Dr. Pepper's Chinese Democracy press release

[AdZ]

Yuck, can't abide them!

Word.

[disease51883]

Chinese Democracy and Dr. Pepper. I wonder if I could have even made up a rumor that would have been as far-fetched and unbelievable as that...

[ppbebe]

a free cadbury cream egg for everyone in the uk.

Yuck, can't abide them!

Mewl.   
being a minority of one will never hurt me.  I'm used to it.

Could always go for the really obvious one, a box of Roses - a selection with something for everyone!   

thought of that but that would be a bit too pricey.

[Oh My Choking Soul]

a free cadbury cream egg for everyone in the uk.

Yuck, can't abide them!

Mewl.   
being a minority of one will never hurt me.  I'm used to it.

Could always go for the really obvious one, a box of Roses - a selection with something for everyone!   

thought of that but that would be a bit too pricey.

How about giving away a loaded handgun with every copy?

...or maybe even a free copy of Liberated, I heard those things are going cheaply these days.

Anytime anyone says the new songs aren't great should be forced to listen to Liberated from beginning to end, and then re-listen to the GN'R song they were critical of. 

[ToonGuns]

a free cadbury cream egg for everyone in the uk.

Yuck, can't abide them!

Mewl.   
being a minority of one will never hurt me.  I'm used to it.

Could always go for the really obvious one, a box of Roses - a selection with something for everyone!   

thought of that but that would be a bit too pricey.

How about giving away a loaded handgun with every copy?

...or maybe even a free copy of Liberated, I heard those things are going cheaply these days.

Anytime anyone says the new songs aren't great should be forced to listen to Liberated from beginning to end, and then re-listen to the GN'R song they were critical of. 

I'll agree that Libertad isn't a great album... but do you not think its as much to do with the production as anything else? Clink always got a great sound out of Slash, so did that bloke who worked with Aerosmith who's name I've forgotten who produced Ain't Life Grand, but since then the guys that worked on the VR stuff messed up the sound. I'd like VR and / or Slash to go back to Clink.

Having said that maybe it was VR's decision to deliberately move away from that sound to further distance themselves from GnR.

[Oh My Choking Soul]

a free cadbury cream egg for everyone in the uk.

Yuck, can't abide them!

Mewl.   
being a minority of one will never hurt me.  I'm used to it.

Could always go for the really obvious one, a box of Roses - a selection with something for everyone!   

thought of that but that would be a bit too pricey.

How about giving away a loaded handgun with every copy?

...or maybe even a free copy of Liberated, I heard those things are going cheaply these days.

Anytime anyone says the new songs aren't great should be forced to listen to Liberated from beginning to end, and then re-listen to the GN'R song they were critical of. 

I'll agree that Libertad isn't a great album... but do you not think its as much to do with the production as anything else? Clink always got a great sound out of Slash, so did that bloke who worked with Aerosmith who's name I've forgotten who produced Ain't Life Grand, but since then the guys that worked on the VR stuff messed up the sound. I'd like VR and / or Slash to go back to Clink.

Having said that maybe it was VR's decision to deliberately move away from that sound to further distance themselves from GnR.

Sorry, not trying to ignore you, I just don't want to threadjack and make this about Liberated. I was just making a dumb joke. That horse has been killed and Jarmo won't appreciate another VR battle in the GN'R section.

...and now back to Dr. Pepper and GN'R. The more I think about this promotion the more I like it, as long as we don't see Axl cutouts with a soda in his hand at our local grocery store next to a Dr. Pepper end cap on each isle. Although, Steve-o found a way to make Dr. Pepper rock and roll...

[Bandita]

  at that picture of Steve-o and the mental picture I now have of Axl endorsing Dr. Pepper and seeing giant cut-outs of him in the soda aisle at Shoprite holding up a can!

[cyllan]

a free cadbury cream egg for everyone in the uk.

Yuck, can't abide them!

Mewl.   
being a minority of one will never hurt me.  I'm used to it.

Hey, ppbebe, don't despair, you're not alone   

Madonna loves "deadly" Cadbury eggs
Thursday, April 3 2008, 14:18 BST

By Alex Fletcher, Entertainment Reporter

Madonna has said that one of her favourite things about living in the UK is Cadbury Creme Eggs.

The '4 Minutes' singer revealed that she loves British chocolate even though it is full of calories and "deadly".

She told Elle: "I love Cadbury Fruit And Nut, Crunchies and Maltesers. But my absolute favourite is a Cadbury Creme Egg.

"They are totally deadly but so delicious.'"

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/a92965/madonna-loves-deadly-cadbury-eggs.html

Yet again, where Axl leads, all the others follow...    

[russtcb]

Chinese Democracy and Dr. Pepper. I wonder if I could have even made up a rumor that would have been as far-fetched and unbelievable as that...

Someone in the forums sure could've come up with that and it's a miracle that the idea escaped all of us. Especially with the events of late 06!

[ppbebe]

I guess things were quite different with Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages in late 2006. They are going to be an independent company this year.

Hey, ppbebe, don't despair, you're not alone   

Madonna loves "deadly" Cadbury eggs
Thursday, April 3 2008, 14:18 BST

cor!   look at the date.   I even got a support form madonna.

[jarmo]

Chinese Democracy and Dr. Pepper. I wonder if I could have even made up a rumor that would have been as far-fetched and unbelievable as that...

Maybe somebody could've made up something about GN'R teaming up with a soft drink company to promote the album or something similar.

But I don't think anybody could've seen this coming. That Dr Pepper just offered a free can to people without involvement from GN'R.




