were the leaks intended by managament to promote CD?

[ShotgunBlues1978]

Question to those who think the leaks weren't intentional.  Why does the clip of Better sound perfect and then just cut out a minute and twenty seconds in?  If the song had fallen into unauthorized hands we would've heard the whole thing.

[BLS-Pride]

I.R.S was leaked in sections in April.

[DoubleTalkingJive]

I.R.S was leaked in sections in April.

Exactly...I am waiting for part 2.   

[ShotgunBlues1978]

I.R.S was leaked in sections in April.

But IRS was leaked as a very poor quality clip that sounded like a recording from the radio show.  The "Better" leak is high quality, mixed studio track, so it's kind of a different situation.  The "Better" clip sounds like it went directly from a CD online, while the "IRS" clip sounds like it was recorded when they played it on the radio and finally uploaded

[BLS-Pride]

A band would not leak music from an album like this... Someone got their hands on something they should not have had.. Thats why its leaked. If it was to promote the band.. then the news would be all over cause you bet your ass they would call them too.

[mega_music]

What better way to circualte buzz for us Guns fans than release a demo on some message boards. Look how many freakin people are online. When was that last time this many people were logged on. I feel this was to get all of us fans back together and prepare the world for Chinese Democracy. Regardless this has been a good move for Axl. I'm still fascinated that Howard Stern gave it a good listen, for Howard to say he likes it you know it is good.

[BLS-Pride]

No. If they wanted to giuve us fans hope.. All they would have to do is get all the members in a room snap some photos. Or maybe a website. Or maybe some news... They wont leak anything.