Has anyone here ever met Axl??

[Tyler Drama]

Me, Real McCoy, and GNRSkidRow1 met him at the UCAP show in Philly about a year ago. Totally fucking surreal experience.

This.

Greatest night of my life.

[James Bond]

Alex Anderson met Axl.

[The Real McCoy]

Alex Anderson met Axl.

[axlsend]

I personally think if Axl hadn't have had Beta in his life he wouldn't be here now. She was with him when he hit rock bottom after Stephanie and he split up and as the band split up. She gave him love and support when he needed it most and if the rumours are true that Axl had cancer she was there for him and became a mother/friend to him, as did other members of her family. In the mad celebrity world he lives in he needs some one he can trust and he obviously trusts Beta.

I've met all the band and they are all really nice especially Bumble, Richard, DJ and Axl.

[Young_Gun]

brainfart pwned again? hahaha. thanks for the post HRS!

Too funny.

Some people care more about insulting people than they do just having conversations about the band this forum is dedicated to.

I didn't insult anyone. I just am calling bullshit on HRS's story in general. I strongly believe there's some embellishment and exaggeration going on there.

Interesting that you look the other way at people insulting me, even though I insulted no one. It's okay though, you're the one who accused the mods of deleting a thread they didn't, because as is typically the case, you're just on autopilot.

No you wrongly call bullshit on HRS meeting Axl altogether among other things : "And as far as HRS supposedly meeting him: probably all lies". He did actually meet him and has proof. Get over your angst man, you present the same angst that those who can't get over the break up exhibit. Just because HRS is vocal about his dislike for many things Axl does you automatically assume he is lying but you take Axl's word over the word of anyone else...

Yes

Geez, don't give away too many details...

[Guest NGOG]

The brains behind EatMySilkworms is well documented to have met Axl and his posse. That is the reality. It's sometimes better to simply admit you're wrong. It doesn't necessarily feel plausible to believe it when you consider HRS' more recent persona of total satire but it is a fact that he had an encounter with Axl back in 2006. Whether you believe the contents of this meeting which H has illustrated is your own perogative, I personally disagree with him publicizing what Axl confided in him. Even if it is massively interesting.

[CharlieSheen]

Meeting Axl would be so cool, anybody who has met him, they are so lucky

[JAxlMorrison]

Met him and spent some time with him after the show in AC this time last year. He was pretty much still in his stage gear, in a private party room in a bar at the casino, that I somehow managed to sneak into. I just hung against the wall with my gf and listened to him talk and tell stories, etc. It was pretty cool.

[Amir]

Met him and spent some time with him after the show in AC this time last year. He was pretty much still in his stage gear, in a private party room in a bar at the casino, that I somehow managed to sneak into. I just hung against the wall with my gf and listened to him talk and tell stories, etc. It was pretty cool.

Sweet! I was at that show but couldn't figure out where he would be afters, how did you find it?

[HisRoyalSweetness]

The brains behind EatMySilkworms is well documented to have met Axl and his posse. That is the reality. It's sometimes better to simply admit you're wrong. It doesn't necessarily feel plausible to believe it when you consider HRS' more recent persona of total satire but it is a fact that he had an encounter with Axl back in 2006. Whether you believe the contents of this meeting which H has illustrated is your own perogative, I personally disagree with him publicizing what Axl confided in him. Even if it is massively interesting.

after it happened, i didn't share lots of those details, partly because of his privacy and party because the forum world was populated with more loonies like brainsaber and ali then, and i'd have to spend time fighting their weird conspiracy theories about how i made the whole things up. but i really don't give a shit anymore. i don't think even axl would care. he rants about being depressed and angry on stage. not exactly a secret. and he talked about that shit with me, knowing full well i had a website and was going to share the encounter. i mean, he posed for a picture.

also, i think the cult of secrecy around axl is stupid.

Edited February 6, 2013 by HisRoyalSweetness

[BBA]

I did in las vegas a few months ago. Got a picture.. he is very nice.

This. It was awesome. Met Ron and Del too.

Brainsaber, HRS has shared his story before and has no reason to lie. I think it's a fairly accurate description of the place Axl was in at that time.

