Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Is Axl Rose Headed To Reality TV?

A very interesting article has appeared online here. Whether or not it is true or not remains to be seen. It makes sense and could prove to be beneficial not just to the new GNR but to their record label as well. I have a feeling that when Chinese Democracy is finally released, it will surprise people and after some time, be heralded as a minor classic. This is my hunch and I am sticking to it...in the meantime check out the article below.
xT

Is Axl Rose Headed To Reality TV?
A major music-oriented television channel has pitched an idea for a reality series to Axl Rose, according to sources close to the project.

The show, which would appear on a cable channel that asked not to be identified, would follow the troubled rocker as his continues his decade-long effort to release the Guns N' Roses project "Chinese Democracy."

Rose has been laboring on tracks for the project on-and-off since mid-1994, and in both 2006 and 2007 gave several interviews promising the album would be finished "within the year."

The sound of Chinese Democracy has often reported to be industrial rock music similar to Nine Inch Nails and Ministry, a style that Rose had long been a fan of. But the tracks that have surfaced online show a variety of sounds, with tinges of everything from Ministry to Queen to classic Guns N' Roses.

According to sources at Geffen (Rose's music label) a version of "Chinese Democracy" has been finished and delivered to the label. But there are still outstanding issues between the singer and the label, not the least of which is a recording cost for the project which (depending on who you believe), has reached between $11 and $15 million. Another stickler is the digital rights for the tracks, along with some proposed "bonus" tracks Geffen would like to release digitally.

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1 comments:

Jay Amabile said...

man, I don't care if he's out of his mind...I'll be glued to the screen if this ever comes to fruition!