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"Getting Better": A Playlist for President Obama on the Anniversary of Election Day

David Wild | Posted 11.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Van Morrison, President Obama, Ani Di Franco, Neil Diamond, Van Halen, Dionne Warwick, Election Day, Janet Jackson, Bee Gees, John Mayer, Abba, The Beatles. The Zombies, Dusty Springfield, U2, Death Cab for Cutie, Al Green, George Jones, Jack Johnson, Coldplay, Frank Sinatra, Guns N' Roses, Brad Paisley, Entertainment News
David Wild

Rome wasn't built in a day, and apparently the United States won't be completely rebuilt in a year either. But here's to things at least "Getting Better."

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Music's Biggest Quitters: 20 Who Quit

Spinner | Spinner Staff | Posted 10.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Steve Perry, Monkees, Prince, Zack De La Rocha, 000 Maniacs, Natalie Merchant, Michael Nesmith, Kiss, Music, Rock, Artist Formerly Known as Prince, Smashing Pumpkins, Oasis, Ace Frehley, Judas Priest, Tom Fogerty, Rob Halford, John Lennon, 10, Quitters, Jason Newsted, Brian Wilson, Metallica, Beach Boys, Cat Stevens, Rage Against the Machine, Abba, Izzy Stradlin, Holly Johnson, Fugees, D'arcy Wretzky, Dee Dee Ramone, Pop Music, Lauryn Hill, Noel Gallagher, Beatles, D'arcy, Guns N Roses, Ramones, Mase, Entertainment News

They say winners never quit, but in the music biz there's something to be said for going out at the top of your game. Whether they left for greener p...

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What's an Out-of Work Entourage to Do? Groupies, Sycophants, and Hangers-On

Shawn Amos | Posted 08.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Eugene Landry, Two-Foot Fred, Brian Wilson, Michael Jackson, Entourage, Slash, Al Sharpton, Sid Vicious, Jerry Garcia, Big & Rich, Pamela Des Barres, Grateful Dead, Memphis Mafia, Kato Kaelin, Elvis Presley, Andy Warhol, Deadheads, Hangers-On, Nancy Spungen, Groupies, Bubbles the Chimp, Perla Hudson, Sex Pistols, Guns N' Roses, Nico, Entertainment News
Shawn Amos

As the King of Pop's posse heads for the unemployment line, here are a few stories of other groupies and hangers-on. May they serve as inspiration and cautionary tale.

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Interview: Anvil on Smoking Weed, What Derailed Their Career and Meeting Clint Eastwood

Zorianna Kit | Posted 07.04.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Heavy Metal, Clint Eastwood, Anvil, Marijuana, Mickey Rourke, Canada, Guns N Roses, Pot, The Wrestler., Metallica, Music, Motorhead, Entertainment News
Zorianna Kit

Formed when they were teenagers in the 70s, Anvil is currently working on their 14th album. I sat down with the duo for an exclusive chat for HuffPost.

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10 Lessons from Anvil!, the Greatest Heavy Metal Band You've Never Heard Of

Ariston Anderson | Posted 05.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Heavy Metal, Coldplay, Fleetwood Mac, Robb Reiner, Sacha Gervasi, Neil Young, Metallica, Music, Glastonbury Music Festival, Bruce Springsteen, Bush, Slayer, Bon Jovi, Lips, Anvil, Anthrax, Scorpions, Guns N' Roses, Whitesnake, Entertainment News
Ariston Anderson

Who would have thought the feel good movie of the year stars fifty-year old heavy metal has-beens?

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R.I.P. Seattle P-I: First Major Newspaper to Go Web Only

Shelly Palmer | Posted 04.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Chinese Democracy, Hearst Corp, Kevin Cogill, Shelly Palmer, AT&T, Standards and Poor, Axel Rose, Cisco, Council for Research Excellence, Seattle Post Intelligencer, Media News, Riaa, Mediabytes, Server, Guns N Roses, Media News
Shelly Palmer

The P-I will become an experiment of sorts for Hearst, who will try to figure out whether or not the company can cut overhead and increase ad rev on a web-only model.

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Feds Pursuing Prison Term For Man Who Uploaded Guns N' Roses Songs

Wired | David Kravets | Posted 04.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Music Piracy, Guns N Roses, Music, Axl Rose, Media News

Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles are pursuing a 6-month prison term for a Los Angeles man who pleaded guilty in December to one misdemeanor count of...

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Guns N' Roses Rocker Duff McKagan Joins Playboy As Financial Columnist

New York Post | Paul Tharp | Posted 03.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Playboy, Duff McKagan, Guns N Roses, Duff McKagan Playboy, Guns N' Roses, Media News

Duff McKagan of Guns N' Roses fame celebrates his 45th birthday today with a new job - a national financial columnist on a mean mission. Playboy ma...

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Odd Couple at the Zoo: Slash and Betty White

Brenda Scott Royce | Posted 02.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Pachyderm Forest, L.A. Zoo, Golden Girls, Elephants, Slash, Los Angeles Zoo, Betty White, Guns N' Roses, Zoo, Animals, Entertainment News
Brenda Scott Royce

Rocker Slash (Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver) and "Golden Girl" Betty White have joined forces to battle activists seeking to cease construction of the L.A. Zoo's Asian elephant habitat.

