Chinese Democracy

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010
The new Guns 'n' Roses album "Chinese Democracy" is finally seeing the light of day, 17 years after the band first started work on it. In another Soundcheck Smackdown, music critics and listeners debate whether it was worth the wait. Plus: a look inside Tra La La Blip, an electronic collective of intellectually and physically disabled musicians.

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