Axl Rose continue to defy all odds with potential music video reality show of Chinese Democracy album
Axl Rose continue to defy all odds with potential music video reality show of Chinese Democracy album
We king of jokingly predicted this:
According to sources at Geffen (Rose’s music label) a version of "Chinese Democracy" has been finished and delivered to the label. But there are still outstanding issues between the singer and the label, not the least of which is a recording cost for the project which (depending on who you believe), has reached between $11 and $15 million. Another stickler is the digital rights for the tracks, along with some proposed "bonus" tracks Geffen would like to release digitally.
This reality show project would be part of a larger effort to build buzz for an album which faces a number of promotional hurdles. Rose’s recent concert appearances have been erratic at best, and many fans of the classic Guns N’ Roses lineup are going to require some persuasion before embracing this new sound. Rose is also not an especially "journalist-friendly" preformer, making promotion for the project even more difficult.
The new (still untitled) reality show would follow Rose and his band as they prepare for release of the album. It would include behind-the-scenes rehearsal and studio footage, as well as interviews with a number of the participants. "There is a lot of footage to choose from," said a network source. "Some of it is incredibly personal and revealing about Axl’s life."
According to the network source, the deal for the show is "close, but not signed." Part of the holdup seems to be the timing, as the particpants want to integrate the show into a timeline with the leadup to the album’s release, along with the announcment of a limited number of concert dates.
http://www.allyourtv.com/0708season/news/april/04082008axlrose.html
How does a fan make a better music video than the original Avenged Sevenfold one for A Little Piece of Heaven
How does a fan make a better music video than the original Avenged Sevenfold one for A Little Piece of Heaven
youtube.com — Upon discovering this video and reading comments, it’s quite apparent that the general population of the world agrees that this FAN MADE video far surpasses the quality of the original.
http://digg.com/music/Fan_Made_Avenged_Sevenfold_Video_BETTER_Than_Original
We wait Gene Simmons (KISS) lawyers to call as he likes to vacation while being underground
We wait Gene Simmons (KISS) lawyers to call as he likes to vacation while being underground
"Had a ball doing my speaking engagement [in] Nashville early this morning (Friday, April 4). About 1,200 entrepreneurs from many sections of he business world were on hand.
"I have a very free-flowing style — do not use notes and usually have no clue where I’m going. Some of what I do in my speaking engagements has to do with biographical material (you want to know where someone came from, in order to gauge where they are now)… Some of it has to do with my training (taught sixth grade for a very short time in Spanish Harlem, worked as executive assistant to the director of the Puerto Rican interagency council when I was 23 years old… worked for the editor of Vogue (Kate Lloyd) during that time…and so on… And most of it has to do with being insatiable and voracious when it comes to information — pop culture, sociology, history, religion, politics…and so on. The rest has to do with a strict, no-nonsense work ethic. I never worried about a job. But I always made sure I worked. I have never vacationed. And have no plans to. Lots of time to vacation when you’re underground. I have never married though I have been in a relationship for 25 years. I never do one thing. I ’spread the risk’ — like a mutual fund. Never keep the eggs in one basket. I hardly ever gamble. And the rest has to do with the planets lining up and being in the right place at the right time.
"And after the above, I hopped on a plane and got my butt down to St. Petersburg for the Indycar race. Lest you forgot, our Simmons Abramson Marketing venture does the worldwide branding/marketing for the IndyCar Series, including the Indy 500. Check out Indycar.com for the finest in motor sports."
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?Mode=Archive&Date=4/5/2008
Bret Michaels (Poison) head exposed in Rock of Love Music video
Bret Michaels (Poison) head exposed in Rock of Love Music video
Lucky for you, you don’t have to wait that long.
To get a long, hard look at his head in all of its exposed glory, fast forward to 2:06 in the video below. I admit, it’s kind of anticlimactic.
http://earthnocentric.blogspot.com/2008/04/bret-michaels-without-his-bandanna.html
