"Chinese Democracy" A Guaranteed Failure

Remember sitting on the edge of your seats for months on end anticipating the release of that movie or game you are dying to see or play, and when you finally get your hands on it you can't help but feel disappointed because of all they hype you put into it. This in the end will be the fatal flaw for Guns N' Roses' (or should I say Axl Roses') new album "Chinese Democracy." For those who are not too familiar with the album, in 1994 work on it had begun and throughout these twelve years it has seen a number of recording studios, musicians, and producers. Not only has it seen all these people and places but "Chinese Democracy" has also had the the pleasure of costing an excess of $13 million. If all that sounds absurd, what makes it even crazier is the obvious fact that it still has not been released and that it has been delayed and set for release more times than one can fathom.

As I stated earlier the ultimate fate of this album has already been decided, the fact that it has received such a large amount of hype and the way Axl teases the fans with consistent and constant postponing of the album leads me to believe that it will be virtually impossible to overcome those obstacles. The only way I could see this album being a success besides in sales figures is by it being the next "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" or "Pet Sounds." The odds of that are pretty much 0.01% although it probably should be that solid after twelve years of work. Axl Rose is the man to hate in the music industry and for obvious reasons, in the end he automatically plagued this work with a cancer which has practically no hope of a cure.