Chinese Democracy.

 The long awaited album by Guns N Roses. If you haven't heard this is a very new Guns. The only member remaining is Axl Rose. I was prepared to hear the worse with this one, but it was pretty good.  I've heard various opinions on it, and the one that stands out the most is it sucks. I think that might be a little unjust being your expectations of the album probably were extremely high. This isn't the 80's and early 90's. You don't have slash on guitars and you won't be getting sweet child 'o mine. Those things should've been a given. I didn't listen to this album with the mindset of Guns N Roses are back. They aren't back. Not the Guns N Roses we know. I expected a completely different Guns N Roses and that is what I got.

The one thing in life that is constant is change. Bands will always break up, get back together,  and change their line ups more than a girl changes her clothes. Pardon my blatant rip off of Katy Perry's Hot N Cold.

It was a tribute to my first ever review in this magazine. Fans have to expect this. So with that said the NEW Guns N Roses is just rock music. Nothing special and nothing worse. As a rock fan I expect nothing more of a rock album. There is nothing worse to me than a musician that tries to go backwards. Tries to be what they were as oppose to what they are. I have full on respect for artists that are themselves. Be who you are.

Put out the  music you're feeling now, and if takes many years to put out something new then so be it.  So good for you Axl for not giving up on a band because you lost a few people. However if you're looking for a small bit of that old GNR, I suggest listening to the song Better. It's very classic Axl Rose and probably the only song that sounds like old GNR.