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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Let's Talk About... Chinese Democracy
Posted by Andrew R Tonry on Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 4:08 PM
OK. Perhaps you've seen the cover for G n' R's Chinese Democracy? If not, here it is:
Of course, you know all about Axel's follies (not to be confused with another 80's superstar, Axel FOLEY) like the 17 year hiatus, the red dreads, and the whole free Dr. Pepper debacle. What you may not know is that Buddyhead is still funny on occasion. Check their commentary on the cover of Democracy:
In case you're in so far in denial that your brain refuses to process the image that your eyes are sending to it, it's a picture of a fucking bike. You know, if I were a Guns 'N Roses fan as opposed to someone who sometimes refrains from switching the radio station when "Paradise City" and "Sweet Child Of Mine" come on, I'd be pretty pissed off, especially if I'd just spent an enormous chunk of my life waiting for this release. It's like Axl's saying "Hey guys, thanks for sticking around for seventeen years while I continually pushed the limits of how far I could fit my head up my own ass. Here's a bike!" Not only that, but as someone who actually has professional experience with graphic design, I can truthfully say that no one worth their paycheck would have designed a layout like that, the subject matter of the photo aside. Not only did they pick a typeface that makes Comic Sans look interesting by comparison, but they even added an outline to it. Yeah, that always looks great! I guess after all the millions of dollars that were flushed down the toilet invested in making this album, they could only afford to hire some 75-year-old grandmother who just taught herself how to use Print Shop and enjoys designing inspirational cards for her church friends.Let's face it, since we've already heard the vast majority of Chinese Democracy, pretty much the only thing left to really look forward to was the artwork. Not that any cover art wouldn't have been at least a little disappointing, since nothing could possibly live up to the hype this album has generated, but this is ridiculous...Sebastian Bach, who knows everything, has stated that Chinese Democracy will be the first installment in a trilogy, and that the next two installments will actually be finished before the year 4698. Since I feel kinda bad for giving Axl such a hard time, I decided to do him a solid and design the covers for parts 2 and 3 myself, thereby sparing him the $20 he would have spent on them otherwise. For the sake of consistency, I strived to maintain the same aesthetic and level of excitement of the first. Enjoy!
Read the whole story and see Buddyhead's third album cover here.
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