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#531 Re: The Sunset Strip » The "Iron Maiden" Thread » 971 weeks ago
Got my ticket. Seated though, in the second bowl... got scared that Live Nation and radio presale info would leak and the event would sell out, so I bought a ticket today. I still think there will be floor seats when tickets are open for the public tomorrow. If there's anything better available by then, I'll buy another and sell this one. I'm sure it won't be difficult. If not, I'll stay in my seat and watch on the big screens. I'd be able to cope! haha
#532 Re: Guns N' Roses » DR. PEPPER ISSUES CHALLENGE TO AXL ROSE! » 971 weeks ago
So no one else is slightly concerned about Gnr possibly selling out to a soft drink company? Not exactly how I would have promoted it....:ummm:
I'm sure the nutswingers don't care as long as it's not a video game... 
Seriously, I don't care about this "selling out" thing that people seem to say artists do. And quite frankly, anything that functions to support the release of this album is nothing but positive in my book. Jeez, they could be endorsed by Viagra, Rogaine, and Depends for all I care... as long as it gets the album out it's not important.
#533 Re: Guns N' Roses » DR. PEPPER ISSUES CHALLENGE TO AXL ROSE! » 971 weeks ago
There is a distinct difference between this story and the Harley ad... GNR didn't want us to talk about the Harley ad. I guess we'll be more enlightened in the next few days about what exactly is happening.
#534 Re: Guns N' Roses » DR. PEPPER ISSUES CHALLENGE TO AXL ROSE! » 971 weeks ago
Backslash wrote:Is that photoshopped?
yeah its that fashion show he attended in 06...it was a plastic cup in the orig pic (rye and ginger or something)
speaking of dr pepper...did you know if you put a shot glass of beer in a glass of ameretto (sp?) liquer and drink them down that it tastes exactly like dr pepper? try it
Yeah, it's my favourite shot. Well those and the J-bombs.
#535 Re: Guns N' Roses » DR. PEPPER ISSUES CHALLENGE TO AXL ROSE! » 971 weeks ago
except that a can of DrP prolly only costs them a dime to make
so 3,000,000 x $0.10 = $300,000 whoop-dee-doo for a huge company...remember tacobell gave out free tacos in the world series to everyone in america a couple years ago? same thing really
You missed a couple of zeros there... 300,000,000 x $0.10 = $30,000,000. That's an expensive marketing campaign. The thing that's really beneficial for Dr Pepper is that the product would be exposed to EVERYONE in the US, which guarantees a hit at people who have never tried Dr Pepper before and who will like the product and purchase again. All of a sudden, Dr Pepper's sales grow substantially in the years to come. I think free samples are often underestimated as a successful marketing ploy.
Is that photoshopped?
#536 Re: Guns N' Roses » DR. PEPPER ISSUES CHALLENGE TO AXL ROSE! » 971 weeks ago
I thought total BULLSHIT from the first time this was posted with the exception of this one part:
"It took a little patience to perfect Dr Pepper's special mix of 23 ingredients, which our fans have come to know and love," said Jaxie Alt, director of marketing for Dr Pepper. "So we completely understand and empathize with Axl's quest for perfection -- for something more than the average album. We know once it's released, people will refer to it as "Dr Pepper for the ears" because it will be such a refreshing blend of rich, bold sounds -- an instant classic....this part was good advertising ad I could see it being legit. BUT...the fact that April 1 is only a few days away STILL worries me, this wouldn't be the first Chinese-Democracy-April-Fool's joke. IF this WAS a joke to start out with it has gotten too big now and fiction could actually become reality.
The real question now is, if the album comes out in 2008 and Dr Pepper claims it was a joke, how many people will sue for misrepresentation through advertising?
#537 Re: Guns N' Roses » DR. PEPPER ISSUES CHALLENGE TO AXL ROSE! » 971 weeks ago
It's implied that CD will be out this years. Axl said he'd share his Dr. Pepper with Buckethead. For Axl to get the Dr. Pepper, CD has to come out.....
Aussie, Dr. Pepper is a Pepsi Product.
It's not... in some places it's bottled and distributed by Pepsi (in other places, by Coke). Dr Pepper is independently owned and is manufactured by the Cadbury-Schweppes people. They're the same people who give us chocolate and ginger ale.
So I got bored one night and researched my favourite non-alcoholic carbonate beverage... big deal.
#538 Re: Guns N' Roses » DR. PEPPER ISSUES CHALLENGE TO AXL ROSE! » 971 weeks ago
For the record, it's not just from htgth anymore
Jeez, he ends a year-long holiday with that. 
#539 Re: Guns N' Roses » DR. PEPPER ISSUES CHALLENGE TO AXL ROSE! » 971 weeks ago
I have to think that the number of times Jameslofton discusses his favourite beverage on GNR forums has something to do with this... Maybe the Dr Pepper did a Google search and found that Dr Pepper gets discussed in the same places as GNR and they put 2 and 2 together... 
#540 Re: The Garden » Post Your Pic Thread - Let's see what you look like! » 971 weeks ago
I had my convocation pictures done by a guy in my class... I have to say, his work is horrible... My dad's a photographer, I'll get him to do some nice portraits on convocation day. This is the best of the lot, and there's a glare on my glasses... At least my mouth's not all screwed up like the rest. Ah well, I'm not ordering prints, I'll just use it for the yearbook.
