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THE CHINESE DEMOCRACY ALBUM SAGA
A detailed timeline charting the history of the unreleased Guns N Roses studio album"Chinese Democracy.” Featuring news itemsand rumors surrounding the project.
BASIC INFORMATION
BAND: Guns N RosesALBUM TITLE: Chinese DemocracyRELEASE DATE: UnknownRECORDING DATES: 1994-presentLABEL: Geffen (Universal Music)
PERSONNEL:
VOCALS: W. Axl RoseGUITAR: Paul “Huge” Tobias, Robin Finck, Brian May, Gary Sunshine, Dave Navarro,Buckethead, Richard Fortus, Ron “Bumblefoot” ThalBASS: Tommy StinsonDRUMS: Chris Vrena, Dave Abbruzzese, Josh Freese, Brian “Brain” Mantia, Frank FerrerPIANO: Axl Rose, Dizzy ReedKEYBOARDS: Dizzy Reed, Chris PittmanPROGRAMMING: Axl Rose, Chris PittmanORCHESTRA ARRANGER: Paul Buckmaster, Marco BeltramiPRODUCERS: Axl Rose, Mike Clink, Youth, Moby, Sean Beaven, Bob Ezrin, RoyThomas Baker, Caram CostanzoENGINEERS: Dave Dominguez, Eric Cadieux, Andy Wallace
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CONFIRMED SONG TITLES (SOURCE)
Better
(leaked demos 2006, 2007 & 2008)
Catcher In The Rye
(leaked demo 2006)
Chinese Democracy
(leaked demos 2007 & 2008)
General
(Arranger Marco Beltrami 2002)
I.R.S.
(leaked demos 2006, 2007 & 2008)
Ides Of March
(Engineer Dave Dominguez 2000)
If The World
(leaked demo 2008)
Leave Me Alone
(Arranger Marco Beltrami 2002)
Madagascar
(leaked demos 2007& 2008)
Oklahoma
(Axl Rose Rolling Stone Interview 2000)
Prostitute
(Arranger Paul Buckmaster 2005 & possibly leaked demo 2008)
Riyadh & The Bedouins
(leaked demo 2008)
Seven
(Arranger Marco Beltrami 2002)
Shackler’s Revenge
(
Rock Band 2
video game 2008)
Sorry
(Singer Sebastian Bach 2006)
The Blues
(leaked demos 2007 & 2008)
This I Love
(Engineer Dave Dominguez 2000)
Thyme
(Arranger Marco Beltrami 2002)
There Was A Time
(leaked demos 2006, 2007 & 2008)
RUMORED SONG TITLES
Atlas Shrugged
(Sp1at website 2005)
Closing In On You
(
Kerrang!
magazine 1999)
Cock-A-Roach Soup
(
Kerrang!
magazine 1999)
Friend or Foe
(
Kerrang!
magazine 1999)
Hearts Get Killed
(
Kerrang!
magazine 1999)
No Love Remains
(
Kerrang!
magazine 1999)
Quick Song
(Sp1at website 2005)
Something Always
(
Kerrang!
magazine 1999)
Strange Disease
(
Kerrang!
magazine 1999)
Suckerpunched
(
Kerrang!
magazine 1999)
Zip It
(
Kerrang!
magazine 1999)
Zodiac
(Sp1at website 2005)
NOTE:
After drummer Steven Adler was fired in 1990 and rhythm guitarist IzzyStradlin quit the band in 1991, vocalist Axl Rose demanded and was granted sole controlof the Guns N' Roses name. Axl, backstage before one of the band’s
Use Your Illusion
concerts, basically issued an ultimatum: He'd get the name of the band or he wouldn'tperform. Papers memorializing this transfer were drawn up and guitarist Slash and bassistDuff McKagan signed them. (Rolling Stone May 11, 2000)
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1993-1996: BACKGROUND
07/17/93:
Guns N Roses (GnR) play the last show of their
Use Your Illusion
world tour.
11/23/93:
GnR releases an album of punk covers called
The Spaghetti Incident?
January 1994:
GnR lead singer W. Axl Rose and guitarist Slash appear on the radioshow
Rock Line
and say they’re about to start work on the next Guns N Roses studioalbum. Axl also reveals he is working on a “top secret project” and hoping to collaboratewith Queen guitarist Brian May.
January 1994:
Slash tells
Kerrang!
magazine the next GN'R album will be out in thesummer.
Early 1994:
Axl, Slash, bassist Duff McKagan, drummer Matt Sorum, keyboardist DizzyReed and guitarist Gilby Clarkeenter the studio to begin work on their first album of original material since the 1991 albums
Use Your Illusion I
and
II
.. GnR’s recordcompany Geffen says they hope to have the album out before the end of the year.
May 1994:
Gilby Clarke tells
Kerrang!
magazine: "There is no `next GN'R album'. Westarted working on one, and it got canned. It's an Axl thing. He just wasn't into what wewere doing, so he's kind of rethinking what he wants to do. He just kind of threw awrench into everything that me, Slash and Matt had worked to."
June 1994:
Axl fires Gilby Clarke and replaces him with his childhood friend Paul"Huge" Tobias.
December 1994:
GnR’s cover of the Rolling Stones "Sympathy For The Devil" isreleased as a single and featured in the film
Interview With A Vampire.
February 1995
Slash's Snakepit releases their debut album
It's Five O'Clock Somewhere.
This disc is made up of material Slash wrote for the new Guns N Rosesalbum that was rejected by Axl.
November 1995:
Slash tells
Metal Hammer
magazine: "I played him (Axl) the materialthat I was writing, and he was like, ‘I don't wanna do that kind of music.’ So I took thematerial back And then I booked a tour, and at this point Axl turned around and wantedthe material back. And that's where the big shit started, because I told him, "Dude, it'sgone. If I remember correctly, it was turned down flat." And that's where we got threatsof lawsuits and this, that and the other."
Fall 1995:
Axl brings in Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Zakk Wylde to work with GnR. Hequits after a few weeks.
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