I interrupt my work to bring forth this unbelievable GNR news

Another site claims GNR is doing well on the charts.  Who to believe?  At any rate no one here is clamouring about them.  Still they get more recognition than AC/DC.

GUNS N' ROSES have topped the iTunes Rock Charts across the globe. Chinese Democracy took the lead on the charts in U.S., U.K., France, Germany, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. The only odd ball hold out was in Norway where GNR was No. 2 to TIM CHRISTENSEN's Superior.

GNR are currently on top of the overall iTunes album charts in Germany, France, Austria, Belgium, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Sweden, and Switzerland. In the U.S. they are No. 4 behind releases from KANYE WEST, THE KILLERS, and COLDPLAY.

They have denied the No. 1 by The Killers in the UK, Australia, Norway, Portugal and Spain. In France they are No 2. behind SEAL's new album Soul. And it's a battle of egos in Canada where Kanye West is keeping GNR from topping the overall iTunes album chart.

(Thanks Antimusic.com)
 
With the China thing ... Sirius radio reported on this yesterday, and called it a bunch of bullshit. That is, the idea that "many people don't like this music" is bullshit. Sirius pointed out that there are lots of GNR fans in China and even said the Chinese word for the band name. It's all about some ass in the China gov't not liking the criticism from Axl, and nothing more.

But hey, it's China. They censor everything. I feel sorry for the GNR fans there, but there's not much that can be done about it.
 
Anyway, back to the album... I don't recall having ever heard such a mediocre piece of rock music.
 
But hey, it's China. They censor everything. I feel sorry for the GNR fans there, but there's not much that can be done about it.
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Don't be sorry. There are some neat human inventions called non-transparent proxy servers, SOCKS4/5, VPN tunnels ;)

Yeah, it's not exactly material for the average Chang, but Chang knows someone who knows someone who knows that stuff and just downloaded the album. So that mister incognito will spend a couple of rials for a blank medium and burn the music to the ever-grateful Chang.

Chang will not forget about incognito. When he and his 10 mates swim across the seas to Taiwanese freedom, and when Chang becomes a capitalist pig, he will send two CDs, best of James Blunt, and yo'in'da'hood part 17, to his incognito friend in mainland China.

The incognito gets revolted by listening to the CDs and decides it's time to nuke Taiwan. And so the III. World War began  :D
 
Here is that Dr. Pepper thing update.  The whole situation is ludicrous it is amusing to me.  This so reeks of an Axl Rose vendetta.  Looks like the suits at Dr. Pepper messed with the wrong rocker. 

Perun, I agree about your comment of mediocrity.

Guns N' Roses' lawyer blasts Dr Pepper

A lawyer for rock act Guns N' Roses has castigated Dr Pepper, accusing the soda maker of failing to deliver on its promotion to offer free soda in celebration of the band's new album, Chinese Democracy.

Guns N' Roses and the band's front man Axl Rose were never involved in the campaign.

Beverly Hills-based Alan Gutman has written to Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc president and CEO Larry Young, accusing the company of operating an online redemption scheme that was an "unmitigated disaster which defrauded customers".

Band front man Rose did not take any action when, in March, Dr Pepper put out a press release offering free soda to any American if the long-awaited Guns N' Roses album came out before the end of 2008.

However, Rose has reacted to the news that fans have been unable to get their soda since the November 23 release of Chinese Democracy.

Gutman is demanding that Dr Pepper makes good on its offer by extending the period for the offer; he also wants full-page apologies in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, USA Today and the Wall Street Journal.

Gutman's letter makes clear his view that the original campaign was an "exploitation of my clients' legendary reputation and their eagerly awaited album" and "brazenly violated our clients' rights".

He is also seeking an "appropriate payment ... for the unauthorised use and abuse of their publicity and intellectual property rights," with the threat of further action if an acceptable offer is not made.

"Now is the time to clean up the mess," Gutman says.

Dr Pepper's web servers crashed under the demand for coupons that could be exchanged for free drinks.

Dr Pepper extended the November 23 promotion for an extra day, but the company's website was inaccessible for a substantial part of it. "

Dr Pepper was completely unprepared for the traffic to its site," Gutman says in the letter, describing the promotion as a "complete fiasco".

Gutman adds, "The entire point of your campaign has been to use public interest in Axl Rose and Guns N' Roses as a lure to increase consumer awareness of Dr Pepper".

He further states that "mocking undertones" in the online promotional content represent a "raw and damaging commercial exploitation of our clients' rights," adding that the association is "even more damaging in light of your shoddy execution of your disingenuous giveaway offer".

The soda maker declined to comment. Dr Pepper was considering extending the promotion, according to a source close to the situation.
 
Says something about how bad the album is when more people care about the free Dr Pepper.

By the way, Mr. DICKtionary asked me to point out:
It's "Dr Pepper" with no period. NOT "Dr. Pepper".
 
This just in:

Dr Pepper has been forced to drop his title in Germany as he has only combined 23 ambiguous flavors into a tasty soft drink and has never actually practiced medicine in any capacity anywhere. A distraught Pepper has declined to comment and would prefer to be known only as Mr Pibb while in Germany.
 
Dr Pepper was never a doctor - only a medication.
Designed to induce vomiting, while tasting only slightly worse than castor oil or ipecac.

j/k, I like the stuff, even drinking the diet version right now.
 
D&N said:
This just in:

Dr Pepper has been forced to drop his title in Germany as he has only combined 23 ambiguous flavors into a tasty soft drink and has never actually practiced medicine in any capacity anywhere. A distraught Pepper has declined to comment and would prefer to be known only as Mr Pibb while in Germany.
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Made me laugh :D
However, there is no Dr Pepper in Germany ;)
 
I know of at least one, whose surgery is right beneath my flat... it's a real joy to be woken up by screaming kids every morning...
 
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