it's disappointing that the 10th anniversary of chinese democracy came and went without a peep from the band.

afd got a whole marketing campaign and $1000 box set with eye patches n' shit.

gnr lies got a bunch of pretty cool but overpriced shirts.

chinese democracy got nothing. not even a tweet.

that's a good point. the gn'r community is basically a group of bdsm message boards.

are there any other bands or artists who have unreleased music and other content that is hoarded by random weirdos?

after 10 years, chinese democracy is still more fun to talk about than listen to.

i have the record on vinyl and rarely play the whole thing through. every now and then, i throw on one of the old demos or instrumentals and jam the fuck out to them.

it used to be my favorite album by guns, but after coming full circle with the not in this lifetime tour, it really sticks out like a sore thumb in their catalog.

by that, i mean it's really just not a very fun listen. it's somehow even more depressing than use your illusion ii.

that said, you can put together a pretty bad ass compilation of the album with some leaks, live tracks and instrumentals.

something like this:

chinese democracy (apollo '17)
irs (2002 demo)
shackler's revenge (chicken dinner demo)
scraped (instrumental)
riad & the bedouins (instrumental)
oh my god
the blues (boston '02)
better (original leak)
if the world (instrumental)
catcher in the rye (brian may demo)
madagascar (boston '02)
sorry (album version)
there was a time ('06 long solo version)
prostitute (new song #2)
this i love (instrumental)

if grohl is on drums, this might actually be dope as fuck.

then, grohl could show these busters how chinese democracy is meant to be played!