Karice Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 On 5/14/2023 at 8:11 AM, BucketEgg said: Posted 2013 Axl's house had windows painted black https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1m3oob/did_you_ever_grow_up_with_someone_that_is_now/cc5ms46/?context=999 My mom went to high school with Axl Rose (I don't remember his real name) in Lafayette, IN. She described him as very awkward and said he always was very full of himself. She also said that all of the windows where he lived were painted black Even before I became a huge fan of Guns N'Roses, I knew Axl's real name is William. 🤭😉 Although I have VH1 Pop Up Video to think for that. 😉🤭 On VH1 Pop Up Video they were like,"Axl Rose. Real name William Rose." 🤭😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karice Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 Saul Hudson, Michael Colletti, Michael Mckagan, and Jeffrey Isbell all claimed they met Axl Rose! 🤣 (Disclaimer. This is a lighthearted joke. 😏 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BucketEgg Posted May 21, 2023 Author Share Posted May 21, 2023 (edited) And the theme for this post is Sweet Wild Claims O’ Mine, where people have claimed to possibly be or have somehow met Axl’s children! (It’s not like this thread was ever focused on being factual anyway!) (Since this post is also 4chan themed, “Anon” is short for Anonymous, because on 4chan, most people post anonymously, and sometimes call each other “anons”. Due to 4chan being a shithole, some words were censored.) Posted 2015:Anon says dad was cucked by Axl Rose https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/16760318/#16772519 My dad was cucked by Axl Rose. In fact, there's a good chance that I'm Axl Rose's illegitimate love child, and my dad was a beta male provider. Axl Rose may be my bio dad Posted 2013:Anon says mom cheated on dad with Axl Rose https://desuarchive.org/mu/thread/39810175/#39810990 My mom cheated on my dad with Axl Rose and then got pregnant with me but got back with my dad within the same week so I don't know if I'm Axl's son or not. Saging because this post is irrelevant. Posted 2016:Anon somehow meets Axl’s step-daughter? https://desuarchive.org/mu/thread/67508245/#67508989 my friends met a chick at a show who turned out to be axl's step daughter. she says he is a total dick Posted 2013:Anon thinks Axl conceived them in a three way https://desuarchive.org/mu/thread/41713431/#41714695 >>41714591 My dad fucked the fat one at their concert. My parents met during a three-way with Axl Rose, and my mom got pregnant right after that incident and no one really tested to see who it was, she just assumed it was my dad for some reason but I look more like Axl. >>41714650 Posted 2016:Someone thinks they met Axl’s secret daughter https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/4b0a1r/what_dirty_little_secret_of_someone_elses_have/d15f315/?context=999 Well, I'm late but maybe someone will see this and probably not believe me. But I'm somewhat friends with Axl Rose's daughter. Shes my buddies ex girlfriend but I still talk to her from time to time. She's one of those secret love children but they still talk. She hates him of course because "he's a dick and I'm still a secret to the world". I'm not even supposed to know this, she told my buddy (who told me) and my SO (my SO never told me she knew till a few weeks ago). I never believed him until I actually saw proof. I also started to regret ever saying "Axl Rose? That Guy Fieri lookin' ass motherfucker" in front of her, not that she would ever care lol. Posted 2013:Someone thinks Axl has a daughter out there https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1d171h/any_nonfamous_siblings_of_celebrities_on_reddit/c9m7sfa/?context=999 Never told this story before but since this thread took a nosedive off of the Original Question Cliff.. Fuck it. I had to go to rehab and my counselor was an old recovered alcoholic, aren't they all? Well, besides learning to like cigarettes and black coffee for a few months, I learned a funny story about his step daughter. His wife was a Guns N Roses groupie back in the day, made it into music videos, all that shit. Well he said she got impregnated by the one and only Axl Rose. I called BS then he showed me a picture and I shit you not... A little, pale, girl with long red hair who had a nose that could snort up BP's next oil spill. He was telling the truth no doubt. I'm sure she is one of thousands. I never had a reason to share that with anyone, thanks Reddit. Other stories from 4chan: Posted 2013:Anon calls Axl something bad https://desuarchive.org/mu/thread/35704063/#35705455 I met Axl Rose. I said he was a c**t and he nicked my phone and spat on my shoe and called me a prick. Posted 2012:Izzy and Axl did not take good care of an amp https://desuarchive.org/mu/thread/26023096/#26023666 Cool, cool. I would love to get one someday. Interesting story about a Marshall JCM 800, my guitar teacher/cousin bought two new JCM 800 heads from a guy in the early 80's for dirt cheap. He's a