other flash in the pan bands ruining the music scene at the moment.

The Blues is absolutely brilliant.

TWAT I find okay, on a similiar
level of Estranged.

IRS is very catchy (yes it does
have lyrics…Is that bad?)

Chinese Democracy is musically
great, but I dont like Axls voice
here. Very boring song.

All in all, im looking forward
to this album if it ever makes it.

BTW, the journalist that wrote
this needs a long vacation.

Okay, I am a fan of GnR since the early 90s and I have my problems to accept the latest version of GnR!

But if you listen to these leaks without any ulterior motives: they are really amazing! Let´s wait for the album versions. An sorry RollingStone, but yor mag became to one of the unneeded mags arround.

Take care Gunners!

aksul rows RAWX 4EVR

What do you expect?
GNR its about feelings and attitude; theese 5 songs may be listening not under the eye-bussines critical thinking but the musical fight and really good taste in art

it would take a lot more hate then liz to end this chinses situation!, so your opinion doesn’t really matter.

hujjjjjjj

ps
i know it is very 12 year old like of me…but i keep cracking up that people keep saying that TWAT is such a great song…
indeed!

No Izzy + No Lyrics + No Music + No Drugs = Kenny G Christmas Album

I can wait. No problem. lol

cant wait for chinese democracy to be released!

Sam you are a complete and utter D-bag. Just to be accurate though, it hasn’t take “16″ years to make this album. That was the last time GNR released an album. Then they proceeded to go on the longest tour in rock history until 1993. Then they sat around for a couple of years until everyone had quit around 1996. Axl supposedly started working on Chinese Democracy about 10 years ago in 1997. If you’re gonna bash people for no reason, at least try to be accurate!

sam the fan base will never drop, because the music is good, it’s about the music and not the drama after all, something some people can’t understand, you need a life if you focus on and get “hurt by the wait”.

you a 50cent fan toni? or little liz’s brother?.

How anyone is still a GnR fan is beyond me. I mean it doesn’t matter if the album really was good (which I doubt), 16 years to make an album is ridiculous. Highway 61 Revisited? 6 days. Elephant? 2 weeks. Living With War? One week.
Honestly, I can’t wait till this album finally comes out and the fan base drops like a rock. It’s about time.

Here’re some results we got from the Axl Pose army:
-No new “gnr” album in 16yrs+ :

What the lobotomized fans say: he’s writing something epic

What it really means: The guy is not a very creative or talented musician

-No original members :

What the lobotomized fans say: It’s still GnR, Axl is there dancing to the old songs

What it really means: We are seeing a cover group of a once great band

-Chinese democracy comes out this year :

What the lobotomized fans say: our idol is back!

What it really means: cash is running out, let’s pull a cash grab tour.

Yea, they’re different types of songs than the original GNR. But in case this reviewer hasn’t noticed, music has evolved since then. GNR single handedly saved rock music at the end of the 80s, and hopefully Axl will be able to do it again with Chinese Democracy, because rock music nowadays is no good.

the fact of the matter is, these so called reporters get there news from the net these days, liz is speaking through her ass, she wouldn’t know good music if it smacked her in the face, this hole mag is a joke, this is just some nobody’s over opinionated grudge, you can get all the news you want on the net, most people love the new songs, why because there good, these leaks kick major ass! rock on axl rose,and i hope the internet puts this mag out of busniess .

Are these songs great…. no
do they compare to the old stuff….. not even close
are they better then any of the other hard rock music put out in the 21st century… Absolutely

I think this album is going to be bashed by every major magazine for the shear fact that they want it to fail because they’ve been talking about it for the past 15-16 years. Its like a big F you to axl for making the fans wait because some people will read the reviews and change their minds.

I really don’t care about what some john mayer fan tells me about the new gnr. This the same magazine that ripped some of the greatest cds. For instance Ritual de lo habitual was given a 1 star and now is ranked by the same magazine to be in the top rock albums of all time.

I still would rather see the original cast but right now that will never happen. Funny thing is that if this album who come out under axl rose instead of guns n roses it would probably viewed as a masterpiece. In my opinion thats the way it should be released. I believe GNR should be left to its mythical status. Axl Rose should reserve the name for in the situation that the band reunites. Personally i don’t care anymore about these rumors and leaks, until i have a mastered copy of the album in my hand, i will not give the time of day to this crap

they sound great this journalist is clearly crazy or has a biased view on the band

CHINESE DEMOCRACY STARTS NOW.

I’ve been waiting to tear this album apart since Axl first showed off the new GNR around 2000.