I don't doubt that HRS has met Axl, but certain accounts of his meeting with him has obviously been fabricated. Isn't it overly convenient how Axl appears perfectly in line with HRS's bitter agenda? It's convenient, indeed.

Oh, and Daria, just how in the fuck do YOU know what place Axl was in at that time? Do you have any idea just how fucking stupid you sound? And if you're too ignorant to see that HRS would fabricate parts of his story, that's your issue. Please don't pollute the rest of this forum with your naive stupidity.

[HisRoyalSweetness]

or maybe, my 'bitter agenda' was influenced by having a conversation with him.

personally, i fail to see which part of my story seems so far fetched.

[Young_Gun]

or maybe, my 'bitter agenda' was influenced by having a conversation with him.

personally, i fail to see which part of my story seems so far fetched.

BBA forgets how much of a pest he was on this(and other) forum that he berates others for not a fucken kiss ass. Did you clearly not see what Dariablue wrote BBA?

"I think it's a fairly accurate description of the place Axl was in at that time."

It was not stated as a fact. It was an opinion. Stop being a fucken jerk. I don't think this current persona of yours is legitimate, but reflect on how you used to behave and cut some people some courtesy. Geez man. You berate people for having an opinion but you idolize some dude that you apparently met a few times...

Edited February 6, 2013 by Young_Gun

[AndreCC]

Oh God! Why does every thread has to turn into some kind of "if you're legit prove it" or "you're lying and i don't believe in you or what you're saying", "you're full of shit" bla bla bla

If someone is telling you a story and isn't able to prove it, that doesn't mean it's a lie.

I can't believe i'm defending this a s s Clown but HisRoyalSweetness may have met Axl and that may have been his opinion about Axl... so what? Who are you to say that he's lying? who are you to say it's not true? If you don't believe it then don't waste time reading it or if you already did read it, thinking about it... move on to the next post.

Why do you have to be accusing someone of lying and you don't even know if they're lying or not? That's just stupid

[useyorappetite]

I never met Axl but I did meet Beta and she was super nice. Believe it or not, I once found a dog while in Malibu. I was driving down the PCH on a foggy night. I stopped in the middle of the street and saw 2 eyes glowing. Called him over to my car and he was super friendly. Jumped right in. I called the number on the tag and a lady answered. I said I had her dog. She gave me directions to her house which contained a familiar name someone used as a name on HTGTH and it made me think wtf? So I asked her what her name was and she said Beta. So I freaked out because it was like a year or 2, maybe 3 after rock in rio 3 where Axl had her on the stage with him... so I knew exactly who it was. I drove up this fuckin canyon with fog and Axl's wolf in my back seat. I pulled up to the gates in the Estranged video and they opened up. Beta came out. Talked to me about the dog. Said he gets out often. Thanked me. Said her boss just went to bed. I never mentioned to her that I knew it was Axl. I didnt want to freak her out. But thats the closest I ever came. I had the phone number for a while. Never used it. Never went back. Always wanted to meet Axl to tell him I found his dog but thats the closest I ever came to meeting him. Thats why I get pissed when people talk shit about Beta. Sometimes when you meet someone and you can tell that they are a really good person and she was.

Now that's surreal....wow

Edited February 6, 2013 by useyorappetite

[Guest NGOG]

after it happened, i didn't share lots of those details, partly because of his privacy and party because the forum world was populated with more loonies like brainsaber and ali then, and i'd have to spend time fighting their weird conspiracy theories about how i made the whole things up. but i really don't give a shit anymore. i don't think even axl would care. he rants about being depressed and angry on stage. not exactly a secret. and he talked about that shit with me, knowing full well i had a website and was going to share the encounter. i mean, he posed for a picture.

also, i think the cult of secrecy around axl is stupid.

My point doesn't derive out of a sense of trying to protect Axl's rep. It's more to do with the fact that he paid you an enormous compliment by willingly opening up to you about more personal matters. And I think obviously there was a certain degree of vulnerability there given his presumed near intoxication. I personally would keep the intricate details of the encounter from a public forum, but hey, that's your perogative.

