Axl Rose
Axl Rose was bornon 6 February 1962 in Lafayette, Indiana, U.S, American. Love him or hate him; Axl Rose is an illustrious but controversial figure in the world of rock. There have always been two extremes for this personality. Either he is revered by millions of fans around the world or he is looked up as the misogynistic, maniacal lead singer who came from a dysfunctional household and took all his frustrations out on his band members or in his songs. In the last fifteen years, Axl Rose has ranked among the music industry’s most dramatized personalities. His lyrics have always united a profound paranoia that echoes his intensely traumatic childhood, but he brings it all out in an excitingly, freakish manner on stage that audiences either love or abhor. After being kicked out of home and eventually arrested on numerous accounts for public inebriation, he decided to mend his ways by joining the-then ‘L.A. Guns’ and ‘Hollywood Rose’, which combined, became the band that he is lead singer for, ‘Guns N’ Roses’. The band’s first album, ‘Appetite for Destruction’ became a hit all over the world and soon the band began giving one hit after another. After a brief hiatus from the group, he came back to the world of music. He is currently rated as one of the ‘greatest singers of all time’ by NME and Rolling Stone. Scroll further for more.
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‘Guns N’ Roses’ finally released ‘Chinese Democracy’, on November 23, 2008, 15 years after their last album
In 2006, the band once again went on a tour and continued to tour the subsequent year as well
He once again withdrew from the public but not for long as in 2004, he lent his voice for the video game, ‘Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas’
In 2001, he was once again seen at ‘Rock in Rio 3’, with a new lineup of musicians
The final show for ‘Guns N’ Roses’ during the ‘Use Your Illusion Tour’ took place on July 17, 1993, in Buenos Aires, which also proved to be Rose’s last performance with the band for the next seven-and-half years
In 1992, due to his troubled childhood, he underwent past life regression therapy, during which time he recollected periods when he went through sexual abuse and physical abuse
Despite not having an album to promote in 1991, the band left on a two and a half year tour, ‘Use Your Illusion Tour’, for which Rose faced a lot of flak from audiences and critics due to his late starts or on-stage antics
Through the 1990s, he remained a recluse and did not appear in the public much after taking a hiatus from the band
By 1989, ‘Guns N’ Roses’ had become one of the front-runner bands in the world of rock music and the same year, he appeared solo on the cover of the prestigious ‘Rolling Stone’ magazine
‘G N’ R Lies’ released in 1988 and is the second studio album by the band
‘Appetite for Destruction’, the band’s debut album, released on July 21, 1987
Just before signing his official contract with Geffen Records in 1986, he legally got his name changed to W
In 1985, he and former band mate, Tracii Guns formed the band, ‘Guns N’ Roses’ by merging ‘Hollywood Rose’ and ‘L
After he arrived in Los Angeles, he joined the band ‘Rapidfire’, with whom he recorded a demo, in 1983
The album has been featured in the book ‘1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die’ and is still the highest-selling debut rock album of all times
