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Billboard reviews GN'R New single "Better"

Artist: Guns N' Roses
Single: Better (Black Frog/Geffen Records)

The title track from Guns N' Roses' "Chinese Democracy" hit radio a couple of months ago, but this new single is, well, much better -- a hook-filled track that won't tarnish the band's reputation for radio hits. It's a bit overproduced: "Better" has drum loops, a midtempo guitar-driven verse, a chorus that sounds like it could have come from another song, some frenetic fretboard sweeps at the end of each chorus and an electronic sheen hanging over it all. But somehow Axl Rose's familiar vocals hold it together. His sense of melody makes "Better" memorable, rendering the song equal parts rock and pop, and GN'R's first bona-fide single for the YouTube/iPod generation.

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Bumblefoot Featured On Instrumental CD

Guns N' Roses guitarist Ron 'Bumblefoot' Thal will be featured on the instrumental album "Guitars That Ate My Brain" with the track "Disengaged" .

Press release:

"Guitars That Ate My Brain", a dozen mind-altering instrumentals from today's most accomplished metal axe grinders -- a twelve-headed hydra of monster guitar riffage that slashes, shreds and gnaws its way into your very psyche -- rides the lightning with enough electrifying precision to scorch and scramble your gray matter.

Despite the shifting tempos and uniquely frightening technical prowess of these speed demons, a strange cohesion connects the disparate (some might call them distressing) tracks on this mammoth compilation, as if these explosive, multi-layered instrumentals were largely the work of one multi-dimensional (and quite disturbed) musical personality. In other words, true metal madness.

Enjoy … and listen carefully! 

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Axl Rose Among 'Greatest Voices in Rock'

The Greatest Voice in Rock Top 40 was compiled by the station's DJs, presenters and listeners, plus musicians, rock critics and experts such as Tony Iommi from Black Sabbath, Phil Manzanera from Roxy Music, Ian Anderson from Yes and Led Zeppelin biographer Mick Wall.

The Top 40 Greatest Voices in Rock :

1. Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
2. Freddie Mercury (Queen)
3. Paul Rodgers (Free/ Bad Company)
4. Ian Gillan (Deep Purple)
5. Roger Daltrey (The Who)
6. David Coverdale (Whitesnake)
7. Axl Rose (Guns ‘N’ Roses)

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Scott Weiland Talks About Axl Rose

The February issue of Classic Rock Magazine will feature an interview with ex Velvet Revolver front man Scott Weiland.

Excerpt from the interview:

Classick Rock: Have you heard Chinese Democracy?

Scott: No, Just a couple of song. I think Axl's incredibly talented and when he and i had our cyber spat, I found out it was a misunderstanding down to a certain individual i was playing music with. If theres one thing i regret out of all the rants and ravings that ive done it would be saing those things. (Scott called Axl a "fat botoxed wig wearing fuck") It wasnt very nice, i mean, it was funny and witty, but it wasnt the kindest thing to do and ill try to be a nice person these days.

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Rose Reading

One of the many excellent things to have resulted from the release of Chinese Democracy is that Axl Rose has again started talking publicly about what's going on in his head. Say what you like about the Guns N' Roses frontman, there's no denying that this is an extraordinary place.

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GN'R Denies Tour Rumor He Allegedly Started

Well, that was fast. Just days after telling a St. Louis newspaper that Guns n’ Roses were planning a two-year tour set to embark in March, guitarist Richard Fortus is now saying he was “misquoted” in the article. “OK, it seems that I am being misquoted once again,” Fortus told fans in a statement. “I never said that Gn’R would be playing St. Louis, nor did I say that we will be doing free shows or that we are starting a two-year tour in March! Selective hearing. Never said it.” Fortus’ denials come after the article printed quotes regarding Fortus and Rose joking about Gn’R’s return to St. Louis.

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GN'R Denies Video Release Is Being Held Up By Lars Ulrich

Guns N' Roses has denied that the release of the band's new video for the song "Better" is being held up by a legal matter involving Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich.

A December 29, 2008 online posting by Fernando Lebeis, who is a known associate of Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose, implied that Ulrich's image was featured in the clip and his release form needed to be signed before the video could be distributed and promoted to music video television programmers worldwide.

"Lars isn't holding anything up with our video. Our message board comments were meant casually, in fun and amongst friends. Unfortunately, someone with Blabbermouth may have taken things a bit out of context and made them into a bit more than they are in reality.

"Our apologies to anyone who may have been confused.

"We hope to have our video out shortly.

"Thank you."

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Is Lars Ulrich Holding Up Release Of "Better" Video?

According to an online posting by Fernando Lebeis, the son of Beta Lebeis — Guns N Roses' frontman Axl Rose's personal assistant — the release of the band's new video for the song "Better" is being held up by a legal matter involving Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich. Although exact details are sketchy, it appears that Ulrich's image is featured in the clip and his release form needs to be signed before the video can be distributed and promoted to music video television programmers worldwide.

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Dave Navarro Says He 'Pretty Much Loves' Chi Dem

Guitarist Dave Navarro (Jane's Addiction, Camp Freddy, The Panic Channel) was recently asked by a fan via Dave's official web site if he has had a chance to sit down and listen to Guns N' Roses' long-awaited new album, "Chinese Democracy", all the way through and what his thoughts on it were. "Yes," Navarro replied.

"...I have to say that I pretty much love it. The way I have been describing it has been 70% awesome and 30% really weird, but after a few listens the weird becomes awesome again. I don't know if it's the songs or the fact that I just enjoy hearing that guy's [Axl Rose] voice or both, but I am a fan. It's not GN'R as we know it. It feels more like an Axl solo record..."

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Two Year Long GN'R Tour To Start In March?

Corey Stulce of The Alton Telegraph reports: The one-night-only reunion of Pale Divine, aka The Eyes, a mega-popular St. Louis alt-rock act that broke through nationally in the early '90s. The original four members - vocalist Michael Schaerer, guitarist Richard Fortus, bass player Dan Angenend Jr. and drummer Greg Miller - will take The Pageant's stage at 8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 29, after not playing together for 17 years.

But the coming year or two with another band will keep Fortus busy and traveling, as he has been a rhythm and sometime lead guitarist with Guns N' Roses. St. Louis fans of GN'R since have known a chance of Rose's return to the Gateway City was seemingly impossible.

The guitar player would love to do a St. Louis date, so his parents don't have to drive to Chicago or Kansas City to see him on stage with Rose and Co. Regardless, he said, late March should bring the GN'R tour, which likely will last at least two years.

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