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The Guns N Roses Aren't Satisfied With Dr. Pepper

by mazevedo | November 26, 2008 at 05:47 pm

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The soft-drink maker said in March it would give a free pop to everyone in the country if the band's "Chinese Democracy" album were released this year. Notorious for being delayed since recording began in 1994, the album went on sale Sunday.

Dr. Pepper did offer free Dr. Pepper for 24hrs in its site however the site had several problems and was very unsatisfactory. Lots of people were left with no drinks.

According Gutman the band's lawyer, the band made good on their promise however Dr Pepper did not. This has severely damaged the release of "Chinese Democracy" the Guns new album. The lawyer now demands a full page apology in several high visualized newspapers in the U.S. including the NY Times, LA Times, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal.

This is not the first time big time artists have problems with these times of companies, 50 Cent has sued Taco Bell Corp. for $4 million in damages by using his name without permission.

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Jordan Yerman

at 05:26 on November 27th, 2008

I seriously doubt that a free can of soda would be the deciding factor for whether or not to buy this record.

Mary Richard

at 06:47 on November 27th, 2008

They should have either shut up or put up! Wonder how many hours of the 24 hour giveaway their website was down?

LisaV (not verified)

at 07:38 on November 30th, 2008

I don't care for axl or dr. pepper. I wanted to get one of those coupons as a gift to a friend. The website was completely inacessessable starting at midnight and continuing on the whole 24 hours. Apparently according to another article I read, Dr.pepper offered a phone number to call.

I would like to know where this phone number was brought up. Honestly I don't drink that stuff anyways, all soda is practically poison. You wonder why there are so many cases of cardiac arrest and cancer in this country, its the junk your putting into your body advertised by the masses. Hell, I say down with all soda companies. Dr.Pepper deserves an ass chewing for this one, they should have accounted to the fact that they advertised for months, widely on television and the internet and they can't provide the proper bandwidth for their website. Poor excuse.