As previously announced, Guns N’ Roses have released their new song “The General”. The song, like her previous track “Perhaps” and the two titles “Absurd” (2021) and “Hard Skool” (2022), comes from the recordings of her 2008 album “Chinese Democracy”.
“The General” is available from December 8th not only as a stream but also as a Vinyl on the B-sideor as Guns N’ Roses write, available on the R side of “Perhaps”.
“Let’s F’N’ go”
Axl Rose took over the production of the current new single, while his bandmates Duff McKagan and Slash recorded the song. They were supported by the three keyboardists Dizzy Red, Chris Pittman and Caram Costanzo, the guitarists Richard Fortus and Marc Haggard and the drummer Bryan Mantia. The string arrangements are by Marco Beltrami.
Guns N’ Roses share a snippet of the song along with a visualizer on their Instagram page and write: “The General is out now! Let’s F’N’ go”:
In November 2023, Guns N’ Roses included “The General” for the first time in their setlist for a concert at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.
Should “The General” be released in 2012?
The former Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach had already met in 2007 “Metal Edge” in an interview mentioned how special the song was and that he expected it to be released back in 2012: “I asked Axl if I could mention the song titles and he said, ‘Good’ – and one of my favorite songs is this song called ‘ The General’, it’s by far the heaviest metal song I’ve ever heard from Axl, that slow, grinding riff with that high, spiky, screaming vocals. I asked, ‘When is this coming out?’ And he said ‘2012’ and I was like, ‘Dude, you’re killing me!'”