APRIL FOOLS: Secret Chinese Democracy promotional plans leaked!

[jarmo]

When you run a little GN'R website, occasionally you get an interesting e-mail.
Could be a rumor about a show that turns out to be the first Velvet Revolver show or even a press release with a mention of a new bandmember.....

Today I got one of those interesting e-mails!

Seems like somebody at Geffen Records/Universal Music forwarded an e-mail
intended for internal use to the wrong person. This e-mail has a rough idea about how they'll promote the new studio album from GN'R.

The plan is to do at least some of the following things whenever Axl decides
to release Chinese Democracy (if that's the final album title). As you'll see, they're gonna try some new things (for GN'R) in order to promote the album:

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GUNS N' ROSES
NEW STUDIO ALBUM
CHINESE DEMOCRACY (TITLE - TBC)
PROMOTION
GEFFEN RECORDS / UNIVERSAL MUSIC


*** NORTH AMERICAN & EUROPEAN PROMOTION: ***

TO COINCIDE WITH RELEASE OF SINGLE #1 (TITLE TBA):

- Print ads:

USA:
Billboard
Rolling Stone
SPIN

EUROPE:
Classic Rock
Kerrang!
NME
Metal Hammer

- Radio commercial campaigns in the biggest markets one week before single premiere.
- Online ad campaign.

Individual members:

__ W. Axl Rose: __

* Television *
MTV News interview

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

TO COINCIDE WITH RELEASE OF ALBUM "CHINESE DEMOCRACY" (TITLE TBC):

- Extensive print ad campaign.
- Radio and television commercial campaigns.

Internet:
- Launch of gunsnroses.com.
- Online ad campaign (Launch, MTV, MSN + more).
- Streams at apple.com, realnetworks.com, msn.com.
- E-cards, buddy icons.


Individual members:

__ W. Axl Rose: __

* Print media *
Rolling Stone - essay, Axl's side of the story, from 1993 to present.
SPIN - article written by Del James
Model Collector magazine - article about Axl's collection of models.
Q magazine
Wired
Maxim (Snoop Dogg interviews Axl, "Welcome back to the junglizzle,
Snoop shoots the shizzle with Axlizzle".

* Radio *
Phone interviews in all major markets + abroad.

* Television *
MTV TRL - guest host.
MTV2 Headbanger's Ball (guest host with Robin).
Much Music (TBC)
The Late Show - interview.
GMTV (UK) - interview promoting album.
MTV2 Europe Gonzo Special (with Dizzy & Tommy).
Several interviews on local tv channels (Germany, France, UK, Scandinavia + more)

__ Dizzy Reed: __

* Print media *
Revolver (with Tommy)
Keyboard Magazine (with Chris)

* Television *
MTV2 Europe Gonzo Special (with Axl & Dizzy)
Several interviews on local tv channels (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, UK)

Online chat (TBC).

__Tommy Stinson: __

* Print media *
Bass Player magazine cover shoot + interview
Blender magazine
Revolver (with Dizzy)


* Television *
MTV2 Europe Gonzo Special (with Axl & Dizzy)
Several interviews on local tv channels (Spain, Italy, Greece, Poland, UK + more)


__ Robin Finck: __

* Print media *
Guitar World (with Richard)
American Photo
Metal Hammer

* Television *
MTV2 Headbanger's Ball (guest host with Axl).
MTV (TBC)
Interviews (Greece, Portugal + more)



__ Richard Fortus: __

* Print media *
Guitar World (with Robin)
Village Voice

* Television *
MTV Cribs


__ Brain: __

* Print media *
Modern Drummer

Online chat (TBC).

__ Chris Pittman: __

* Print media *
Keyboard Magazine (with Dizzy)
Hustler

* Television *
Interviews (Belgium)


Whole band:

* Television *
The Late Show (performance)
VH1 Special
MTV2 Special (band plays videos and performs tracks live)



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That's it. Quite interesting.  



/jarmo

[MIIKA]

Yeah right

[Eeebs]

That's it. Quite interesting.  

Mmmhhhh....  Right  

[angel fish]

what proof do you have that this aint a hoax, not that im calling you a liar.

[Evil Ash]

That much work to fool us ?! :p

[madagas]

Jarmo, please no April Fool's jokes.

[Timothy]

  good one Jarmo

[ClintroN]

 Young gunner, that sucked dude .lol, thanx jarmo that brought me back up!!!

[Graciela]

"Model Collector magazine - article about Axl's collection of models."


Now... that's funny

[KeVoRkIaN]

Thanks jarmo! - Was there no timeline involved? Or does all of this happen on April 1st?

That's pretty massive........

[Eva GnRAxlRosette]

  April Fools!  

