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Free Dr.Pepper if Axl Rose's album is released in 2008
Here's a funny news. I have 2 comments about it: First, don't bet your house on a free Dr. Pepper this year. Second, I'm wondering why they are so mean toward Slash, he deserves his free drink as much as everybody else. So I would like to personally offer him and his wife a free Jack Daniels & Dr. Pepper, just contact me guys! And you can get it no matter if the album comes out or not!
DALLAS. For long-suffering Guns N' Roses fans, it's come to this, putting their faith in free soda.
Fourteen years after frontman Axl Rose and his '90s bandmates started recording the now-mythical "Chinese Democracy," soft drink maker Dr Pepper says it will give away a free soda to everyone in America if the album is finally released in 2008.
The offer didn't escape the attention of Rose. Fans of the blockbuster rock group have been virtually taunted over the last decade with perpetual rumors of the album's completion.
"We are surprised and very happy to have the support of Dr Pepper with our album 'Chinese Democracy,' as for us, this came totally out of the blue," Rose said in a statement on the band's Web site.
Greg Artkop, a spokesman for Plano (Dallas suburb)-based Dr Pepper, said the company is simply fans of the band. But with "Chinese Democracy" into its second decade of recording, he wouldn't put odds on the offer succeeding.
"Only one man knows," Artkop said, referring to Rose.
Rose is the only remaining original member of Guns N' Roses, whose albums "Appetite for Destruction" and "Use Your Illusion," Vols. 1 and 2, vaulted the band to worldwide popularity.
(Source: Houston Chronicle)
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Original press release:
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Dr Pepper officially declares support for Chinese Democracy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact:Chris Kooluris
Ketchum for Dr. Pepper
(646) 935-4098
Chris.Kooluris@ketchum.com
DR PEPPER WILL GIVE EVERYONE* IN AMERICA A FREE SODA IF AXL ROSE RELEASES NEW GUNS N’ ROSES ALBUM, CHINESE DEMOCRACY, IN 2008
*Guitarists Slash and Buckethead Will Not Be Eligible For Free Soda
PLANO, Texas (March 26, 2008) - Tired of a world in which Americans idolize wannabe singers and musicals about high schoolers pass as rock ‘n roll music, Dr Pepper is encouraging (ok, begging) Axl Rose to finally release his 17-year-in-the-making belabored masterpiece, Chinese Democracy, in 2008.
In an unprecedented show of solidarity with Axl, everyone in America, except estranged GNR guitarists Slash and Buckethead, will receive a free can of Dr Pepper if the album ships some time -- anytime! -- in 2008. Dr Pepper supports Axl, and fully understands that sometimes you have to make it through the jungle before you get it right.
"It took a little patience to perfect Dr Pepper’s special mix of 23 ingredients, which our fans have come to know and love,- said Jaxie Alt, director of marketing for Dr Pepper. -So we completely understand and empathize with Axl's quest for perfection - for something more than the average album. We know once it's released, people will refer to it as "Dr Pepper for the ears" because it will be such a refreshing blend of rich, bold sounds - an instant classic.
Show your support for Axl and get on the nightrain of encouragement at http://www.chinesedemocracywhen.blogspot.com/ -
additional link: http://www.chinesedemocracywhen.blogspot.com/
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