Yes...I agree completely. I know Axl, I know...you don't work for me...blah blah blah...

I also understand how you feel like you're damned if you do, and you're damned if you don't...but christ...we've been hearing the same tune from 'gnr' for over a decade.

Chinese Democracy was released, and a lot of people, including me, felt like it was going to mark the beginning of a more normal era, one with tours and shows, updates and daily news...lots to talk about.

What did we get? The album release...and then dead silence. I love the album for the most part, but the joy and rapture I had planned on experiencing was sullied by a complete mishandling of the entire situation.

How can it be this hard, guy?

mitchejw wonders if he too belongs in this category thanks to all of the political commentary he made before the election last November...:nervous:

mitchejw knows he can be abrasive...lol

With all due respect Saiken, you have the benefit of hindsight perspective. It's very hard to predict these things...one things for sure...it does take someone doing something way out of the ordinary for his/her time. although some say the sound is 'dated,' I think we all can agree that it is different.

I do very much enjoy the album and still listen to it. I have my favs (Prostitute, TWAT, This I Love, Sorry). I think if you expected 10 million copies sold in the first 3 months, you were only fooling yourself.

There is something to be said for this way of conducting business...he's letting the music speak for itself. I highly doubt that many albums sell the way that the used to anyway. The days of 15 million albums sold is probably over, anyway.

What happened to all the posts that occurred yesterday in this thread?