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Chinese Democracy's release date has come and, fortunately, gone. By now we know the album is an overproduced turd (who could have seen that one coming?), but whatever happened with the free cans of soda Dr Pepper was going to give everyone upon the unveiling of Guns N' Roses' anticipated "masterpiece"?

Well, Dr Pepper made good on the promise by offering a coupon on its website for 24 hours, but a problem arose when the demand from thirsty GN'R fans crashed the site. In response, Dr Pepper "extended the window for the giveaway from 24 to 42 hours, added a toll-free line to handle consumer requests for the coupons, and set up an interactive voice recorder to accept coupon requests," according to a CNN report. Ridiculous problem ridiculously solved, right?

Not so fast. Plenty of people still didn't get their free Dr Pepper, and some of these people blame GN'R frontman Axl Rose himself, despite the fact that he wasn't officially involved in the promotion at all.

To clear up the misunderstanding, CNN reports that Guns N' Roses lawyer Laurie Soriano wrote a letter to the good Dr requesting an apology. She told CNN, "The door to a lawsuit being filed is always open until the fans are taken care of and Dr Pepper has done the right thing."

So, wait, Axl Rose can sue Dr Pepper for half-assing a promotion he wasn't involved in because his fans think he's responsible? Hey kids, let's play the misplaced blame game!

P.S. It is funny when a writer for CNN gets a sentence like "No one is LOL" published.