Here Today... Gone To Hell!

Assuming the picture at Best Buy is it?what do people think? I actually think it?s really cool. Like I said in the other thread?it has a sort of Who/Led Zeppelin/Floyd, 70s classic feel. Simple but elegant.

It's simple, and it's good enough for me. I do adore that giant basket, as well.

I prefer the star from the videos, & the dragons cover

I think it is very cool! Simple and strong! Like the chains on the big ! symbolic?

I like the artwork and think it's pretty cool.  :)

lets face it it could be ALOT better than it is but i'll take it :).....its starting to grow on me kinda

I like the artwork, simple and very pleasing to the eye...

Sometimes the simple things work best! 8)

I like it because it?s not overdone. Think of Who?s Next, Led Zeppelin IV, Wish You Were Here, etc. The Chinese Democracy cover kind of has that feel.   

I like it, very thought provoking. But one complaint I have is the text is too big, it would be better without the massive GUNS N'ROSES.

 I like the idea of just the name on the wall and Chinese Democracy along the side.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/44/Whosnext.jpg)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/77/LedZeppelinFourSymbols.jpg)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/39/WishYouWereHere-300.jpg)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3295/2962797714_72686b4f05_o.jpg)

Am I right? Kind of has that vibe?

I think it doesn't quite fit in with those

a tisket, a tasket, what's in Axl's basket? a sixer of Tsing Tao and some Kung Pao chicken dinner?

I'm really interested to see what the different covers are. While I'm kind of 'ehh' on the actual Best Buy jpeg, I think it's top notch that it's the same cover that was spoken of back in 2002. All these years, beers and tears later to have the same cover still there-amazing.

Covers or not, I'm getting any and all copy variations. Like the other classic albums posted, the music and the artwork become one.

i agree with Nixon on that one. I am starting to like it alot at first i was like damnit but now its the irony that gets me the most on how something so simple covers something so complex

If you mean timeless, then I would agree.

By looking at the picture, you can't exactly say "oh, it's from the 2000s".




/jarmo

I'm not in love with it, but I haven't seen a good pic yet. If the font is like that of the Illusions albums I think it will look pretty cool. It's a cool idea. Very glad to see they didnt go with the super cheesy looking star and dragon theme like on the 2001 tour merchandise.

I would have been disappointed if they went for some Dungeons and Dragons, Judas Prient/Maiden thing.

I like that idea

I'd agree with that :D

Yes I agree it has a effortless, random feel.

Like there it is...

Timeless feel too, like Jarmo said.

Great cover

It's cool, kind of a universal cover and obviously the fact that it's a real picture (as in not staged) is pretty sweet

I also like the (rumored) cover, the red star with the people crawling on it, if it does indeed turn out to be the authentic alternate cover

i hate it. the s in roses is cut off. it looks very dull and boring. and how does this reflect chinese democracy? i say the bloody star with the fetuses from the promos should be the cover.

lol.... yeah ok. it belongs no where near those covers... lol. i hate it. i'm focused on the music cuz the art just plain sux. that's decent for inside the album or a sleever or something... not the damn cover.

Like you said, a random feel. And the cool thing is that this is a real pic taken in China.

Until bikes no longer have wheels and they're hovering along a good 18 inches off the ground, anyway. :hihi:

well i was expecting something like what thorned rose has on his avatar. I like that one and the other one that was in rotation for a while. Or the susicide bomber guy i like that one too.

i'll take this one though :)

I was expecting something more like the old dragons logo

Can anyone hook me up with a hi-res image of the album cover por favor?  

I quite like it, it'd be interesting to see what the other cover(s) are, n the artwork for the single and whatnot.

Don't like it at all.
For such a 'big' album it should have an iconic cover. AFD is iconic, UYI is powerful and dynamic. This is dull and boring. Even the font is basic and boring. There's no colour, no dynamics. It's a black and white picture of a bike.
It looks like a cover some garage band came up with for their EP using Paint.
And in regards to the 'simple' argument- the Dark Side of The Moon cover is simple, and it is powerful, bold and iconic. This is simple, but is just that- simple. I mean, it's not even well composed- they barely fit the 'Guns N' Roses' graffiti in. This isn't going to make people want to pick it up off the shelf.
Hopefully this isn't the final cover or what they are going to use. For an album so long in the making I'd have thought they'd have spent a bit more time on the cover.

That's exactly why i preferred the star logo :(

UYI cover was pretty bad.

This classic. Nothing flashy and I'm digging the sort of sepia with black and white color scheme for the font.

i think the cover is perfect. nice n simple

My thoughts exactly!!!

I think it would make it complete if Axl would do like a "Forward" in the album sleeve.... He could explain the history of the image and why he chose it... It would make people understand and appreciate it a little better...

Think of how the kid who sent that to him feels  :peace:



True, but thats because its not  :hihi:

The UYI cover was a little plain, but powerful still.. effectively capturing your illusions that the world is just a certain colour ;)

haha  :rofl:

Facetious much?  :hihi:

Yeah i don't like it at all. It's extremly bland. BUT then again, there IS another cover so i mean, im not complaining, i just hope the other artwork is better

I'll probably end up buying all 4 versions of CD  :love:

I'll be honest with you, the album cover could be hot pink with two zebras mounting each other and I couldn't care less.  Now on a serious note, I like the album cover, nothing extraordinary, but it makes a statement nonetheless.

I love it. Restraint when everyone expected something crazy and "deep". I love the "story" behind the photo too... randomly discovering "Guns N' Roses" spray painted some place thousands of miles away and years after their "mega fame" and the UYI tour, etc. A simple and humble place from which the GN'R machine rises from the ashes once again. That's how I view it anyway.

At any rate, at the end of the day, IF the music is as great as it seems... it WILL become a legendary album cover.... just like the music on AFD elevated the relatively simplistic cross and skull drawing/tattoo to an all-time classic. : ok: 

 

It flows nicely with the other covers from the past.

I think it the album cover is cool but too simple. It does not say much. I think the title "Chineese Democracy" is a powerful statement and a powerful title. The cover art does not compliment the title of the album. I think they should have even done something controversial to stir up the media just like the good old days when they released AFD and they had to put the original album cover on the inside sleave. Shit like that does not happen anymore.

I think its cool that in a country where the repressive government have failed to block out this bit of the Western world's influence  : ok:  The question now that needs to be answer is what came first? The title Chinese Democracy or the Image.

In my opinion, it was the image, I would lay money that Axl saw this and  thought "Fuck that's cool, we're known about here, power to the people" and them giving the the finger to Chinese Government.  :smoking:

Lets be honest here, Axl isn't exactly known for sticking with convention is he.  :rofl:

the cover is perfect.

best gnr cover by far imo

do we know the photographer?

oops posted in wrong thread.  :rofl: : ok: The artwork looks kool. I for one am just pysched its coming out! :smoking:

I don't know if there's any significant meaning behind the photograph, I'd say Axl just saw it and liked it and thought, 'that'd be a cool album cover'. And it is... I really like it. Its not an over-photoshopped image, its simple and classy looking. If one was to try and read into and interpret what it means, we could say... Axl's getting back on his bike and has a huge basket of surprises with him :-)

It's somewhat Use Your Illusionesque. I'm coming around to it.