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Listening Booth: Guns n’ Roses, “Chinese Democracy” — A Second Opinion

Dw. Dunphy December 1, 2008 12

It’s the curse of the debut album: the artist, unsure of who he/she is or what he/she ought to sound like strikes out in all directions — a power ballad here, a blues grinder

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Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 13

Dave Steed June 25, 2008 31

This past week I was like a pig in shit. Nine tracks from Chinese Democracy were leaked and I couldn’t be happier. See, Guns n’ Roses are my Led Zeppelin. They’re my Black Sabbath.

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Listening Booth: Guns n’ Roses, “Chinese Democracy”

Dw. Dunphy April 1, 2008 18

They said it would never be done. I said it would never be done. Geffen/Interscope/ Universal prayed that it might, but Axl Rose kept them at bay for more than a decade (much more!).

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