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Classic Rock Roll Of Honour 09 Nominations!

The nominations for the 2009 Classic Rock Roll Of Honour were exclusively unveiled today by legends of rock parody Spinal Tap. The band took time out of rehearsals for their show at Wembley Stadium next week to announce the shortlists for the 6 public voted categories at a media launch in Hard Rock Cafe’s backstage Hard Rock Calling VIP garden in Hyde Park, London. The winners will be announced at the gala ceremony, which takes place Monday 2 November at the Park Lane Hotel.

Public-voted categories include:

Album Of The Year

1. Black Ice – AC/DC
2. Death Magnetic - Metallica
3. Folklore & Superstition – Black Stone Cherry
4. The Ballad Of John Henry - Joe Bonamassa
5. Everyday Demons – The Answer
6. Chinese Democracy – Guns N’ Roses
7. Consolers Of The Lonely – The Raconteurs
8. And You Were A Crow – The Parlor Mob
9. The Devil You Know – Heaven & Hell
10. Black Clouds & Silver Linings – Dream Theater

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Music World Mourns Michael Jackson's Death

As news spread about Michael Jackson’s sudden death at age 50, the biggest names in music and many of Jackson’s famous friends issued statements and posted on their Twitters to pay tribute to the King of Pop’s legacy. Here are some of their memorials:
 
Slash: “Really sad news about Michael, he was a talent from on high.”

Madonna: “I can’t stop crying over the sad news. I have always admired Michael Jackson. The world has lost one of the greats, but his music will live on forever! My heart goes out to his three children and other members of his family. God bless.”

Lisa Marie Presley: “I am so very sad and confused with every emotion possible. I am heartbroken for his children, who I know were everything to him, and for his family. This is such a massive loss on so many levels, words fail me.”

Read more comments and condolences on RollingStone.com.

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Lick Library Release Series of Guns N Roses DVDs

Lick Library, one of the world leading suppliers of guitar tuition DVD’s, have just released the ultimate guide to playing Guns N’ Roses with a series of professional works shops and tutorials totaling more than eleven hours of lessons.

Gun N’ Roses tracks have it all... attitude.... excess....power... and riffs’ to die for. Their songs have for a generation of guitarists given inspiration and ideas. There are so many classic tracks Lick Library have produced three separate tuition DVD’s in easy to learn formats explaining clearly the techniques, song structures, sounds and right way to play their songs. This is a must for any guitarist wanting to learn more, not just about playing Guns N’ Roses songs, but essential to learning rock playing.

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Axl Rose Brings GN'R Into The 21st Century

David Glisan from the blog Dance With me has written an article about Guns N' Roses.

The worst thing can be said about Chinese Democracy is that its not the wall to wall heavy metal onslaught suggested by the early release of the title track. On the other hand, it very well may be the best album of the year.

After a rock band becomes a major success, they're really in a 'no win' position. If they try to break new artistic ground, exploring different sounds or influences, they'll invariably hear complaints that they were better the way they 'used to be'. If they keep doing things the same way, a band risks losing any sort of artistic relevance and becoming a 'nostalgia act'. Some bands try to stay innovative for awhile, but eventually assume the role of a 'nostalgia act' due to the financial upside that sometimes results.

Axl Rose could have taken the same route with Guns n Roses. Patch things up with former lead guitarist Slash and they could have toured forever playing the old songs for nostalgic fans and made a ridiculous amount of money. To some extent, Slash has chosen this route with his band Velvet Revolver. They play similar blues based hard rock to vintage GnR, and brought in former Stone Temple Pilots vocalist Scott Weiland on vocals (who sounded almost just like Axl on a number of the early STP songs)

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Chinese Democracy - New Artwork

It appears that Guns N' Roses latest album "Chinese Democracy" will be re-released with brand new artwork.

Got more pictures? E-mail us at webmaster@gnrdaily.com

Thanks: CT

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7 of the Best On-stage Fight Scenes

Rock concerts are usually pretty predictable, from the act appearing on-stage far later than promised to the encore that ends the evening. However, once in a while an average rock concert ends up looking more like a WWF match than a typical performance. The video clips below all show what happens when rockers stop being polite and start getting real. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

Axl Rose

Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose really doesn’t like to have his picture taken. That was proved in 1991 when Rose incited a full-fledged riot after diving offstage to try to attack a concertgoer who was flashing pictures of him. Hopefully age has mellowed Rose’s attitude, but somehow we think this could happen again.

 

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Chinese Democracy - Guitar Tabs Book

A guitar transcriptions book of Guns N' Roses 17 year project "Chinese Democracy" is scheduled for release on June 30 through Hal Leonard Corporation.

The book will feature note-for-note guitar transcriptions of tracks including: "Better",  " Catcher in the Rye", "I.R.S.", "Madagascar", "Street of Dreams" and more.

For more information, visit Amazon.com.

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Ron 'Bumblefoot' Thal On Tour With Lita Ford

Guns N' Roses guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal has posted a message on his MySpace page:

Hey all,

It's my pleasure to announce I'll be doing shows over the Summer with Lita Ford, playing guitar with the band alongside Bumblefoot drummer Dennis Leeflang.

To GNR fans: Lita and I have GNR's blessings to do this together, all is cool. This won't interfere with upcoming GNR plans, I'll be flying out and coming right back.

To Lita fans: lookin' forward to meeting y'all and having a great time together!

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Six Things You Didn't Know About 'November Rain'

MTV celebrates an important moment in its history this week: 17 years ago, Guns N’ Roses’ “November Rain” premiered on “Headbangers Ball.” Since the video dropped in 1992, plenty has changed: Axl Rose has hired and fired dozens of bandmembers (finally releasing the long-awaiting Chinese Democracy last year) and Slash has gone from solo artist to Velvet Revolver axeman. One thing hasn’t changed, though: “November Rain” is still as inexplicable as it was when it first aired on MTV. If you haven’t seen it, take the time to enjoy all 9 minutes of Axl’s magnum opus, and then check out all the things you might have missed about it. 

» Though it appears as though the concert footage is real, the scenes of Guns N’ Roses performing were entirely staged: the band rented a theater in Los Angeles and brought in 1,500 extras to play an audience. Rather than simply mime playing their instruments and lip-synching along to a pre-recorded track, Guns actually played through the song (as well as a number of other tunes in their canon) in order to keep the extras entertained.

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Guns N' Roses' Classic Debut Album Still Sell Well

New bands that sell 5,000 albums a week are declared Next Big Things. These dusty, old discs keep on selling as many or more than that -- decades after being released:

"Dark Side of the Moon," Pink Floyd: A mainstay on Billboard charts since its release in 1973, the disc remains a must-have for classic-rockers of all ages.

"Appetite for Destruction," Guns N' Roses: The hard-rock band's 1987 debut has sold more than 28 million copies worldwide. It remains popular in part for its appearance on Guitar Hero, which features the band's ex-guitarist Slash in its "Legends of Rock" game (as an avatar, of course).

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