blues guy so he didn't really care for them all that much and decided to sell one of them along with two cabinets. He had a guy that lived over in West Lafayette (Indiana*** here) that was interested in getting them for these two guys named Bill Bailey and his friend Izzy who were trying to start a band. He sold them the amp but found out about two weeks later they trashed it at a show. Damn Axl Rose.. Posted 2019:Slash was too drunk to fight https://desuarchive.org/mu/thread/91116734/#91118526 >>91118378 >Axl gets into fights and isn't afraid of anything. >Being this naive. Axl never started a fight in his life when he didn't have security behind him. I saw Slash try to fight in Hollywood, back in the day, but he was usually too drunk to do more than flail around and fall over. I've met both. Slash is a really decent dude, at least he was back then. Axl has always been a bit of a c**t. It's what makes him Axl. BTW, when you post shit...don't make it up. It's lame. Posted 2022: Old person reminisces seeings glam GNR https://desuarchive.org/mu/thread/113319410/#113319975 >>113319674 Old *** here, who was part of the Hollywood scene back then. GnR started out like every other strip band, with the teased hair and makeup. Everyone was doing it. GnR stopped right before they started recording Appetite - they weren't the first ones with the tucked in cowboy boots and bracelets and all that shit, but they were the big deal in town, so everyone aped them, overnight. Someone they were working with probably had them change their look, because A/R did that back then. Poison broke the glam thing nationwide, so they had to stand out from that. (Before poison the Hollywood "costume" was capezio dance shoes, like DLR, skinny black jeans, and white ruffled tuxedo shirts. everyone was wearing that shit until Poison blew up.) Then after GnR left for 2.5 years on tour the "costume" changed to doc martins and plaid. Before Appetite, GnR were glammed the fuck out, the last show I remember them doing before Appetite was the Street Scene, and Axl was glammed out to the tits. Posted 2012:Smoking with Axl, discussing Brian https://desuarchive.org/mu/thread/25335645/#25336666 >thread about meeting a celebrity >OP is about talking to a "celebrity" online and never meeting him Anyways, I've smoked a cigarette with Axl Rose in my shitty trailer park, a few years ago. Before GNR hit it big, he and the man who would later be my mom's boyfriend shot heroin together, and hung out. Before Ole Bleich was replaced by Duff McKagan, Brian (mom's boyfriend) was actually supposed to play bass for GNR, but he sold his bass for heroin because he didn't actually think they'd go anywhere, and heroin was more important. They kept in touch for the next couple of decades, and Axl stopped by our trailer, but Brian had just started serving a 15 year prison term. So, we all hung out and talked to him. My mom never liked GNR, and although I did at the time (16), I thought it'd be annoying to talk to him about music, because he's probably heard it all before. So, I just asked how he knew Brian, and asked if I could bum a smoke. He was actually a pretty cool guy. Posted 2021:Anon lurks backstage during Use Your Illusion shows https://desuarchive.org/mu/thread/103707223/#103711810 >>103708442 Not every band member indulges. For instance, GnR. I was backstage at a couple of their Use Your Illusions shows - Slash and Duff had escorts after the show, provided by management, Axl has never been a groupie dude (he had women, but they weren't groupies), and Izzy just hung out and talked to people. Matt indulged, or tried to, with groupies. The most hilarious backstage was Poison. Their security dude's #1 job was juggling passes - there were Brett girls, and Rikki girls, and if the wrong girls ended up in the wrong place, Brett and Rikki threw fits. Bobby never really seemed interested, and CC never got laid, ever. CC is the only rockstar I've ever encountered who could not get laid at his own show . Most bands don't fuck around with randoms, anyway, unless they're really new, or they're just sluts themselves (coughBuckcherrycough). Most bands have a crew of women in each town who show up every tour, and they're known quantities - they won't throw paternity claims around, try to boil a musician's bunny, and will keep their mouths shut and not cause drama in the dressing room or bus. Most randoms are ugly anyway. A really good looking one will get far with a sticky pass, but most of them won't get past the crew bus or VIP holding pens. The most surprising band for groupies: Tool. A lot of hot goth chicks were running around the night I was in their backstage. The most notorious: Def Leppard. I'd bet their lawyers are still untangling the paternity claims from their Hysteria tour. From everything I've heard they outdid Van Halen at their height. Groupies exist. But most of what you think you know about them is fiction. Most of the action you think happens is really not that regular. Some guys rack up big numbers, but if you saw the kinds of women they were