Chinese Media Disapproves Guns N’ Roses Album
November 24, 2008
If Guns N’ Roses were in China they’d probably be belting their most famous verse: “Oh, where do we go now?”
The band’s latest album titled “Chinese Democracy” didn’t quite fare too well with Global Times, a Chinese media publication of the communist party. Its headline article reported: “American band releases album venomously attacking China.”
It is unlikely that the album will be sold legally.
The Associated Press and Yahoo! contributed to this report. For more on Guns N’ Roses and China, click here.
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I agree that the Chinese government should ban any record, movie, etc that insults the Chinese people. I believe any artist that is for Taiwan independence, and/or Tibet independence should be banned as well.
I am glad G&R labeled their album Chinese Democracy. What a great media and marketing concept. BTW Robert, China should continue to ban every evidence of the tianamen square massacre, silence news reporter of the shoddy school construction where the Sichuan earthquake took place, jail every tibetans who voice democracy and a number of other atrocities. You can play silent and pick and choose how you want China to rule against her people, but you have to take a stance that is consistent. The Chinese blur the lines of free speech and insults and fails to open a dialogue of their undoing. Thank god I don’t in China.
It’s Idiocracy they are banning not ‘Chinese democracy’ the GNR album haha
Yuen democracy is not any better mind you, probably better and worse in another way that you won’t understand so don’t judge biased & blind when you lack sufficient knowledge.
There corruption in all systems it’s all rubbish you should know that. Don’t need to do the democrats bidding you not running for candidacy so forced democracy is just as bad.
i think the amount of trash we are mass producing
is apalling on the cultural level…the “pick-up artist”
is one of the morally suspect shows i’d box car to this
train wreck of a canon called “for the sake of rock ‘n roll”
>It is unlikely that the album will be sold legally.
In China, it’s unlikely ANY album will be sold legally.
..if one defines “legally” as meaning the artist gets any share of the profits.
..and if one defines “unlikely” as 100- China’s % piracy rate.
guns and roses always sucked and their music belonged in the trashcan. perhaps their next album could be entitled Bushism and Obamanation.
I think it was just a way for Guns and Roses to get some publicity. They are old and a dying band. I wonder if any of the songs are even about China. I think its funny for China to ban the music. Most of the people in China probably have no clue what or who the Guns and Roses are. Oh and Robert they are not “insulting the Chinese people” but merely bringing up the fact that the Chinese government is all messed up.
I’m completely agree with Gerald.
Thousands of Chinese students have begun a peaceful demonstration in Tiananmen Square, in protest at the government’s ban of the new Guns N’ Roses album, Chinese Democracy. Correspondents estimate that upwards … The demonstrations have been prompted by last week’s ruling by the governing Chinese Communist Party that the long-awaited sixth album by rock legends, Guns N’ Roses, entitled Chinese Democracy, will not be available for sale in mainland China.
Thanks,
Sujan
v good