Chinese Democracy According to "Rolling Stone", engineer Andy Wallace, who had worked with Nirvana, Sepultura, Slayer, and Bad Religion, was working on the album that year. Stinson stated that year that most of the album had been recorded collaboratively in 2001, and had been "pretty much done" since then. On December 14, on the Guns N' Roses website, Rose announced the cancellation of four shows, citing the need for more time to work on "Chinese Democracy". He also announced that the band had ended their relationship with Mercuriadis, and announced a tentative release date of March 6, 2007, the first time 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