While work was being finished on "Oh My God", Finck left to rejoin Nine Inch Nails. In January 2000, the Guns N' Roses manager, Doug Goldstein, said Chinese Documentary was "99% done" and was set for release in mid-2000. In a February 2000 Rolling Stone interview, Rose said it had been delayed partially because he was learning how to use new recording technology: "It's like from scratch, learning how to work with something, and not wanting it just to be something you did on a computer."
