Blog: Under The Rotunda

Pushing 50 with wrinkled varacose hands grasping at the straws of his youth, Axl Rose and his cohorts (a term used with a grimace, since the driving force is singular) released Chinese Democracy yesterday. This album has been the butt of jokes, the basis for lawsuits, and mastabatory fare for legions of heavy metal hangers-on for the last 15 years. If you were lucky, yesterday you signed up for free Dr. Pepper. If you were unlucky, you bought Chinese Democracy . This album marks the end of an era for rock music. [...]