Guns N’ Roses denies Slash ban
p2pnet view Music | P2P:- A Guns N’ Roses mouthperson denies the band ordered fans not to wear Slash clothing at a recent concert in Canada.
For those among you who don’t know who or what Slash is, or why Guns N’ Roses should care, ‘Slash’ is an ex-band member who fell out with Axl Rose (right).
Rose, in turn, is, to all intents and purposes, Guns N’ Roses.
Is it possible Rose could be so petty?
In a word, Yup.
“If you’re Canadian and you’re looking for a concert to avoid, what better than the upcoming GNR shows?” – p2pnet asked last October, going on >>>
Skwerl, p2pnet posted in March. Now that’s a hardcore name for a hardcore Internet pirate, if ever there was one!
Known to his mum and girl-friend as Kevin Cogill, FBI agents, acting for the corporate music industry, arrested Skwerl in his jammies last year.”
His alleged crime?
Uploading nine unreleased tracks from the not eagerly awaited then upcoming Guns N` Roses album Chinese Democracy to his blog.
The RIAA, FBI and Guns ‘N Roses wanted Kevin jailed but, “To their anger, he was instead ordered to serve two months of home confinement and a year of parole for breaking federal copyright law.”
But, “now it’s Skwerl’s turn to laugh,” we said, adding:
“In an ironic twist, Guns N’ Roses is being accused of, you guessed it, copyright infringement.”
Guns N’ Roses and Universal Music Group’s Interscope-Geffen A&M label were sued by British label Independiente and the U.S. arm of Domino Recording Company, who own the licensing rights to songs by German electronic musician Ulrich Schnauss, said Billboard.
Singer Axl Rose and Guns N’ Roses band members and album producers copied portions of two of Schnauss’ songs — ‘Wherever You Are’ and ‘A Strangely Isolated Place’ — for a song used on the band`s last album called ‘Riad N’ the Bedouins’ according to the lawsuit, it says.
Meanwhile, of the Slash ban, “TMZ had reported that on Jan. 20, security banned Slash paraphernalia at a Guns N’ Roses concert in Regina,” says the Canwest News Service, adding:
“Citing security for Regina’s Brandt Centre as their source, the story alleged that fans were told to turn their Slash shirts inside out and to leave their top hats (Slash’s trademark head attire) outside.
“Guns N’ Roses management has put out a statement denying it has banned fans from wearing Slash apparel at recent gigs. Senior officials at the Brandt Centre also deny the claim.”
Now you know. 
..… and identi.ca
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win ~ Mahatma Gandhi
p2pnet – Guns ‘N Roses Canada tour, October 21, 2009
nine unreleased tracks – GNR uploader Kevin Cogill pleads ‘guilty’, November 11, 2008
Skwerl’s turn to laugh – Guns N’ Roses sued for copyright violation, October 8, 2009
Canwest News Service – Guns N’ Roses denies banning fans in Slash attire, January 25, 2010
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January 26th, 2010 at 6:42 pm
To Guns N’ Roses, I only have this to say: karma is a bitch.