At Least SOMEBODY Is Releasing New Guns N' Roses Music
What a shame. Anyway...call the manicurist, because somebody done ticked off Little Miss Thang Axl Rose, and you don't mess with Axl, because he will cut you. I mean it. He will break off one of those braids and totally mess you up.
Seriously...the FBI had to come in and do Axl's dirty work for him, arresting a blogger who streamed some of the songs off the long-awaited Chinese Democracy album:
FBI agents arrested 27-year-old Kevin Cogill on Wednesday morning on suspicion of violating federal copyright laws. Cogill appeared in court in the afternoon wearing a T-shirt; his girlfriend sat court and afterward said, "Rally the troops," but declined further comment. Federal authorities say Cogill posted nine unreleased Guns N' Roses songs on his Web site in June. The songs were later removed. In later posts, Cogill wrote that the FBI had questioned him and asked his readers if any of them knew a good attorney. He was represented Wednesday by a federal public defender. According to an arrest affidavit, Cogill admitted to agents that he posted the songs on his Web site. Prosecutors said Wednesday the leak could result in a "significant" financial loss for the band.And the album sitting in some studio not being released for ten years isn't costing the band anything, I'm sure. There's a smart move...let's make an album, but let's not release it! That should really get the dough rolling in!
In case you're wondering just why the album hasn't hit the stores yet, it's because Axl and his former bandmates are at odds and he's pretty much burned his bridges with them. It's reported that the album has cost $13 million to make...and it still sits on a shelf somewhere, gathering dust. There is one song that you will reportedly be able to hear legally, though...Shackler's Revenge, supposedly to be released in the video game Rock Band 2. I'll head to my nearest Wal-Mart and listen for some teenage kid to screw up the demo.
No, the guy shouldn't have streamed what wasn't legally his (no word on how he got the music to start with). But come on. Shouldn't the FBI be doing something like searching for the complete strangers who have little Caylee Anthony, like the family asked? (btw, that's sarcasm)
But hey...does this mean that we all get a free can of Dr Pepper now? I mean, some of the album has been released, does that count?
(I know, I know...but so many memories of my misspent youth! Happy Friday!)