Now it that it's totally out there, is there any more detail to Bach's attempts at discouraging you? Honestly, I think guys like him are responsible for Axl in the past being so cut off from the more general public by hyping his volatility up to people. Like they're afraid he'll dump them from his ensemble if anybody else's personality in any way appeals to him.

Also, why have you made no attempt to resurrect EatMySilworms? Axl wasn't the only supporter.

[HisRoyalSweetness]

after it happened, i didn't share lots of those details, partly because of his privacy and party because the forum world was populated with more loonies like brainsaber and ali then, and i'd have to spend time fighting their weird conspiracy theories about how i made the whole things up. but i really don't give a shit anymore. i don't think even axl would care. he rants about being depressed and angry on stage. not exactly a secret. and he talked about that shit with me, knowing full well i had a website and was going to share the encounter. i mean, he posed for a picture.

also, i think the cult of secrecy around axl is stupid.

My point doesn't derive out of a sense of trying to protect Axl's rep. It's more to do with the fact that he paid you an enormous compliment by willingly opening up to you about more personal matters.

yeah, i guess this is where our perception differs. to me, we had a conversation. same as i've had with countless other people at countless other parties. as much as i love gnr's music, i don't put the people on such a pedestal as to believe that them talking to me equates to them paying me an enormous compliment. that just seems kinda weird and cult-like.

while the things that axl said when we chatted weren't probably the things he'd get into at one of those pathetic meet and greets, it wasn't exactly top secret information. again, it's the same basic woes he's recounted plenty of other times. he doesn't exactly make a secret of his depression and other issues.... he talks about them in interviews, he talks about them in songs he writes, he talks about them with random strangers he meets at parties.... i know you guys like to think that you're somehow axl's protectors or defenders, but i think that's a weird unhealthy delusion.

[Nosaj Thing]

Yes, in 2010. I won't bother sharing my story though.

A friend of mine met him a day before because he won "A Day With Bumblefoot" contest or whatever and fortunately to him, Axl was there.

[useyorappetite]

Apart from Marc's son's Bar Mitzvah incident, I have never read anything bad that she had done. Why so much hate?

What?

Am sorry, what? on what?

Daria wants to hear story- Slash was at Marc's sons Bar Mitzvah (this is after he & Axl broke up) and Axl was too. When Slash came in room Beta (couldn't fathom her Axl & Slash in same room again) left room and it was obvious. Atleast that's how story went I believe.

Thanks Snowmass. Sorry Daria as I didn't get what you asked.

The story I read was, Marc's son went up the stage to perform on his guitar, and Slash joined him on stage, and that was when Beta walked out of the room, and only came back when Slash was done playing.

Snowmass, in all the version of the story told, never once I read about Axl being there. If indeed he was there, then I would safely give Beta the benefit of the doubt (like I mentioned in the other thread earlier today, but more like jokingly there) that Beta didn't leave the room because of Slash, since nobody commented that Axl left the room too. If Axl wasn't moved negatively by Slash performing, I don't see why Beta would.

Now, if Axl wasn't there.... then the theory of Beta loathing seeing Slash on stage holds water. But if Beta hates Slash so much, much more than Axl does (so it seems the way people make it here) wouldn't she have left the party right when she saw Slash was there?

IDK...things like this are petty compared to the real news on new album.

Apart from Marc's son's Bar Mitzvah incident, I have never read anything bad that she had done. Why so much hate?

What?

Am sorry, what? on what?

Daria wants to hear story- Slash was at Marc's sons Bar Mitzvah (this is after he & Axl broke up) and Axl was too. When Slash came in room Beta (couldn't fathom her Axl & Slash in same room again) left room and it was obvious. Atleast that's how story went I believe.

Thanks Snowmass. Sorry Daria as I didn't get what you asked.

The story I read was, Marc's son went up the stage to perform on his guitar, and Slash joined him on stage, and that was when Beta walked out of the room, and only came back when Slash was done playing.

