Welcome back to the jungle. Finally. After well over a decade – and a reported $13 – 14 million – in the making, Chinese Democracy is really here. While it’d be pretty impossible for anything to live up to that kind of buildup, Guns N’ Roses comes back with a bang. Aside from those dubious dreads on Axl Rose, the only remaining original member, the band largely seems frozen in time with blazing, bone-crushing rockers and sweeping, epic ballads. (What, did you want them to go electro?) But when sampling MLK on “Madagascar,” GNR feels very of the Obama moment.
Welcome back to the jungle. Finally. After well over a decade – and a reported $13 – 14 million – in the making, Chinese Democracy is really here. While it’d be pretty impossible for anything to live up to that kind of buildup, Guns N’ Roses comes back with a bang. Aside from those dubious dreads on Axl Rose, the only remaining original member, the band largely seems frozen in time with blazing, bone-crushing rockers and sweeping, epic ballads. (What, did you want them to go electro?) But when sampling MLK on “Madagascar,” GNR feels very of the Obama moment.