purplestargirl Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 1 hour ago, starlight said: Since it's already July 23th Happy Birthday Slash! I wonder if Slash still remembers how to do all of that BMX stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tori72 Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 (edited) Oh MAN! Can't even look at it. They let Axl fucking Rose wander the street, harassed by fans looking for his car, not finding it and being a little desorientated because he's drunk. What a freaking show. There is some real second-hand emberassement for me going on here. Can hardly stand it. I still hate him for the AFD30 prank and all but things like this make me feel sorry for the old, vulnerable little man without real friends or family to take care of him properly as he clearly is not able to do this on his own. I wished he'd grow some balls, get a grip and sort his life out. On so many levels actually but most importantly for him on a personal level. Edited July 23, 2017 by Tori72 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tori72 Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 How can I post an Instagram story? Why is Fernando having naked Axl with the skull in his living room? Jeez They're so .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplestargirl Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 1 hour ago, Tori72 said: How can I post an Instagram story? Why is Fernando having naked Axl with the skull in his living room? Jeez They're so .... Wait, what? That's a little - okay it's very strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplestargirl Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 1 hour ago, Tori72 said: How can I post an Instagram story? Why is Fernando having naked Axl with the skull in his living room? Jeez They're so .... I just saw the video....I thought a naked real-life Axl actually made an appearance. I was wrong. It's still strange to have a portrait of your boss naked holding a skull in front of his privates in your possession. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frey Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 6 minutes ago, Tori72 said: How can I post an Instagram story? Why is Fernando having naked Axl with the skull in his living room? Jeez They're so .... Do we know for sure that's Fernando's living room? I watched that video and was like.... "Why does Axl have a naked picture of himself in his NY apartment? " "No wait, doe he even still have a NY apartment? Maybe it's Sante D'Orazio's apartment. So Sante D'Orazio has a giant picture of naked Axl in his living room? " "But actually, doesn't Fernando live in NY too? And he was the one who made the video, SO DOES FERNANDO HAVE A GIANT PICTURE OF NAKED AXL IN HIS APARTMENT?!!! " .... Jeeeeeez. This weirds me out. I don't know how to post an Insta story, but someone already made some screenshots 6 hours ago, Whiskey Rose said: That's true! And I think that outburst came bc he was embarrassed. Yeah, he seemed pretty embarrassed to me too. 7 hours ago, killuridols said: I watched it again and I can't believe how stupid those people are. Vanessa, she's the one who came out first and was supposed to lead Axl to the car, but when she saw he wanted to sign some stuff she walked away, left him alone and disappeared. Axl got lost (also being drunk didn't help) and thought his car was the first one. Then Vanessa comes to yell to him "Axl, wrong car!!!" and I hear some guy saying something like "doesn't matter, get in there anyway". The video cuts and then they make him get out of the car, he goes to the next one and I can see ANDREI already sitting at the front and Axl is not allowed to get into that car either and he goes to the next one and same shit!!! So, as you can see, he is the last one to get a fucking car while the rest of the leeches are already pretty comfortable in their car seats (which Axl pays for!!!! ) and that idiot surfer guy who is completely useless acts tough against the camera guy, loooool, of course they don't want fans to see the treatment they give to uncle Axl but I'm so glad there was a camera there because this is yet another evidence of the freak show being totally incompetent And omg, how annoying all those people following Axl to ask for autographs when anyone with half a brain could notice he was not well, pissed off and done signing 7 hours ago, Andy14 said: Where the fuck is Gio to kick their asses??? And I don't mean only the ebayers and the camera guy, but the whole freak show. Why is Axl leaving the club first (together with the intelligent models )? Where are Nando, Andrei and the rest? Why his car wasn't the first in front of the club? Dammit, Axl, come back to Europe. We will take care of you here 8 hours ago, killuridols said: His entourage is fucking useless, though. They live off him and they don't take care of him properly. I agree about the entourage being useless and not taking care of him. What really struck me about this video is just how helpless, overwhelmed and exhaused Axl looks. Like a frail old man. That moment when he just leaned on the lamp post there in a resigned sort of way was really awkward to watch. The guy seriously needs some better nannies/care takers. