Chinese Democracy

Current status

When guitarist Buckethead left Guns N' Roses in March 2004, Rose issued a statement on the matter that included a notice that an announcement about the album would arrive in a "few months."

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In December 2004, Guns N' Roses' manager Merck Mercuriadis became the CEO of the Sanctuary Music Group. In January 2005, Rose signed a publishing deal with Sanctuary, which covered past and future work by Rose, including "dozens of new tracks Rose has recently recorded for Universal Music."

Related Topics:
Merck Mercuriadis - Sanctuary Music Group - Universal Music

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According to a March 2005 New York Times article http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/06/arts/music/06leed.html?ex=1267851600&en=a13c0fac87670850&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland, production costs for the album have reached $13 million, probably the most expensive recording ever. Mercuriadis, however, called the article "rubbish" in a letter http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=33807 to the Times and claimed that the newspaper's sources for the article had not been involved in the project for "six to nine years."

Related Topics:
2005 - New York Times

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In July 2005, The Antshttp://www.killtheants.com, a band from Kansas, and Nashville's Ole Mossy Facehttp://www.myspace.com/olemossyface released a split EP entitled "Chinese Democracy". According to the press releasehttp://www.killtheants.com/chidempressrelease.pdf, the album has "everything and nothing to do with the delayed and yet to be released Guns N' Roses album of the same name."

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In September 2005, Rose told a group of fans in Malibu that the album might be released in early 2006 and that the band is looking to put a song on the soundtrack for the movie of The Da Vinci Code. (7)

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September - Malibu - 2006 - The Da Vinci Code

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