Big Pat: There is a tremendous buzz right now with regards to the Dr. Pepper challenge. What brought this on? * Greg Artkop: "Dr Pepper believes the world needs more GN'R. We wanted to do our part to get Chinese Democracy out of the studio and into our iPods."

Big Pat: On the GN'R official web site, Axl responded to the challenge, quite quickly in fact! To fans that was a surprise. Did you read his response? If so could you comment on it? * Greg Artkop: "We were extremely pleased that Axl responded so quickly - and favorably - to our offer. I guess we'll have to expand to include a Dr Pepper for Buckethead. That was an interesting and unexpected bonus!"

Big Pat: Has your company gone as far as developing a plan to carry out the distribution of their product should the album actually be released this year? If so and you can share what is it? * Greg Artkop: "If the album is released in 2008, everyone will have the opportunity to download a coupon for a free Dr Pepper from our website." - more on this story

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