Editing Chinese Democracy (section)

===Sean Beavan joins===
The band worked with producer [[Sean Beavan]] from late 1998 to early 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sean Beavan interview (2012) / Guns N' Roses / GNR Evolution – Guns N Roses Forum |url=http://www.gnrevolution.com/viewtopic.php?id=12844 |website=www.gnrevolution.com}}</ref><ref name="Beav">{{cite podcast |url=https://gnrcentral.com/2018/02/22/guns-n-roses-chinese-democracy-producer-sean-beavan-interview/ |title=Former Guns N' Roses Producer on Chinese Democracy Talks GNR, Nine Inch Nails & More! |website=GNR Central |date=February 22, 2018 |access-date=July 3, 2018 |archive-date=March 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308175609/https://gnrcentral.com/2018/02/22/guns-n-roses-chinese-democracy-producer-sean-beavan-interview/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Saidman |first=Sorrelle |date=September 18, 1998 |title=Guns n' Roses Eye Producer |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/guns-n-roses-eye-producer-98775/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref> Stinson said that "most of the songs on the album started and ended with what [Beavan] did".<ref name="stins">{{Cite web |last=Rosen |first=Craig |date=January 23, 2017 |title=After Surviving the Replacements and GNR, Tommy Stinson Revives Bash & Pop |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/after-surviving-the-replacements-and-gnr-tommy-stinson-revives-bash-pop-234957501.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180608222749/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/after-surviving-the-replacements-and-gnr-tommy-stinson-revives-bash-pop-234957501.html |archive-date=June 8, 2018 |website=[[Yahoo!]]}}</ref> Beavan recorded Rose's vocals in less than a week, most of which are the takes appearing on the final release.<ref name="Beav" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dynasty |first=Dre |date=December 7, 2015 |title=Richard Fortus on Guns N' Roses, The Dead Daisies, and 2016 |url=https://www.socialmagazine.us/social-magazines-dre-dynasty-ali-abouomar-interview-richard-fortus-of-guns-n-roses/ |website=Social Magazine}}</ref> Beavan claimed to have worked on 35 songs during his time with the band.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Firecloud |first=Johnny |date=August 13, 2008 |title=Antiquiet's Three-Way With 8mm |url=http://antiquiet.com/interviews/2008/08/antiquiets-three-way-with-8mm/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090721130719/http://antiquiet.com/interviews/2008/08/antiquiets-three-way-with-8mm/ |archive-date=July 21, 2009 |website=Antiquiet}}</ref> [[Billy Howerdel]] worked as a [[Pro Tools]] engineer during the album's early development, saying: "I came in, to start, making sounds for Robin Finck, and that kind of turned into this two-and-a-half-year gig with the band."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Krgin |first=Borivoj |date=November 21, 2017 |title=A PERFECT CIRCLE Guitarist Says He 'Became Close' With AXL ROSE During Making Of 'Chinese Democracy' |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/a-perfect-circle-guitarist-says-he-became-close-with-axl-rose-during-making-of-chinese-democracy/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615200311/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/a-perfect-circle-guitarist-says-he-became-close-with-axl-rose-during-making-of-chinese-democracy/ |archive-date=June 15, 2018 |work=[[Blabbermouth.net]]}}</ref> At one point, Rose temporarily abandoned the album so the new lineup could rerecord Guns N' Roses' debut album ''Appetite for Destruction'' (1987), with the intent of using newer recording techniques to "spruce up" ''Appetite''. According to Rose, this forced the new members to "get up to the quality they needed to be at" and helped the writing and recording process.<ref name="Loder99" />{{efn|The re-recordings of ''Appetite'' were never released; except part of the re-recorded version of "Sweet Child O' Mine" appears during the end credits of ''[[Big Daddy (1999 film)|Big Daddy]]'' later that year.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1429782/new-guns-n-roses-makes-mystery-debut-live-album-sessions-underway/ |title=New Guns N' Roses Makes Mystery Debut; Live Album Sessions Underway |work=[[MTV News]] |date=July 9, 1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128140836/http://www.mtv.com/news/1429782/new-guns-n-roses-makes-mystery-debut-live-album-sessions-underway/ |archive-date=January 28, 2020 |access-date=January 28, 2020 }}</ref>}} In May 1999, [[Queen (band)|Queen]] guitarist [[Brian May]] recorded guitar for several songs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.guitarworld.com/news/brian-may-guns-n-roses-chinese-democracy|title=Brian May recalls his "odd" experience recording on-off contributions for Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy|author1=Matt Owen|date=April 20, 2022|website=guitarworld}}</ref>{{efn|None of May's work was featured on the album and May was not informed his contributions were removed, writing on his website in 2008: "I did put quite a lot of work in, and was proud of it. But I could understand if Axl wants to have an album which reflects the work of the members of the band as it is, right now."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Anthony |first=James |date=November 7, 2008 |title=Brian May dropped from Guns N' Roses album |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/nov/07/brian-may-chinese-democracy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625022027/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/nov/07/brian-may-chinese-democracy |archive-date=June 25, 2018 |website=The Guardian}}</ref>}} By mid-1999, Guns N' Roses had recorded over 30 songs, and the album was tentatively titled ''2000 Intentions''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Everley |first=Dave |date=August 21, 1999 |title=Guns N' Roses 2-part article |url=http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/articles/showarticle.php?articleid=27 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317013934/http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/articles/showarticle.php?articleid=27 |archive-date=March 17, 2015 |access-date=April 24, 2015 |work=[[Kerrang!]]}}</ref>