[Dont Try Me]

 

[Nacho Man Randy Salsa]

Damnit Jarmo.



Soooo not nice.The Snoop Dogg part gave it away for me.

[Counterfeit_God]

haha, you almost would have had me if my boss hadnt tried to pull an April Fool's Joke on us at 1:15 am!!

[pilferk]

jarmo,

I thought you'd be above this....

I'm so VERY glad you're not.

 

Just make sure you delete it on the 2nd.

[John Daniels]

hahaa..

This is pretty good effort by Jarmo..too bad that it's April 1 st....

[KeVoRkIaN]

Give it to blabbermouth

[Hammer1]

why do I believe this?

[Will]

Jarmo too? Wow! Nice try!!

[Dont Try Me]

why do I believe this?

well, aside from this april fool's day. One day CD will come out and I do think that the promotion will be something similar as written by jarmo. In anyways it will be big. But the Shizzle my nizzle with the Axlizzle will not happen

[liquidvirus]

wow!!! finally we  have some real news

[Hammer1]

Jarmo please tell us this is not an April Fools Day joke.


C'mon make my year, give me something to look forward to, nervous watching on T.V or listening to on the radio, or actually wanting to see a concert again.

God the music is so lame right now.

I am dying to show all my friends that they still rock, I am soooo sick of the weird looks.  like "Get over the GNR past and move on"  I feel like a hippy stuck in the sixties.  I remember being 17 when GNR came out and everyone was listening to the doors and the who, pink floyd  in the 80's and I remember thinking fuck get with the new stuff.


God I can imagine what my friends say to themselves now about me.

[starchild_666]

That much work to fool us ?! :p

yes I wouldn't work so much to fool us  

[Will]

Maxim (Snoop Dogg interviews Axl, "Welcome back to the junglizzle, Snoop shoots the shizzle with Axlizzle".

Ok, now THAT was good!

[Odal]

Aw fuck. Must it be the first of april today?

[kujo722]

Does this mean Jarmo has to ban himself from his own sight for creating false rumors?  

[Malcolm]

Is this real jarmo..please tell me it is..or it is an paril fools joke?


please clarify this

[Guns N Ballz]

Next time on the Top Ten Ways To Start a Riot Online!  

[RnT]

 
nice one

[WagMyDog]

Damnit!

I don't care what anyone says ... I'm the eternal optimist .. and I'm gonna believe it ... I've believed all the other rumors ..





















.... BTW, for all the people complaining that this is TOO much work to fool us .... do you mean that it's not this hard to fool you ... ? And that anything less WOULD fool you?

Talk about taking your own bum ..  Well .. I guess it's your day then ...

[Johnnyblood]

No soup for you Jarmo. Go sit in the corner you rascal!

[teroz]

What a load of BS

April fools is a nice day for a fan of any other band...

But this is not funny for an GnR fan at all

[erose]

shouldn't you (jarmo) be banned?

i kind of hope it true tho, can't wait to read that rolling stone interview  

[Smoke]

At first when I read the headlines, I was like holy shit!  Then after a few lines I was like you little turd, making me get excited over nothing.  Oh well, it is the effort that counts.  

[axls_locomotive]

GEF/UNI-IIk+iV>>@-Prf-00-15->>>XXXXXX

look closer,

funny shit jarmo, i almost believed it there until i saw that pah  

[anarchy]

Axl on GMTV? April rocks fool!  

[christina_rose]

Ha ha. Very funny. NOT!!!!

[kockstar99]

GEF/UNI-IIk+iV>>@-Prf-00-15->>>XXXXXX

look closer,

funny shit jarmo, i almost believed it there until i saw that pah  

please explain it... i dont see it...

[speed_stone]

Is this real jarmo..please tell me it is..or it is an paril fools joke?


please clarify this

hahahah, are you serious?!

have you people no humour? and who actually needs to read down to the snoop part (which was very funny) to realize that this is a joke, ON APRIL 1?! ahahahah

this was  quite funny, jarmo, nice work!

[HoldenCaulfield]

Damn. While I was reading it, I was so excited I forgot it was April 1st

[badobsession81]

GEF/UNI-IIk+iV>>@-Prf-00-15->>>XXXXXX

look closer,

funny shit jarmo, i almost believed it there until i saw that pah  

...now that IS clever! lol! I only see April Fools! Anything else in there??

[ccorn69]

jarmo it aint  funny dude come on man you pulling or chain here or what, damn i hate april fools cant trust shit:crying:

peace

[mega_music]

How the hell did Pittman get picked to be in Hustler!!! Lucky Bastard maybe this time he gets to plug in his equipment.



