Man Arrested For Streaming 'Chinese Democracy'

Man Arrested For Streaming Songs From Guns N Roses' "Chinese Democracy"

posted Aug 27, 2008 at 9:14 PM by deathbringer. (31 Comments)

Band Photo: Guns N Roses (?)

Federal authorities say they have arrested a blogger, 27-year-old Kevin Cogill, suspected of streaming songs from Guns N' Roses yet-to-be released album, "Chinese Democracy," on his Web site, Antiquiet.com, in June. The songs were later removed but had spread across the Internet.

According to an arrest affidavit, Cogill admitted to agents that he posted the songs on his web site.

Read the full article at Billboard.com.

Source: Billboard.com

What's Next?

31 Comments on "Man Arrested For Streaming 'Chinese Democracy'"

Supporter

1. Kalis_wrath writes:

I mis-read and thought the headline read "Man arrested for SCREAMING 'Chineese Democrcy'"

# Aug 27, 2008 @ 9:34 PM ET | IP Logged

2. v writes:

haha me 2 dude!

# Aug 27, 2008 @ 9:47 PM ET | IP Logged

Supporter

3. Kalis_wrath writes:

Glad I am not the only one! I thought it happened in China and to be honest it would have not surprised me!

# Aug 27, 2008 @ 9:53 PM ET | IP Logged

Member

4. godlike writes:

damn db... that was quick.... I just seen that story posted on MSN only a matter of an hour ago.!!

# Aug 27, 2008 @ 9:57 PM ET | IP Logged

Supporter

5. BLACKDOG writes:

Yeah I just read it too.

# Aug 27, 2008 @ 10:10 PM ET | IP Logged

6. b.bristowe writes:

Axl could have probably used the help promoting......

# Aug 28, 2008 @ 12:27 AM ET | IP Logged

Supporter

7. Kalis_wrath writes:

B.b, perhaps he paid the guy off to do it? Would not surprise me.

# Aug 28, 2008 @ 12:35 AM ET | IP Logged

8. b.bristowe writes:

Well somebody got something out of it. For a cd to be streamed and leaked onto the internet this early it had to have been someone dishing it out on the inside.

# Aug 28, 2008 @ 1:34 AM ET | IP Logged

Supporter

9. Kalis_wrath writes:

Well, at some point before an album is released its "leaked." Doesnt matter what album or genre. Some person finds a way to let the album out to the public. Me personally am greatful for those people. If your album is awesome then let us hear it before we buy it! There is nothing I hate more than buying an album for my very hard-earned money and it sucking arse throug a straw!

# Aug 28, 2008 @ 1:46 AM ET | IP Logged

Member

10. Lady-Reaper writes:

well axle has been saying he is releasing these songs for years. someone has to release them.

# Aug 28, 2008 @ 5:29 AM ET | IP Logged

Member

11. Lady-Reaper writes:

The way this album was handled is the biggest joke in rock history.
I mean how long has it been, I mean really.

# Aug 28, 2008 @ 5:32 AM ET | IP Logged

Member

12. wilco writes:

yeah are we still waiting for axel rose he is a gonner i think
yeah i thought you cant not scream in china

# Aug 28, 2008 @ 5:53 AM ET | IP Logged

Member

13. XWigglesX writes:

This got leaked because Axl figured that he is so washed up and no one gives a f*** if he makes music anymore and no one would pay for his tunes. So he just decided that he may as well just leak it.

# Aug 28, 2008 @ 6:40 AM ET | IP Logged

Member

14. Cr4wf0rdTxJ1ng0J4ng0 writes:

Man, f*** that. The sad part is these songs probably aren't worth a shxt anyways. Axl needs to fxcking die in a fire. f*** guns n roses. How does he think he got so famous in the first place? Everyone who owned Appetite for Destruction dubbed at least five tapes off of it to give to other people. These guys are missing the whole point. Look at NIN's last two albums. Or Radiohead's In Rainbows.

Really. I hope Axl Rose fxcking burns in hell.

# Aug 28, 2008 @ 10:21 AM ET | IP Logged

Member

15. That_One_Guy writes:

Yeah, the songs are probably sh*tty anyway, but that's not the point. This f*cking CD has been like 14 years in the making, and I don't think it'll EVER see the light of day.. it's such a joke.

