GNR Blogger Arrested!

I’d hate to be Kevin Cogil right now…arrested by the FBI for illegally uploading 9 unreleased Guns N Roses tracks, one person is taking the fall for doing something most die hard fans have been doing for years – sharing leaked tracks. Kevin’s problem was he promoted and bragged about his decision to share with the world material that which belonged to Axl Rose, Guns N Roses and its management. What a fool.

While it’s one thing to steal music that’s already been released, leaking songs that are unreleased and from the most expensive album of all time is real dangerous territory to enter for a file sharer. Where Kevin got the tracks is still a mystery to me, but many GNR fan sites are speculating that someone close to Axl shared some tracks with friends and those tracks eventually made their way to Kevin.

All of this will be a non issue when Chinese Democracy finally comes out. Trying to keep this album a secret with so much attention and interest surrounding it is, and has proven to be, impossible. Having heard many of the leaked tracks I can honestly say Axl is sitting on a masterpiece; chock full of instant classics. This is the year Axl to get it out…We’ve got the soda ready.

New Puzzle and RULES up today you Rocketqueens...

It's real simple...this week's puzzle has 16 hidden GNR icons...find them all and you win the Dr Pepper / GNR goodies....but here's the rule....here are the steps for winning.

1. Must send me a a list or picture of all your findings (descriptions must be accurate, i.e. can't just say guitarist, need to say who...etc).

2. EMAIL your findings to: Chris.Kooluris@ketchum.com. Feel free to facebook friend me too, I roll with all the Ketchum ladies.

All entries MUST be emailed to me, entries posted in blog comments section will not count...

p.s. I am going to VEGAS this weekend to check out Bumblefoot's Rock Against Diabetes show, so if you don't hear from me immediately, don't panic, I'm just on the nightrain until Sunday evening. Good luck,

Kaneda

Shackler's Revenge leaks and the madness continues...

Chinese Democracy is everywhere and nowhere.  It's finished and incomplete.  The demos are final and the finals are demos. It's one album with four albums worth of material.   Everyone has it, and nobody has it.  It's the greatest Guns album ever, it's the worst Guns album ever. Welcome to the paranoid jungle baby, wake up, time to cry! 

After listening to Shackler's Revenge, a kick ass industrial rocker from nu-GNR, I feel bad for the virtuoso musicians behind it.   Not because they haven't created arguably the only rock n roll worth discussing these days, but because the world will never judge them fairly.   Every song off of Chinese Democracy is not judged as MUSIC, instead they are scrutinized like auditory elixirs that must succeed or else people (or even gods) will die.  Even with so much at stake, Axl will save us. 

He won't save us from High School Musical 3 or Miley Cyrus, but he will save us from the most disillusioned side of ourselves - Nostalgia.  Some people want the new Guns N Roses to sound like the old Guns N Roses.  Why would Axl want to write the same songs again?  It's not that he can't, it's just that he already did.   He wanted to take the music forward and experiment with new techniques, sounds, structures...etc.  When you listen to the leaks, it sounds like Axl and Co. have had a blast experimenting with the thing they love most - music.  And in return, they have produced some damn good music and should be applauded for that.  Even the severe wait and chaotic journey have made the experience of listening to new GNR music memorable and monumental.   When's the last time music had so much attached to it?  

This album will be whatever you want it to be.  To those of us that love GNR, it will be magical and mean more to us than any cavalier journalist could ever know.  Love Axl or hate him, the man remains one of the most provocative and interesting figures of our time.  Anything he creates will be talked about for an eternity.  And much like Shackler, soon he will have his revenge.      

New Puzzle Up Today!

Find the 17 hidden GNR icons and win Dr Pepper and Guns goodies....get going.

NOTE!!!! You need to identify what you find accurately...

For example, you can't just say guitarist, you need to say which one...you can't just say "something written" you need to say what it is....