The Beautiful (band) 2006, Frank Ferrer has been a member of Guns N' Roses (replacing Bryan Mantia)—supplying drums on the songs "Chinese Democracy", "Better", "If the World", "There Was a Time" and "I.R.S." on their 2008 album, "Chinese Democracy", and touring throughout the world with the band. After the Beautiful and prior to joining Guns N' Roses, Ferrer also played drums for a variety of acts, including The Psychedelic Furs, Perry Farrell, Wyclef Jean and Tool, among others. The musical style of the Beautiful has been described as "A mix of Jane's Addiction at their most wistful and the broody flowery sway of
Chinese Democracy mentioned by those involved in the recording that did not make the final album include "Atlas Shrugged", "Oklahoma", "Thyme", "The General", "Elvis Presley and the Monster of Soul" (also known as "The Soul Monster" and "Leave Me Alone"), "Ides of March", "Silkworms", "Down By The Ocean", "Zodiac", "Quick Song" and "We Were Lying". In 2014, Rose said that a "second part" of "Chinese Democracy" and a remix album were complete and pending release. In August 2014, "Going Down" a song recorded during the sessions was leaked online, as well as remixes of several songs from the album. "Chinese Democracy" marked