Good one Jarmo!! Come on guys dont bitch April 1st only happens once a year.

[oneway23]

The only thing I can think of is Kevin Mcdonald doing the Kids in the Hall sketch "Hecubus."   EEEEEEEE-VVVVVVIIIILLLL!!!!!

[D]

Jarmo is banned!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[axls_locomotive]

GEF/UNI-IIk+iV>>@-Prf-00-15->>>XXXXXX

look closer,

funny shit jarmo, i almost believed it there until i saw that pah  

...now that IS clever! lol! I only see April Fools! Anything else in there??

I can see a rose smiley  @---->>>

[GypsySoul]

As I was reading it I thought ... Oh no, I hope this "leak" isn't something like that IRS deal and Jarmo is gonna be in deep shit with Axl and GNR for posting it  

[lmao]

   I'm such a gullible idiot that I fell for that whole thing - hook, line and sinker!!!  

[lmao]

Kudos to the author.  

[Eeebs]

Yeah, it seems as though there have been many April 1st jokes regarding Guns n' Roses this year... more so than I remember in comparison to last year.  

Take the "Chinese Democracy" review over at http://www.metalreviews.com/ for example.  And uhhh... even though it is/was April 1st, I sorta believed it for a little.  Oh I'm so guillible, I know I know

[matt88]

Thats the most funny and interesting news i've heard all month

[DRUNK]

Actually, there is a lot of truth to that because when the promotional does finally happen, it will follow closely to that post.   That post listed most of the available options for promoting this thing.

[loretian]

Hilarious, jarmo.  

I do agree with the others here, you really should be banned for this type of shit.    I actually believed it until I got to the Snoop Dog part.  Also... the premise of the whole story seemed a little fishy, but I was too excited to take notice.

Sukie, can you ban jarmo for us please?  

[jarmo]

Here are the clues / "jokes" that the plan might not be 100% correct:



Individual members:

__ W. Axl Rose: __

* Print media *
Model Collector magazine - article about Axl's collection of models. - this magazine is about models as in miniature things. Models can also mean photo/super models....
Wired - Internet magazine.
Maxim (Snoop Dogg interviews Axl, "Welcome back to the junglizzle,
Snoop shoots the shizzle with Axlizzle". - Kinda obvious.

* Television *
GMTV (UK) - interview promoting album. - This is a early morning show. Don't know if they'd be using that to promote the album.


__ Robin Finck: __

* Print media *
American Photo - A photo magazine.


* Television *
Interviews (Greece, Portugal + more) - The "gothic" looking guy gets to do tv interviews for the sunny countries.



__ Richard Fortus: __

* Television *
MTV Cribs - this was put here thanks to that article in the NY Times.

__ Chris Pittman: __

* Print media *
Hustler - why would he be in that magazine?

* Television *
Interviews (Belgium) - the most unknown member gets to do interviews in Belgium.....


GEF/UNI-IIk+iV>>@-Prf-00-15->>>XXXXXX - It does say 2004 Apr fools in there.


Q: The "rose" you found wasn't intentional.  



/jarmo

[axls_locomotive]

GEF/UNI-IIk+iV>>@-Prf-00-15->>>XXXXXX - It does say 2004 Apr fools in there.


Q: The "rose" you found wasn't intentional.  



/jarmo

Many have tried to find rose and many have failed, next thing you will tell me that "/" wasnt a reference to slash

i see my psychiatrist tomorrow  

[kockstar99]

I wish that would have been true....

[erose]

* Television *
Interviews (Greece, Portugal + more) - The "gothic" looking guy gets to do tv interviews for the sunny countries.

good one  

[erose]

__ Robin Finck: __

* Television *
Interviews (Greece, Portugal + more) - The "gothic" looking guy gets to do tv interviews for the sunny countries.

edit: OK, what the fuck happened here  

[Dave_Rose]

MER! I'm so tired of this, but I gotta keep the faith it keeps us going right  

[ccorn69]

 hey jarmo that was a good one though cause you certainly had me going there for a while. well later

peace:peace:

[GypsySoul]

How the hell did Pittman get picked to be in Hustler!!!

__ Chris Pittman: __

* Print media *
Hustler - why would he be in that magazine?

Okay, not that I'm making excuses for myself for being so gullible BUT...
I fell for this one because Chris & Dizzy were doing other promo stuff together (Keyboard Magazine) and, if you remember, a few months back Dizzy was working with a band that had women in it that were porn stars or strippers or something...
so it made sense to me that Chris & Dizzy would do an interview for Hustler along with a pictorial of the women from Dizzy's other band.  

P.S.  I fell for the "Axl's model collection" one because Axl just bought that Neon Mobil Gas Station Horse sign thing.