Axl Rose turns 50 today, so here are a few videos of the Indiana native taking on the world. more ›

The one time we saw Guns N' Roses was the opening night in Alpine Valley of their Use Your Illusion world tour. It was a huge, bombastic show; one of those hugely over the top rock concert spectacles. The band was at the height of their powers. Man, a lot can change in 21 years, huh? The current touring version of the band is missing almost all the original members of the band but the replacements are all seasoned pros and are more than capable of helping W. Axl Rose maintain the stadium spectacle. Despite the incredibly disappointing Chinese Democracy the band has continued to successfully tour and have a huge back catalog that immediately triggers the smell of hairspray and sweaty leather. Despite the passage of years the band's fan-base still allows them to fill stadiums. more ›

As you might have noticed, the 1980s hard rock scene produced very few great scholars. There is no Kip Winger, Ph.D., or Mark Slaughter, M.Ed. Vince Neil implored us to call Dr. Feelgood, but never himself M.D.'ed. (Nikki Sixx OD'ed, though.) Blackie Lawless is not an Esq. more ›

• Issuing a directive to shut down Guantanamo Bay
• Halting some regulations issued last-minute by the Bush administration
• Issuing new ethics rules

Between the hair-band nostalgia and the release of Chinese Democracy, we're feeling moderately metal in our post-Thanksgiving hangover period. So thankfully, a fine gentleman calling himself SCStunner316 has been kind enough to post some of the final performances of the original G'n'R playing circa 1992 at the Rosemont Horizon, back before Allstate bought the performance rights in 1999. more ›

Tommy Stinson's side project, Guns N' Roses, has finally released the long awaited follow-up to their last album, The Spaghetti Incident. The album has a pristine sound that would have been absolutely perfect and killer ... had it come out in 1998. more ›

Honestly, we still can't believe Guns 'N Roses is finally releasing Chinese Democracy. In fact, until we're actually holding the damn thing in our hands you're not going to dissuade us from believing that Axl Rose will pull the whole thing at the 11th hour, head back into the studio, and deny us our free Dr. Pepper. And, though all sensible thinking should lead us to act otherwise, we're actually looking forward to hearing the 14 years in the making album. more ›