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#5411 Re: Guns N' Roses » Eddie Trunk on Chinese Democracy » 982 weeks ago
I wonder what size/quanity this material is in...?
Is it one album with 13 tracks that, 9 of which we heard years ago, cause then it would prove un-profitable for $13 million, one might guess.
#5412 Re: Guns N' Roses » Chinese Democracy.... Starts Now? » 982 weeks ago
And PaSnow, I thought that Beta was supposed to be the publicist. Someone should light a fire under her arse.
She's the Personal Manger, not the publicist or physic...
#5413 Re: Guns N' Roses » Axl Rose - The Star Chart » 982 weeks ago
Open new doorways to the world of mystery. Do it secretly. Imagine for a moment that you're Mr. Spock of Star Trek fame, Yoda the Jedi Knight or Helen Keller mentoring the blind, then give some sagacious thought to how you can best help those who can not help themselves. Do it reverentially.
Did no one find this part great...?
#5414 Guns N' Roses » Dizzy To Put In NAMM Appearance » 982 weeks ago
- AtariLegend
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Dizzy Reed schedules NAMM appearance
Dizzy will appear along with Paul Reed Smith Guitars at The Cat Club in Hollywood, CA on Saturday January 19th with the ultra-fun Hookers 'N' Blow, featuring guitarist Alex Grossi (PRS endorsee) among others.
Admission is free with a 2008 NAMM badge. Doors are at 8pm.
Important: The NAMM Show is **NOT** open to the public. The only attendees are NAMM member companies and their invited guests. The party however is open to all.
For venue info check out www.myspace.com/thecatclub
Thanks to jarmo At HTGTH
#5415 Re: Guns N' Roses » Chinese Democracy.... Starts Now? » 982 weeks ago
Slash has done more free promotion for this band than anyone by making appearances at geek conventions and appearing in video games.
Doesn't really make him look better...
#5416 Re: Guns N' Roses » Chinese Democracy.... Starts Now? » 982 weeks ago
After spending so much money on the album the label has two choices in today's music industry.
1. Spend a shitload in advertising and promotion to get mediocre sales.
2. Do little to no promotion and get mediocre sales.Albums don't sell anymore. Plain and simple. They'll certainly never get back what was put into production. I mean $13 million. If the label makes $2 profit on every unit sold, they need the record to sell at least 6.5 million copies. If they pump $2 million into an advertising campaign, that's even more money that will never be realized. On top of everything, the album still needs to be pressed and mass produced, then delivered to record stores. I have no idea how much a production run would cost, but I would imagine it's not cheap. Including all overhead charges the album may need to sell 8 million copies just to break even. That's not including promotion. From a financial perspective, it's probably in the label's best interest to not even bother releasing the album.
Two or three years ago, a Linkin Park album sold 10 million copies alone in the US...
It didn't sell much else, but it shows that if theres enough interest in something, then it isn't all doom and gloom...
Park may not be everyones taste, but there like Legends to the late 90s + Emo generation...
ultimately who gives a crap about 2 weeks of marketing? there is bigger fish to fry
UYI videos...
A couple years ago, this board would have been jumping with news like this. Shows you how jaded/uninterested we are.
Really how many threads have got this many hits/replies in the past few weeks within 2 hours, except the Britney Spears thread.
#5417 Re: Guns N' Roses » Chinese Democracy.... Starts Now? » 982 weeks ago
This is prolly from that mygnr rumor a month ago
I don't think so, two different sites don't just start reporting this at the same time... (Antimuic & Rolling Stone)
...And the band + representatives have claimed this for quite a while, but it's only being reported now.
-edit-
I see all the sources are Anti Music, still they do have their own sources...
#5418 Re: Guns N' Roses » Chinese Democracy.... Starts Now? » 982 weeks ago
"Chinese Democracy": Is It All Over But The Marketing Plan?
