Free Soda My Ass: Axl Sues Dr. Pepper

I’ve been under the assumption for years that Axl Rose is batshit crazy. And I don’t think you can blame me. He’s been known to cause riots. He spent millions of dollars and over a decade on a mediocre (at best) album. He wore a Nazi officer’s hat in the video for “Paradise City”. Not the actions of a sane man. But…

Axl is sane enough to look out for his fans and his image. When Dr. Pepper announced that they would give everyone in the US a free soda if Axl released Chinese Democracy this year he embraced it. When they completely botched the execution of the offer he got pissed. And now he’s suing them.

If you didn’t actually try to get your free Dr. Pepper you may not know all the ways the company screwed up the process. First they gave people a 24-hour window to get their coupon, which would arrive in 6 weeks. Then they failed to plan for the amount of people who would try to get a coupon, and their site was down for pretty much that whole day. This naturally caused a backlash from GNR fans (and people who just wanted a free refreshing beverage). And that pissed Axl off. So he’s suing the company that makes Dr. Pepper. Rock on!

Thanks Axl. You may have made a sometimes-terrible album, but at least you’ve got our back.