nailing, you wouldn't be impressed. And it's most of the time the crew, not the band. Later in that same thread… Anon saw Adler with hot women https://desuarchive.org/mu/thread/103707223/#103713632 No.103713386: >>103713365 you would think they could just point to chicks in the audience and the managers would set that up for them. its weird at that level to have to pay No.103713632: >>103713386 They can, and do. It's not a matter of "they can't". I met Steven Adler the ex GnR drummer after he had left the band at a concert and he had 2 of the hottest women I'd ever seen with him, even though he's a known alcoholic and addict. And my sense of it was that they were into him and not just paid to be there. Think about it though from a rockstar perspective. You've already had your pick of girls for years after every show. You already know you can pick a girl and have her every night. But when you do, you have to deal with getting her home safely, or angry parents, or her thinking youre in love with her and falling in love with you, or ODing on drugs because shes in party mode, or being a prude or whatever it might be. Lots of issues that come with banging rando groupie girls. By contrast, a pro girl is likely to handle her shit better, know how to fuck, know how to make it easy when the rockstar is done and wants to be alone, knows how to keep quiet about his weird kinks or drug habits, etc. Logistically it's just easier. It's not that they can't get laid, it's that they actually prefer escorts. Or at least some of them do, apparently Edited May 21, 2023 by BucketEgg amps -> an amp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BucketEgg Posted May 30, 2023 Author Share Posted May 30, 2023 Marilyn Mon-Rose https://www.datalounge.com/thread/16271725-guns-n-roses-reuniting-for-coachella Axl was beautiful when he was young, I met him before they made it big. And he seemed very wide-eyed and sweet. You could tell that both men and women would totally fall for him and he certainly used that to his advantage. by Anonymous reply 229 February 9, 2017 2:19 PM R230 Hi, If I told you he seemed like a sweet boy with an angelic way about him would you believe me? Because that's how I felt about him, he was very slight, gorgeous complexion, shy, and very kind. I met him in Hollywood in one of those old tenements that we all lived in. I can see how women wanted to protect him and coddle him. And he had that look down pat, the rocker thing, he was poor (we all were) but he was very put together. I think someone hurt him very, very badly and he didn't cope with it too well. by Anonymous reply 231 February 9, 2017 4:23 PM Axl was likely visiting the drug dealer in the building when I met him however, he really did have an incredible glow about him. Don'y laugh, and I am not joking here, but Axl glowed like Marilyn Monroe did in her pictures. And it was a feminine aura too, and very luminescent. I have never seen another man project that, aside from a few well-done drag queens. But Axl had it naturally, maybe it is something bipolars can generate, like a secret energy or something. I did not pick up on any sexual vibe whatsoever towards men. by Anonymous reply 232 February 9, 2017 4:39 PM Spoilered because this person's claim is not nice for Slash Spoiler Datalounger says Axl beat Slash (same link source as above) Axl used to beat up Slash (in semi-public). Slash wouldn't fight back and would be cowering saying "stop it Axl, stop it" while Axl went off. I saw them back in the day - they were the one hair band I was forced to like - but I won't be going now. It was their raunchy hardcore live energy I was drawn to and they will not have it now. They didn't even have it by the end of line then. I'm still sad I didn't see their early show(s)? at The Ritz. by Anonymous reply 234 February 9, 2017 7:25 PM 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendirosez Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 24 minutes ago, BucketEgg said: "And he had that look down pat, the rocker thing, he was poor (we all were) but he was very put together. I think someone hurt him very, very badly and he didn't cope with it too well." by Anonymous reply 231 February 9, 2017 4:23 PM This by (Anonymous reply 231 February 9, 2017 4:23 PM) He is "very kind" , and the "glow" & "aura" thing too. from the (Anonymous reply 232 February 9, 2017 4:39 PM) That is all appreciated to read from these internet folks. Oh, ugh slightly off topic , but couldn't resist ~ In that link you provided @BucketEgg they included one of Slash quote which i favour.