The New Guns n' Roses is...

IT'S REALLY, REALLY GOOD! My God is it good. Is it relevant? Completely. Is it contemporary? Amazingly so. Is is hip? On the nose, dead center. How's the songs? Well they're dark, brooding, angry, powerful, hard, biting, and leave you sayin', yeah, I meant that. But is it Guns N' Roses? Undeniably so. When I walked into the KOZZ studios Wednesday (11/19), revered KOZZ Promotions Director, Just Plain Chuck greeted me at the door, Chinese Democracy in Hand. "It Exists!" He said. Cool. I was one of the first Dj's on Earth to play Guns N' Roses. There has never been a bad Guns N' Roses record. Well, it was worth the wait. The songs feature sometimes as many as 5 guitarists, and dozens of musicians. Painful detail has been devoted to anyone and everyone who contributed. The songwriting is imaginative and apocalyptic, passionate and full of conviction. The sonic landscape and textural boundaries make sitting in the diamond of sound and feeling the full rich flavor of Guns N' Roses being delivered with the kind of production where the louder it gets, the more you hear & feel, a true pleasure . As far as the tracks go, I like all of them, but a couple that fly off the record are "Better", it's very art rock, on "If The World", a seductive Peter Gabriel essence transpires in both production and dynamics, and as a bonus, Axl belts out a falsetto like a Diva in a Red Dress, while "Catcher in the Rye" is all Gigantor Power Ballad....enormously intense. "There Was A Time" will have you turning it up louder, and louder, and louder, it's a feeling that feels better, when more, is more. "This I love" is what Elton John would sound like if he were to do a metal song, the piano is rapturously, infectiously potent. The production is epic, with Tent Reznor sensiblities. So on Sunday, (11/23) pick one up at Best Buy, and enjoy this disc that is so eternal, and of the one.