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Guns N’ Roses vs. Ulrich Schnauss

This one popped up in the news today.

Ulrich Schnauss, a German electronic artist, filed suit against Guns N’ Roses, saying that its song “Riad N’ the Bedouins” includes unauthorized samples of his tracks “Wherever You Are” and “A Strangely Isolated Place.” But in a statement, the manager Irving Azoff said that the band “vigorously contests these claims.”

source: New York Times

Hear for yourself:

Ulrich Schnauss – “Wherever You Are” (2007)
Guns N’ Roses – “Riad N’ the Bedouins” (1994-2008?)
Ulrich Schnauss – “A Strangely Isolated Place” (2003)
Guns N’ Roses – “Riad N’ the Bedouins” (1994-2008?)
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6 Responses to “Guns N’ Roses vs. Ulrich Schnauss”

  1. Rocket says:
    October 9, 2009 at 6:47 am

    There are way too many similarities between the 2 songs and as much as I love GNR they can try and deny the originality of their music all they want but I don’t buy it. “Wherever You Are” – Ulrich Schauss’s song was a direct ripjob from whomever GNR directly or indirectly stole the riff from.

    Hope they have a $Million in the bank.

    Cheers,

    Rocket

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  2. Uh...How else to sink a good name now?? says:
    October 10, 2009 at 3:58 am

    down, down, down, goes a good rep…

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  3. Uh...How else to sink a good name now?? says:
    October 10, 2009 at 3:59 am

    DOWN DOWN DOWN goes a good name…

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  4. John says:
    July 25, 2011 at 1:55 pm

    The songs are absolutely different but those part are absolutely the same thing… with some sounds recorded over… Axl… pay attention next time… ;-)

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  5. Steve says:
    December 29, 2011 at 8:34 pm

    “I really do not aim at any originality.” (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

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  6. Travis says:
    January 21, 2012 at 7:02 pm

    how about these

    guns n roses:chinese democracy(listen carefully to the guitar in this area since its very brief)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvCjIF6RhIA#t=1m10s

    now we have the cult:fire woman

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raql_Hh_NmU#t=0m32s

    now Theory of a deadman(toad):bad girlfriend

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2k8qjSnvS0#t=0m13s

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