(of which i have emphasised, because its just too good to me!) " Everything he says or does has a meaning, a theatrical place in his mind,, in a blown-out-of-proportion kind of way. " YEAH ! THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT ! Again , some one has quoted the Q 91' magazine interview Slash gave. I appreciate this part of that interview. "But somewhere between all this intensity and this friction there's a chemistry. And if the chemistry's right, like me and Axl are, really tight, then there's something - a spark or, you know, a need, that holds it together. You fight too [...] But that's also what makes it happen. [Tears Before Bedtime?; Q July 1991]. by Anonymousreply 48January 6, 2016 1:34 AM 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BucketEgg Posted June 13, 2023 Author Share Posted June 13, 2023 From the comments of youtube video ( 2VBAJbDGdBE ) titled "Izzy Stradlin interview" , uploaded by marcin1986hwdp. Posted around 2010 Someone says Izzy is talktative: It's funny because Izzy gets all quiet in interviews but when I met him he was actually really talkative. He was really generous too, like he was trying to give me slides and stuff when all I asked for was just for him to sign my guitar. Really cool guy and he's very nice. I'm just glad I live near him so I actually got the chance to meet him. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BucketEgg Posted June 28, 2023 Author Share Posted June 28, 2023 A big long Izzy story. You can read her blog entry here: https://diaryofamanicurist.blogspot.com/2012/12/a-day-with-izzy-stradlin.html Posted 2012. The first part talks about meeting him briefly in 2012, and the second part talks about spending a entire day with him in 1988. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BucketEgg Posted October 17, 2023 Author Share Posted October 17, 2023 (edited) Thanks to Blackstar who found these stories and posted them in the women's thread. I've reposted them here. Both were posted in 2023. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/14x1x1q/comment/jrm7q46/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 I met him in real life at a cafe in Everet, WA just before he did a concert.. we chatted a bit (me not knowing who he was, even though i was heading to HIS concert) he was funny and genually a cool dude.. noteably no bad smell to him, that i remember. -I've told this story a million time to friends and family that couldn't belive that i had coffee with Axl and didn't know it. he even said to me "I'll see you at the concert, I'll be in the front!" lol, yah he was in the front alright.I think he knew something was up when i was just chatting with him like any normal person and telling him i'm in town for the Guns and Roses concert and he was like "me too!" and i was like "Really? that's awesome! how many have you been to?" and he just gave me a huge smile and was like "ahh man, pretty much all of them" and i still didn't get the hint. lol, we talked about a few other things, but those were the highlights of him messing with me. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/14x1x1q/comment/jroyy6n/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 See, I’m so confused about Axl Rose. I’ve heard he’s an asshole on stage but now have two accounts of him being kind offstage. There’s your account, and then one from a local music store owner, as follows: The shop owner had some decent stuff, a few off-brand items and a lot of consignments, but it mostly made its money on “cool” stuff. “This guitar was owned by so-and-so” type of shop. The rest of the money and probably the most consistent stream of income was through guitar lessons, since the owner was a session/touring guitarist for a while and really knew his stuff. On his walls he had lots of photos of him performing live with various bands big and small, him in the studio, him with various rock icons, etc. He said he even did recording for some major bands when “their guys were too drunk or high to play their parts”. One of those photos was of him, Axl, and some probably 12-year-old kid with a Les Paul. So this background may have been how he ended up with (presumably) one of Slash’s previously-owned guitars or at least the same model, among other unique instruments. About the picture: apparently there’s this kid who would show up almost every day after school but never bought anything because he didn’t have the money for it, but the shop owner liked him so he’d let him come in and noodle around on some of the cheaper models, let him look through the lesson books, would give him pointers, etc. Well one fateful day, he’s in there playing, and who walks in but Axl Rose himself. Apparently knew the shop owner, they chatted, Axl comments on the kid playing and says he’s pretty good, the owner says he’s in here all the time, gets better every day, etc. Axl asks the owner if the kid knows any GnR? So the shop owner calls to the kid to play some GnR and he does, and Axl points at the Les Paul on the top shelf and asks what the price is on it, the owner tells him, and Axl says “don’t let the kid leave here without it,” buys the guitar for the kid, kid is dumbfounded, and they take a picture together to commemorate the event. The end. Pretty nice I think. And thanks to apex-twin at evo, who found this podcast audio of Big Damn Band's encounter with Axl Rose: Posted 2018 https://pca.st/eh1qwdxz#t=1592 Summary of around 20 minutes of Axl story: 12 years, Feb 24th 2006. Speaker 1's brother's birthday. At the Roxy, sunset strip LA. Speakers opening