Jim Barber (a&r for Geffen) on Chinese in 98-99

[chadj76]

To get back to the point of this thread:

"version of the album that existed in 1998 was pretty incredible. It still sounded like GNR but there were elements of Zeppelin, Nine Inch Nails and Pink Floyd mixed in."

Man, I would kill to hear that stuff.  If it really sounded like that, it would have been ground breaking.  Such a waste.

[WAR41]

honestly, I agree with you chad...  all of that material not being released in one form or another is frustrating to me.  Unfortunately, with the exception of us hardcore fans nobody would be willing to pay big bucks for a bunch of demos and unfinished songs. 

I hope that some one leaks it out at some point. 

[damnthehaters]

Everybody needs to just stop bitching.  I'm under the impression from Tommy's last statement and Richards last words that something is supposedly happening in November.  If this is true, we might here something soon.  But then again, Axl may change his mind on things (songs, a release date..etc), and we once again won't hear anything. 

All we can go on is that we "may" hear something before the end of the year.  All other stuff is pointless to argue over.