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The world is a strange place sometimes.

Man. What a world. What. A. World. Peering out from 'neath the sheets in a morning, you're pretty much guaranteed to find out that somewhere, somethin' weird is going on. Today, I'm puzzling over how much time is wasted on pointless stuff. For example, you know that new Guns 'n' Roses LP that came out? Well, Dr Pepper thought it would be funny to offer everyone a can of pop who bought it if it came out this year or something. They were clearly joking. Now, GnR fans are kicking up a stink sayin

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CBB Music: Chinese Democracy Album Review

So far there have been two kinds of reviews for Guns N’ Roses new album Chinese Democracy: sarcastic and positive.  Believe me, I breathe sarcasm but it has no place in a music review if it is not backed up by facts or additional insight.  Of course there is a wealth of humor in the fact that Axl Rose’s new opus has been fourteen years in the making, but spare me the lame, sad music reviewer jokes.  We’ve heard the one-liners before and most likely with a better delivery than coming from a sna

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Kanye Edges GNR, Ludacris For No. 1 Debut

Kanye Edges GNR, Ludacris For No. 1 Debut Posted by iTVX Staff on December 3rd, 2008 Kanye West earns his third straight No. 1 on The Billboard 200 as “808s & Heartbreak” bows in the top slot. The Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam set moved 450,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan, the artist’s lowest debut sales frame since his first album, “The College Dropout,” bowed with 441,000 in 2004. Full Story Share This Sphere: Related Content Tags: Total Entertainment Posted in Tota

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Axl Rose missing

The front man of famous group Guns’n’Roses has been missing for two months now and this has had severe effects on the overall sale of the band’s long-awaited new album. A source had this to say: “People have been trying to contact Axl for two months and he’s completely AWOL [Absent Without Leave]. It is frustrating because the album would have had a much better chance of going to number one if he had only been prepared to show his face.” Of course, you’d think that what matters, what truly ma

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Dr Pepper Disappointed With Actions Of Axl Rose

Dr Pepper have released a statement following the recent Guns N’ Roses cd release and subsequent harsh words laid upon them by lead singer Axl Rose. Rose was disappointed in the company for not fulfilling their end of a bargain which was to offer every American a free can of Dr Pepper if the band released an album in 2008. The band did so, and subsequently the softdrink manufacturer’s web site crashed when people tried to go there to claim their free 1-drink stub. In their statement, Dr Pe

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Thanksgiving Week Sales Report: Axl Bakes a Turkey While TV Supplies the Gravy;

Potentially interesting facts and theories from Thanksgiving week sales. The American Music Awards, which has had its TV airdate moved around considerably over the last 10 years, may have had its greatest effect ever in boosting album sales. The artists booked on the AMAs are there to pitch product - in the cases of Kanye West, Taylor Swift and Beyonce it was brand new music - and nearly every performer has an album that is still receiving promotion at retail and online. Taylor Swift's "

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Kanye sells 450,000, besting GNR, Ludacris and Taylor Swift

Kanye sells 450,000, besting GNR, Ludacris and Taylor Swift Dec03

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Dr. Pepper Calls Chinese Democracy Record Sales An "Appalling Failure".

I’m just kidding. That just seemed like a proper and funny title considering what went down last week. But seriously, everyone expected this record to sell a million copies in it’s first week due to great anticipation that has been building for over a decade now. Granted, sales still did better than most rock bands these days, landing Guns N’ Roses Chinese Democracy at #3 on the Billboard 200. It only sold about 261,000 copies and that includes 25k digital sales. That’s a far cry from what the

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New New Year’s Eve Shows

Amanda Palmer in Berlin, Germany, October 2008. Image: Newscom Aside from all of the previously mentioned New Year’s Eve shows, some late night ones have been added. Amanda Palmer & The Danger Ensemble will be playing a 2 a.m. show at the Bowery Ballroom (after Patti Smith). Tickets go on sale Friday at noon. Mr. Brownstone (GNR cover band) will be playing at 2 a.m. at Mercury Lounge (after A Place to Bury Strangers). Tickets are on sale. And, Crystal Castles, who are already playin

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FreeLoaders Crash Dr.Pepper Site

This is funny! Well, I find it funny but some were outraged so I guess it might not be something that is funny in general. Anyway, if you are a music fan or a Guns N’ Roses’ fan you probably know that they recently released a new album called “Chines Democracy.” Earlier this year Dr Pepper promised America that if GNR released their album this year they would give a free Dr Pepper to everyone in America. Well, Guns N’ Roses’ went ahead and released the album this year, 17 years since their last

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Updated: Is ‘Chinese Democracy’ going to be a flop?