for Derek Trucks. While playing they could see Axl Rose in the VIP area, with his entourage. Axl with the cornrows, watching the set. There's someone called Susan with Derek Trucks. Speakers say Susan and Derek aren't super partyers. Show is sold out, it went well, Roxy throws a party at the bar above, because of the success. Axl attends the party upstairs, with Derek's entourage. Speaker 1 says it was hard to determine how close Axl was with his entourage. Speaker 1 says he was 24 years at the time. He's from indiana, Axl's from indiana, "He's a hoosier boy", so speaker 1 approaches Axl. Axl says he likes the Big Damn Band's set, and talks a bit about indiana. Speaker 1 says, since it's his brother's birthday, he asks if Axl would do a shot with his brother. Axl says "I'd do a shot with your brother". Axl buys shots of Patrón for himself and speaker-1's brother. Axl and brother start doing shots. Suddenly, U2 comes on the radio. Axl says "Ugh, Bono! He's my friend, but he's an asshole!" They ask why. Axl: "Cuz he's always trying to get you to donate money to these charities! That money never goes where it's supposed to go! That's why I never donate any money to charity!" Someone called Breezy says "And also you hate the sick and the poor". Speaker 2, quoting Axl: "Yeah! Eff em!" Speaker 1 says subect of their ages up. Speaker 1 says he looks older than he is. (All Axl, and other people's "quotes" are recreations by the speakers of the podcast). Axl, to speaker 1: You're 24!? I can't believe it! Speaker 1: Yeah man. Axl: I'm 44! Breezy: Damn, that's old! Axl makes a joke, orders a geritol(?) from the bar, and laughs it off. It's now after 4am. Roxy people say they have to go. Axl says he just got up. Speaker 1 says he's "wired" at this point. They go out front. Axl has a Bentley, or what speaker 1 calls, "a 2009 Bentley in 2006". Axl is on the phone. Axl: Oh yeah? What colour is it? Axl's Buddy: Man, what's going on? Axl: My sister had another baby. Derek comes up to Big Damn Band. Derek: Hey man, we're going in our tour bus and hang out. I want you to listen to some stuff. Big Damn Band go in the tour bus, and Derek plays some Bukka White, what speaker 1 calls "one of the greatest blues pickers(?)/players(?) to ever live". Speaker 1 explains the tour bus layout, two couches facing each other. He's sitting on the left side, what he calls "passenger side". Across from him is Breezy. To her right, is Axl Rose. To speaker 1's right, is Susan. Derek is standing in the aisle, and talking. Speaker 1 and Derek are having a nice time talking. Axl: Turn this shit off! I wanna play this! He holds up, at the time, the fabled Chinese Democracy CD. Axl: Put this on! Speaker 1 says Axl was trying to get Derek to play on one of the songs in Chinese Democracy. Derek is being very polite to Axl, Speaker 2 says, but not much interest. Axl: This is Buckethead! But we're going to turn him down, and we're going to put you right here! Derek: Oh yeah yeah yeah... (Speaker 1, says staring at his feet.) Speaker 2 says he was trying to come up with a question. Derek: Who's playing bass, man? Axl: Oh that's just so and so! Everyone's staring at their feet while Axl goes on asking, "What do you think of this!?" Speaker 1: Oh, I don't know. Yeah, it's great...I don't know. Speaker 1 keeps looking at his feet, scared Axl will ask him something. Derek Trucks's tour manager comes onto the bus. He's massively drunk, and it's 5am now. Tour manager, to speaker 1: MAN! They said you're 24! Speaker 1: Yeah man, I'm 24. Tour manager: I'm fifty! Breezy: You're older than Axl Rose! Tour manager got mad at that. Axl: Hey, shut up! Everyone listen to this part! This is my tribute to John Lennon! Speaker 1 continues staring at his feet. They're bewildered as Chinese Democracy keeps playing, because "nothing he played on that CD, sounded anything remotely like anything John Lennon had anything to do with. Maybe Yoko Ono". Speaker 1 panicks at the prospect of Axl asking them of what they think of "this John Lennon tribute". Suddenly, Susan starts bawling. Speaker 2: Susan, what's wrong, are you okay? Susan: When John Lennon died, my daddy let me stay home from school! And I just said, Daddy, why'd they kill the peace!? Why'd they kill the peace!? Susan falls over and passes out. Speaker 1 says to Derek it's been great hanging out, but they got to go. Derek gives a panicked look on the thought of being left alone with Axl Rose. Big Damn Band ditch Derek. Speake 1 says they were told the next day, Derek had to hide underneath a car to lose Axl. Another Axl story they tell: They were on the bus. A guy from Axl's entourage comes in. Someone asks: How'd you two meet? Axl: He introduced me to Thorazine. I woke up three days later, and we were best friends. Speaker 1 says Axl told stories crazy about his family, and how his parents would beat him, wouldn't let him listen to music. Axl saved up money by "doing something", and he bought a tiny radio. He'd stay up all night and listen to music, because he loved it so much. But he wouldn't sleep. He