Brian May and Chinese Democracy

Hi! I read something very sorpising in Classic Rock today...I want to share it with you guys...

"Contributions from Queen guitarist Brian May have apparently been axed from Guns and Roses´s new album, Chinese Democracy. May recorded lead guitar parts....May said: "Well......."

Here is the hold story:

[url=http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/page/classicrock?entry=brian_may_s_playing_axed]http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/page/classicrock?entry=brian_may_s_playing_axed[/url]

Anybody can give more details?? Any reason? anything else?

Thanks...

It was nothing but a solo, from what I heard.

Its most likely for the reason Brian mentioned on his soapbox - that Axl probably wants the GNR lineup as it stands to play on the record. As decent as I remember Brian's bits being on the demo I've heard, thats a fair enough reason.
Not that I think this is GNR at all - its the Axl Rose Band. Somehow the manner in which he's made it just him (stealing control of the band then sacking the original members) makes a difference to how I perceive the band, unlike Queen where death/retirement have left just Bri and Rog.
I dont think Axl should be allowed to use the name, but sadly he owns it.

Probably got Slash in instead.

Hahaha.

yes, it´s a fair reason, and a pitty as well. It´d  be cool to have Brian´s giutar there...thanks for the answers guys!

It' not big loss because Chinese Democracy will never be released anyway buahahaha

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[b]boca wrote: [/b]

It' not big loss because Chinese Democracy will never be released anyway buahahaha[/QUOTE]
Yeah, hahaha!

[url=http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/10/22/guns-n-roses-management-officially-announce-chinese-democracy-release/]Oh wait.[/url]

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[b]boca wrote: [/b]



It' not big loss because Chinese Democracy will never be released anyway buahahaha

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Yeah, hahaha!

[url=http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/10/22/guns-n-roses-management-officially-announce-chinese-democracy-release/]Oh wait.[/url]
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You don't actually believe that do you? [img=/images/smiley/msn/tounge_smile.gif][/img]

Until we actually see the sleevenotes ....

This is a piece of crap journalism fuelling a non story.
Someone writes to Brian and says , I've seen the leaked GNR sleeve and guess what you're not on it.
Brian replies on his website , journalist reads website and reprints story on classicrock.
People read classic rocks website so therefore it must be true.

I'm so going to buy that album.

I was a bit disappointed with the single... Sounds more like Nine Inch Nails than GnR... It's OK, just... not great...

Really? There will be no original members in the band? Terrible! Why did he sack them?

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[b]Fenderek wrote: [/b]

I was a bit disappointed with the single... Sounds more like Nine Inch Nails than GnR... It's OK, just... not great...
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If NIN sucked then yeah, it sounded like them.

Axl is just a prick may be this album will be a "HUGE"success as The Spaghetti Incident was.

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[b]April wrote: [/b]

Really? There will be no original members in the band? Terrible! Why did he sack them? [/QUOTE]



Well, there will be Axl himself, but he sacked 3 of the 4 four other original members, the other one left of his own accord a while before the sackings started.
But in a sense, the GNR on this record are 1/5 of the original line up plus a load of hired... er... guns.

Given Slash was chief music writer (particularly on the guitar based tracks) I think this removes a huge portion of the GNR sound and direction (which you can clearly hear in Velvet Revolver - its got that dirty Slash riff sound) - at least in Queen there were four musicians who wrote.

Perhaps this album should be by a band called Guns N Roses + *insert hired band member names here* !!