Record Bosses Slam Axl Rose

Sales of the much anticipated Guns 'N' Roses album 'Chinese Democracy' have been lackluster as the band have failed to promote the record correctly, reports claim.

The band's first album in 15 years missed out on the UK top spot to returning Las Vegas giants The Killers, and has failed to set the charts alight stateside. According to reports, label bosses at Geffen Records are understood to have pinned the blame on singer Axl Rose who has been out of contract for two months.

“Everyone knows Axl is a bit of a maverick genius and won’t do anything he doesn’t want to do,” a source told the Sun newspaper."

“The label is really glad to have him back. But it is frustrating because the album would have had a much better chance of going to No1 if he had only been prepared to show his face."

“People have been trying to contact him for two months and he’s been completely AWOL. You would have thought after spending 15 years on an album you might do a few weeks promotion.”