fell out of school, because he slept through his classes, because he was up listening to music the night before. Speaker 1 say those stories endeared him to Axl, felt sorry for him. Breezy says "Do not feel sorry for Axl Rose!". After this happened, Big Damn Band didn't tell all the details of this story, since they were early in their career. But the news found out they were with Axl because they posted that photo of him. They called Speaker 1's brother, and speaker 1 told him not to spill any details. THe only detail to be spilt was that Chinese Democracy was going to be 2 CDs. And then Big Damn Band says they kept getting contacted by people all over the world, trying to get details on Chinese Democracy. Photo of Axl on the Big Damn Band blog, posted 2006: https://bigdamnband.wordpress.com/2006/10/04/axl-rose-blog/ Note: page on what Thorazine is: https://www.drugs.com/mtm/chlorpromazine.html Edited October 17, 2023 by BucketEgg 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italian girl Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 On 5/30/2023 at 7:26 PM, wendirosez said: I think I still have my copy somewhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King_Johnny Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 16 hours ago, BucketEgg said: -I've told this story a million time to friends and family that couldn't belive that i had coffee with Axl and didn't know it. he even said to me "I'll see you at the concert, I'll be in the front!" lol, yah he was in the front alright.I think he knew something was up when i was just chatting with him like any normal person and telling him i'm in town for the Guns and Roses concert and he was like "me too!" and i was like "Really? that's awesome! how many have you been to?" and he just gave me a huge smile and was like "ahh man, pretty much all of them" and i still didn't get the hint. lol, we talked about a few other things, but those were the highlights of him messing with me. Would love it if this was genuine and a deliberate reference to the one GNR show that he missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karice Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 I can't believe that the person didn't get the hint when Axl said,,"I've been to pretty much all of Guns N'Roses Concerts!" 🤣🤭🤔 That was a cute story! 🤭 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcbc Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 I was in an elevator with Duff last night in Edmonton. I’m staying at the same hotel as the band. He had just arrived from the airport (on his own) two security guys met his SUV and escorted him up the elevator. I wanted to start a conversation but his security guys were talking to him the whole way up. Something about Duff having a bad afternoon but that they were happy he was finally here. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karice Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 On 10/18/2023 at 2:37 PM, dcbc said: I was in an elevator with Duff last night in Edmonton. I’m staying at the same hotel as the band. He had just arrived from the airport (on his own) two security guys met his SUV and escorted him up the elevator. I wanted to start a conversation but his security guys were talking to him the whole way up. Something about Duff having a bad afternoon but that they were happy he was finally here. Did Axl possess Duff? Because that would sound like something that would have more happened to AXL and not DUFF. 🤔🤭 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meadsoap Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 I thought this one was interesting. Nothing we haven't heard before, but it's the most recent thing I've seen about what being backstage with Axl is like. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluegrassBlues Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 1 hour ago, meadsoap said: I thought this one was interesting. Nothing we haven't heard before, but it's the most recent thing I've seen about what being backstage with Axl is like. That is interesting, I wonder why he wants all reflective surfaces covered? Or has that always been a thing? Sounds like Axl really likes a set routine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackstar Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 2 minutes ago, BluegrassBlues said: That is interesting, I wonder why he wants all reflective surfaces covered? Or has that always been a thing? Sounds like Axl really likes a set routine Yes, there have been other people's accounts about this. In fact there's one in the same Reddit thread the two stories a few posts above are from. This comment was in response to the person who said he met Axl before the show and didn't know it was him: I work at a venue he they performed at. The dude has a serious think about not being noticed and not wanting to see himself. He was probably excited that you didn’t recognize him and probably even more excited that you are there for the music and not to look at him. With that said he was a complete asshole about a lot of weird shit. Like having mirrors covered up and people not being allowed to look at him. