Aloha !
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Originally Posted by Raz0r
However, objectively, there really have been strong indications that they are working on a new record. Several band members have said as much, several articles say they have been postponing shows since late '13 to get more studio time, DJ and Dizzy tweeted a picture of themselves in the studio last year,
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Which, again, means nothing. They can sit in the studio all they want to and record loads of things but as long as Axl doesn't appear in the studio, none of it will actually be released. Pretty much all members keep making excuses as to why no recording or writing has taken place, but they've all confirmed that the entire band has never written or recorded together, let alone have Axl join them somewhere in the process.
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Originally Posted by Raz0r
On Jimmy Kimmel Axl said a new record wouldn't take as long as CD did, and we've been starting to get leaks - most of them CD remixes, but we also got a new song 'Goin' Down'.
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The "new" song is still a Chinese Democracy outtake, meant for a re-release of Chinese Democracy. And I'd take what Axl says with a pinch of salt. Back in 2001 Axl said the album wouldn't be out soon, but that it'd also not take years anymore either. It'd take him another 7 years to get the record out, which eventually was a deal he didn't agree with. If it'd been up to him the album had not been released in 2008.
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Originally Posted by Raz0r
The only band member who says anything to the contrary is Bubblefoot; he says nothing new is coming but he's made no secret that he doesn't think songs recorded a decade ago are new. So that could mean that they've been in the studio recently, finishing up, or updating old material. Which is fine by me, I'm dying to hear those chinese leftovers, and if it hasn't been heard, as far as I'm concerned, it's a new record.
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Bumblefoot has been very clear that nothing is happening. He actually seems to be the only band member willing to speak the truth and not have fans dangling and raising their hopes with vague studio pictures or cryptic hints on Facebook. And every time he seems to do so, he gets warned by GnR management not to speak his mind anymore. He's made it very clear that no creative progress has been booked ever since he joined the band, whether that's recording old or new stuff.
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Originally Posted by Raz0r
Anyway, like I said, I'm not holding my breathe. The band has a bad track record of almost comebacks and disappointing fans. But the signs are there that something is happening. So I'm bring cautiously optimistic.
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You can be cautiously optimistic all you want, but a new album just isn't in the pipeline. You say you've followed the process since 1998 so surely this should all be very familiar to you? The recordings are owned by Geffen records, so can't be released by anyone else unless another record company dares to cough up the money for it. And seriously, who's interested in dated material from a band that doesn't really seem to exist anyway? The bottomline is that considering the lukewarm reception to Chinese Democracy was, and Axl not being willing to do any decent promo, the only way anything would happen is once Axl gets involved. And that just hasn't been happening lately.
Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan