W.Axl Rose

Unlike the other members of Guns N' Roses, I was never known for excessive drug use. I did not disavow the use of illicit substances, stating in a 1989 interview, "I have a different physical constitution and different mindset about drugs than anybody I've known in Hollywood, because I don't abstain from doing drugs, but I won't allow myself to have a fuckin' habit. I won't allow it." After Guns N' Roses became successful, I noted that I had stopped using any sort of hard drugs.Although I was not been known for alcohol abuse, on June 27, 2006, I was arrested in Stockholm, Sweden, after an early morning altercation in my hotel lobby with hotel security. I alleged to have bitten a security guard's leg and shattered an antique lobby mirror while in a drunken rage. I later commented in a press release: "We had a great gig in Stockholm and I am not going to let this incident spoil that. My assistant Beta and I were talking in the lobby of the hotel when security started to give us a hard time. My only concern was to make sure she was ok." After spending the next several hours in a Stockholm drunk tank, I admitted to all charges and paid roughly $6,000 in fines and was released and the Summer European tour continued as scheduled.