GUNS N' ROSES Lashes Out At Dr Pepper; Video Report Available
December 2, 2008, 15 years ago
CNN.com's Kareen Wynter reports:
GUNS N' ROSES became Guns N' Roses N' Lawyers this week.
The band, which released it's first album in 17 years last week, has found itself in a legal tussle with soft drink giant Dr Pepper over a promotion turned awry.
Dr Pepper rolled out a marketing campaign in March promising a "free soda" to "everyone in America" on one condition - Axl Rose, lead singer and frontman for Guns N' Roses, had to "finally release his 17-year-in-the-making belabored masterpiece, Chinese Democracy, in 2008."
Guns N' Roses, often called GN'R by its fans, released the album last week. And Dr Pepper followed through, posting a coupon on its website for a can of soda. There was one catch: fans had 24 hours to go the website and print out the coupon.
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