It took 17 years, but finally classic American rock group Guns N’ Roses is launching “Chinese Democracy,” Agence France-Presse reports.

The band released Use Your Illussion I and Use Your Illusion II albums in 1991, which were the last original recordings of the band before some members including guitarist Slash left the supergroup. After that, the band has gone through a lot of changes, with frontman Axl Rose remaining as the only original member to date.

Songs like “Sweet Child o’ Mine” and “Paradise City” are now classic tunes that emerged from the hard rocking band from Los Angeles. Of course, who can forget their acoustic composition, “Patience,” which also became a hit.

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LOS ANGELES – US supergroup Guns N’Roses will unveil their first original album in 17 years next month with the release of long-awaited work “Chinese Democracy”, a statement said Thursday.

The long-delayed album will go on sale in the United States on November 23 while the title track “Chinese Democracy” has already been released to radio, the band’s managers said.

The album is Guns N’ Roses’ first since the 1991 release of Use of Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II.

“The release of ‘Chinese Democracy’ marks a historic moment in rock n’ roll,” co-managers Irving Azoff and Andy Gould said in a statement. “Guns N’ Roses fans have every reason to celebrate, for this is only the beginning.”