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.
Slash and Steven Adler have three things in common – Guns N Roses, rehab and a restraining order against the same woman. Steven alleges that a woman in Oregon named Lisa Jill Martin-Cahn hired at least three private investigators to hunt him down under the ruse that they were long lost lovers. Slash fits into this because the singer claims that the same woman has contacted him and his family members, including his mother-in-law, by phone and letter in desperate attempts to get in touch with Steven. Both musicians were granted restraining orders against the woman, who has to stay at least 500 yards away from both men, their families, work and so on.
The front man of famous group Guns’n’Roses has been missing for two months now and this has had severe effects on the overall sale of the band’s long-awaited new album. A source had this to say: “People have been trying to contact Axl for two months and he’s completely AWOL [Absent Without Leave]. It is frustrating because the album would have had a much better chance of going to number one if he had only been prepared to show his face.” Of course, you’d think that what matters, what truly matters in this situation is the music… but no, the album won’t sell because the lead singer doesn’t want to show his face and do a bit of promotion. Reportedly, it reached first place in sales charts in Brazil and Finland… I guess that’s the only place where the old, classic GnR fans still are.
Rock band Guns n’ Roses are contemplating whether or not they should sue soda giant Dr. Pepper after a publicity stunt by the company on which the company has failed to deliver.
The bosses of Dr. Pepper promised that every single person in America would be entitled to a free can of soda if Guns N’ Roses released their long-awaited album Chinese Democracy this year. The release happened on November 23rd this year and thereafter Dr. Pepper agreed to honor the deal.
Now that the rock band is threatening to sue it shows that they still have skills to make bosses be it at the recording studio or at a beverage company to dance to their beats. The reason being when people rushed to get their coupon from the company’s website it crashed.
Now the band is demanding that Dr. Pepper give a public apology via ads in newspapers, and give people extra time to claim their free sodas.
It pays to have a good and expensive lawyer.
The original drummer for Guns N’ Roses will most likely avoid jail time after pleading no contest on Friday to felony drug possession charges stemming from a July arrest.
The former drummer was ordered by a Los Angeles to return to court Dec. 12, where it’s expected he will be sentenced to rehab.
We can all remember (well, not all of us really) when Adler was arrested in July in Hollywood after someone complained that he was causing a disturbance. He was also charged with a misdemeanor count for being under the influence.
Even so, the DA’s office says that charge will likely be dismissed once he is admitted to the treatment program.
Guns N’ Roses have just released a new widget which has a countdown to the November 23rd release date of their long-delayed Chinese Democracy album. The widget also features an audio stream of the title-track new single.
One of the most highly anticipated albums in rock history, the long-awaited Chinese Democracy (Black Frog/Geffen Records) will be available globally on November 23 on CD and vinyl (accompanied by a free digital download of the tracks), and as a separate digital album.
Produced by Axl Rose and Caram Costanzo, Chinese Democracy includes 14 tracks. The title track and first single from the album, “Chinese Democracy”, was released to radio at 5:00AM eastern time today. Two of the recordings have been recently released–“Shackler’s Revenge” debuted September 14 in the “Rock Band 2” videogame and “If The World” debuted October 11 in the film Body Of Lies.
“The release of Chinese Democracy marks a historic moment in rock ‘n’ roll,” said Irving Azoff and Andy Gould, Guns N’ Roses’ co-managers, “and we’re launching with a monumental campaign that matches the groundbreaking sound of the album itself. Guns N’ Roses fans have every reason to celebrate, for this is only the beginning.”
It has been reported that the former drummer for Guns N Roses, Steven Adler, was arrested early Friday morning in Hollywood for possession of narcotics, being under the influence and for an outstanding warrant. Earlier this month, the 43-year old rocker actually told a radio station that he was planning on being part of the cast of ‘Sober Living’, a spin-off of VH1’s ‘Celebrity Rehab’. I guess his timing couldn’t be any better. Casting directors should see him as a perfect candidate for their reality show with this recent arrest. What is with the endless list of reality TV shows hiring has-beens lately?
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