I personally would try not to listen on their site. Having said that, it would be a failure of epic proportions if they were to put the 3 unheard tracks online. Some people might consider just listening to the songs online, then deciding whether to buy it or not. And even if they did, they probably wouldn't be in the rush to buy it on Day 1.

Luckily, I'm not in the position you are with other friends. I have 1 friend who heard most of the leaks, I don't think he visits the forums & I don't think he got the 10 song leak cd. Funny, I was talking with him at my block party & we mentioned CD & this guy nearby said "Chinese Democracy??" as if it were a familiar term to him. I didn't know him, but we mentioned the GnR cd & i think he asked about it or something. I was close to putting the disc on, but it really wasn't the time or the place at the moment, plus I didn't know how it would go over. I wanted to play The Blues though, I really like that song.

Funny to hear you say you've been following since 05.  Not that it matters, I'm just sayin'.

Nice to see a thread about white racist skinheads plotting to assasinate Obama turned into the failures of black people in only 4 or 5 posts..

In the interest of full disclosure, "I" didn't say that, that was the article.. It just looks kinda like it the way it's been quoted. 

^^ Yeah, not for nothing but this is one band I could care less about. Nothing interesting about them in any regards, imho.