the chinese democracy album cover (let's talk about it...)

[August 18th]

i hope axl still has plans to use the album cover he was talking about in hong kong, which was a wall in china with a bicycle parked next to it, and on the wall someone had graffitied "guns n' roses". sounds cool as hell.
has anybody here actually seen that cover picture? appearently axl displayed it on the big screen in hong kong during the show.
must've been an un-real experince to actually see the cover picture of chinese democracy if you ask me.


edit by Christos: Next time you start a thread make sure the title means exactly what the thread is about...

[Michael_Stradlin]

The cover od the album was shown on the screen on couple of shows I think...

[Where is Hassan Nasrallah ?]

The cover od the album was shown on the screen on couple of shows I think...

it was like 4 years ago; i guess axl had other ideas.
now that we're at it.

what do you want for a cover ?
something simple/sober/design ? la NIN
something cool and graphic (drawings, fire, logos, blood ...)
something mysterious ?


maybe a 20 million dollars check signed by Interscope

[August 18th]

i'd like something graphic, art, logo type thing. guns n' roses always pulled that off so great.

[Michael_Stradlin]

There was a funny cover with Axl as a cosmonaut with hundreads of aliens around him

[Mr. Nik™]

There was a funny cover with Axl as a cosmonaut with hundreads of aliens around him

yeah, it was a funny artwork made for fun and joke

[bc2013]

Url: http://tinypic.com/view.html?pic=6f7di1

Heres one that i submitted along with bunch of other ones.  All they would say is that they have recieved it.  But I dont think they like me much
you can see more of my pic at www.briancole29.com

[Rob]

What about that one picture I saw...maybe on this site...where it was a drawing of Axl putting on a headband?  He looked kinda like Solid Snake from Metal Gear.  I thought that was the probable album cover.

[IndiannaRose]

Wouldn't it be acid-cool if Chinese Democracy came in a red metal case with some really cool design relief on it?

[Michael_Stradlin]

I like this one... japanese kamikaze (?) but why not chinese kamikaze 

[nesquick]

there was a thread a long time ago with fans creating covert arts and posting them on this board. 2 of them were absolutely faboulous. take a look:





absolutely exeptional. I think the record should be red, red like intensity, like fire, like strengh, red like anger and love.

[ClintroN]

the cover that Axl explained i think i an awsome idea, spray painted gunners.........very cool!!

[Where is Hassan Nasrallah ?]

the kamikaze icon is the best.
maybe it was used a lot in general by movies, music, art ...
but it's such a  strong image.

[N.I.B]

the kamikaze icon is the best.
maybe it was used a lot in general by movies, music, art ...
but it's such a? strong image.

it is a strong image but its more of a Japanese feel to it. I prefer the one with the bikes.

[Eva GnRAxlRosette]

CD needs to be named "Chinese Democracy" and it's gotta have the album cover art that Axl described to us. 

and oh btw, thanks Michael_Stradlin for posting the kamikaze image... i had lost it.

[jameslofton29]

Considering the fact that CD will be talked about in not only magazines and newspapers, but also on CNN, MSNBC, and FoxNews, I think it should be something controversial. I think the perfect cover would be a very graphic image of the 1989 Tianhamen Square Massacre. With the words 'Chinese Democracy' written in blood. This cover would give CD ALOT of exposure. Another cool idea I had, though not controversial, would be a cover with Axl on the moon and planting the Chinese flag on the surface of the moon. Axl walking on the moon would symbolize the fact that he seems to live in a different world than the rest of us. Axl planting the chinese flag would symbolize him finally conquering CD. Considering all the hype, this album needs a cover that will grab everyone by the balls. But I wouldnt be shocked if the cover had nothing on it at all. Wasnt Led Zep 4 originally sold in a brown paper bag?

[snakepiter]

yeah, it shouldn't be the classic plastic jewel box...........it should be a metal case aluminum in this case......and by the way chinese democracy is an awful title for a cd....I don't think that's going to be the real title,there's history that gnr doesn't name an album after a song.

[Twisted Nerve 85]

Considering the fact that CD will be talked about in not only magazines and newspapers, but also on CNN, MSNBC, and FoxNews, I think it should be something controversial. I think the perfect cover would be a very graphic image of the 1989 Tianhamen Square Massacre. With the words 'Chinese Democracy' written in blood. This cover would give CD ALOT of exposure. Another cool idea I had, though not controversial, would be a cover with Axl on the moon and planting the Chinese flag on the surface of the moon. Axl walking on the moon would symbolize the fact that he seems to live in a different world than the rest of us. Axl planting the chinese flag would symbolize him finally conquering CD. Considering all the hype, this album needs a cover that will grab everyone by the balls. But I wouldnt be shocked if the cover had nothing on it at all. Wasnt Led Zep 4 originally sold in a brown paper bag?

I like ur idea about the Tianhamen Square massacre. But odds are that will get banned like the original Appetite cover. 

[DOASHK]

yes those pictures are pretty good, just take out that cheesy skull

i hate cheezyness

there was another picture along with those that had like a dragon on the front and it was all red and gold i think and i liked that one even though i dont like the idea of a dragon on the cover

[Rob]

That kamikazee one was what I was referring to.  For some reason I thought that was Axl.