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tori72 Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 20 minutes ago, purplestargirl said: I just saw the video....I thought a naked real-life Axl actually made an appearance. I was wrong. It's still strange to have a portrait of your boss naked holding a skull in front of his privates in your possession. Oh yeah, sorry for the confusion! LOL That would have been SOOO strange indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tori72 Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 16 minutes ago, Frey said: Do we know for sure that's Fernando's living room? I watched that video and was like.... "Why does Axl have a naked picture of himself in his NY apartment? " "No wait, doe he even still have a NY apartment? Maybe it's Sante D'Orazio's apartment. So Sante D'Orazio has a giant picture of naked Axl in his living room? " "But actually, doesn't Fernando live in NY too? And he was the one who made the video, SO DOES FERNANDO HAVE A GIANT PICTURE OF NAKED AXL IN HIS APARTMENT?!!! " .... Jeeeeeez. This weirds me out. I don't know how to post an Insta story, but someone already made some screenshots You made me laugh so much. Thanks haha. Weirded out Frey is hilarious 18 minutes ago, Frey said: What really struck me about this video is just how helpless, overwhelmed and exhaused Axl looks. Like a frail old man. That moment when he just leaned on the lamp post there in a resigned sort of way was really awkward to watch. The guy seriously needs some better nannies/care takers. The bolded, that's what I felt / saw so much. But again, he's the one to be hold accountable for his lonelyness in his golden cage. His doing right there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy14 Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 1 hour ago, Tori72 said: How can I post an Instagram story? Why is Fernando having naked Axl with the skull in his living room? Jeez They're so .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frey Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 26 minutes ago, Tori72 said: The bolded, that's what I felt / saw so much. But again, he's the one to be hold accountable for his lonelyness in his golden cage. His doing right there. Eh, I don't know. We've had this discussion before and I think it was @killuridols who once pointed out that Axl basically had care takers his entire life and was lucky that he always had someone who'd watch out for his ass and feed him/let him live with them. At first it was friends and girlfriends who did it out of the goodness of their hearts (Izzy, Gina, Erin, etc.), then it was hired babysitters (as Niven calls them) who got payed to babysit him. But at this point, after so many years, I have no idea how capable Axl even is of living independently. And the situation he is in now is something that developed slowly over years (decades even) as a natural extension of one of his more professional babysitters (Duswalt) quitting and Beta moving in to fill that role. Duswalt strikes me as a nice guy and he kept some professional distance from Axl that probably wouldn't have led to the kind of emotional entanglement and co-dependency thing that is now going on with Beta and TB in general. Maybe if Duswalt had stuck around instead of Beta, that would have given Axl some room to grow and develop, maybe even start a family of his own or something. But as it was, Beta swooped in, ready to play Mommy and Axl fell right into the 'baby role' for various reasons and he's seemingly become less independent and more helpless and confused ever since. I can't really hold Axl's emotional and psychological issues that led to the situation we have now against him, it'd feel like blaming someone who's mentally retarded or low IQ for not being able to understand a new concept or not being able to figure something out on their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italian girl Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 The old Axl would have fired them the Morning After!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tori72 Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 1 hour ago, Frey said: Eh, I don't know. We've had this discussion before and I think it was @killuridols who once pointed out that Axl basically had care takers his entire life and was lucky that he always had someone who'd watch out for his ass and feed him/let him live with them. At first it was friends and girlfriends who did it out of the goodness of their hearts (Izzy, Gina, Erin, etc.), then it was hired babysitters (as Niven calls them) who got payed to babysit him. But at this point, after so many years, I have no idea how capable Axl even is of living independently. And the situation he is in now is something that developed slowly over years (decades even) as a natural extension of one of his more professional babysitters (Duswalt) quitting and Beta moving in to fill that role. Duswalt strikes me as a nice guy and he kept some professional distance from Axl that probably wouldn't have led to the kind of emotional entanglement and co-dependency thing that is now going on with Beta and TB in general. Maybe if Duswalt had stuck around instead of Beta, that would have given Axl some room to grow and develop, maybe even start a family of his own or something. But as it was, Beta swooped in, ready to play Mommy and Axl fell right into the 'baby role' for various reasons and he's seemingly become less independent and more helpless and confused ever since. I can't really hold Axl's emotional and psychological issues that led to the situation we have now against him, it'd feel like blaming someone who's mentally retarded or low IQ for not being able to understand a new concept or not being able to figure something out on their own. Sorry, I don't really get what you're saying. Is he to be held accountable of his own life or not? Aren't you contradicting yourself here or is it my english? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfierose Posted July 23, 2017 Author Share Posted July 23, 2017 3 hours ago, Frey said: Do we know for sure that's Fernando's living room? I watched that video and was like.... "Why does Axl have a naked picture of himself in his NY apartment? " "No wait, doe he even still have a NY apartment? Maybe it's Sante D'Orazio's apartment. So Sante D'Orazio has a giant picture of naked Axl in his living room? " "But actually, doesn't Fernando live in NY too? And he was the one who made the video, SO DOES FERNANDO HAVE A GIANT PICTURE OF NAKED AXL IN HIS APARTMENT?!!! " .... Jeeeeeez. This weirds me out. I don't know how to post an Insta story, but someone already made some screenshots That is kind of weird however the size of the picture (relative to the apartment) makes me think it might be on it's way to an exhibition of some sort rather than something he wants adorning his wall. