Chinese Democracy album's liner notes. Guns N' Roses Additional musicians Design Production !scope="row"|Ireland (IRMA) !scope="row"|New Zealand (RMNZ) Chinese Democracy Chinese Democracy is the sixth and most recent studio album by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses. Released on November 23, 2008, by Geffen Records, it was the first Guns N' Roses studio album since ""The Spaghetti Incident?"" in 1993, and their first album of original studio material since the simultaneous releases of "Use Your Illusion I" and "II" in 1991. In the mid-1990s, amid creative and personal differences, guitarists Slash and Gilby Clarke, bassist Duff McKagan, and drummer Matt Sorum all
Poison (American band) together, the band found new popularity after a successful greatest hits reunion tour in 1999. The band began the new decade with the release of the long-awaited "Crack a Smile... and More!", followed by the "Power to the People" album. The band toured almost every year to sold out stadiums and arenas. They released a brand new album, "Hollyweird", in 2002 and in 2006 the band celebrated their 20-year anniversary with "" tour and album, which was certified Gold and marked Poison's return to the Billboard top 20 charts for the first time since 1993. Band members have released several