Boy, Dr Pepper must have a lot of faith in Axl Rose….
The soda pop giant just announced a new Guns N’ Roses-themed promotional campaign where it will give a free can of Dr Pepper to "everyone in America" if the looooong-delayed Chinese Democracy arrives anytime during 2008.
WTF?
"It took a little patience to perfect Dr Pepper's special mix of 23 ingredients, which our fans have come to know and love," Dr Pepper director of marketing Jaxie Alt said in a statement. "So we completely understand and empathize with Axl's quest for perfection -- for something more than the average album. We know once it's released, people will refer to it as 'Dr Pepper for the ears' because it will be such a refreshing blend of rich, bold sounds - an instant classic."
“Dr Pepper for the ears?” is that how Axl wants us to think of this album, his first full length in 15 years?
Of course, GNR's label, Interscope, was unavailable for comment and there is no official word as to whether Axl and the group are involved in this campaign in any way…but the idea of the soft drink company banking its image and street cred on 1. Chinese Democracy EVER actually getting released, and 2. it being any good is INSANE!
FYI, Chinese Democracy was most recently scheduled for release on March 6, 2007, but yanked from the schedule months ago without a new date being set.
Oh, Dr Pepper has also launched a blog in conjunction with its offer. Isn’t that hip?
Billboard.com: Dr Pepper Sweetens Pot For 'Chinese Democracy'
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Also, calling "Chinese Democracy" a Guns N' Roses album is using the term "Guns N' Roses" very loosely.
And as if Dr. Pepper isn't banking on that fact.
Otherwise they'd have to give away:
270,000,000+ Dr. Peppers. Or roughly
11,250,00 cases.
Now I'm no Dr. Pepper or Mathematics expert, but that's a lot of F'n Dr. Pepper they'd have to give away for free.
Not that this will happen, but a man can dream.
that live version of the new song Madagascar that you can find on limewire is actually really really good.
The only people that don't get Dr. Pepper are Slash and Buckethead, according to Dr. Pepper.
Most importantly talking about Velvet Revolver is completely off topic, and I say that self aware.
What is on topic? No free Dr. Pepper this year. Thank you.
For you and all the other people out there that believe they know everything about Axl Rose and Guns N' Roses I would just like to say this. Guns N' Roses would have never became what it was at its height if it wasn't for all of their ability to work together. Axl would have never been able to write lyrics if he wasn't listening to the sound that the rest of the band was producing and more often than not the rest of the band was also writing lyrics. Slash wrote the chorus to Paradise City just to name one. If you read the book that Slash cowrote with some person (i forget the name) you will find all this out for yourself and the REAL reason Guns broke up. So dont try and say that velvet revolver is "near-talentless" cause your the one that should learn more before you start running your mouth off.
Suit 1 " man GNR is awesome"
Suit 2 " nah VR is way better"
Suit 1 " nuh uh you just wait until GNR's new stuff comes out its gonna rock"
Suit 2 " man that new album is like Duke Nukem Forever, its never gonna come out"
Suit 1 " yea it will, I heard about it on the internet"
Suit 2 " How much you wanna bet, a million bucks?"
Suit 1 "A million bucks is for bitches how 10 million?"
Suit 2 "Bitch huh? How about a DP for EVERYONE then, big balla?
yes axl is a D-bag, the biggest of them all. there were shows when they toured that he just decided he didn't wanna go on and there was no show. a notable occurrence was in Philly on there last tour, at The Spectrum i believe. when i lived in jersey it happened. axl just didn't show up and they had to call the show. people rioted and tour seats up and everything. stopped playing GNR songs for months, said he wasn't welcomed in the city anymore. and played velvet revolver like crazy when they came out to spite him. axl is and always has been an arrogant D-bag who thinks everyone should kiss his feet as a rock god.