MÖTLEY CRÜE Representatives 'Know Nothing' About Gig With GUNS N' ROSES

February 23, 2006

Representatives for MÖTLEY CRÜE "claim to know nothing" about the group's previously announced June 9 in Dublin's RDS Arena as the support act for GUNS N' ROSES, according to MTV.com. In addition, representatives for both Geffen and Interscope, the two labels most likely to release GUNS N' ROSES new album, "Chinese Democracy", said they didn't have any information about a release date for the album or even which label might release it.

According to MTV.com, GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose stopped into a New York nightclub early on the morning of February 10 reportedly to continue the celebration of his 44th birthday (although his birthday is actually Febuary 6).

At about 5:30 a.m. when Barry Mullineaux and Mike Satsky, owners of the club Stereo, opened their doors to Rose and a handful of his friends, who'd been booted from another club at the standard New York watering-hole closing time of 4 a.m. As a sign of his gratitude, Mullineaux said Rose sent someone to his hotel room to retrieve two CDs, each one containing 10 tracks.

"He was talking with everybody freely about how he's been off for 10 years, and how even though Slash and the rest of the guys [have moved ahead with their careers by starting] VELVET REVOLVER, he's been holding back," Mullineaux told MTV.com. "He said this album will show everyone who was the main ingredient from GNR. He was freely answering questions about his work, the band, what happened with the split, the direction he's headed in — and the music sounded great."

Mullineaux, who said he manned the DJ booth and spun the discs for Rose, said several of the tracks reminded him of classic GNR, with moments of uncharacteristic heaviness. Axl "kept telling me to put back #3 — I guess that was his favorite song," he said. "He wanted to play that one over and over, like six times. He was really getting into it and rockin' out. Everybody was surprised at how good it sounded. And that third track, that was the song where his voice sounded the best; the smoothest."

Merck Mercuriadis, Rose's manager, declined requests from MTV.com for comment on multiple questions regarding the band's forthcoming activities, including its current lineup, the festival appearances or the status of "Chinese Democracy", saying only that the Sanctuary Group will "be issuing a press release in due course."

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