Chinese Democracy he played me these songs, asked me my ideas about them... I actually wrote some melodies and stuff.The music was eclectic and at the time that I was doing it there were no lyrics on the songs that I was working on." In February 2001, Geffen head Jimmy Iovine asked Tom Zutaut, whom the label had fired two years previously, to help Guns N' Roses complete "Chinese Democracy". Zutaut was an A&R man who had discovered the band and guided them through the recording of their previous albums. After they had resolved some personal differences, Rose told Zutaut of his
Long Distance Calling (band) and "Boundless" (2018). The band also released two demos and/or split-EPs: "DMNSTRTN" (2006) and "090208" (2008). In 2008, the band played at the Rock am Ring and Roadburn festivals. The group toured Germany in 2009. In 2010, Long Distance Calling and Finnish death/doom band Swallow The Sun supported Katatonia during the New Night Over Europe tour. They most recently supported Protest The Hero on their 2012 European tour. Off the back of the release of "Boundless" the band will be performing live at a number of European summer festivals, including Wacken Open Air 2018. Long Distance Calling (band) Long Distance