Funny how I came to stumble on the news about “Chinese Democracy“
My wife casually read the headline off Drudge:
“…blogger leaks…Guns N’ Roses album…um”
I in shock–disbelief as I was eating a sandwich replied, “Say what? Album leaked–Guns N’ Roses…you serious? Where?”
In spite that their last album came out when I was six years old, I knew who Guns N’ Roses were and I knew who Axl Rose was.
This was in a time when I was enthralled with Mozart and Beethoven, with Classic literature…also my early beginnings of love for Pop Culture.
I always thought William’s: ‘Axl’ name was rather curious. I remember back in 1998 having some screen names and an email with Axl in it as I did find it curious. I also remember insisting on people calling me Axl as a play on what my name abbreviated in English is. (If you’re smart you’ll figure it out…maybe)
Years later I still knew that the album was anticipated–and I remember the 2002 MTV Music Video Awards performance by them and the disappointment that followed thereafter.
So it’s surprising to see that the album is finished…and not so surprising that it has been leaked.
Notwithstanding the point was made:
“…the more that Axl and Geffen jerked around trying to figure out how to release this finally finished album that we’ve all been waiting over 13 years for, the greater the chances would be that it would slip out of a pressing plant or office somewhere and wind up in the hands of some asshole with a blog.”
Well, all I can say is…”Welcome to The Jungle”–that is the internet:
