AxlCorp Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 (edited) http://www.twitlonger.com/show/h15648Gunsguy edit to post full thing in first post:To: Cleveland, Ohio, Guns N' Roses Fans and everyone who's shown support for my decision regarding the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.I seriously didn't plan on or expect the overwhelmingly positive response and public support for my decision regarding the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. With such a generous outpouring of solidarity from fans, media outlets, writers and other artists, I'm truly humbled, blown away and unbelievably relieved! To be honest, I thought it would go the other way and was just hoping to weather the storm. As I said, I sincerely didn't want to disappoint anyone. It gets old being the outlaw even if "it's only rock and roll".It took a lot of focus and soul searching to be sincere and informative while making a genuine effort to be somewhat diplomatic. We made, what I feel, are real efforts to learn about the Hall and the Board, spoke as I said with the president and various members, and though I inducted Elton John and Bernie Taupin in '94 saying something to the effect of "I'm learning what the Hall's about..."I still don't exactly know or understand what the Hall is or how or why it makes money, where the money goes, who chooses the voters and why anyone or this board decides who, out of all the artists in the world that have contributed to this genre, officially "rock" enough to be in the Hall?This isn't an attack. These are genuine issues I don't have enough verified information on to have more than rough ideas. Certainly not enough information to make any judgments about.I would like to apologize to Cleveland, Ohio for not apologizing to them beforehand for not attending [the ceremony] in their city. I think they know how much I genuinely love performing there. Cleveland does in fact Rock!!Now that the smoke's cleared a little, any desperate, misguided attacks have been just that, a pathetic stab at gossip, some lame vindictiveness, the usual entitlement crap, he's obsessed, crazy, volatile, a hater. I once bought a homeless woman a slice of pizza who yelled at me she wanted soup. We got her the soup. You can get your own.Again: HUGE thanks to the fans and to everyone for the incredible public support. My congratulations to the other artists inducted. And my apologies to the city and people of Cleveland, Ohio. I hope you'll forgive me and we hope to see you again soon!Keep Rockin',AxlUnlike my open letter to the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Guns N' Roses Fans and Whom It May Concern this was written for GNR's official website, Facebook account and my personal twitter account and not intended as a press release. If anyone does choose to pick this up as has been done previously I'd appreciate if you'd run in full including this paragraph so as not to give a partial picture, have things taken out of context or to imply or inadvertently give the impression this was intended for other outlets.Thanks in advance. Peace- Edited April 18, 2012 by gunsguy added tweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fallingred85 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 damn, you're quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlCorp Posted April 17, 2012 Author Share Posted April 17, 2012 damn, you're quick.So quick I mis-spelled Stands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bansidhe Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Fair enough. Good to get a bit more clarity on it from him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gunns5 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Good to see Axl responding to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axl4Prez2004 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Excellent statement.Rock on Axl!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axl_morris Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 If axl buys you pizza, you damn better eat it haha. Axl Rose. Legend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gunns5 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Pizza and soup!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 The media's gonna completely ignore this apology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauritox Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 cool.... where's CDII? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick85 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Uh...What is he talking about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scans n' copies Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Nice. Good move if you ask me. Would have been even better to specifically mention the old bandmates but that's nitpicking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CivilWar07 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Wel done Axl... Good pro and the only remaining rock star out there.Fuck the haters, it's about the future of GNR now, not the past.Time for a few people to bin their patched leather jackets!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RonMexico82 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Lame attempt at damage control from the "camp" and proof positive that they keep Axl in a bubble of misinformative. At least I hope it is that because otherwise it only confirms that he has lost his fuckin marbles. His own facebook page should be enough for him to gauge the vicious backlash against his decision Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gunns5 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Pizza and soup and mustard and belogney and liquor and whores Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mister mosh Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Sounds Like a Well Thought out letter, good to see Axl making contact on a regular basis and explaining things from his POV, Id have loved to known if he has seen any footage though, and what he thought of the performance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realpoti Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Lame attempt at damage control from the "camp" and proof positive that they keep Axl in a bubble of misinformative. At least I hope it is that because otherwise it only confirms that he has lost his fuckin marbles. His own facebook page should be enough for him to gauge the vicious backlash against his decisionThis.And seriously, what the hell is he talking about ? It makes no sense at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duda Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 If axl buys you pizza, you damn better eat it haha. Axl Rose. Legend Haha This! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirSenna Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 This whole statement is just Axl trolling all the people that bashed him for his decision. At least, that's what I get from the letter. It seems quite obvious, actually! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Nice, glad to see a response from him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick85 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Lame attempt at damage control from the "camp" and proof positive that they keep Axl in a bubble of misinformative. At least I hope it is that because otherwise it only confirms that he has lost his fuckin marbles. His own facebook page should be enough for him to gauge the vicious backlash against his decisionThis.And seriously, what the hell is he talking about ? It makes no sense at all.Looks like Axl's trolling us for a change! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realpoti Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 (edited) This whole statement is just Axl trolling all the people that bashed him for his decision. At least, that's what I get from the letter. It seems quite obvious, actually!Lame attempt at damage control from the "camp" and proof positive that they keep Axl in a bubble of misinformative. At least I hope it is that because otherwise it only confirms that he has lost his fuckin marbles. His own facebook page should be enough for him to gauge the vicious backlash against his decisionThis.And seriously, what the hell is he talking about ? It makes no sense at all.Looks like Axl's trolling us for a change! Good theory. Edited April 17, 2012 by marlon_brando15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 What? It makes sense to me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlCorp Posted April 17, 2012 Author Share Posted April 17, 2012 Lame is if Axl only cared about Positive Feedback on his Facebook page.I think he's standing by his decision, he understands that some people get pissed no matter what he does - hence the pizza story - and he's moving on, as we all should. HOF was a great end to the original chapter of GnR, now we can all look forward to enjoying some new music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droezle Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Whatever. The world is still turning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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