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The Top Five Boneheaded Music Industry Moves Of 2008

Tony Sachs | Posted 02.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Compact Discs, Lps, Wal-Mart, Led Zeppelin, Independent Music Stores, Radiohead, Bob Dylan, Music Retail, Best Buy, The Beatles, Record Industry, Music Business, Sony Music, Emi, Guns N' Roses, Bruce Springsteen, Music Industry, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

In a business where, for the last decade or so, every move made by a major record label or established artist is almost guaranteed to be a dumb one, it's hard to pick a mere five as the créme de la créme of stupidity.

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Blogger Pleads Guilty In Guns N' Roses Chinese Democracy Leak Case

AP | Posted 01.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Guns N Roses, Chinese Democracy, Guns N' Roses: Chinese Democracy, Media News

LOS ANGELES — A man accused of leaking nine unreleased tracks from the Guns N' Roses album "Chinese Democracy" has pleaded guilty to a federal c...

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It's Been 17 Long Days Since the Last Guns N' Roses Album

Steven Shehori | Posted 01.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Music Industry, Guns N Roses, Music, Guns N' Roses, Guns 'N Roses Chinese Democracy, Entertainment News
Steven Shehori

It's early-mid December 2008. We can't sit around living like it's mid-late November 2008. So much has transpired since Chinese Democracy.

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China and Rock from John Denver to Axl Rose: A Top 5 List

Jeffrey Wasserstrom | Posted 12.30.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Democracy, Guns N Roses, Music, Axl Rose, China, Chinese Democracy, Entertainment News
Jeffrey Wasserstrom

I think that this Rose (album) by any other name would have been quite different in terms of impact in China.

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Why Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy Marks The End Of An Era

Tony Sachs | Posted 12.26.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Bill Haley, Walt Disney Co, Wal-Mart, Ipod, Nirvana, Billboard Magazine, High School Musical, Lil Wayne, Rock Around the Clock, Chinese Democracy, Elvis Presley, Best Buy, The Beatles, Thriller, Music Industry, AC/DC Black Ice, Heartbreak Hotel, Sgt. Pepper, Guns N' Roses, Marvin Gaye, Nevermind, Soundscan, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

Would the Sixties be the sixties without the Beatles? Would teen culture as we know it exist without Elvis? And can any record, no matter how brilliant, have a similar impact today? Somehow, I don't think so.

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China Bans Democracy, Declares War on Guns N' Roses

David Flumenbaum | Posted 02.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Chinese Democracy Release, Axl Rose, China Censorship, China Bans Guns N Roses, Guns N' Roses, Chinese Democracy, Chinese Censorship, Matt Sorum, Duff McKagan, Slash, Guns N' Roses: Chinese Democracy, Martin Scorsese, Axl Rose China, China Bans Chinese Democracy, China Guns N' Roses, Kundun, Entertainment News
David Flumenbaum

It is unlikely that when Axl Rose selected the title for his album, he realized the depth of the parallels between Chinese democracy and Chinese Democracy.

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Chinese Media Blasts Guns N' Roses Album

AP | CHRISTOPHER BODEEN | Posted 12.25.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: China, Guns N' Roses, Chinese Democracy, Music, Entertainment News

READ MORE ON CHINA'S WAR ON GUNS N' ROSES HERE AP STORY: BEIJING - A newspaper published by China's ruling Communist Party is blasting the latest Gu...

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Cheer Up, Axl, You're Not that Irrelevant

Jason Notte | Posted 12.22.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Guns N Roses Slash, mp3 Blogs, Beyonce, Lil Wayne, Hit Parader, Chinese Democracy, Barack Obama, Motley Crue, Velvet Revolver, mp3, Appetite for Destruction, Slash Velvet Revolver, Dr. Pepper, U2, Dr. Pepper Free Soda, Scott Weiland Velvet Revolver, Guns N Roses, The Spaghetti Incident, Use Your Illusion, Guns N' Roses, Kerrang, Entertainment News
Jason Notte

Sometime in the near future, a young man will ride the L train between wearing a bandanna around his neck, $100 jeans with a studded belt and a crisp, new Guns 'n' Roses T-shirt.

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Chinese Democracy REVIEWS - ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW

washingtonpost.com | Allison Stewart | Posted 12.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Guns N Roses, Free Dr Pepper, Axl Rose, Chinese Democracy, Business News

WashingtonPost.com By this point you've probably already listened to, and made up your mind about, "Chinese Democracy," the maledicted multi-mill...

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Guns N' Roses Album "A Shipwreck" And "A Loud Last Gasp"

New York Times | Posted 12.22.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Guns N Roses, Axl Rose, Chinese Democracy, Guns N' Roses, Music, Entertainment News

"Chinese Democracy" (Geffen) is the Titanic of rock albums: the ship, not the movie, although like the film it's a monumental studio production. It's ...

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Dr. Pepper To Deliver on Free-Soda Promise Timed To Guns N' Roses Release

AP | Posted 12.21.2008 | Home

Read More: Dr. Pepper Free Soda, Guns N Roses, Dr. Pepper, Tony Jacobs, Free Soda, Free Soda to Everyone, Home News

LOS ANGELES — Dr Pepper is making good on its promise of free soda now that the release of Guns N' Roses' "Chinese Democracy" is a reality. The...

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Google Says Ad-Words Recession Resistant: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 20, 2008

Shelly Palmer | Posted 12.21.2008 | Media

Read More: Google, Summit Entertainment, Alan Cohen, Omd, Mediabytes, Cbs, Recession, Guns N Roses, Adwords, Chinese Democracy, Shelly Palmer, Fcc, Twilight, Initiative, Media News, Nfl Networks, Comcast, Media News
Shelly Palmer

Google is urging clients not to give up on digital ads during the recession. In a conference today in London, Google VP Nikesh Arora will note that ...

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