Axl Rose Continues To Be An Anal, Self-Centered Knucklehead

[BITEYOASS]

"Chinese Democracy" was a commercial disappointment upon its release in November 2008, selling just 614,000 copies in the U.S. so far, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

The CD was officially certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on February 3, 2009 for shipments in the United States in excess of one million copies.

Best Buy paid $14 million for 1.6 million copies of the album, according to Hits.[/I]

WTF?!?!? It went platinum but only sold 600k+ copies? What kind of fucked up shit is this?!?!? And record industry wonders why their losing money. It's because they do fucked up shit like payola, fixing the number of units sold and paying way too much for acts that no one gives a shit about.

Hooray for piracy is all I have to say!

[ELVIS]

Axl cut his hair...

[chefcraig]

WTF?!?!? It went platinum but only sold 600k+ copies? What kind of fucked up shit is this?!?!? And record industry wonders why their losing money. It's because they do fucked up shit like payola, fixing the number of units sold and paying way too much for acts that no one gives a shit about.

Isn't that bizarre? Since Best Buy bought the initial 1.6 million copies that allowed the platinum certification, it would make sense that they should get the award, not Guns & Roses.

[Seshmeister]

After a loss like that, back in the 'good old days' the record company would now own GNR Ltd and he would be broke so they could offer him retirement or reforming.

[Blaze]

Best Buy is a back door funnel of Sony. They have a hag way of dealings. Why shouldn't it be $1.99. Had they not been hogs to begin with they could have had a better return. It cost pennies to spit out a CD. It is not vinyl they are spinning! Best Buy wanted it they got it. It was up to them to sell them. 9" Nails dropped 2 hours of sound for $5.
Like Mikey said to Paul. It is just business.
It was a great business move. The whole C.D. was a calculated move of extraordinary proportions.
However, I am not convinced that Axl meant to play a crusader in the beginning. I think perhaps he was in cohorts to bleed targeted corporations. I do think that the original cohorts, allowed this laceration. That had he not cohered to begin with he would not have been in the position to negotiate a deal that allowed him a platinum up front with no obligations.


Kudos to Axl for making Platinum in one spludge (sic)!

Megalithic tyrants are a scourge to society!
However, fighting corruption with corruption only leads to more corruption.

[binnie]

I guess we'll never see 'Chinese Democracy pt 2'. I actually quite enjoyed 'Chinese Democracy', but I can't say it was revolutionary enough to mean I'll miss not seeing a sequel.

[ELVIS]

I might pick it up for $1.99

[Blaze]

Sure you might " see 'Chinese Democracy pt 2' " ...If Axl can shake off the monkey.

How to do that; various artist have taken various ways.
Most point out the monkey, exclaim there is a monkey, show the monkey it's reflection, and proceed to disinfect the areas where the monkey subsided.

[Blaze]

I might pick it up for $1.99

I'll take a few copies, too. My first copy was hard copy bootleg.

[chefcraig]

I might pick it up for $1.99

The irony of course being that it would cost me twice that much to simply drive there.

[Blaze]

The irony of course being that it would cost me twice that much to simply drive there.

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[BITEYOASS]

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The album cover speaks for itself. Its just random shit put together, in a similar fashion to Waxle's backup band.

[ELVIS]

He still sounds pretty good...

[78/84 guy]

The irony of course being that it would cost me twice that much to simply drive there.

That shit is funny !!! Axhole is SO over. In America for sure !! The only way he makes another dime in the U.S. is if he get's Slash and Duff in the band again. He did a great job on those old albums but nobody could care less about him anymore. That's saying a lot when they might have been on of the biggest band ever !!

[indeedido]

Axl's Rock in Rio FAIL

Someone sent this to me, too awful not to post. Check out the botched solo from the stormtrooper. Axl sounds awful and what is up with that coat?