Stream G N'R's "Chinese Dem"

Lame

Wow - simply amazing! I have only heard about ten-thousand things like it before (as opposed to a million). I was expecting it to be much, much worse.

I'm with kirkbrew - maybe even a bit more supportive. I wasn't expecting much, but man, this sounds pretty damn good. That guitar work is wicked, the intro is dark and weird with strange voices, and it sounds like Guns N' Roses – big and bad ass with chunky power chords and that fuckin' voice. I suspect anyone who was/is a fan of this band will at least like this song. Rawking.

Not as bad as I thought... but, it would have been a lot cooler in '93.

that was horrible

The middle of that guitar solo is pretty damn sick. I'll give it that. Otherwise fairly mediocre song. That guitar style sounds like Buckethead. Anyone know if thats him on this track?

I see why i took so long to come out. This is terrible.

That's what people have been waiting for?

In regards to Buckethead: I was thinking the same thing, that nasty ass guitar part sounds exactly like Bucketfreak, does anyone know for sure? Man, like I said, if you ever liked Guns i don't know how you wouldn't like this... i was expecting more like "Illusions" ballad kinda crap, this is much meaner and dirtier than expected... maybe not "Appetite" worthy, but not far off.

The guitar solos aren't bad, but the lyrics are super lame. I agree that maybe this would've been better 15 years ago, but these days I'm kind of over the whole strategy to "sing as loud and deep into the microphone as possible and repeat the same chorus line over and over again b/c the other lyrics suck" thing.

no thanks....and i am not sure but i dont think it is buckethead with them this time around, saw him the other nite with "that one guy" phucking phenomenol

Too bad Axl and his obsessive compulsive multiple personalities will be too freaked out to actually take the stage and go on tour.

I think this song is horrible and its nothing new. New ideas are where its at...when these guys are barely thinking for themselves it seems. This sounds uninspired and very unimaginative. This doesnt push any boundaries at all especially for what axel claimed it to be for the past 8 years. hah. Im all for good feeling music too that doesnt have to push boundaries but this is elementary and taking a step back for them. They need to let it rest, appetite and illusion would have been a legacy without this nonsense.

GNR - Slash = Not worth my time.

Velvet Revolver is more GNR than this nonsense.

Pretty darn boring I'd say. I heard "It Don't Come Easy" come onto K-rock in NY a few days back and I got really excited cause I hadn't heard it in awhile and forgot how badass it was, it brought me back to 7th grade. This track is missing that energy that made the original GnR so ballsy.

I give it a C+. Sounds a lot like Corrosion of Conformity.

Man, that's the best song I've heard in the past five minutes!

Don't stream it.... Axle will sue you!

fuck you axl your ruined a great thing

as for the buckethead thing, yes it's him. he's actually one of the biggest reasons the album took so long, on a count of him dissappearing from the studio back in 02ish. It's got brain on drums as well. and for fuck's sake people, if you don't care for guns n roses in the first place you wont like this, so shut the hell up. I dont see you all on the michael mcdonald boards saying his new album sucks, because you don't like him in the first place. so once again, shut the hell up. go diddle yourselfs to some bisco and save yourselfs the typing because very, very few people care what you think.

Thank you ilikephish! As for the song not sounding appetiteish, well good. bands do evolve and sounds do change, I mean it is what fifteen years later?> so to expect the same sound is absurd. Rock on GNR

borrrrrrrrr-ing.

Too bad too, Appetite is one of my fav's. Sounds like too much studio time and second guessing/tweaking, too overworked.

I like Axl's voice, not layers of Axl's modulated voice.

I don't think this should be called G'n'R; it's not the same band.

They should call this New G'n'R and then reunite the original band and call it G'n'R Classic.

I was SEVEN when Appetite for Destruction was released. Back to the '80's, Axl, BACK!

What a waste. I'm an enormous fan of the best rock & roll band from the 80's call GNR. Not this crap. Nothing wrong with him releasing some crappy pop music. I wish he would just name the band Axl's Roses or something. This is really insulting to the band & it's fans.

btw...I love Buckethead & he left the band cause Axl is an a-hole. I cant argue with that logic

I guess here's the deal: technically, that song isn't bad. It's decent. I'm not a GnR afficiando - who is the deep voice on that song? I thought Axl was the lead? I barely heard him throughout the whole song. The bigger issue is that, since it took this long for the record to come out, you would have thought that maybe it would have been a bit more innovative or kick-in-the-nuts good. I love the intro and the guitar, but the rest didn't really go anywhere. Hopefully the rest of the cd lives up to the potential this song had. But on the whole, disregarding everything but this track, it's a decent song.

Apparently, it's all Axl. Serves me right for not doing my research.

fucking sucks

definitely not worth the wait

yeah so now axl has almost completely abandoned the only thing that made him worthy of attention (his high screaming voice) in an effort to sound more like every other shitty band out there today... this is definitely a ploy to sell records. i hope this axl album falls flat on its face, long live GnR! SLASH IS GNR! long live SLAAAAASSSHHHH!

JamBase... please delete this article.

OK, since Chinese Democracy is coming out in 2008, where is my free Dr.Pepper?

Yep the free Dr. Pepper is the best part of this release. Thanks for the soda Axl.

