GNR's 'Democracy' To Be Retail Exclusive?

[ppbebe]

If true, I guess bestbuy is making an announcement pretty soon. within a month.

[GeraldFord]

If true, I guess bestbuy is making an announcement pretty soon. within a month.

I would think GN'R would make the announcement. If it's Novemeber we will hear news within the month, one would think.

[slashsbaconpit]

I hope that Best Buys' announcement is this:
"We were unable to elevate our badassness to GNR levels, and therefore Chinese Democracy will be released generally to every retailer in the world."

I don't have a Best Buy in my town. If I have to drive, I have to, but I really think a general release would be better for this album in my own humble opinion.

[Beefy]

Sorry to possibly sound a wee bit naive but since Best Buy don't currently have any stores in the UK where can UK fans buy CD if indeed it does turn out to be a Best Buy retail exclusive?  If it had been Wal-Mart then it would have been onsale in ASDA (UK Wal-Mart owned subsiduary).  Or does anyone know if a Best buy retail exclusive would apply to the US only and that the album would be on genral release in countries such as the UK that have no Best Buy outlets?  Could someone please enlighten me, cheers.

[GNR4L]

Sorry to possibly sound a wee bit naive but since Best Buy don't currently have any stores in the UK where can UK fans buy CD if indeed it does turn out to be a Best Buy retail exclusive?  If it had been Wal-Mart then it would have been onsale in ASDA (UK Wal-Mart owned subsiduary).  Or does anyone know if a Best buy retail exclusive would apply to the US only and that the album would be on genral release in countries such as the UK that have no Best Buy outlets?  Could someone please enlighten me, cheers.

The Exclusive would only be in the united states, the rest of the world it would be at your local retailers.

[Christos AG]

Sorry to possibly sound a wee bit naive but since Best Buy don't currently have any stores in the UK where can UK fans buy CD if indeed it does turn out to be a Best Buy retail exclusive?  If it had been Wal-Mart then it would have been onsale in ASDA (UK Wal-Mart owned subsiduary).  Or does anyone know if a Best buy retail exclusive would apply to the US only and that the album would be on genral release in countries such as the UK that have no Best Buy outlets?  Could someone please enlighten me, cheers.

Unfortunately, every GN'R fan will have to take the plane to the US and buy the album from the first Best-Buy he runs into...

That is the only way. It will be exclusive only to the US. You'll also have to be very careful at customs when you fly back to your country. If they catch you with the cd, you will face the death penalty.

Same goes for online orders out of the US...

That exclusive deal is reaaaaally hard for GN'R fans... The trouble we have to go into...

Look at other bands that did the same thing... Thousands of fans have died trying to sneak a copy out of the country...

[sofine11]

Im sorry, but this whole November 25th "Best Buy exclusive" release date sounds fishy to me. Im sure that was indeed the tentative plan. But now I'm quite sure some new "unforeseen circumstance" has probably prevented this from happening once again. The complete lack of hype surrounding SR's release as well as no news from the band suggest that the train has rolled off the tracks once again. I wonder what the excuse is this time.

Bottom line is, for a release this big, we would have heard something by now regarding a November release date. Hyping this thing up is ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY both for the band, Geffen, Universal, Best Buy, literally everyone who is hoping to bank off this album, I dont care how mythical it is. It WILL NOT make the desired profit if it is not marketed properly. It makes me laugh when I see people claiming that this album has enough hype for it to simply drop with no single, video, interviews, live performances (Letterman, Leno, SNL).

If a single was imminent (as it would have to be for a November release date). We would have surely caught wind of this by now. Speaking of which, while Shackler's Revenge is a good song, I pray that it isn't in fact the first single.

[gav]

^^up until about a week ago I would've disagreed with you, but now I fear you are right...

March 09' here we come.....hopefully

[Scabbie]

I agree sofine11.i thinks axl wants to retain his privacy, which is all very well but at some point he will need to be more 'public' and he maybe struggling with this.

[Beefy]

Sorry to possibly sound a wee bit naive but since Best Buy don't currently have any stores in the UK where can UK fans buy CD if indeed it does turn out to be a Best Buy retail exclusive?  If it had been Wal-Mart then it would have been onsale in ASDA (UK Wal-Mart owned subsiduary).  Or does anyone know if a Best buy retail exclusive would apply to the US only and that the album would be on genral release in countries such as the UK that have no Best Buy outlets?  Could someone please enlighten me, cheers.

Unfortunately, every GN'R fan will have to take the plane to the US and buy the album from the first Best-Buy he runs into...

That is the only way. It will be exclusive only to the US. You'll also have to be very careful at customs when you fly back to your country. If they catch you with the cd, you will face the death penalty.

Same goes for online orders out of the US...

That exclusive deal is reaaaaally hard for GN'R fans... The trouble we have to go into...

Look at other bands that did the same thing... Thousands of fans have died trying to sneak a copy out of the country...

Aye good one pal.

and here was me thinking that i'd get a sensible answer to a reasonably sensible question!!

