Axl Rose is awesome and can do anything and say anything he wants.
That is what I would say if I thought “Chinese Democracy” was actually worth your money. Personal preferences aside, it doesn’t really matter what I think, because ol’ Axl’s got something to say–and he’s going to say it. During what can only be called an epic rant on a forum, the Guns N’ Roses front man went to town on Activision, the video game conglomerate company responsible for the Guitar Hero series, accusing them of … well, something. To be honest, the rant is rather weird and discombobulated, but you can gather what you will:
It doesn’t bother me unless it’s being done at my expense and or to keep [Slash] associated as in Guitar Hero. Him being Guitar Hero’s fine but not when Activison in using Jungle, having Yahoo use Sweet Child unauthorized, claims no involvement with Slash, his or anyone’s image or VR or anyone or anyone’s music in either camp in promotion or commercials etc. I wasn’t broadsided. I read about it as it moved along but Activision continually denied it right up to the release. That’s some low life chicanery on all their parts.
Pause. Yes, Axl Rose just used the word “chicanery.” It appears that Word-Of-The-Day-Page-A-Day Calendar has finally paid off. Huzzah!
Yes Slash was in Guns and on Jungle (and the whole I came to him for his riff is as much crap as him saying he brought Locomotive and Coma in as complete songs) and he has rights to perform it but not to be represented in this context in association with Guns. And since they weren’t granted the license it’ll take some sorting.
The rant is all kinds of random, but Rose is obviously perturbed with Activision using the band’s name of Guns N’ Roses. Also, somewhere in there is a legal threat or two. Somehow.
Plus, it almost sounds as if he may be mad at Activision trying to be the new BFF of Slash. Maybe.
who wouldn’t want to be Slash’s BFF?