Chinese Democracy second-worst GNR record; as a figure of speech, it is shorthand for the grandest of boondoggles." Hyden wrote that the album had served as a lesson for acts who took years to release "comeback" albums, demonstrating the perils of allowing backstory to overshadow the work and failing to provide a familiar product. He compared "Chinese Democracy" to subsequent, successful comeback albums by acts including Daft Punk, David Bowie, Justin Timberlake and My Bloody Valentine, which were "more modest" and offered "well-trod musical territory associated with each artist". "Far Out" saw the album as anachronistic; where Rose had once commanded "loyal
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