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frey Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 14 minutes ago, Tori72 said: Sorry, I don't really get what you're saying. Is he to be held accountable of his own life or not? Aren't you contradicting yourself here or is it my english? How am I contradicting myself? I'm saying it's basically pointless to spend time blaming Axl for the situation he is in now for the most part. The same way it is pointless to blame someone with low IQ for being not very bright. Or the same way it would be pointless to blame Duff for his anxiety/panic disorder and his subsequent substance abuse that led to him nearly killing himself. I'd even say it's pointless to blame Izzy or Slash for their substance abuse and drug addictions, even though they have less of an 'excuse' than Duff, Steven or Axl. Ultimately, you can never really understand what led someone to make the choices and mistakes they made unless you've walked a mile in their shoes, especially if it's a situation that progressively worsened over a long span of time in a slow, creeping kind of way (which is what I tried to outline above). It's easy to point fingers and say "He shouldn't have started drinking/doing heroin in the first place" or "He should have fired that woman long ago", but at the end of the day we weren't the ones living a certain situation and laying blame is the least helpful and unproductive thing you can do imo. The focus should be on finding ways to help people in fucked up situations (no matter how they got there) and how to help them make better choices. Unfortunately for Axl though, we're only concerned spectators who can't do anything but watch videos like the one that appeared earlier with worry and slight disgust at the entire situation. He doesn't really seem to have anyone around him to help and he doesn't seem to have the strength to help himself either, so I think he's basically screwed, especially as he gets older. I think watching Axl turn into an old man won't be pretty, especially when people like Beta might need care themselves (or might die before him) and Beta's children will only become busier with their own growing families. 1 minute ago, alfierose said: That is kind of weird however the size of the picture (relative to the apartment) makes me think it might be on it's way to an exhibition of some sort rather than something he wants adorning his wall. Yes, that thought has crossed my mind as well and I really hope you're right 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Andy14 Posted July 23, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted July 23, 2017 55 minutes ago, Frey said: Yes, that thought has crossed my mind as well and I really hope you're right Omg, Frey. How long have you been the chairman of this thread? How come it hasn't even crossed your mind that the huge framed naked Axl with a skull is the ideal present for Slash's birthday . Naked gingers with skulls are practically all over Slash's Instagram . 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lumikki Posted July 23, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted July 23, 2017 (edited) I'm interrupting the Axl-related sadness and worrying for a moment to post some new old pics by Mark Weiss I came across earlier. I love it when we get new pics from back in the day or at least better quality versions of old pics. This one for example. I've seen other pics from that photoshoot, but never this one. He's still such an adorable little puppy here lol. Bigger and better version of this famous picture: Also from the same day, also adorable, and in better quality than the versions I had until now: More huge ass Axl pics under the spoiler tag, because it's actually Slash's birthday... Spoiler ... so I guess I should actually be posting the Slash pictures Mark Weiss shared: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY FAVORITE GUITARIST ON THE PLANET! Wonder if we're gonna hear anything about his birthday this year? I still remember Slash's birthday last year very well, it gave us a lot to talk about and speculate in the thread back then Would be cool if Axl could remember his Twitter password again to publically wish Slash a Happy Birthday, as Slash has done for him more than once, but I'm not holding out much hope Bonus band pics because they're really cool: Edited July 23, 2017 by Lumikki 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post killuridols Posted July 23, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted July 23, 2017 LOL @Frey I think that @alfierose may be right and that picture is part of Sante D'orazio collection and probably that is his apartment (not Fernando's). I have found evidence of previous posts from Sante on IG where that picture appears in a similar environment and then at his studio: ------ Regarding Axl's babysitters.... yeah, I guess this has been going on his entire life but it has to do with the fact that he became a jewel for the industry when he was young and for thaf reason they wanted to keep him safe (especially during those years when he had the spark and looked like he was still productive). After the UYI tour was over all his plans went to hell. His plan was marrying Stephanie and start a family with her. Settle down for a couple years and then go back to the studio. But none of that happened and from that year on, it is like a mountain of shit imploded on him. So he's probably right when he says Beta saved him because he was on the verge of suicide many times and the only people he had around were TB. The problem I see here is that once the storm passed, Axl was not able to rebuild himself and become independent for good. I think the right moment was when he turned 35 or even 40..but instead, he went into more shit, changing his appearance, wanting to replace the whole band and all the rest we know very well. So, what @Tori72 says is not crazy either.... We cant blame TB for all he's done bad. It was on his hands to change his life and he couldnt. What TB might have done wrong is not encouraging him to seek the peace with Slash and Duff earlier... giving into every tantrum, obsession and bad behavior he indulged in... but not even in these cases I can say to which extent it is their fault. Axl is a very difficult guy and its impossible to know for us which is the reason for his loneliness. I dont see a nice future for Axl in the situation he is right now, unless he gets a family of his own, his years ahead will be very lonely. The good part is that he has money and can pay people to take care of him (lots of people cant do this) but then again, you cant buy love and old age is very hard when you dont have people who truly love you. I really hope the TB's children grow to love him and maybe there there will be light at the end of the tunnel. Thats all I can think of. