Magnum Opus

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By 1993, Guns N' Roses had hit practically every benchmark possible for a rock n' roll band. Their eight-year journey had included an explosive and game-changing debut record, a self-indulgent but even more successful double album release, a handful of raucous global tours, and various front-page controversies over their lyrics, band members' drug addictions, and lead singer Axl Rose's rattlesnake temper. The most captivating part of the Guns N' Roses story was just beginning, however. A fifteen-year saga was about to unfold over the creation of the group's sixth studio album, Chinese Democracy -a perverse and jaw-dropping tale that would come to involve not only a small nation of diverse musical talent but also several figures from the world of professional sports, a multinational soft drink company, and the FBI. Cultural critics couldn't agree if the resulting work was unprecedented genius or a criminally mediocre. Magnum Opus: The