Produced with creative director Dan Potter of the London-based studio Creative Works, the video combines live footage with animated sequences that were produced with artificial intelligence.
Just like its fellow ‘new’ Guns N’ Roses tracks ‘Perhaps’, ‘Hard Skool’ and ‘Absurd’, ‘The General’ was originally conceived during the writing sessions for ‘Chinese Democracy’ in the late 1990s and early noughties.
Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan have songwriting credits on the song alongside ‘Chinese Democracy’ drummer Bryan "Brain" Mantia, and Steve Freeman and Marc Haggard.
Guns N’ Roses previously debuted ‘The General’ live at their Hollywood Bowl concert on 2nd November 2023.
Just like its fellow ‘new’ Guns N’ Roses tracks ‘Perhaps’, ‘Hard Skool’ and ‘Absurd’, ‘The General’ was originally conceived during the writing sessions for ‘Chinese Democracy’ in the late 1990s and early noughties.
Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan have songwriting credits on the song alongside ‘Chinese Democracy’ drummer Bryan "Brain" Mantia, and Steve Freeman and Marc Haggard.
