CHINESE DEMOCRACY - Promotion thread (scans, links to promotional material)

[faldor]

i saw a new commercial last night on VH1 Classic. it was around 11:30 and i was watching an Iron Maiden performance from Rock n Rio 2002.

i wasn't really paying attention to the comercials, but all of a sudden i see the giant red star and i think it was CD playing in the background. then there was a voice over that said something like "gnr...cd...featuring the hit song CD....and Better." and they played a few seconds of each song. then the voice said "available now at Best Buy."

anyone else see this one? i did a quick search on youtube but didn't see it.

My roommate saw the commercial twice yesterday, on Fuse and on VH1.  I witnessed the one on VH1, which was the same as you're describing.  I thought it was the same that was put up on their myspace page last week, could be wrong though.

[Christos AG]

People in Greece have seen an ad on a music station, also heard a radio spot...

Things are moving but pretty slow...

[Mobenrad]

People in Greece have seen an ad on a music station, also heard a radio spot...

Things are moving but pretty slow...

Monumental campaign my ass.

[Tynia]

Universal Music Poland listed FINALLY ChD on their new releases page... so I guess it's much of their promotion 
http://www.universalmusic.pl/

But talking seriously: there are SMS CD winning radio competitions on two bigest rock radio stations simoultanesly, though only one of them got press patronage over the ChD  (they will last for the whole week) So it's good for G N'R 
Yesterday morning Antyradio DJ gave away 10 CD at once, so not so bad 

ESKA ROCK is giving daily 1 copy per hour all day long till 24:00 http://www.eskarock.pl/index.php?page=eska_rock Then they are calling the winning people for answering simple questions and opinions on the album and new G N'R Eska Rock is very possitive towards the album - they play different songs: for example yestarday's evening Scraped and Better. So the attention G N'R is getting on their air is huge I would say 

There's also a ChD promotion competition run by some internet technologies company from Warsaw - giving away Kaspersky Internet Security 2009  if you send them your pic with your very own copy of ChD 
http://www.ti.com.pl/gnr/
http://www.ti.com.pl/gnr/index.php?id=chd
^ The owners must love G N'R 
After a month they'll pick 10 most intresting pics and give away the KIS 2009

[icpillusions]

Finally saw the commercial on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. Must be targeting us people in our twenties.

[Lara]

People in Greece have seen an ad on a music station, also heard a radio spot...

We have?? 

[Christos AG]

People in Greece have seen an ad on a music station, also heard a radio spot...

We have?? 

I said people in Greece. Not Greek people on this board...

[crow316]

Saw a sign for Chi Dem on the back of a bus today in LA.  Aside from the billboard on the Roxy, this is all Ive seen.  I drive through hollywood everyday seeing all the album ads posted on all the walls, but no GnR...

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

Saw a sign for Chi Dem on the back of a bus today in LA.  Aside from the billboard on the Roxy, this is all Ive seen.  I drive through hollywood everyday seeing all the album ads posted on all the walls, but no GnR...

There are signs all over Sunset Blvd, even on the side facade of the Whisky, and I saw a CD poster on Pico Blvd last Sunday.

[badobsession81]

Saw a HMV advert on C4 last night advertising the album!

[Hypird]

nice banner in the right side
http://download.netanttila.com/

[Alan]

Saw a sign for Chi Dem on the back of a bus today in LA.  Aside from the billboard on the Roxy, this is all Ive seen.  I drive through hollywood everyday seeing all the album ads posted on all the walls, but no GnR...

dude there's shitloads of CD ads around hollywood and west hollywood.

that is unless they took them all down monday when i returned home.

got back to nottingham(UK) and see huge posters for it in the train station.

[western_chaos]

I've seen online stuff... going to best buy tomorrow.

[faldor]

Howard Stern read a live commercial for Chinese Democracy at the conclusion of The Howard Stern show today.  He does live commercials throughout the show, and really talks up the products well.  Plus he gets millions of listeners on a daily basis.  I'm not sure if the commercial was a one shot deal or if it'll continue to run.  Hopefully it'll continue, it sounded pretty official he read some quotes from Rolling Stone and called it the most anticipated album ever.

They also played clips of 5 songs off the album earlier in the show, the response was positive except for Robin Quivers.  She didn't like the 20 seconds of "Better" and "Prostitute" that she heard.  She did agree during the live commercial though that they didn't really give the album a full listen to be able to form a valid opinion.  A caller also called in to discuss Buckethead's solo during TWAT and they played that.  Again Howard said it was good, Robin was less impressed.  Some quality overall GNR conversation on the show today though.  It was exciting to hear.

[Dead N' Bloated]

I just recieved a promo Multi media message from Optus about Chinese Democracy. It says if I buy the new single I will recieve a free ring tone and it also had a Video of the The new GN'R logo then the name of the album then the album cover.

Has anyone else seen this?


 

[D]

I am gonna make my first negative statement about CD


I think its just ridiculous that this album was worked on so hard and so long to have the release handled so poorly.


I almost feel like Axl is boycotting the album.

[HoldenCaulfield]

I am gonna make my first negative statement about CD


I think its just ridiculous that this album was worked on so hard and so long to have the release handled so poorly.


I almost feel like Axl is boycotting the album.

I'm feelin' ya, bro. So many people put their efforts into this album for years and years, and there's been so much anticipation for it, and when the time comes to put it out, they essentially drop it off into a ditch, hoping someone will stumble upon it, by chance. I could see doing that if the album wasn't good, but quality isn't the issue. I don't really know what is the issue, though. It's been so mishandled. It's a shame, everything was there for them to hit it out of the park, and it seems they were simply content with getting a base hit...

[younggunner]

Time will treat this album well.

The promo is not what we all thought/wanted it to be but Axl will eventually speak. The band will eventually release videos, and most importantly, the ALBUM will sell well for years to come.

[Continental Drift]

Time will treat this album well.

I agree with this. Axl achieved the most important thing... namely an album that ARTISTICALLY (if not commercially) stands up to the name stamped on the front. It can slot in comfortably behind the Illusions and TSI? in anyone's GN'R cd library without looking out of place. I also believe that a growing audience will come to appreciate it through the years.

What is a pity is that it seems that we may not get to re-experience the whole "Guns N' Roses" hysteria again like we did in 91-93. Not at THAT LEVEL anyway. Few bands ever get to experience that though- so Guns was fortunate to achieve it once already. Who knows- perhaps that's actually a good thing for Axl and for the band- as those years didn't seem to be particularly easy for them- notwithstanding the success and attention.

At the end of the day though- Chinese Democracy is a rock music master piece- and that's what matters. Hopefully sometime soon people start to place a premium on quality when making their listening choices.    

[FunkyMonkey]

The ad just ran on Monday Night Football