First Listen: New Guns N’ Roses Single Reviewed

October 22nd, 2008posted by Kerry O

Maybe it’s the fact that I’m listening to it on my computer and not, say, in a car, that makes it feel less than real. After all, we’ve been here before: (alleged) tracks from the mythic, Sasquatch-like Chinese Democracy leaked last year, and we downloaded them, tentatively, straining to hear some sort of genetic connection to the Guns N’ Roses we all remember and romanticize. It seemed as if this long story was going to come to an end with a whimper. And a shrug. And here we are again, only without the shady back-alley torrent-site-dealings or fear of RIAA reprisal.

More on SPIN.com:
>> Chinese Democracy Song Released to Radio
>> Chinese Democracy Songlist and Album Art Unveiled!
>> Guns N’ Roses’ Chinese Democracy Finally Issued Release Date



“Chinese Democracy,” the first single from the actually-existing Guns N’ Roses album of the same name, was released today. Officially. Legally. (The album [...]

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