# Aug 28, 2008 @ 10:50 AM ET | IP Logged

Supporter

16. Jomama writes:

Well somebody had to do it! Lord knows Axl won't release it. That's what you get from Buns N' Hoses. I hope this guy doesn't ruin his life over chinese democracy. That would be ridiculous.

# Aug 28, 2008 @ 11:24 AM ET | IP Logged

17. Scary Jesus writes:

I agree. Chinese Democracy will never come, but in China, there will be democracy.

Now Playing: Green Day - Jackass

# Aug 28, 2008 @ 3:07 PM ET | IP Logged

Member

18. Cr4wf0rdTxJ1ng0J4ng0 writes:

ha ha buns n hoses

# Aug 28, 2008 @ 3:34 PM ET | IP Logged

19. G writes:

So when does Chinese Democracy come out? Next year or when Axl announces his retirement?

# Aug 28, 2008 @ 8:08 PM ET | IP Logged

Member

20. b12 writes:

i throw up when i look at axl nowadays

# Aug 28, 2008 @ 11:18 PM ET | IP Logged

Supporter

21. Kalis_wrath writes:

B12, if you know anyone who doesnt atleast get queezy looking at Axl, please take a spiked 2 by four to their head!

# Aug 28, 2008 @ 11:23 PM ET | IP Logged

Member

22. Christfucker writes:

Oh please, like the album was worth waiting for?

# Aug 29, 2008 @ 1:06 AM ET | IP Logged

23. harold of the rocks writes:

punch my butt and smell my d***
i shall render a tale that will leave you sick
my pubes, you see, were set a blaze
dumbstruck was i, by the look of my gaze
so i called for help with dire urgency
and my dad burst just in time to beat off on me

-axl rose

# Aug 29, 2008 @ 2:24 AM ET | IP Logged

24. Manuel writes:

f*** Chinese Democracy. I know that album will really suck when it's out.

# Aug 29, 2008 @ 10:56 AM ET | IP Logged

Member

25. wilco writes:

do have to say slash and the others who left the band were guns and roses
axel rose just came for the ride something went wrong with him
well maybe when he did start wearnig spandex
firts of all he cant sing and with out slash it will never work
so f*** you axel why dont you go sing in the ymca boys team

and yes in china u got a better chance for chinese democracy

# Aug 29, 2008 @ 11:40 AM ET | IP Logged

26. Billie Joe Armstrong writes:

Instead of Chinese Democracy, you should check out my new Green Day record, it'll be out in a couple months.

# Aug 29, 2008 @ 3:17 PM ET | IP Logged

27. Jonny 5 (from the Flobots) writes:

Hello, Billie Joe. I will check out your new Green Day record. You should check out my new Flobots record Fight With Tools.

# Aug 29, 2008 @ 3:43 PM ET | IP Logged

28. Manuel writes:

The Flobots are actually better than Guns N' Roses, System of a Down, Green Day, blink-182 and Fall Out Boy.

# Aug 29, 2008 @ 3:51 PM ET | IP Logged

29. harold of the rocks writes:

edwin scholtz is the greatest frontman of all time

he's also a naughty c*** rag.

he hid mdma tablets in my 2 year old nephews flintstones vitamins. we all had sexy fun that night!

edwin you twat tick. i both adore and adore you.

# Aug 29, 2008 @ 4:20 PM ET | IP Logged

30. D writes:

Post #26 is a fake. That guy is not the real Billie Joe Armstrong.

# Aug 30, 2008 @ 1:06 PM ET | IP Logged

31. Grumbly writes:

Just give up hopes and dreams, guys. Chinese Democracy does not exist and it never will at all. That record is an album's wasted and has been in the works for a very long time. Axl is just too old to make everything happen, especially when he keeps saying that Chinese Democracy will be released. But face it, Chinese Democracy will never come to life. Even if it would, it would have been either a solo album by Axl or an album for a new side project to be formed by Axl.

# Aug 30, 2008 @ 5:45 PM ET | IP Logged

To minimize comment spam/abuse, you cannot post comments on articles over a month old.

Man Arrested For Streaming Songs From Guns N Roses' "Chinese Democracy"

What's Next?

Latest News

Hot Topics