be more pleased with his new band, Perfect, which is much more focused, and in the expected drunken-Johnny Thunders guitar-rock style." In 1997 the group entered the studio with producer Jim Dickinson to produce their debut album, tentatively titled Seven Days a Week. Stinson had now switched back to bass for the departed Cooper, and added Dave Philips on guitar. Despite completing the album, it was shelved by Regency Pictures, who had acquired Medium Cool distributors Restless Records, which led to the group's eventual breakup in 1998. The album itself was leaked onto the internet through advance copies were sent out to record labels, however a remixed and resequenced version of Seven Days a Week, retitled Once, Twice, Three Times a Maybe, was released by Rykodisc in 2004. which was, much like the EP, well received. Guns N' Roses (1998–2014) Also in 1998, Stinson joined Guns N' Roses, Stinson was recommended to the group by his friend Josh Freese, who was the band's drummer at the time. Guitarist Richard Fortus described Stinson's role as the band leader and “ultimate musical director” during rehearsals and recordings when vocalist Axl Rose was away. Stinson's bass playing is featured prominently on the track "Oh My God", featured on the soundtrack to the movie End of Days, as well as their long-delayed Chinese Democracy album which was eventually released in 2008. Stinson played bass on 13 of the 14 songs on the album, was credited for arrangements on "Riad N' the Bedouins", performed backing vocals on ""Chinese Democracy", "Better", "Street of Dreams", "There Was a Time", & "Riad N' the Bedouins", and co-wrote "Chinese Democracy", "Street of Dreams", "There Was a Time", "Catcher in the Rye", & "Riad N' the Bedouins". Stinson is also credited as co-writer on the 2021 Guns N' Roses track "Hard Skool", initially written during the Chinese Democracy sessions. On November 24, 2006 at Cleveland's Quicken Loans Arena, Axl Rose called the Eagles of Death Metal (one of Guns N' Roses' opening acts) the "Pigeons of Shit Metal." Jesse Hughes, the Eagles of Death Metal's lead singer, told NME that Stinson took his bass off and threw it on the floor saying "Fuck you, that's it" and threatened to leave the band. Stinson did not leave Guns N' Roses; however, the Eagles of Death Metal were fired from the tour. On December 2, 2006, Stinson issued a statement reading, in