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/14x1x1q/comment/jrnw11a/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axls_Moustache_Rules Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 He likes a lot of cushions, specifically in the back of his car, I've seen this. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluegrassBlues Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 18 minutes ago, Blackstar said: Yes, there have been other people's accounts about this. In fact there's one in the same Reddit thread the two stories a few posts above are from. This comment was in response to the person who said he met Axl before the show and didn't know it was him: I work at a venue he they performed at. The dude has a serious think about not being noticed and not wanting to see himself. He was probably excited that you didn’t recognize him and probably even more excited that you are there for the music and not to look at him. With that said he was a complete asshole about a lot of weird shit. Like having mirrors covered up and people not being allowed to look at him. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/14x1x1q/comment/jrnw11a/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 Thank you! I had no idea, that's honestly really sad. I don't want to speculate but I'm going back and forth on if its a superstition, or if he doesn't like the way he looks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackstar Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 4 minutes ago, BluegrassBlues said: Thank you! I had no idea, that's honestly really sad. I don't want to speculate but I'm going back and forth on if its a superstition, or if he doesn't like the way he looks. Maybe he's insecure about how he looks and doesn't want that to interfere before a performance. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meadsoap Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 1 hour ago, BluegrassBlues said: That is interesting, I wonder why he wants all reflective surfaces covered? Or has that always been a thing? Sounds like Axl really likes a set routine That's also my main take away from this. I'm guessing a strict routine and specific environment helps keep him in the right headspace while being on tour for so long 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karice Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 (edited) Hmm. If Axl doesn't like looking into mirrors and is insecure about his looks, and doesn't like people gawking at him, that would explain why Axl looks so MISERABLE when he is doing selfies. He usually looks jaded, scared, sad, or pissed. 😳🤬😱🥺😐😬😒🙄 That's the expressions he usually gives when he does selfies. Until VERY recently,(Before reading about him not liking looking into mirrors , is insecure about his looks, or people gawking at him)I thought ,"If he's going to look UPSET in his Selfies, he'd be better off not doing them, because that will make the Fan look bad!" But now I have more understanding and sympathy for him. 💡🤔 Edited November 8, 2023 by Karice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scream of the Butterfly Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 Probably superstition, e.g. he fears that a mirror might steal his soul or that a demon might enter his body through a mirror. Axl's infamous for his spiritual beliefs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BucketEgg Posted January 2 Author Share Posted January 2 I’m going to drop my reddit hoard of people’s encounter stories in chunks. They’re mostly Axl stories (unfortunately because I wanted more of a variety, as varied as Axl stories already are). I wanted to find people’s encounters/fictions containing the other members, however the other members’ names were hard to search for. (e.g. a sentence might say “I met Duff backstage once”, but searching for only Duff brings up all these other things, or Duff McKagan, might miss that sentence.) Since Axl’s name was easy to search for, I was going to gather as many Axl stories as I could, see which sort of words popped up in those stories frequently (e.g. “backstage”), then do a search for the other members with those words. Unfortunately the search tool went down, so that can’t happen, so now there’s chunks of mostly Axl stories. https://new.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/135ao8z/comment/jilidmn/ Posted 2023: When I was at uni I worked at a chocolate shop in Century City that was frequented by celebrities and the nicest ones I dealt with were Pam Anderson and believe it or not Axl Rose. https://new.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/17ackek/comment/k5c09sg/ Posted 2023: My uncle met Axl Rose, said he was an asshole. He then then met Slash who looked at him and said "try working with him". https://new.