10.23.2008 10:00 am
Listen and weigh in on the new Guns N’ Roses single
Guns N’ Roses’ comeback single “Chinese Democracy,” the first official song from the painfully overdue CD of the same name, is out and ready for public consumption.
Is it all you’ve been waiting for from Guns N’ Roses, or is it hot garbage?
The CD, featuring 14 tracks, hits Nov. 23 at Best Buy exclusively.
It’s the band’s first CD of new material since 1991’s “Use Your Illusion 1” and “Use Your Illusion II.”


Kevin C. Johnson has covered the St. Louis' music and nightlife scene for the past decade.
Anything is better than nothing
This album will never be giving a fare shot. It’s a very good album, but everyone looks at it like all the time/money that went into the album, it should change the face of rock music.
Most of the delays were legal issues, Axl’s need for perfection(in his mind), and lineup changes.
Judge it from the standpoint of being a new direction of GNR. You’ll find a well written, well crafted rock album.
I really like it!
Rock on!
17 years and this is the best they could come up with as a “first” single… My anticipation for the cd has gone down a lot. I was expecting to be blown away… Maybe it will grow, but not impressed as of now.
great song…anyone who says it’s not is just being a hater.
absolutely loving it. axl sounds on top of his game vocally (did you hear that scream at the beginning…unreal) and the guitars have have that crunch, swagger, and groove that you would expect from guns n roses. sure it took a long time to come out, but who cares! i judge music by how it sounds, not by how long it takes to make. this is a great rockin single and i have a feeling there’s more good stuff to come. i will definitely be going to Best Buy to buy the new record on Nov 23. any doubts have been crushed by how fun and cool this song is. great work gnr. i can’t wait to hear more!
powerful song! Axl’s back!!!
Pretty cool, but listening to it kinda reminds me of the first time I heard “Yankee Rose” after David Lee Roth went solo - it screams of “trying too hard”.
great song. And the other 6 or 7 I have already heard are as good and better. They aren’t going to release the best songs before the album is officialy released. Buy it, you’ll like it….
Really digging this single! I give it an 8/10.
Poppy, simple, rockin’, great guitar work.
Those hating on it need to trim their mullets and get over themselves.
And just wait ’til we hear the final versions of ‘Better’ and ‘Street of Dreams’. Those two alone will blow us away…