Robin Finck members Josh Freese and Alessandro Cortini. In November 2008 Guns N' Roses' long-awaited album "Chinese Democracy" was released. Finck has a co-writing credit on the song "Better", which was later released as a single. He also played guitar on every track, performed 7 of the guitar solos and has additional credits for keyboards, arrangements and pre-production. He chose to remain with NIN after the album's release and, on March 21, 2009, was officially replaced as the lead guitarist of Guns N' Roses by guitarist DJ Ashba. The official Guns N' Roses website states that "Robin continues to be part of
Democracy (album) the river Thames at Henley, with Youth reportedly braving the murky waters for a naked swim. "Democracy" was mixed in Sarm West in London's Portobello Road towards the end of 1995, with the exception of the track "Savage Freedom" which was mixed at Butterfly Studios, Brixton, by celebrated British engineer-producer Ott. However, guitarist Geordie Walker has expressed disappointment with the resulting "Democracy" album. After a short tour in the summer of 1996, the band began their longest career hiatus to date, not reforming until 2002 and releasing their second eponymously titled album in 2003. "Democracy" was released on 1 April