Hey guys heads up before this goes down.

Brand New Guns N Roses track.

This is the first official release from the new album (going to be in the Rock Band 2 game).
It leaked today and they’re pulling the leaks like crazy.

Shackler’s Revenge

Get it while it’s hot.

Did you hear about the guy who got a visit from the FBI for posting unreleased Guns n’ Roses tracks from their “when the hell are they ever going to come out with it” album, Chinese Democracy?

Kevin Skwerl was confronted by the FBI last week after posting the mp3’s up on his blog. Now, he claimed he received the files from an anonymous source, as he’s a simple web designer that runs a blog. But seeing that he used to work in the distribution department at Universal Music, parent label of Geffen, maybe that source wasn’t so anonymous after all?

Although the songs are down off his site, the damage is done, and the files are freely swimming through the binary wonderland we call the internet. Wonder if legal action will follow from the GnR camp. Well, either way, GnR fans are rejoicing at this man’s philanthropy to their ears and hearts.

Well that is if Guns ‘n Roses releases Chinese Democracy in 2008. From the official Dr. Pepper Press Release:

“It took a little patience to perfect Dr Pepper’s special mix of 23 ingredients, which our fans have come to know and love,” said Jaxie Alt, director of marketing for Dr Pepper. “So we completely understand and empathize with Axl’s quest for perfection — for something more than the average album. We know once it’s released, people will refer to it as “Dr Pepper for the ears” because it will be such a refreshing blend of rich, bold sounds — an instant classic.

Show your support for Axl and get on the nightrain of encouragement at www.chinesedemocracywhen.blogspot.com -”

Guns ‘n Roses official response was:

“We are surprised and very happy to have the support of Dr Pepper with our album “Chinese Democracy,” as for us, this came totally out of the blue. If there is any involvement with this promotion by our record company or others, we are unaware of such at this time. And as some of Buckethead’s performances are on our album, I’ll share my Dr Pepper with him.”

Now the question all America is asking is if the album were to be released how would we get our Dr. Pepper and can we get it cold, please?

If anything you got to applaud Dr. Pepper’s clever use of viral marketing. First they gave us Cherry Chocolate Rain (seriously the best limited time offer soda since Pepsi Blue) and now this stunt!

And because I always include videos in my posts here is Dr. Pepper being shot by a gun in slow motion:

Somehow I ended up on an old Guns N’ Roses video clip - made me look up Chinese Democracy. I guess the album is really a metaphor for it’s release, cause it doesn’t seem like either will ever happen.

So in ode to a great band, here’s a great song - I Used to Love Her