1996.02.02 - Entertainment Weekly - Is there anybody out there?

Is there anybody out there?
What's going on with those projects that got press, and then simply faded

By A.J. Jacobs

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Project: Guns N’ Roses’ next CD.

Status: In the three years since their last album, 1992’s ”The Spaghetti Incident?” Axl Rose & Co. seemingly lost their illusion. Rose was busy jamming with ex-wife Erin Everly’s lawyers in a messy annulment, while also getting over a bitter breakup with ex-fiancee and Victoria’s Secret model Stephanie Seymour. Meanwhile, Slash released It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere last year, a critically and commercially weak solo effort. But with such worries behind them, Guns’ publicist, Bryn Bridenthal, promises a new album will hit shelves by the end of ’96, adding that the band members are currently working on new songs and occasionally playing together. ”People are saying that music’s changed since their last album,” says Bridenthal. ”But they’ll do whatever they want.”

Prognosis: ”In their world, they’re right on schedule,” says Bridenthal.

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