Chinese Democracy he played me these songs, asked me my ideas about them... I actually wrote some melodies and stuff.The music was eclectic and at the time that I was doing it there were no lyrics on the songs that I was working on." In February 2001, Geffen head Jimmy Iovine asked Tom Zutaut, whom the label had fired two years previously, to help Guns N' Roses complete "Chinese Democracy". Zutaut was an A&R man who had discovered the band and guided them through the recording of their previous albums. After they had resolved some personal differences, Rose told Zutaut of his
Democracy (album) Democracy (album) Democracy is the tenth studio album by English rock band Killing Joke. It was released on 1 April 1996 by record label Big Life. Hot on the heels of their successful 1994 "Pandemonium" album and tour, Killing Joke's members converged on the UK from their new-found homes in three continents, to hide away in Cornwall and Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, where the album was produced. Coleman had spent some time decompressing at the end of "Pandemonium" in Sedona, Arizona, where he had been inspired by the new interest in the Native American culture, striking a chord with his previous involvement