MetalMeltdown

Guns N’ Roses fans who have been waiting impatiently for 13 years rejoice! The second coming of one of rock’s most outrageous acts is almost nigh. And for those who can’t wait another two weeks to decide for themselves if the album they have been anticipating since Bill Clinton’s first term lives up to expectations, RollingStone.com has posted their review of “Chinese Democracy” the looong delayed follow up to 1993’s cover’s CD Spaghetti Incident and the first album of new songs since 1991’s Use Your Illusion I and II.
Was it worth it: the millions spent recording, thousands of hours in 14 studios, with an army of musicians? The legendary painstaking process left frontman Axl Rose as the lone original Gunner from a band whose original line-up is now considered as classic as their timeless inspirations: Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, Led Zepplin, with a shot of Sex Pistols on the side, for bad taste and good measure.
The answer according to Rolling Stone’s David Fricke is a definite maybe. True there is a smattering of good old rock & roll “f*ck you” attitude to be found in “Scraped” and “I.R.S.” but overkill, overblown production and overdubs aplenty seem to be the keywords here as evidenced in “Shackler’s Revenge” which debuted in September on Rock Band II and the title track, recently released to radio to whet destructive appetites for the full release on November 23.
The new GN’R would seem to be a self indulgent modern rock smorgasbord with songs going in ten directions at once as if Axl was making breakfast and couldn’t decide what to put on his Cheerios and decided to dump the entire spice cabinet instead of going with his usual milk, sugar and whiskey.
That said, see ya Nov. 23 at Best Buy when Chinese Democracy and Axl’s legacy officially go up for re-election.

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