There are 50 Tuesdays left in 2008, which means that there are 50 more chances for all of us to wonder if Chinese Democracy will really, finally be released at some time prior to the impending apocalypse. The latest rumor regarding this years-in-the-making album: It's done! (http://www.antimusic.com/news/08/jan/10 '¦ h_CD.shtml) But Axl Rose and his label don't quite see eye-to-eye on how the album will be marketed, which is leading to further delays. What could the disagreement have stemmed from?
The label's ideas probably went something like this:
'¢ Billboards reading "You know you're curious. CHINESE DEMOCRACY." in 300-point type.
'¢ Lil Wayne remixes of every song on the album to get the "blogger crowd" interested.
'¢ Handing out postcards at Velvet Revolver shows.
'¢ Commemorative dolphin shows at Sea World.
But Axl probably balked at those (even the dolphin one!)--in favor of a genius brainstorm of his own:
Axl: "I need two million dollars for the first video."
Record exec: "No."
But still! 50 Tuesdays left! There's still time, right?
http://idolator.com/343248/chinese-demo … eting-plan
It's a fact!
Classic Rock recently tracked down Beta Lebeis, personal manager of Axl Rose, who confirmed to us that Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy album "was finished before Christmas".
She added: "Everybody knows that."
Lebeis said Axl is currently "in negotiations" with unspecified parties to arrange to album's on-sale date.
However, Classic Rock believes that Chinese Democracy may not be 'released' in the traditional sense - at least not initially.
We suspect that GN'R may follow the Radiohead route of pay-as-you-like downloads. But we stress this has not been confirmed.
Another source close to the GN'R camp also suggested that Chinese Democracy may gain a conventional release in late summer, with a view to it becoming "a big Christmas album".
Stay tuned for the full, unexpurgated story behind Chinese Democracy in the next issue of Classic Rock, on sale on February 6!
#5419 Guns N' Roses » Chinese Democracy.... Starts Now? » 982 weeks ago
- AtariLegend
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(antiMusic) The latest rumor swirling around Guns N' Roses is that the long over-due "Chinese Democracy" is complete and with the label but a new battle has emerged that is causing further delay.
We don't know how much stock to put into third or fourth generation rumors, but the word on the street is that Axl has turned in the CD to Geffen at long last but no release date is in sight because Axl and the label can not agree on the marketing of the album.
Are we closer to Chinese Democracy? We have no idea but we are hopeful. We have yet to hear back with the official denials or "no comment" from the GNR or Geffen camp but we'll keep you posted on what we hear officially or hearsay. Again this is all but rumor at this point , besides rumors are more fun than official news anyway.
http://www.antimusic.com/news/08/jan/10 … h_CD.shtml
The latest explanation for Chinese Democracy's delay is rumored to be differences between Axl Rose and Geffen on the marketing of the long-awaited Guns n' Roses album. Rose has allegedly turned over the completed record to the label.
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily
Eddie Trunk host of "Friday Night Rocks" in NYC on Q104.3 (NYC, NJ, LI, CT) has updated his blog on Guns N' Roses, about the now infamous Chinese Democracy album. Eddie Trunk has posted the following on his blog:
"I hear the new G&R CD is actually done, but the delay in release is not the bands issues but the label. There is so much money tied up in this record that in today's business it will be virtually impossible to be profitable, meaning the label might want to sell it off but can not find a buyer since nobody buys CDs anymore. Problem might not be Axl (rose) this time around and might keep this CD in limbo for more years to come. Hopefully it gets resolved."
"I've heard rumors that maybe the album was finished, and it was actually handed-in, I guess it could be true. I do find it believable that Geffen or Interscope is the one holding back the album. There have been artists on that label whom have had their albums pushed back and delayed for odd reasons. Resulting in many artists leaving the label, so this is nothing new."
Geffen Records or a representative were not immediately available to comment on the report.
#5420 Re: The Sunset Strip » "What Are You Listening To" Thread » 982 weeks ago
Pink Floyd- Shine On You Crazy Diamond Parts 1-V :wtf:
