Could Axl Be A Marketing Genius?

[ComeOnAxl!]

Axl Rose is a guy sitting on a 15 year old album called ?Chinese Democracy.? He has promised this thing over 2 years ago. It has been the longest worked on album in history!! After the older founding members split, Axl was left to put this potential genius album out. It was promised for March 2006 but it was Axl who pulled the plug on that one. It appears that this was enough to tick off his current label Geffen who penalized him by putting out a few Best of Guns N Roses albums out.

As the GNR fan base hungrily awaits for this new album, it appears Axl is a pure marketing genius by letting this album hype build, music leaks, do some tours, and go through a few line up changes. Even McDonalds could never achieve that. Will ?Chinese Democracy? ever live up to its release? Yes it will. Why? The album is done.

"The good news is that all of the recording for the album has been completed," the band site said once. "Drummer Frank Ferrer and guitarist Ron ?Bumblefoot? Thal integrated themselves into the recordings seamlessly and will have their presence felt."

That was nearly two years ago so the album is written, recorded, and probably mastered/mixed. It is up to Axl to release it. It will live up to all the hype I believe after hearing some leaks. That is my opinion but again does that matter at this point?

[CheapJon]

It was promised for March 2006 but it was Axl who pulled the plug on that one.

oh really?..

this is not a promise, a lie or a guarantee, but we do wish to announce a tentative release date of March 6

guess it wasn't a promise

and you have another couple of lies in your post but i'll leave that to someone else to point out

[Billo]

Umm where did u get this info from??  

[ComeOnAxl!]

Heavy metal music biz.

[jarmo]

What a poorly researched collection of bullshit.



/jarmo

[downzy56]

Probably one of the worst posts I've ever read.  Get your facts right.

[DarrenLeves]

Ive been at work all day - wish I had the time to spend typing absolute drivel on here.
Im at work 9 till 6 tomorrow aswell 

[Voodoochild]

That was nearly two years ago

Wow! Are we already in 2009?

[bodine]

It was promised for March 2006 but it was Axl who pulled the plug on that one. It appears that this was enough to tick off his current label Geffen who penalized him by putting out a few Best of Guns N Roses albums out.

Greatest Hits had already been out how long by time this fictional March 2006 date came around?!?!  Who wrote this crap

[Wando]

That was nearly two years ago

Wow! Are we already in 2009?

"People will hear music this year" - Axl Rose on Korns tour announcement party in early January 2006. So, yes, it was two years ago

The original post is pretty useless, though.

[Voodoochild]

^ He was talking about the late statement on gunsnroses.com:

That was nearly two years ago so the album is written, recorded, and probably mastered/mixed.

That was on March 6th 2007, not even a year ago yet.

[D]

Axl is nowhere near a marketing genius.


If he were a marketing Genius, he would've had the "AXL" converse line produced and made available to people all around the world. That alone cost him millions of dollars by not trying to do that.



Also, going on late and paying all the fines and overtime fees isn't smart business as they probably lost untelling how many millions of dollars.


So no, Axl is a lot of amazing things, but when it comes to marketing, I'd say no simply cause he doesn't do a lot of interviews and really doesn't put the GNR brand out there and hasn't done anything to elevate the GNR brand in over a decade.


GNR should be a money making machine.

[CheapJon]

trent reznor is a marketing genious though using axl and CD to promote himself 

[Wando]

^ He was talking about the late statement on gunsnroses.com:

That was nearly two years ago so the album is written, recorded, and probably mastered/mixed.

That was on March 6th 2007, not even a year ago yet.

Ah, ok. My bad

[BlowUpYourVideo]

If he were a marketing Genius, he would've had the "AXL" converse line produced and made available to people all around the world.

I'd prefer the "AXL" snowblower line...

[williambailey]

I don't care how good a marketing genius he is - it's going to be damn near impossible for him to deal with people stealing (sorry downloading) the album when it's released.  I wouldn't be surprised if this is currently what is holding the album up if it is indeed with the record company now.  They will need a very clever marketing strategy to try and circumvent people simply stealing the album and the guys not getting paid for what they created.

It's a pretty shit position for them to be in - you put your heart and soul into something for 15 years and when you finally go to share it with everyone, there is a fair chance that you will see only a fraction of the $$'s that you actually should for all your hard work because of illegal downloading.

[Axl4Prez2004]

When I first saw this thread on the Guns N Roses section, it said, "Re: Could Axl be a Marke"  and yes, I thought it was going to say, "Could Axl be a Marked Man?" 

To answer this thread's question, no.  I don't think he wants to be Gene Simmons selling everything under the sun. 

To answer what I thought was going to be the question in this thread,  I sure hope not! 

[circusboy666]

i believe the longest worked on album in history is  songwriter/musician  brian wilson of the beach boys. the smile album took over 38 years i believe to be released due to his mental illness and drug abuse. released in 2004, i believe the work started around 1964/1965. and for all those bitching about how long cd is.......smile was well worth the wait!

[ComeOnAxl!]

Get my facts right? hey i've been reading this site since you were an inch in your daddys pants, i got this article from a heavy metal website, so before you throw your toys from the pram, think to yourself i know shit.

[ComeOnAxl!]

Not my article Jarmo, Mr GNR



/jarmo
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