Chinese Democracy album's liner notes. Guns N' Roses Additional musicians Design Production !scope="row"|Ireland (IRMA) !scope="row"|New Zealand (RMNZ) Chinese Democracy Chinese Democracy is the sixth and most recent studio album by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses. Released on November 23, 2008, by Geffen Records, it was the first Guns N' Roses studio album since ""The Spaghetti Incident?"" in 1993, and their first album of original studio material since the simultaneous releases of "Use Your Illusion I" and "II" in 1991. In the mid-1990s, amid creative and personal differences, guitarists Slash and Gilby Clarke, bassist Duff McKagan, and drummer Matt Sorum all
Chinese Democracy However, plans fell through and only the "art edition" was released in limited quantities. By the time "Chinese Democracy" was released, only 3 of the 14 songs had not been leaked or played live. Music blogger Kevin Cogill streamed nine tracks of "Chinese Democracy" on his website Antiquiet for "an hour or two" in June 2008. Shortly after the leaked files were made available, the website server crashed because of the high volume of user traffic and the tracks were later removed. In August, the FBI arrested Cogill under the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act for releasing copyrighted material. According