this was around the time Chinese Democracy was being recorded right? Would make sense bc i heard Axl was recording with literally everyone around that time lol

if rivers gave that song to guns that s*** would’ve be a flames comeback tbh

love how rivers was so vulnerable and genuine writing these lyrics and now they’re so f***ing iconic

something so personal became something forever cool now and pop culture

fr lmaoooo
the whole recording of Chinese Democracy has kinda fascinated me for years, Axl basically worked for years to make his MBDTF and then failed big time. Kinda super interesting.

see i hated that record bc everyone jumped onto hate it and you’re pressured into it

but isn’t that easy? isn’t it more challenging to try understand where axl was coming from for so long to finally drop this?

i havnt listened in too long so idek anymore whats it worth ill have to give it a try but i used to be a sucker for this i love

what i wanna know is wtf is this artwork

In a way it's kinda some big misunderstood auteur masterpiece, Axl kicked everyone out of the band and just went from scratch to create this grand masterwork for years and like I said, basically make his equivalent to MBDTF but idk i don't even know what to pinpoint exactly but none of the pieces fell together and I can't consider myself a real "fan" of the record as much as i am an enthusiast of learning about the recording process. But I do think it should be talked about more bc like wtf that was such a big thing he made like wtf pretty ambitious especially for a guy coming out of his scene in the 80s, idk why it failed so hard for me. Some weird industrial rock moments in there lol.

like im not even throwing around MBDTF to just compare it to some contemperary release look at what Axl was going for and him and Kanye circa MBDTF basically had the same ethos for their projects lmao.

but u gotta give GnR props for being basically the only band from the glam/arena rock era to stay relevant during the grunge/alt rock domination era. Both Use Your Illusion's came out the same year as the Nirvana boom and still was huge, f***ing Spaghetti Incident went platinum in the thick of it all in 93.

really? as bas as my world?

thoughts?

idk if i would even consider it bad per say just kinda off lol

but to be fair that whole era basically introduced the world to GOAT Buckethead so it has it's pro's and con's

man craziest thing happened to me the hottest asian chick i ever banger was this massive bucket head fan like if all things to click onto we went to see him together, it’s crazy bro she had the most modeling face for victorias secret you could ever imagine, just didn’t expect to find that within buckethead fans

but yeah amazing guitarist

axl always picks great guitarists he also had bumblefoot which im a big fan of

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lmaooo thats dope af, u really never know what to expect with people's music taste.

Also yah Axl has great taste in guitarists, i mean Slash is the ultimate example but dude really just picks the best.

its undersold nowadays just how much hype was surrounding Chinese Democracy, you think the wait for WLR was hard? F***ing Dr. Pepper was offering a free drink to everyone in america if Chinese Democracy dropped lmao
wired.com/2008/10/dr-pepper-to-ma

isn’t that why chinese did drop? bc axl went like AIGHT BET when dr pepper went with that

dr pepper was the OG Mario Judah frfr

This is really good, the drums are so nice

I wish I could sing like this

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