14 years of waiting. The most iconic rock record of all time. $14 million. The most expensive in the history of rock music. This is the history of Chinese democracy, which album Guns not flowers general When Axl Rose was left alone; which was presented on a world tour eight years prior to its release; Through 16 products – one of them, Mobi; who was called that Out of sarcasm or because I “like how it looks”… and the person who is remembered as Rock’s biggest musical waste.
Chinese Democracy (2008) is the sixth studio album by Guns N’Roses. It was the first by an American rock band since the album cover The Spaghetti Incident? (1993) and the first with unpublished material since Use Your Imagination I and II (1991).
– The Los Angeles band supposedly started working on a new album in 1994. But the truth is, Axl Rose was the only original member left. He was left alone. His comrades were falling one by one. They said that tensions and creative differences. It was the most significant departure from the guitarist scale down. Disappointed I outline the training Like a dictatorship. He officially announced his departure in October 1996: “Axl and I haven’t been able to look into each other’s eyes for a while.”
– In 1997, Rose, who wanted to expand the band’s sound with electronic and industrial elements, He surrounded himself with an eclectic group of musicians and continued to work on the album with his new team. And she encouraged him to describe it, Geffen Chronicles: $1 million if the album was released in March 1999.
In 1998 it was said that they already had some 50 or 60 songs. until mobi They took part in the Industrial Sound project: “They write with lots of ‘episodes’ and, Believe it or not, they’re better than anyone I’ve heard lately.He did not last long, and he was replaced by young people who called Rose the same “completely secluded” He said it was impossible to establish a working relationship with him. So the guys left too.
-1999 was the year that Axel was announced to the media LP title – Chinese Democracy – He gave several explanations: “There is Many democratic movements in ChinaIt’s something that gets talked about a lot and would be nice to see. It can also be fair sarcastic statementI don’t know. But I like how it looksHe also denied the “industrial” sound (he said it was a “fusion of sounds”) and maintained that the band had recorded enough material for a double album and for several other styles of LP.
–March 1999 came and went. Other dates have come and gone, too. And the same thing happened with the producers and musicians who worked on the album.. The summer of 2000 was another deadline that went by smoothly. Rose explained the delays by saying that I needed time to learn how to work with the new technologies, What for him They were a challenge.
–in 2001 The post seemed close. So much so that Guns N’Roses He undertook a world tour – the Chinese Democracy Tour – to promote the album Not Existing!. In 2002, Rose issued a public statement: “We regret that We’ve already made it clear with the album what we’re trying to do… The album art is already ready.” But the delays continued. They accused him Paranoid…” It has nothing to do with paranoia; it has something to do with reality. Article It’s not strong enough to sink her teeth into“. in 2003Rose problem It was perfect. A sound engineer associated with the record said “Axl wants to do this Best record ever. It’s an impossible task. It can go on indefinitely, which it does.”
–November 2004 It was another back and forth date. Officially, it removed Geffen Chinese Democracy from its release schedule and refused to pay any more money, arguing it had already been spent. million more than expected s That Rose had to pay the rest. In response to the accusation, Axel said so The costs would be offset by the number of albums that would come out of the sessions.
– In 2005, a report indicated that up to that point, $13 million had been spent for what the Chinese democracy classified as “The most expensive album ever”.
In 2006 the inevitable happened: five songs were leaked onto the Internet. In 2007, after Rose recorded some final vocals, the band said the album was finished and in the mixing process. Axel posted an open letter to fans setting the new release date as March 6, 2007. He got it wrong again.
When “Chinese Democracy” finally hit record stores on November 23, 2008, no fewer than 16 different producers worked on the album, 15 studios and 17 musicians were used. Only three of the 14 pieces have not been leaked or performed live. Production costs were about $14 million. The most expensive rock album in history.
Music criticism was generally positive. Sales were modest compared to the group’s previous releases. He is remembered as Rock’s biggest musical waste. It debuted at #3 on the Billboard chart, but it didn’t live up to the expectations that were created for it. Some said so I would just live so All the hype about it has been publicized for years, if it was published at all.
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