You are not logged in. Please register or login.
- Topics: Active | Unanswered
#11 Re: Guns N' Roses » GNR's 'Democracy' To Be Retail Exclusive? » 879 weeks ago
You are sorely wrong DbeDz.
My father has worked there part-time for many years, and Wal-Mart is FAMOUS for doing big deluxe special limited edition box sets of their 'big' signed artists right around the holiday season. They usually push it big time on 'Black Friday' the big selling day after Thanksgiving.
Last year they had a huge 2-CD/1-DVD set of Garth Brooks greatest hits, along with a DVD of all his videos for only $11.96. They also were selling The Eagles double-disc new album for only $11.96.
If this is true, GN'R might be legitimately tying some kind of promotion into Wal-Mart and the holiday season. AC/DC is already signed up this year too. Last year they pushed Brooks & The Eagles, i'm wondering if this year will be GN'R/AC-DC and next year... someone else, etc.
Totally plausible, if true this will make GN'R, Universal & Wal-Mart ALL a TON of scratch this holiday season.
I'm just hoping it's like a 6-disc box set calling CD I-IV, GN'R-revisted (remixes), and a disc of axed songs & demos.
I hate Wal-Mart, if I got to be honest, with this music stuff - they go BIG with it.
I just have a hard time seeing Wal*Mart having anything to do with something as niche as vinyl (in the event that Axl wants to please the super diehards with a REAL boxset - y'know just as a reward for those who have waited too damn long for this thing to just pick up next to the M&M's at the checkout counter.) Axl wouldn't be outdone by Reznor's fancy box sets, would he? Maybe that will follow in the months after CD release.
#12 Re: Guns N' Roses » GNR's 'Democracy' To Be Retail Exclusive? » 879 weeks ago
If GNR intends to make any money off of the 'deluxe' editions of CD, they sure as Hell won't be sold at Wal*Mart - surely GNR.com will be selling these or at least point you to where they will be, right?
I'm not sure if that violates exclusivity agreements or not when bands sell their own shit, but I'm not gonna buy some neutered edition from Wal*Mart either.
The whole story kind of reeks of bullshit anyway.
#13 Re: Management » hey james, would you cave? » 879 weeks ago
I just found out about this site and had no idea the more mainstream forums were so crooked.
If GNR's management think they can wait out the internet or somehow scare us with their manufactured bullshit , then they are mistaken. We nerds are a stubborn lot, but we do get what we want. Axl may be able to get anything he wants in life, but the general public are not like his loyal legion of cum stained dingleberries and will not be controlled as such.
Just get the cocksucker out this year and I'm sure we will all buy the 300 dollar super happy yay fun mega CD/vinyl edition, Type-R. Keep fucking us over and more and more people will not even bat an eye when the Guns N' Roses - Chinese Democracy torrent link is found (for real) - I know I won't.
This whole ordeal is one man's fault, only one. Keep it up, Bill!
EDIT: I'm still grateful for what MSL did when The Blues, CD etc were originally leaked, let alone this!
