NEW YORK (Billboard) -
Many have tried, but so far nobody
has been able to pry the decade-in-the-works Guns N' Roses
album "Chinese Democracy" from the hands of lone remaining
original member Axl Rose.
Now, Dr Pepper thinks it's up to the challenge. The soft
drink company says it will give a free can of Dr Pepper to
"everyone in America" (excluding ex-Guns members Slash and
Buckethead) if "Chinese Democracy" arrives anytime during the
calendar year 2008.
Rose responded on his band's web site
(http://www.gunsnroses) that the band was "surprised and
very happy to have the support of Dr Pepper." But the offer did
not prompt him to rose to the challenge.
"Chinese Democracy" was most recently scheduled for release
in March 2007, but promptly vanished from the schedule without
a new date being set. Rose said at the time that all the
recording had been completed, but there were some "scheduling
difficulties."
It will be the first album of fresh Guns N' Roses material
since the 1991 sets "Use Your Illusion I" and "Use Your
Illusion II." Rose has reportedly burned through $13 million in
recording expenses for "Chinese Democracy," and also burned his
bridges with the bandmates who helped him turn Guns into one of
the biggest rock groups in the world by the early 1990s.
Reuters/Billboard
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