Chinese Democracy Review: Thanks a lot Rolling Stone

Thanks a lot Rolling Stone. Thanks a lot David Fricke. Rolling Stone Issue 1066-"The most anticipate record ever". Thanks for letting waste me my 50 min of life listening to this sad excuse of GNR. "Axl made it worth the wait"...After the opening track Chinese Democracy there's not much left. Mostly sound like mid 90s rehashed trying to change our sound rock. Not to mention the opening song is rockin hard core, then the rest sounds too mellow and not to insult Shirley Manson but the sounds like Axl singing with the rest mid-90s Garbage. Worth a listen Track 1 and 14...Don't waste your time with the rest.

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My (new) 3 Rants: Rant #1 - Heard the new Duff

I took a listen to Duff Mckagen's Loaded this morning. Not bad. It' kind of like a cross between GNR and Velvet Revolver. But here's my issue: I'm not a big fan of using your name in the bands name. I understand that if you just call it Loaded no one would probably know who you are or take a listen...but Velvet Revolver didn't use the name Slash's Velvet Revolver. You just need better marketing management.

My (new) 3 Rants: Rant #2 - Queen....errr Bad Company?

The other day I heard the new Queen song Celebrity. Paul Rodger is now at the helm for the frontman replacing the (big) hole that Freddy Mercury left many years ago. Two good examples of successful bands with new lead singers...AC/DC and Van Halen went on with new lead singers and had very successful results. But Freddy Mercury to me is one that cannot be replaced. I'm not a Queen fan and I don't know of any Queen fans....but I would like to know what they think of the new Queen. The new song starts out sounding like Bad Company or The Firm or Free then when the chorus comes in, it sounds a lot like the old Queen...just without Freddy....sorry change the name of the band boys..call it King or Bad Free or Firm King but don't call it Queen.

My (new) 3 Rants: Rant #3 - On the cover of the Rolling Stone

Call me a traditionalist. I'm not against change...infact I like new stuff...but when it comes to the cover of the Rolling Stone...not just the cover but the whole magazine has changed to the more traditional size magazine. "It's handy, It's convienent"...blah blah blah..I don't care what their Publisher says it's really about them saving printing cost in the economical times. But sorry I prefer the old size...it was different than the other music or any other magazines. The size stood out on the newsstand so it was easy to find. Plus there's the tradition. Not to mention the font size seems smaller and of course the older I get the harder to read...but mostly I'm a collector of the magazine and like to hang my favorite covers which used to be much larger...plus the photo spreads were much larger.

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