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfierose Posted July 23, 2017 Author Share Posted July 23, 2017 @Lumikki thanks for posting those photos. I love the top one, Axl looks so young, at peace and optimistic somehow (I know he probably wasn't at all ) I may have found a new profile picture if I can work out how to resize it. Edit: I managed it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratam Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 6 hours ago, Frey said: Do we know for sure that's Fernando's living room? I watched that video and was like.... "Why does Axl have a naked picture of himself in his NY apartment? " "No wait, doe he even still have a NY apartment? Maybe it's Sante D'Orazio's apartment. So Sante D'Orazio has a giant picture of naked Axl in his living room? " "But actually, doesn't Fernando live in NY too? And he was the one who made the video, SO DOES FERNANDO HAVE A GIANT PICTURE OF NAKED AXL IN HIS APARTMENT?!!! " .... Jeeeeeez. This weirds me out. I don't know how to post an Insta story, but someone already made some screenshots Yeah, he seemed pretty embarrassed to me too. I agree about the entourage being useless and not taking care of him. What really struck me about this video is just how helpless, overwhelmed and exhaused Axl looks. Like a frail old man. That moment when he just leaned on the lamp post there in a resigned sort of way was really awkward to watch. The guy seriously needs some better nannies/care takers. In my opinion the fraitly in Axl is much drink,this problem made him dependant and frail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tori72 Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 1 hour ago, Andy14 said: Omg, Frey. How long have you been the chairman of this thread? How come it hasn't even crossed your mind that the huge framed naked Axl with a skull is the ideal present for Slash's birthday . Naked gingers with skulls are practically all over Slash's Instagram . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post marlingrl03 Posted July 23, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted July 23, 2017 Another band pic.... Axl is a bit jealous I think. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lumikki Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 (edited) @killuridols Good CSI work! I'm glad to know it's not Fernando's apartment 46 minutes ago, alfierose said: @Lumikki thanks for posting those photos. I love the top one, Axl looks so young, at peace and optimistic somehow (I know he probably wasn't at all ) I may have found a new profile picture if I can work out how to resize it. You're welcome. What you describe is part of what I like about it too. And yeah, it would make for a cool profile picture I think 28 minutes ago, marlingrl03 said: Another band pic.... Axl is a bit jealous I think. Never seen this one before, thanks for sharing Poor Axl. That's the same photoshoot where he was also holding Slash bridal style and then Slash turns around and cuddles up to Steven Or maybe it was the other way round and Axl grabbed Slash and was ready to carry him off to get him away from Steven Edited July 23, 2017 by Lumikki 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgina Arriaga Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Hello. Good day @Lumikki thanks for those pictures! I absolutely love the first one! I can even see his freckles! adorable I could have in my house that nude portrait...jaja @killuridols good job with Sante apartment...it's too intellectual for Fernando 51 minutes ago, killuridols said: I dont see a nice future for Axl in the situation he is right now, unless he gets a family of his own, his years ahead will be very lonely. The good part is that he has money and can pay people to take care of him (lots of people cant do this) but then again, you cant buy love and old age is very hard when you dont have people who truly love you. I don't want this bleak picture for him 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killuridols Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 @Georgina Arriaga lol I thought somewhat the same but intellectual is not the word. More like too artsy for Fernando's lifestyle and character @Lumikki those pictures belong to an auction Mark Weiss is running right now. I have forgotten now but there's a website where you can go place your bid for them and this will run until August 13th. I must say I have tried to purchase these pictures before but they always fuck me up with the bidding. It gets too high for me Im frustrated by seeing those pictures. He's had them for years and I really want one of them at least. The regular price is 1500 dollars!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tori72 Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, marlingrl03 said: Another band pic.... Axl is a bit jealous I think. Izzy's got enough of the foto shoot thingy there And Axl is SO jealous he nearly cries. Oh @Lumikki just saw your pics. Never works with me on my mobile. They're all great and except the ones in front of CBGB I haven't seen before. @Oldest Goat We know. And you LIKE it. Edited July 23, 2017 by Tori72 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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