Chinese Democracy a "toe-tapper". Early Guns N' Roses guitarist Tracii Guns said he thought it was "over-indulgent, sterile and not that exciting". "Chinese Democracy"'s protracted recording process attracted extensive media coverage. According to "Spin", a cottage industry grew around covering its development; "the only way the record could have lived up to its legend would have been to never come out at all". Five years after its release, "Grantland" journalist Steven Hyden wrote: "For years, it was widely assumed "Chinese Democracy" would never come out; in retrospect, the delay is all anybody cares about ... As music, "Chinese Democracy" is merely the
Annuals (band) year. The album would be delayed, however, and by the time of its release, the title would be changed, due in part to the similarly titled album "Born and Raised" by John Mayer. On April 23, 2013, after sitting in "near completed form for almost 18 months," Annuals self-released their long-awaited follow up to "Such Fun", "Time Stamp". A digital-only release, the album was initially released via Bandcamp and is now available for purchase on iTunes, Amazon, and various other music downloading sites. Accompanying the release was the following note from the band: In September 2013, following what the band