[wastedyears]

I guess Axl Rose is still a pompous a-hole.

[NCBraveheart]

Might also have something to do with the fact that it SUCKS!!!!!

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

PING!!

[philled]

I’ve heard several tracks off of it and didn’t care for it. It sounds way to over-produced and like it only exists on a computer somewhere. I was most interested to learn that former Replacements bassist Tommy Stinson apparently is now part of GNR. I guess that means GnR is now Axl Rose and some other guys.

[daku]

I’ve heard some new GnR and was not impressed

disclaimer : I’ve heard some old GnR and was not impressed either

[T Lady]

Could it possibly be the fact both these bands are now a bit long in the tooth (AC/DC having come to prominence in the late seventies, peaking in the late eighties; GNR in the late eighties and virtually has beens by the late nineties) and not too familiar to their targeted (18-25 male) audience? Especially given their short attention span?

[IYAS9YAS]

I picked up AC/DC's latest at Wally World. It's okay. A few good songs, with mostly filler. Kinda like most of the 90s. I wouldn't say it the worst they did, but it certainly doesn't live up to the best.

However, I have it, plus several other whole albums on one mp3 cd I play on my drive to work. As I parked this morning, For Those About To Rock came on. Needless to say, I walked in to work on time, but barely.

[bassmaner]

If Slash, Duff, et al. are not it the band, it’s not GnR: it’s Axl’s karaoke act. That’s why there’s no interest.

[DemforBush]

For the morbidly curious....all of Chinese Democracy's tracks are available for listening on youtube at the moment. Here's the title track. It has links to all the other tracks on the album...if you can stand to listen the whole way through.

IMHO, it's flat out terrible stuff. Axl was always hit-and-miss as a lyricist, but the tracks I listened to were all misses. The tracks are overproduced and the overall songs just aren't very interesting. Collectively, it reminded me more of some of the B-list hair metal bands of the late 80s than anything off of Appetite for Destruction (one of my all-time faves).

[RobRoy]

I had no idea these bands were still recording...

[thackney]

ping

[Two Kids' Dad]

I bought the CD the other day and was not at all impressed with it. I was a huge Gn’R fan back in the day and have met Slash and Izzy. This “effort” is just an Axl solo act using the Gn’R name. If anyone’s considering buying the CD or downloading it on iTunes, don’t bother.

[GeneralisimoFranciscoFranco]

Some people over 30 can be trusted.
None of them are rock stars.