Snowmass, in all the version of the story told, never once I read about Axl being there. If indeed he was there, then I would safely give Beta the benefit of the doubt (like I mentioned in the other thread earlier today, but more like jokingly there) that Beta didn't leave the room because of Slash, since nobody commented that Axl left the room too. If Axl wasn't moved negatively by Slash performing, I don't see why Beta would.

Now, if Axl wasn't there.... then the theory of Beta loathing seeing Slash on stage holds water. But if Beta hates Slash so much, much more than Axl does (so it seems the way people make it here) wouldn't she have left the party right when she saw Slash was there?

IDK...things like this are petty compared to the real news on new album.

I remember reading this at canter banter and no axl wasn't there. I don't think he said anything about beta part though.

About HRS story, I never consider anything to be a lie unless it's proven and i don't think the guy has any motivation to lie. So why should he? it's just a story and it doesn't really change anyones opinion of axl.

But if i were to look at it objectively axl a pretty private guy who has gone years under radar and apparently doesn't trust fans tells a guy with a website how lonely and miserable he is in a party? Cause he's drunk but not drunk enough to justifies dels behavior? Bach is hanging around, Del is trying to prevent axl from talking to people, axl cracks racist jokes....it sounds too much like the impression someone gets of axl after watching interviews etc.

Again that doesn't make it untrue but its not like anyone who doubts this happened exactly like this is just talking out of their ass.

[Guest NGOG]

yeah, i guess this is where our perception differs. to me, we had a conversation. same as i've had with countless other people at countless other parties. as much as i love gnr's music, i don't put the people on such a pedestal as to believe that them talking to me equates to them paying me an enormous compliment.

You're too busy trying to label me an Axlite here. If a usually quiet, discreet person, that rarely makes documented public appearances suddenly strikes up an intimate convo with you, do you then go and post it as your Facebook status? Or if someone asks you about any encounter with individual, do you reserve the more personal aspects of your convo or totally put everything out there? I think your exagerating Axl's typical convo with a fan greatly. It does not revolve around his peronal tribulations normally.

[November_rain]

I remember HRS´s story from back in the day and I also remember that he posted one or two pics of that night with Axl. By the way HRS, this "cult of secrecy around Axl" you say is not exactly that, I see it more as a matter of discretion and/or respect.

[JAxlMorrison]

Met him and spent some time with him after the show in AC this time last year. He was pretty much still in his stage gear, in a private party room in a bar at the casino, that I somehow managed to sneak into. I just hung against the wall with my gf and listened to him talk and tell stories, etc. It was pretty cool.

Sweet! I was at that show but couldn't figure out where he would be afters, how did you find it?

I left the show and was waved in The Foundation Room by some people with GNR passes on, lol. Dunno why I got so lucky, but I did. Neither I nor my gf were wearing anything GNR related.

[Facekicker]

Axl is a big boy. He doesn't need a babysitter watching his every word or move. He spoke to a complete stranger about feeling down and depressed. He also cracked some off colour jokes. Big fuckin deal. Happens all the time.

It's not like he revealed nuke launch codes.

[ronartest2004]

I've never met him, but from everything I read on here it all seems the same...

"Axl is very nice, funny and courteous" and it seems like the few in his inner circle keep a close eye on him. But they all have a vested stake in Axl, so I highly doubt they want some fan to unknowingly go up to him and say something that would set him off...Then Axl would go into recluse mode again.

And just from what HRS said it does seem like he took the whole "fans turned against him" thing pretty hard. I always knew that the whole grunge/nirvana thing did more to him than people wanted to admit, then when slash left it was enough to make Axl say "fuck this"...

Just imagine if some fan talked to Axl like Chris Farley did to Paul Mccartney on that SNL skit...."Hey Axl, remember when you and cobain had that run-in at the vma's in 92?"...."Hey Axl, remember when slash used to be in the band?".

Axl with a few drinks in him...feeling like he is getting cornered....uhoh.

[tange]

i think its apparent the guy cares he just isn't gonna be held hostage by fans demanding stuff. if he wants to put something out and can convince the label to play ball he will.

No other band has as much pressure to reunite as GNR, its certainly played some role in the lack of material. As well as all the lineup changes and Axl's personality.