Looks like somebody has a bit of a god complex nowadays… after forbidding the fans to wear any Slash-related apparel to the Guns’n’Roses concerts, Axl Rose did it again! He made the band’s fans in Toronto wait two extra hours for the concert to start just so he could show up on the stage in a wheelchair, looking like he had been hit by a train, and when everybody though the evening was over, jumping out of it and delving right into the concert. Axl Rose seems to have a thing for crude showbiz tricks, doesn’t he? He might however be a bit surprised when many of the fans start considering this his second strike. And it’s not going to take him long to make the third.
It seems that the front man from Guns’n’Roses isn’t too happy with the popularity his old band mate still has and is taking steps to ensure that it’s either one or the other. It seems Axl Rose has banned any type of Slash-related merchandise at Guns’n’Roses concerts from now on and security had no problem enforcing this new rule. Some have complied with it, others just went home. So, who’s the democrat now, eh Axl Rose? He really isn’t doing himself too much good with this one. And Slash of course couldn’t care less, it’s all perfectly dandy.
Axl Rose and the band that he’s disillusioned himself into thinking is Guns N Roses will be heading down to South America. The rock singer’s website revealed that he and his band will be heading south from March 10th, 2010 until April 10th, 2010 to promote the bomb of an album ‘Chinese Democracy’. No actual shows have been announced as of yet but it is being said that Axl and the rest of the band will schedule four dates in Brazil, two in Buenos Aires and single shows in Peru, Chile and Venezuela. They couldn’t sell anywhere else so they’re trying to fool a couple of other places.
The company that sells all things related to Michael Jackson, The Rolling Stones, The Doors, Guns N Roses, Led Zeppelin and Red Hot Chili Peppers is demanding millions from the businesses that are allegedly illegally raking in the cash. Bravado International Groups claims that it has the exclusive right to the merchandise of these music icons. They say that Dollar Days International, Alan Shrem and Kennedy-Shrem International are illegally using the names and likenesses of Michael, Jim Morrison and other musicians in the sale of shirts, watches, posters, play money and other things. Bravado wants $2 million for each violation.
Never in a million years did I ever think that Guns N Roses could provide some music for kids. I guess that million has already passed and I never noticed. The band’s hits, such as ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ and ‘Sweet Child O Mine’, will be featured on the newest Rockabye Baby album. Those trademark wailing guitar solos and screeching vocals will be replaced with harps, bells, xylophones and dirty diapers. Axl Rose and the rest of the band just gave a whole new meaning to the definition of the word sell out. They can’t even be given the excuse of tough times in the economy.
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