Is that the sound of Hell Freezing over or is the "Chinese Democracy" finally going to be released?

Once again rumors are abounding that the 14 years (and counting) in the making Guns'n'Roses album (Chinese Democracy) will be coming out soon.

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003839499

I just can't get excited about this.

And it's not that it's taken 14 years. It took longer for Brian Wilson's "Smile" to finally come out and it was worth the wait.

No, I think it's just reading account after account of Axl's immature and self centered behaviour. This and his contempt for the fans and the world in general that's the real turn off. Remember, this is the guy who has cancelled shows because he didn't like a negative write up that he got in a particular city he was supposed to appear in.

And it's not even Guns'n'Roses anymore. Axl Rose is the only original member left. The story goes that while the real Guns'n'Roses was still together, Axl made them all sign contracts that stated that he owned the bands name should they ever break up. The other band members didn't really care. If they broke up what would it matter who owned the bands name? And they where right.  

  Axl works under the impression that it's all about him. And his behaviour continually shows that he's forgetten that it's also about the fans.

And I cannot forget (or forgive) his over hyped and under delivered performance a few years back at the MTV Video awards. 30 seconds into his performance and he was out of gas. His voice was shot. There are so many other artists that are more deserving of the level of attention that MTV gave him that year and he blew it. Of course MTV knew that it would be either something grand or a complete trainwreck. American audiences love a grand performance but we also love trainwrecks (they got the latter) either way, MTV would win.

Who knows....Maybe Axl will prove me wrong and release the greatest record in the history of Rock'n'Roll, but I wont be standing in line to find out. Because as far as I'm concerned Axl has worn out his welcome with me.  As far as I'm concerned "The Chinese Democracy" can pretty much never come out.