http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/h...317058.stm

Now if this was 1st April, I wouldn't bat an eyelid but...what a bizarre story!

this is just crazy!

it ain't gonna happen, though.

They may have shot themselves in the foot.. I mean, let's just say Axl was one song short of the full album and now he thinks "A HA! I know a song that will finish it off....!"


Cue Axl:


"Doooooctor Peppeeeeerrrr! So, miiiiisunderstoooood!"

Free Dr Pepper for entire USA if Guns N Roses releases album
by Elizabeth Bromstein


Can Dr Pepper motivate Axl to finish his album, 17 years in the making?

On Wednesday a CNN headline announced "Dr Pepper Will Give Everyone in America a Free Soda If Axl Rose Releases New Guns N' Roses Album, Chinese Democracy, In 2008". (former Guns guitarists Slash and Buckethead, however, will not be eligible for free soda)

According to CNN "Tired of a world in which Americans idolize wannabe singers and musicals about high schoolers pass as rock 'n roll music, Dr Pepper is encouraging (ok, begging) Axl Rose to finally release his 17-year-in-the-making belabored masterpiece, Chinese Democracy, in 2008."

And so they have promised free soda to everyone but Slash and Buckethead if the album ships this year.

Jaxie Alt, director of marketing for Dr Pepper said, "It took a little patience to perfect Dr Pepper's special mix of 23 ingredients, which our fans have come to know and love, so we completely understand and empathize with Axl's quest for perfection -- for something more than the average album. We know once it's released, people will refer to it as "Dr Pepper for the ears" because it will be such a refreshing blend of rich, bold sounds -- an instant classic."

OK, the odds of this actually happening are pretty slim and what do we care right? Nobody said anything about Canadians getting free soda. But this is a great idea. I love the brand identification. Dr. Pepper sales will probably go through the roof over the next few weeks.

And if it gets us any closer to hearing Chinese Democracy, I am so all over it. Though alas, I think Axl is all too painfully aware that unless this record turns out to be anything short of a masterpiece on par with the Mona Lisa or the Sistine Chapel, reviewers are gonna eat him for breakfast. And since there's little chance it will be such a masterpiece, no matter how great it is, there's no way he can avoid this fate.

Still. It'll be a breakfast of champions. With a side order of refreshing Dr. Pepper.




http://music.sympatico.ms...date=False
[Edited 3/27/08 13:48pm]

Axl Responds To Pepper's Offer
Article
3/27/08

Axl Rose has responded to Dr. Pepper’s offer to give everyone (except Slash and guitarist Buckethead) a free can of soda if Guns n’ Roses finally release the long-awaited Chinese Democracy this year.

In a press release, Rose says, “We are surprised and very happy to have the support of Dr. Pepper with our album Chinese Democracy, as for us, this came totally out of the blue. If there is any involvement with this promotion by our record company or others, we are unaware of such at this time. And as some of Buckethead’s performances are on our album, I’ll share my Dr. Pepper with him.” Slash will still have to buy a can, apparently.

Still, we don’t think we’ll be hearing Democracy anytime soon, unless Gn’R goes all Raconteurs on us.

Can someone refresh my memory..

Did stuff actually leak from 'Chinese Democacy' or did I dream that up?

Martinelli said:

Yeah, there are leaked tracks around if you take a look around YouTube and the like.

As far as I know, there have been no major leaks of Dr Pepper so far.

Cinnie said:

Isn't Jaxie Alt a former member of G'n'R?

seriously...if it takes more than two or three years to make an album,just cancel it