W. Axl Rose

Well I was born as William Bruce Rose, Jr. on February 6, 1962 in Lafayette, Indiana. I have a sister and a step-brother. My mom Sharon changed my last name when she married that Pentecostal holy rollin' prick Stephen. I was mentally and physically abused by my step-father, and physically abused by my biological father. Both men abused my mother, and seemingly she attracted only these kind of men. My biological father left when I was 2 which I found out later in life, and she refused to leave Stephen regardless of what harm he caused her and her children. Such is life though, you live and you learn. I was in a choir as a boy, and used music to escape my everyday existence. However I was not permitted to listen to what was called "The Devils Music". As a teenager I rebelled from what Stephen and my mother had tried to preach to me as "their" proper way of life. I changed my name back to Rose when I was 17, and learned that the man I believed was my biological father for all those years wasn't my biological father at all. I didn't want to share a name with my biological father either so I shortened "William" to "W." and later added "Axl" to my name after a band I was in as a child. I was kicked out of my childhood home at 16 for not cutting my hair short. So at 17 I decided to come to California, hence where the "Welcome to the Jungle" song originated from. I have been in numerous bands throughout my life. To name a few: Hollywood Rose, Rapidfire, and L.A. Guns are more recognized than the bands I was in during my youth. All of those bands and the members didn't last so in 1985 we formed Guns N' Roses, and the rest was history. We (the band that is), signed a contract with Geffen Records a year later, and quickly became famous for our music and our actions. I have been married twice. Both times to women I deeply loved, and to my dismay both marriages did fail. I have no children of my own currently, but there was a time long ago I would have been a father and was looking forward to it more than anything. We (again the band) broke up slowly over a couple of years in the mid to late 90's. The break up was due to major conflicts of interest and creative differences. I wanted to go in a different direction with our music. So I compiled a new and better GNR in my opinion. Which seems to be a topic of discussion among the die hard original GNR fan's. I did whether you want to hear it or not legally obtain the Guns N' Roses name. But let's be honest with ourselves people I could sing and parade around in front of a band full of monkeys and you all would still buy the tickets and come to see the show. On another note, I have had some very unfortunate parting's within the new GNR line-up due to no fault of my own. We are however currently in the studio working extremely hard on completing our next album which you all know is going to be entitled "Chinese Democracy", and re-recording previous band members parts with the new band. I do admit I have done somethings throughout my life that I wouldn't necessarily say that I am proud of and that I have probably hurt a few people in the process, but we as human beings learn from these mistakes and they make us stronger. That brings us to the present, and I'm still the most mysterious front man of all time, ha ha. I can't shit without someone wanting to know about it.....