/jarmo

[ppbebe]

Sincerity can move mountains.
love is so strange.

[The Estranged MrFlashbax]

I'm sure it has been addressed, but I don't plan on looking through 24 pages.. but do you think this may have been an April fools joke? just sayin'....

[Howard2k]

I'm sure it has been addressed, but I don't plan on looking through 24 pages.. but do you think this may have been an April fools joke? just sayin'....

Been addressed, no it's not.

[FunkyMonkey]

Dr. Pepper's Guns N'Roses campaign gets a boost

Frank Washkuch
April 07, 2008
 
NEW YORK: Ketchum worked with Dr. Pepper last week on a media outreach effort centered around the soft drink's promise to give every American a free can of soda if Guns N' Roses releases the long-awaited album Chinese Democracy sometime this year.

Ketchum, AOR for Dr. Pepper parent company Cadbury Schweppes since 2006, publicized the cola's pledge by pitching it to the New York Post's Page Six, which ran stories March 26 and March 28. Print, radio, online, broadcast, and cable news reports picked up the story after reclusive lead singer Axl Rose expressed appreciation for Dr. Pepper on the band's Web site March 26 and Ketchum simultaneously issued a press release.

The agency also created a multimedia aspect to the effort, launching a blog (chinesedemocracywhen.blogspot.com) March 5 and using it to release Dr. Pepper's press release later that month.

The firm targeted men ages 18 to 34, Dr. Pepper's core customer demographic, with the endeavor, said Nick Ragone, SVP and director of Ketchum's communications media strategy group. The campaign's budget is undisclosed.

Brands such as Dr. Pepper face a challenge in creating blogs and other new media elements that appear consumer-generated, instead of looking like corporate Web sites, said Chris Kooluris, Ketchum senior media specialist.

?We didn't link to Dr. Pepper at all, and [the blog] looked so user-generated, it didn't look corporation-generated,? he said. ?It had a sense of mystery, and it had a sense of satisfaction when you see that a big brand could be really cool if it stopped acting like a big brand and started acting like customers or fans.?

Dr. Pepper has no other events planned to promote its pledge of a free can of soda for every American except former guitarists Slash and Buckethead, but it will act if the album ? more than 13 years in the making ? is released or if Guns N' Roses makes a significant announcement, said Greg Artkop, Cadbury Schweppes director of corporate communications.

?The truth of it is, when it's appropriate, we'll talk about it,? he said. ?But it's not like we went to the well and we're going to keep talking about it over and over again.?

The effort is one of the first projects from Ketchum's disruptive media group, Ragone added.

From the April 14, 2008 Issue of PRWeek

http://www.prweekus.com/Dr-Peppers-Guns-NRoses-campaign-gets-a-boost/article/108740/

[HBK]

Dr. Pepper's Guns N'Roses campaign gets a boost

Frank Washkuch
April 07, 2008
 
NEW YORK: Ketchum worked with Dr. Pepper last week on a media outreach effort centered around the soft drink's promise to give every American a free can of soda if Guns N' Roses releases the long-awaited album Chinese Democracy sometime this year.

Ketchum, AOR for Dr. Pepper parent company Cadbury Schweppes since 2006, publicized the cola's pledge by pitching it to the New York Post's Page Six, which ran stories March 26 and March 28. Print, radio, online, broadcast, and cable news reports picked up the story after reclusive lead singer Axl Rose expressed appreciation for Dr. Pepper on the band's Web site March 26 and Ketchum simultaneously issued a press release.

The agency also created a multimedia aspect to the effort, launching a blog (chinesedemocracywhen.blogspot.com) March 5 and using it to release Dr. Pepper's press release later that month.

The firm targeted men ages 18 to 34, Dr. Pepper's core customer demographic, with the endeavor, said Nick Ragone, SVP and director of Ketchum's communications media strategy group. The campaign's budget is undisclosed.

Brands such as Dr. Pepper face a challenge in creating blogs and other new media elements that appear consumer-generated, instead of looking like corporate Web sites, said Chris Kooluris, Ketchum senior media specialist.

?We didn't link to Dr. Pepper at all, and [the blog] looked so user-generated, it didn't look corporation-generated,? he said. ?It had a sense of mystery, and it had a sense of satisfaction when you see that a big brand could be really cool if it stopped acting like a big brand and started acting like customers or fans.?

Dr. Pepper has no other events planned to promote its pledge of a free can of soda for every American except former guitarists Slash and Buckethead, but it will act if the album ? more than 13 years in the making ? is released or if Guns N' Roses makes a significant announcement, said Greg Artkop, Cadbury Schweppes director of corporate communications.

?The truth of it is, when it's appropriate, we'll talk about it,? he said. ?But it's not like we went to the well and we're going to keep talking about it over and over again.?

The effort is one of the first projects from Ketchum's disruptive media group, Ragone added.

From the April 14, 2008 Issue of PRWeek

http://www.prweekus.com/Dr-Peppers-Guns-NRoses-campaign-gets-a-boost/article/108740/

Thankz F.M. Excelent NEWS.

 

HBK *

[w.axl.rose]

dont know if its been posted but as anyone seen this pic?


link fixed

[HBK]

dont know if its been posted but as anyone seen this pic?

http://s184.photobucket.com/albums/x95/izzystradlove/?action-view&current=pepper_cancopy.jpg

What Pic ??

HBK *

[w.axl.rose]

fixed the pic

[jazjme]

it was fan made.. not official!
was postd the very first night that this news came about