axlinkafayette Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 I wonder if he has ever visited his grave, its just outside Lafayette. i've been there a couple of times, its a nice little monument to the man who died much too young.Any thoughts/comments?there's a mention of it in this book, but i can't remember the whole story, something about it wasn't convenient for him to travel then, ETChttp://www.amazon.com/Devil-One-Shoulder-Angel-Other/dp/0615252397/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1384478435&sr=8-1&keywords=devil+on+one+shoulder+angel+on+the+other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wfuckinga Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Off topic: I have that book, it's great. I really want to go by Sleepy House on my way to visiting a school soon.On topic: No idea why Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estrangedtwat Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Why is it any of our business?We don't know how close they were. We don't know how much or how little Shannon's death affected him. He never talked about it.Death and funerals are a personal thing. And Shannon was young. It's not an easy thing to deal with. He dealt with it his own way, and for some people that means not attending a funeral.It's weird the things some people wanna know about celebrities. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circusboy666 Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 maybe he knew him showing up would make it a spectacle and had more respect for shannon and his family than to do something like that. some people, myself included, rarely attend funerals as i feel its for family and should not be treated as a social gathering of people who knew them once upon a time and anyway they make me unconfortable. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoyd androyd Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 i know axl was close to shannon's sister growing up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlinkafayette Posted November 15, 2013 Author Share Posted November 15, 2013 Just curious, thats all. i know i read about it in that book, which is very good and has a whole chapter about Axl and Shannon and Don't Cry, ETC.Being that he was a guy from Lafayette, Axl should have gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Maybe he didn't want to be a distraction and weren't that close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NGOG Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 As Axl has never released an autobiography, we can only speculate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trqster Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Axl probably felt that at the funeral, Shannon's relatives, friends and fans were not entitled in any way to assume he'd have to be there. So he didn't show up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquor & Whores Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Am I wrong, or Axl is against the junkies, since he was never one of them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trqster Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 (edited) Am I wrong, or Axl is against the junkies, since he was never one of them?Yes, Axl's only good buddies with alcoholic dysfunctional guys.Seriously if that was any true he'd have had a very lonely social life when he did go to LA - rock & drugs always went hand-in-hand. Edited November 15, 2013 by trqster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowmass Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 Maybe Yoda told him not to go. Or mommy just said no to him. Seriously though- does anyone think he'll even attend Slash or any of the (original) Guns guys funerals if they were to die? The answer is no. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangoSkank Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 if they were to die?Regrettably, I think you mean "when." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NGOG Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 I don't believe Axl attended West Arkeen's funeral either. I remember reading on MyGNR that Duff was the only member of GNR that attended West's ceremony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 This is a little too far into somebody elses business. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowmass Posted November 15, 2013 Share Posted November 15, 2013 if they were to die?Regrettably, I think you mean "when."LOL. Good point. I guess I meant if in terms of anytime soon (next 5-15 years). It won't matter when they are 85 and kack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snooze72 Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 He didn't attend his mother's funeral, his grandmother's, etc, etc,,,, It's all about the relationships, the head space at the time, etc.. (Oddly enough I think the last time all the original band members were together was at a funeral for a crew member). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubbaBubba Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 He didn't attend his mother's funeral, his grandmother's, etc, etc,,,, It's all about the relationships, the head space at the time, etc.. (Oddly enough I think the last time all the original band members were together was at a funeral for a crew member). . When was that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 does anyone think he'll even attend Slash or any of the (original) Guns guys funerals if they were to die? The answer is no.Not Slash's. That will prove that even with Slash dead he's still bitter about it, win-win situation for Slash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlinkafayette Posted November 16, 2013 Author Share Posted November 16, 2013 He didn't attend his mother's funeral, his grandmother's, etc, etc,,,, It's all about the relationships, the head space at the time, etc.. (Oddly enough I think the last time all the original band members were together was at a funeral for a crew member). Not disagreeing with you, but how do you know he wasn't at either of those? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snooze72 Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 He didn't attend his mother's funeral, his grandmother's, etc, etc,,,, It's all about the relationships, the head space at the time, etc.. (Oddly enough I think the last time all the original band members were together was at a funeral for a crew member). .When was that?January '97. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chainsforalice Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Guys seriously. I suggest you look a little deeper into the lyrics for some songs off Chinese Democracy. I'm friends with Shannon's mum Nell & yeah there was no bad blood between, sometimes people just don't do funerals. It's way too confronting & the last thing you remember of them is their death. Each to their own. But imo this topic is verging on creepy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wfuckinga Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Aren't you from Australia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Wiseau Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 If everybody loved each other, the world would be a better place to live. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padme Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Keep in mind that Axl believes in past life, reincarnation and being possesed by someone else´s spirit or soul. So a funeral may not mean to him what it means to any of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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