The Italian GUNS N’ ROSES fan who threatened to shut down his popular website dedicated to the rock group if their delayed CHINESE DEMOCRACY album didn’t hit stores this month has lived up to his word.
The fansite posted threats late last year after another delay, but the unnamed fan gave frontman AXL ROSE the benefit of the doubt when he released a statement promising fans the album would hit stores this month.
A recently announced delay has now sounded the death knoll for GNRonline.it, which has closed down in protest.
In a statement, the site’s administrators write, “The never-ending saga of Chinese Democracy, the lack of respect, clearness and mutual loyalty are just some of the reasons that has brought us down to this painful conclusion.
“Until now detractors have always accused us of being ‘Axl fanatics’ (and to a certain degree, that is probably true), but today we aren’t able to sustain Axl’s project anymore, neither financially nor economically. We just can’t afford to waste our head on a project that has never even taken us into consideration.
“We still want to believe in Axl Rose and his record and we greatly wish that Chinese Democracy would see the light of day before February 2008.
“If that will be the case we will make our best effort to re-open the site, otherwise our domains will be lost and that will be the end of it.”
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The original line-up of GUNS N’ ROSES is to reform, according to original drummer STEVEN ADLER.
Frontman AXL ROSE is the only original member of the band in its current incarnation, but Adler claims himself, SLASH, IZZY STRADLIN and DUFF McKAGAN may all return soon.
He says, “I saw Axl, talked with him from, s**t, what was it? Ten or 12 at night to eight in the morning, we talked. We resolved a lot of f**king s**t.
“I said, ‘You know the five of us have to get back together! That’s when it will really f**king take off again! Nothing will be bigger. It would be the biggest reunion ever in history.’
“He just grinned and giggled a little bit. Everybody in his band came up to me and said, ‘You’re the greatest f**king drummer! We tell Axl, ‘You gotta get the band back together!’ That’s what they said to HIM!
“I’ve been talking with SLASH. I’ve been talking with IZZY (STRADLIN). He wants a reunion.”
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Rockers GUNS N’ROSES will play their first-ever African shows when they headline the My Coke Fest 2007 in Johannesburg in April.
AXL ROSE and his new-look group will headline the show at the New Market Racecourse on April 27. The show will also include a performance from EVANESCENCE, who have also never played live in South Africa.
Guns N’ Roses will also perform at Cape Town’s Kenilworth Racecourse on May 1.
Rose recently insisted the group’s long-awaited comeback album CHINESE DEMOCRACY, will be released in March after several delays.
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