Before there was MySpace or any other form of an online music mecca readily available to the eyes and ears of millions of fans, there was vinyl, and Guns N' Roses' frontman Axl Rose has lived through it all, evolving with the changing times and taking complete advantage of the social network MySpace to promote GNR's brand new release Chinese Democracy, an album 17 years in the making. Rose and his absurdly famous counterparts have been streaming their new album on MySpace gearing up for its anxiously-awaited November 25 release, and the rebellious rock icons have broken several records in the process.



Thanks to technology and stellar tracking devices, it's been discovered that Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy has been receiving 25 listens per second on MySpace since its full-streaming release yesterday, garnering more than 826,000 plays for the title track while the total amount of plays on the album tracks have amounted to more than three million. These overwhelming statistics show a staggering number of Guns N' Roses fans lining up to buy the band's first completely new release since 1993; the album has been delayed for two days, just a short time for GNR fans who have been awaiting the album's release for years. Chinese Democracy will be available exclusively in Best Buy stores starting November 25, and the band's most dedicated fans couldn't be happier.

GNR fans have been lining up to get Guns N' Roses tickets to see Axl Rose and Co. perform live in concert for more than two decades, and with the band's recent string of tour dates and a new album on the burner, hardcore Guns N' Roses fans are both speechless and satisfied. When GNR first set out to rock the face off American music in the mid-1980s, their key to success was the ingeniously raw rock & roll music streaming out of longhaired band members' electric guitars and raspy voices. The rebellious rockers burst onto the music scene in 1986 with the rousing “Sweet Child O' Mine,” an instant rock anthem and MTV delight. “Welcome to the Jungle” and “Paradise City” established Guns N' Roses as a delectable treat to the heavy metal industry, and as Axl Rose slipped further into a sinful life of bigotry, drug abuse and violence, Guns N' Roses just kept inflating on the music scene.

The 1990s brought about changes in the band's lineup, but Axl Rose stayed true to his signature band, proving his captain status by not jumping ship with many of his bandmates. Despite the changing music of the decades, Guns N' Roses stayed afloat with the band's signature rock & roll music, not giving into the grunge craze as groups like Nirvana started blowing up the airwaves. Rose fled from the public scene in the late ‘90s, only resurfacing in 2001 with GNR's first set of live performances in seven years. Slowly working their way back into rock music, Guns N' Roses sparked rumors of a new album, yet the world saw nothing of a new release through the years. Chinese Democracy, Guns N' Roses long-awaited album, seemed more like a dream than a reality for Axl Rose for several years, racking up a bill upwards of $13 million for production costs in the process. In 2006, Guns N' Roses started playing live shows again, gearing up for the release of Chinese Democracy, fit to be released at the end of this month. If you're ready to complete your Guns N' Roses obsession by both listening to the band's new album and seeing them in concert, get tickets to a live performance from http://www.stubhub.com/guns-n-roses-tickets.