How The Mighty Have Fallen

Once upon a time Guns N' Roses was the biggest, baddest band in the world. Lawsuits, breakups, and many years have passed since their last studio release. Axl Rose is the lone owner of the Gn'R name now....and it shows.....

Chinese Democracy, the long in work and fabled new Gn'R release is due to hit stores Saturday however it is now streaming here.

Appetite For Destruction was one of the rawest, baddest, most powerful pieces of metal that it deserves its own wing in the rock n' roll hall of fame. Lies followed it up and was pure art and enough to tide fans over until Use Your Illusion I and II came out. Civil War preceded I and II though on Romanian Angel Appeal, a charity album.

All I can say is this is more of an Axl solo album than a Gn'R release. This direction is almost mellow instead of the hard drinking, hard living Appetite.

I don't know, this could have been called anything else and it might be a decent album. With it carrying the Gn'R name it has a pedigree to live up to and it really doesn't do that in my opinion.

This is a LOT different than when Metallica went from their Justice album to the Black album. It might take a couple of times in listening to it but it seems like it is years and years too late to be relevant now.