About this episode
Does 15 years plus $14 million equal perfection? Axl Rose was willing to ditch his Gun N' Roses bandmates to find out. On this week’s Tape Spaghetti, Blake & Scott unravel the unwieldy tale of Chinese Democracy, the album born of Axl’s unrelenting vision… but at what cost?? With endless lineup changes and a vicious cycle of revisions, this Slash/Izzy/Duff-less GNR record looms large as a passion project pit against some extremely lofty expectations. Did Axl pull it off? Was Chinese Democracy doomed by its own hype, or is it somehow a massively overlooked gem of ambition? Tune in for a cautionary tale about chasing perfection with a bucket on your head. (And a chicken coop in your studio?)