Chinese Democracy production credits (wikipedia)
- Axl Rose – lead vocals, backing vocals
- Robin Finck – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Bumblefoot – lead guitar
- Richard Fortus – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Tommy Stinson – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Dizzy Reed – keyboard, piano, percussion, backing vocals
- Bryan Mantia – drums, percussion
- Frank Ferrer – drums, percussion
- Chris Pitman – synthesizer, programming
Former members who are featured
- Buckethead – lead guitar
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- Note: Rose has confirmed some of Buckethead's parts will remain on Chinese Democracy[12]
- Paul Tobias – rhythm guitar
Additional musicians
- Dave Navarro
- Gary Sunshine
- Brian May
- Shaquille O'Neal
- Sebastian Bach
- Patti Hood
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- Note: Bach and Hood are the only musicians who have confirmed they will appear on the completed album
Orchestral arrangements
So this is the first album in almost...wait...Shaquille O'Neal...?
you mean along with four other records and a video game...
Axel rose invited Shaq Fu to help out with the album...
give his input?
Don't worry Sebastian Bach is on here...
some of Buckethead's parts were left in...
and that guy from Queen helped out...
come on we have to listen to this album to win the pinewood derby...
what the fuck?
And the landslide begins. I only comment on the production credits because their oddity adds to the seemingly surreal quality of Chinese Democracy, the first album in almost 18 years for hard rock titian Guns N' Roses. After constant hype and delay and a series of leaks Chinese Democracy is finally released to fans now in their late 30's. Light up the sunset strip, its time to go drinking in leather pants! I have never been a big fan of GnR. I thought their use your illusion series has its certain charm after fifteen years of maturing. The hard rock sound which was prevalent in the late 80's / early 90's is very different than the modern rock sound heard now from newer bands. Before grunge hit the mainstream and alternative was still blossoming on college radio stations, there was a sentiment and acceptance of radio rock. It was a special time of decadence, chart topping sales, record store promotions and arena shows. Metallica (post Justice) Motley Crue and Def Leopard and were all growing stronger each day building a tower. It had been an empire built on the shoulders of AC/DC Led Zeppelin, Van Halen Aerosmith and Kiss and had towered high before collapsing in the mid 90's. It would be awhile till the modern rock bands would rebuild the empire of hard rock and for a time everything seemed to be changing. Guns and Roses ended at the pinnacle of hard rock during the 1991 with the release of Use Your Illusion I and II. (we are not recognizing Spaghetti Incident as an album.) Maybe it was because the tides had shifted and people started to care less about hard rock immortals. Maybe it was because they couldn't top the mayhem of their previous world tour. Maybe it was both. Whatever the case, GNR has been inactive for the better part of a decade. Chinese democracy sounds like an album which would fit perfect in the mid 1990's. It has that dark melodic sunset with the shades drawn sound. This is hard rock as we used to know it. It might of even of been a hit; in 1995. But this is 2008. And since it has been so long parts have decayed and feel to pieces. Those broken parts have been replaced with carbon copies of what we thought used to b e there. This is what the album sounds like. Half genuine hard rock that refuses to acknowledge the contemporary world around and half imitation to assimilate the Guns N Rose's sound. It is weird and odd. It feels like i am listening to a dream of listening to Chinese Democracy. It is not terrible not is it good. It just is a Guns N Roses album....more than ten years old. Sure you have moved on. But it is there standing in the same tuxedo that he died in. Ready to take you to prom.
If you forgot what GNR was...
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