Right, I realise this is my first post on the board so I quickly want to introduce myself and say a little about myself. I am a GNR fan who lives in the UK and have been a fan of the band since about 89 which was when I first bought AFD on cassette! I've been a fan of them ever since, following them over the years, witnessing the release of the UYI albums and The Spaghetti Incident, unfortunately there wasn't much to follow between 94 and 2000 but I never lost interest with the band or their amazing music.
What I want to talk about in my first post is the reason for the constant delays of Chinese Democracy, I realise this is a topic that has probably been disussed many times on this board but I have only been viewing the board for a couple of months (But i've been checking the news page almost daily for the last 3 years!).
As we all know AXL is and has always been something of a perfectionist when it comes to his music, but the pressure on him for delivering the goods with this album is even more so because of all the eyes on him (Ex band mates, the media, fans) and it's many years in the making, he knows if the album comes out anything less than perfect he could be considered a joke. I believe that Axl was testing the water with the release of Oh My God and the short tour to see how much interest he would get from the fans and wether he could gain interest from new fans. Did he succeed in doing this?? I'm not too sure, I think Oh My God was slated a little and the tour failed to sell out a lot of venues. I think that is what has frightened Axl and is potentially the reason for the hold up of the album, I truly believe if Oh My God and the tour had have been a roaring success we would have seen Chinese Democracy by now. I hate to be pessimistic also but I find it highly unlikely that the album will come out this year, would Axl release the album with no tour?? Will he tour without a replacement for Buckethead? VH1 saying November get's me very excited but as others have said we've felt like this previous years and have been let down.
I want to end the post by saying I have been waiting for Chinese Democracy for many years like the rest of you and have no doubts in my mind that it will live up to our expetations and be amazing, my point is does Axl have doubts in HIS mind?? If he does, he may never stop tweaking this album and it may never come out
The new songs ARE amazing!I was a little shocked by Oh My God at first but it really grew on me and I love it. Madagascar is among my fav GNR songs ever and I haven't even heard a studio version of it, it has that hairs standing up on the neck effect that Estranged had for me when I first heard it all those years ago! Silkworms kind of sucked but hell so did My World and the UYI albums were still amazing!
Please feel free to leave feedback to this post, thats what its for, and I apologise if I have stated things that have been posted here before as it is my first post.
BRING ON CHINESE DEMOCRACY!!