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2. Register your information to receive a coupon for one free 20-oz. Dr

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orders.

i wonder what mc hammer is up to

this site is one dimensional and its pissing me off. aren't phish phans supposed to be "open minded people"?

looks like they need to hit the studio for another 13 years!

The production is great. The sound is better than most of the stuff on your typical clearchannel radio station. The songwriting is, however, simply mediocre.

I'm sure eighth graders who don't know better yet will eat this stuff up. Maybe it will turn them on to Appetite, or the less amazing but still good Use Your Illusions.

Please all you hippies go listen to your fuckin Biscos, Yonder mountain boring band, and that phish shit and let us cool kids rock out the best metal band ever! Axl is GnR you dipshits!!! And to the asshat up there who said dont stream it, he'll sue you, its "Axl" not "Axle" you dumbass!!!!

I liked old GNR, but this song is crap.

It's a good rock song. I was not expecting Axl to reinvent the wheel. I can't stand Axl - I was at the show in Philly when he decided not to show and watch the Rangers game in New York instead. So, while I will never spend money on a ticket for a concert, I thought the song was a good rock song. It was not any worse than the bullshit album Metallica just put out. Good job Axl, but get slash back on the night train before I spend money on a guns ticket!!!

Good song, phenomenal guitar & production work. Good to have Axl back! All the haters are funny, further proving the jam scene isn't enlightened, but a breeding ground for needlessly opinionated douchebags w/no musical vocabulary.

Nothing too original. I like the guitar solo but I feel the rest of the song lacks creativity. Probably will be a #1 hit...

I'll have to see how the rest of the album sounds before I totally trash it.

There seems to be a large misconception that GnR was the greatest rock band of the 80's when there has to be legions of Iron Maiden fans that would (justifiably) disagree. I can't believe we're even discussing this rubbish today. Then again, I can't believe I just dropped a Maiden reference.

Dr. Pepper... Corn syrup, food coloring and carbonated bath water. Seems like it would go well with a gn'r album.

So you want us for Use Your Illusion? Actually, some band has the rights to that title so I was thinking about calling it Use Your Illusion II.

I wish I had that 4 minutes of my life back. Expectattions were very high after the long wait, and they seriously dissappointed. Garbage.

Axl, seriously? I mean it sounds like you really spent a lot of time on the intro, which is rather unfortunate because it is ABSOLUTE CRAP. That cheesy guitar kick [tease] is timed terrible. Not to mention the stupid atmospheric effects in the background. And what the hell is with those effects? Sounds kinda like Axl firing up the torch and about to melt down some meth.

"Shackler's Revenge" debuted September 14 in the "Rock Band 2" videogame and "If The World" debuted October 11 in the film Body Of Lies. Maybe they are better? I mean I like GNR. I do. But this ain't November and it ain't Raining.

Geez. this is what took so long? This is junk, what a load of garbage. This was worse then I thought, I love my G&R, I was jamming my ass off in the 80's to them. This album is already a flop, don't look for a world tour. Axel is the loser of the week. See you in Charleston tomorrow night Panic freaks.

Better than the Spaghetti Incident- maybe,like ickysac said- It Sounds Like a rip off of Corrosion of Conformity, Which is a better band than this shit. Axle Should have come out with this in the 90's maybe people would actually give a shit- instead of think it's shit

"I wish I had that 4 minutes of my life back." Funny shit!

I have to admit, I only got 2:45 invested in it.

wow! tour!! Phish Who? Man that was intense! The 2 min. wipeout intro with the talking and ambient sounds over it!! Breath taking!

fuckin gay!

OK - this is NOT Guns and Roses. This band should change their name to Nails N' Roses. I like NIN and Finck and Axl still sound pretty good (minus the head trips). This tune sounds nothing like the GNR of old (obviously without Slash, how could it?) - but it doesn't necessarily suck by today's radio standards. Its commercial, its Axl and it isn't any worse than the other commercial metal/rock out there right now.

I'll just stick with Appetite, Lies and Illusion I and II and call it a day.

Everyone is saying it wasn't worth the wait, was anyone actually waiting for this? I loved GNR in 7th grade (Used to rock the Use your illusion shirt) just like everyone else, I am not really digging the new Axl and roses, buckethead does not have the feel of Slash. Anyone who was alive (or maybe a teenager) when classics like "you could be mine" were released they really spoke to our teenage angst. I have to hear the rest of the album although I am sure it is just as dissapointing.

Who cares about an Axl Rose solo album..........

its really not that bad, its not great tho. kinda sounds like a black sabbath/rob zombie mix

"further proving the jam scene isn't enlightened, but a breeding ground for needlessly opinionated douchebags w/no musical vocabulary." I would have said it better myself, but I couldnt.

This rocks. It's not the best tune though, i have heard all the leaks, and there are some classic cuts - Catcher in the rye is awesome... Better would have been a "better" single... i dig this though. I'm buying it!

"Axl is magic" - Brian May

it's ok...but 13 years or whatever? wtf? hopefully there are better tracks on there.

That song was nothing worth the wait, but it was as good as the worse GnR songs were...let's face it they had some great songs (used to love her, is still my fav from them), but also some very mediocre songs even back in the day. So all in all, this is alright.