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
Chinese Democracy Tour Shit Metal", following with an onstage announcement the band wouldn't open for the Guns during the remainder of the tour. Soon after, Eagles of Death Metal released a statement regarding the incident: "At first the audience refused to welcome us to the jungle, but by the time we took our final bow, it had become paradise city. Although Axl tried to November rain on our parade, no sweet child o' mine can derail the EODM night train. We say live and let die." Chinese Democracy Tour 2007 was a continuation of the previous tour promoting Chinese Democracy. The album had