From Billboard’s Ed Christman: Music sales were down from 10 percent to 30 percent, and big-name albums released for Black Friday, the post-Thanksgiving kickoff to the holiday retail season, didn’t perform up to expectations, according to merchants contacted by Billboard. Most interesting in the Billboard story is estimates on the sales of a couple of the releases that were supposed to buoy the industry this season, emphasis added: Sources said that Kanye West’s “808s & Heartbreak” wil

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Chinese Democracy Fails To Be #1

Many of us thought Democracy would reach the #1 spot on Billboard, no problem. But it is struggling to get there — to the place easily taken by AC/DC and their newest album, Black Ice. In fact, Axl’s long-awaited album didn’t do much better on the charts than Velvet Revolver’s debut release in 2004. That must really piss off Axl. He can’t even outdo his former bandmates (and it took VR no time at all to produce that debut). I can see Slash smiling now. Now the blame game: some are reporting that

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Free Soda My Ass: Axl Sues Dr. Pepper

I’ve been under the assumption for years that Axl Rose is batshit crazy. And I don’t think you can blame me. He’s been known to cause riots. He spent millions of dollars and over a decade on a mediocre (at best) album. He wore a Nazi officer’s hat in the video for “Paradise City”. Not the actions of a sane man. But… Axl is sane enough to look out for his fans and his image. When Dr. Pepper announced that they would give everyone in the US a free soda if Axl released Chinese Democracy this ye

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Dr. Pepper Responds to Threats By Guns N’ Lawyers

Following the Dr. Pepper/Guns N’ Roses promotion fiasco, the band’s lawyers were all afizz, threatening Dr. Pepper for failing to make good on its promise to provide a free bottle of Dr. Pepper to everyone in America if Guns N’ Roses delivered Chinese Democracy in 2008. Dr. Pepper had promised that if the album actually came out, all fans needed to do was log onto the soda company’s Web site and input their address to receive a coupon in the mail for their free bottle. But when the album c

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Axl Rose sues Dr. Pepper

Now that’s the Axl I know and love.  Nobody got their free Dr. Pepper when GNR released Chinese Democracy; the website crashed, you couldn’t get through on the phone, so Axl’s lawyers are filing pissed off litigious complaints: “In and of itself this campaign brazenly violated our clients’ rights in numerous respects. Unfortunately, Dr Pepper has now magnified the damage this campaign has caused through its appalling failure to make good on a promise it made to the American public.” That’s call

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Eagles of Death Metal Frontman Talks About the Strange Experience of Being an Opening Band for Axl Rose’s Guns N’ Roses

Artisan News Service has posted a video interview with frontman Jesse Hughes of Eagles of Death Metal on YouTube … www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wti1m3CIzPo … where Hughes explains the psychotic trip of once being an opening act for Guns N’ Roses. Axl kicked the band off the tour, and did so by making a surprising announcement during GNR’s set … calling Eagles of Death Metal, the Pigeons of Shit Metal. All of this, for no reason whatsoever. One of Axl’s mood swings evidently. But Jesse looked at it as

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Axl Rose says Dr Pepper violated his rights. Sure.

Axl Rose says Dr Pepper violated his rights. Sure. As you've surely heard, GNR has filed a lawsuit demanding that Dr Pepper make good on its promise to give everyone in America a free soda now that Axl Rose has finished his masterpiece, 17 years in the making. Dr Pepper's attempts toSo, how hi... Health 0

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Guns N’ Roses

Guns N’ Roses Chinese Democracy Geffen Records 5 out of 5 stars It’s a fact that Axl Rose didn’t bring the original Guns N’ Roses to an early demise all by himself. Slash’s and Duff McKagan’s substance problems, coupled with the band’s aversion to further musical exploration — particularly Slash and the monosyllabic Matt Sourum — were just as destructive. That doesn’t mean Axl (I have written about this album so much I have declared myself on a first name basis with Mr. Rose) gets a total pa

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Is All Publicity Good Publicity?

Sometimes the biggest of businesses are the best example of what not to do.  One of the most recent examples of this is with the failed publicity maneuver by none other than Dr. Pepper, who’s over the top idea had the ability to create buzz, but instead has left a bad taste (non pun intended) in many a mouth. What Happened? For a quick recap Dr. Pepper went on record saying that they would give every person in the United States a free 20oz bottle of Dr. Pepper soda if rock band Guns N’ Ros

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Rock Gone Wild Proudly Welcomes Saliva, Tantric and Tigertailz to Lineup

America’s most diverse hard rock festival just keeps getting better. That’s because national recording artists Saliva and Tantric have joined the already impressive Rock Gone Wild lineup. Classic Glam rockers Tigertailz will also bring their unique presence to the festival. Rock Gone Wild is slated for August 20-23, 2009 in Algona, Iowa. Tickets are available now by visiting www.rockgonewild.com. Mainstream rock stars Saliva are no strangers to the Billboard charts. As the band prepares to relea

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