Missing: Axl Rose

2008-12-03 by badtaste | 29 Comments
Guns N' Roses front man Axl Rose has not been seen for two months.

The band's long delayed album, Chinese Democracy, was released last week, 15 years after their last LP. Record company Geffen are said to be disappointed with Rose's failure to promote his album in person, which may have possibly led to much better sales.

An insider told Britain's The Sun newspaper: “Everyone knows Axl is a bit of a maverick genius and won’t do anything he doesn’t want to do. The label is really glad to have him back. But it is frustrating because the album would have had a much better chance of going to No.1 if he had only been prepared to show his face. People have been trying to contact him for two months and he’s been completely AWOL. You would have thought after spending 15 years on an album you might do a few weeks promotion.”

Chinese Democracy was beaten to the number one spot in the UK album charts by The Killers' Day and Age (which sold 200,000 copies - nearly double of Chinese Democracy's amount). First week US sales of Chinese Democracy are estimated at between 300,000 and 500,000 copies. It is expected to chart at number two behind Kanye West's 808s and Heartbreak.

Chinese Democracy has only gone to number one in Brazil and Finland.

Source: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article1993450.ece

Tagged: Guns N' Roses

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badtaste
December 3rd 2008
824 Comments


A little birdy told me that Axl is reuniting the original Guns N Roses to bring democracy to China.

Asiatic667
December 3rd 2008
4651 Comments


A little birdy told me that Axl dropped dead chumping cheerios in his fricken' swimming pool

kmagnum1x
December 3rd 2008
459 Comments


Assassinated by chinese assailants

Asiatic667
December 3rd 2008
4651 Comments


Come home Axl. Suppers on the table

McP3000
December 3rd 2008
4121 Comments


Maverick Genius?

fuck no

zuzek
December 3rd 2008
950 Comments


"It is expected to chart at number two behind Kanye West's 808s and Heartbreak."

15 years of effort, only to be beaten by someone void of any talent or intelligence. Has to be the reason.

Asiatic667
December 3rd 2008
4651 Comments


^
Easy there Heartbreak and 808s seems to be quite well liked on this site

Asiatic667
December 3rd 2008
4651 Comments


^
Easy there Heartbreak and 808s seems to be quite well liked on this site

Ironpriest
December 3rd 2008
403 Comments


i hope he ain't dead, that would just be horrible.
even if he was an ass, his still kinda cool :D

plus how the hell would we get a Guns n roses reunion!?

jingledeath
December 3rd 2008
7100 Comments


Either Slash or China is behind his disappearance, I just know it.

kingsoby1
Emeritus
December 3rd 2008
4970 Comments


the pic looks like they're standing in front of a stargate.

Thor
December 3rd 2008
10384 Comments


Everyone knows Axl is a bit of a maverick genius

...reading stuff like this just makes me angry sometimes.

ohcleverhansyou
December 3rd 2008
885 Comments


2008 brought about the death of the word maverick as I understood it.

badtaste
December 3rd 2008
824 Comments


wtf, Axl Rose is a maverick genius though. I'm sure he was the one who invented the can opener.

Ayashi
December 3rd 2008
319 Comments


$50 he pulled a Kurt Cobain


Dethklok1
December 3rd 2008
3 Comments


he always stops the show in the middle of the concert, throws like 10 people out then starts crying that people mosh at a rock concert

AnotherBrick
December 3rd 2008
9812 Comments


Agreed with jingledeath...slash was pissed about not getting a dr. Pepper!!




alilent
December 3rd 2008
1 Comments


I would take anything The Sun says with a huge lump of salt.

Besides, wasn't he meant to have ordered their former manager be allegedly thrown out of the listening party? Or did he do that from his hideout?

Phantom
December 3rd 2008
9010 Comments


No way, the Sun is an upstanding an respectable British newspaper. Where else can you read about womens views on politics or football whilst they pose topless on page 3.

Everyone knows Axl is a bit of a maverick genius

Nope.

CrazyFool84
December 3rd 2008
1083 Comments


Haha I'll be willing to admit to Axl's maverick genious when I'm willing to admit to Kayne's....I just threw up a little in my mouth...

artofpretension
December 3rd 2008
49 Comments


Chinese Democracy is such a stupid name. (probably to match the album.) Guess it finally clicked in. Only took fifteen years, maverick genius.

Ironpriest
December 3rd 2008
403 Comments


"Chinese Democracy is such a stupid name. (probably to match the album.) Guess it finally clicked in. Only took fifteen years, maverick genius"

it really isnt a "horrible" album, its just coz people have already made an opinion before hearing it.

ironzeppelin789
December 4th 2008
134 Comments


hope he is not dead

tripleb2k
December 4th 2008
217 Comments


maybe he's working on Chinese Democracy 2: The Legend of Curly's Gold.

NebSnurb
December 4th 2008
535 Comments


Well this is supposedly the first album in a trilogy of albums to come,so maybe he's locked up somewhere making the next album....which will take another 14 years.

artofpretension
December 4th 2008
49 Comments


Its not horrible, just amazingly unexceptional. Axl's trying to ride off his past successes with
the original Guns n' Roses lineup and isnt doing so hot. He's gotten soft in his old age. This Message Edited On 12.03.08

Captain North
December 4th 2008
6793 Comments


Drop bears totally took him out.

Damian808
December 4th 2008
83 Comments


Come home Axl. Suppers on the table
hehehehe

PunkItUp
December 4th 2008
207 Comments


article title gives me hope

plz god let it be true

This Message Edited On 12.04.08



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