Chinese Democracy is the sixth studio album by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, released on November 23, 2008 by Black Frog and Geffen Records. It was the first Guns N' Roses album since the 1993 covers album ""The Spaghetti Incident?"", and the first album of original studio material since "Use Your Illusion I" and "Use Your Illusion II", released simultaneously in 1991. It underwent a protracted recording process, delayed by personnel and legal problems and vocalist Axl Rose's perfectionism. This is their first album to not featured the longtime producer Mike Clink, instead the album was produced by Rose and co-produced by Caram Costanzo in final work.