Truth is, sitting here with sharpened knives, I’d say this stuff actually isn’t half bad.

These songs are awesome! Can’t wait for the rest of the CD

You really need to hear these tracks on a good sound system for the full effect. I listened to them on my lame pc speakers and thought they were alright, but when I ran them thru my surround sound cranked, I was floored.

Who cares about axl’s voice, listen to the musicians. This is a band people, although they have some kind of a “chinese” type democracy- one guy has absolute control.

Great to see these songs offered up to the general public like this…
I’m reading much sarcasm from the reviewer.

umm the leaks are phenomenal…i dont think we should be taking any opinions from magazines who put Kayne West on their cover….

Hmm.I think the 100 comments below speak for themselves.The majority here says this review is crap.

Indeed.I hope this backlash justifies a response from them.

the songs ive heared all kick ass

The problem is they can’t take hard rock or metal until they adjust themselves to it, which sometimes takes years.

Everybody who likes the tracks seems to be taking it as a life saving proposition. Expecting it to be like it was 20 yrs. ago is a little ridiculous of course. I imagine if it ever comes out Chinese Democracy will sell some copies, but don’t look for an earthshaking event. I do agree w/ a lot of you though who say RS can’t take hard rock and metal.

i think the songs all rock

whats lame is that all media outlets think its the “cool” thing to bash the new guns because everyone else is doing it. If they actually listen to the songs they will find out that the majority of them kick ass

better, cd, the blues, madagascar, twat, catcher in the rye kick ass

the only one i dont love is irs because the lyrics arent what i would call shakespearean

I would agree that the reviewer is a moron. Not a very big fan of Chinese Democracy, but the other three are great.

the intro to cd is mindblowing

chinese democracy should be 1st single

Listen to ‘Better’ after a few glasses of wine and at top volume and you’ll discover the sheer joy of rock n’ roll once again.

Just heard “the Blues” Axl RUN don’t walk to a rock band.. Outta of Ammo and Wilted Roses should be the name of the band..

Regardless of being a Gn’R fan or not, The reviewer just reminds me of someone that’s trying to be cool and has no integrity. Axl is just doing his thing, asking for no attention. He’s not trying to kiss anyone’s ass. I think music needs more people like Axl Rose. He play s by his own rules instead of being puppets for the music industry. And the final version of the album will be much better than some old versions of songs that just leaked.

there is a reason why they are calling this album Chinese Democracy. It will never happen and people will die trying to make you think it’s worth it.

liz, you can never try to rock too much. I swear, rollingstone just cannot abide hard rock. I thought led zeppelin was an isolated incident but it looks like there is a trend to all this. Whatever the reason for it, youre nuts. This album blows away most the manufactured fluff that the labels spit out every few months.

Oh and “better” is just sick.

The more I hear these songs, the more I disagree with this write up…the songs are great! The reviewer is absurdly harsh, in my opinion. I’m more anxious than ever for CD to come out…

I’m really surprised RS was so harsh. I have listened to all of the leaked tracks and is it me or are they the best rock songs I have heard in a long, long time? Ok, maybe they aren’t on par with Sweet Child of Mine or Paradise City, but who really expected that? However, these songs, especially “Chinese Democracy” and “There was a time” completely rock. I can’t wait for the album now.

I saw GNR last May in NYC and they were great…i have been dying to hear TWAT and Better again…

Can’t wait for the album

Thank god for the rest of the world your opinion is irrelevant. Go bake some cookies.

GNR is awesome who cares if they don’t have all there original bendmembers they still are awesome, and so are there songs old and new I listened to a bit of these songs there perfectly fien to me.

The best song off CD isn’t even here yet– ‘Better’. If that riff doesn’t melt your brains, then you need to go back to your boyband collection. Axl is one of the most inspired lyricists and frontmen of rock,even today.

Gotta love these 2 bit journalists who say anything just for attention.

You probably think these songs are finished. You should be arrested for being a pirate.

not surprised, the only good thing GNR ever did was Appetite for Destruction, that’s it, they are the most overrated band in history

Wow did this reviewer get it wrong. You need a fact checker here at RS.
These song are amazing.

Who cares about GNR?

The chorus to TWAT is absolutely terrible.

Great Review….
JK!
You obviously didn’t listen to any of the songs, and just repeated what you read on a random idiot’s blog when you googled “Nu-GNR”. If these songs are bad, I have no idea what you would consider “good”.

Futher more, after scrolling down and reading reviews from people that