[Voodoochild]

Im sorry, but this whole November 25th "Best Buy exclusive" release date sounds fishy to me. Im sure that was indeed the tentative plan. But now I'm quite sure some new "unforeseen circumstance" has probably prevented this from happening once again. The complete lack of hype surrounding SR's release as well as no news from the band suggest that the train has rolled off the tracks once again. I wonder what the excuse is this time.

They announced the song quite some time ago and didn't say anything about it being a single or proper promotion of a immediate release. They could have take the song out of the game if plans had changed this much.

If a single was imminent (as it would have to be for a November release date). We would have surely caught wind of this by now.

If anything, people have been saying how we'll get another single (not Shacklers) and the november release.

[IKnowWhereIAM]

^^up until about a week ago I would've disagreed with you, but now I fear you are right...

March 09' here we come.....hopefully

I hope you are wrong...there is so much since the begining of the year, that points to late year release...I am going to hold out hope until the end of October - but it's getting a little worrisome making 'the rounds' daily to check for ANY shred of promotion, and seeing nothing, except bandmembers doing everything BUT promotion.  Where is BBF/Robin/Richard/Frank/Axl even talking about SR - with more than a week behind 'release'?

[sofine11]

^^up until about a week ago I would've disagreed with you, but now I fear you are right...

March 09' here we come.....hopefully

I hope you are wrong...there is so much since the begining of the year, that points to late year release...I am going to hold out hope until the end of October - but it's getting a little worrisome making 'the rounds' daily to check for ANY shred of promotion, and seeing nothing, except bandmembers doing everything BUT promotion.  Where is BBF/Robin/Richard/Frank/Axl even talking about SR - with more than a week behind 'release'?

Exactly.  Yet some people still get defensive when the Oh My God comparisons are made.  At least Axl put out a press release explaining the meaning behind that song and all the details behind it's recording.  With SR we got a "heads up" announcing the it would be in Rock Band 2 OVER TWO MONTHS AGO with nothing more added.  It has been out for over a week now.  Tick tock...tick tock. 

[grog mug]

The waiting game continues as usual.  I guess Axl just needed a paycheck for SR.  I know he likes his privacy, but I remember when 06 came and passed Axl himself said he wanted it promoted properly, and not just HIT the shelves with silence and no promotion.  He WANTS MAJOR promotion, so until that happens the album is NO WHERE in sight!

[ben9785]

I'm really not sure about timeframes. I'd like to think that a release could come by late this year since there are so many things pointing to it, but who knows whats going on behind the scenes.

Think about it.. No news, and we might suddenly be hit with a release date, new website, free song download..

[Christos AG]

Sorry to possibly sound a wee bit naive but since Best Buy don't currently have any stores in the UK where can UK fans buy CD if indeed it does turn out to be a Best Buy retail exclusive?  If it had been Wal-Mart then it would have been onsale in ASDA (UK Wal-Mart owned subsiduary).  Or does anyone know if a Best buy retail exclusive would apply to the US only and that the album would be on genral release in countries such as the UK that have no Best Buy outlets?  Could someone please enlighten me, cheers.

Unfortunately, every GN'R fan will have to take the plane to the US and buy the album from the first Best-Buy he runs into...

That is the only way. It will be exclusive only to the US. You'll also have to be very careful at customs when you fly back to your country. If they catch you with the cd, you will face the death penalty.

Same goes for online orders out of the US...

That exclusive deal is reaaaaally hard for GN'R fans... The trouble we have to go into...

Look at other bands that did the same thing... Thousands of fans have died trying to sneak a copy out of the country...

Aye good one pal.

and here was me thinking that i'd get a sensible answer to a reasonably sensible question!!

Aye, sorry mate.

So I guess what you were looking for was something like this:

"It will be an exclusive deal only for the US market, it will be widely distributed to the rest of the world."

[SterileEyes]

If true, I guess bestbuy is making an announcement pretty soon. within a month.

I would think GN'R would make the announcement. If it's Novemeber we will hear news within the month, one would think.

Tick...tock...tick...tock...

I want to believe.

[thereisnodanaonlyz]

He WANTS MAJOR promotion, so until that happens the album is NO WHERE in sight!

Well, we don't know that for certain.  Really, the only thing we can rely on as truth is what's on gunsnroses.com.  Everything else is just pure speculation.  Yes, I know Axl made the statement  (in his open letter) that said the album deserves a proper release campaign (or something to that effect), but he didn't say anything about it being major, though.  He may not want such a thing.  Who knows.   I only trust the official site and Axl's press releases.  Saves me a ton of thought relating to crap rumors.

[ben9785]

I don't think this album needs any major promotion.

They could release it digitally overnight and just think about the kind of response it would get the next day..

[LeftToDecay]

I don't think this album needs any major promotion.

They could release it digitally overnight and just think about the kind of response it would get the next day..

Major Dejavu from the end of 2005 going on.
...Or whatever the " One of these tuesdays, it could just appear there!"- year was?
Axl himself has said that he wants major promotion for CD right?