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hfgrjx/comment/fvz06dm/ Posted 2020: My sister was a classmate of Axle Rose in Lafayette, IN. He pulled her out of her car after she wrecked her car, a Datsun B210, so I have to give him props for that despite the fact I think he’s a colossal douche nozzle. https://new.reddit.com/r/CasualUK/comments/1768059/comment/k4m2239/ Posted 2023: My ex toured with G&R back then doing lighting. She said Axl Rose was the most insufferable prick she’d ever met in her years in the job, and that’s a high bar. https://new.reddit.com/r/ClassicRock/comments/18b2zme/comment/kc3y3vt/ In the Fall of 1987 I saw an extraordinarily intoxicated Axl Rose and Izzy Stradlin with Guns & Roses at Hammerjacks in Baltimore. I can't remember the exact year but I saw the Spin Doctors at the 8X10 Club in Baltimore prior to the release of their Pocket Full of Kryptonite album. https://new.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/u099tx/comment/i44v8ew/?context=8&depth=9 Posted 2022: Axl's (Bill) brother Stuart Bailey was my fraternity brother back in the day. He brought a cassette demo of Appetite back to the house in W. Lafayette in 1987 before it got any radio play and claimed his brother's band was as big as Cinderella in LA. We were all like, yeah, whatever, Stu. Just a random factoid. https://new.reddit.com/r/GenX/comments/i1js07/comment/g017at9/?context=8&depth=9 Posted 2020: Lafayette? My BIL was roommates with a guy who knew Axl Rose back in the day. Allegedly BIL answered the phone numerous times and it was drunk Axl wanting to talk to roomie and reminisce. I don’t know. BIL looks like Junior Samples from Hee Haw. What does he know. Another user: lol a lot of people knew Axl too. My dad used to party with him as a matter of fact. https://new.reddit.com/r/gratefuldead/comments/p8593d/comment/h9qfiho/ Posted 2021: I knew Shannon and can vouch that he was a sweet and caring guy. We met while I was working at a liquor store in Lafayette IN, where both he and Axl Rose were from. Shannon’s dad was one of my regulars, and he’d always tell me about his son’s band. I think they were in LA at the time, and hadn’t broke yet. I went with his dad to see them all play at Nick’s when they swung through town, and well, they were amazing to say the least. I feel lucky to have met Shannon and get to know him before they blew up, b/c I can tell you he didn’t change when they got famous—he was still quite childlike and a lot of fun to be around. eventually just kind of lost touch with him as they toured pretty non-stop, so we’d meet up only occasionally. In short, Shannon was a good dude and an amazing performer who just kind of had this electricity surrounding him. side note, I lived with a ton of hardcore Deadheads at that time and there was a pretty strong consensus that Blind Melon might step into the void left by Jerry’s passing, they were a great jam band. https://new.reddit.com/r/grunge/comments/140jmfk/comment/jn15ujs/ Posted 2023: Being from the same hometown (same hometown as Axl Rose & Izzy Stradlin) and his family knew mine…I would randomly see him back and it became a thing where I’d simply say hello and let him know I’d given the last autograph to a friend (while always assuming I’d see him again) and if he’d sign another. He always signed his name and then wrote Blind Melon plus the year it was. I gave the last one I had away to a friend about 3 weeks prior to Shannon’s unfortunate passing. He was such a cool dude. Apparently he was one hell of an athlete in HS…particularly in wrestling. On a side note, I’ve been told by a few people who would know that his 1963 Ford Galaxie that was in the video about itself actually sat in his garage after his passing for 10-12 years in his hometown before being sold to a guy from Chicago around 2003 to 2006. https://old.reddit.com/r/Metallica/comments/echwla/comment/jkh0jjt/ Posted 2023: I believe it was from a previous show I was at on Long Island. He tore his calf wide open on something on stage. Bleeding all over, they arrived out a sofa on stage and he sat down and finished the entire show. Didn’t whine or bitch or end it early. By the way I seen axl rose walk off stage because he got hit in the balls with a bic lighter! Mike is as hard as they come https://new.reddit.com/r/popculturechat/comments/15m2nfr/comment/jvexgqj/ Posted 2023: My mom went to high school with Axl Rose, who is from my home town. They sat next to each other in speech class and she said he was quiet and respectful. My grandmother was a music teacher and coached Shannon Hoon on vocal stamina and tour conditions right at the beginning of Blind Melon. She said he was a great student and even when she would try silly/outside of the box things, he was always game. I think she probably just worked with him about 3-4 times, but she took his death pretty hard. We all did. https://new.reddit.com/r/rock/comments/178du9r/comment/k5alevh/ Posted 2023: My stepdad bullied Axle Rose at Lafayette Jefferson High School Edit: yes he bragged about this to me and I confirmed they attended school together https://new.reddit.com/r/sandiego/comments/165i5lf/comment/jyfrxa0/ posted 2023: It's a beautiful place and great for families. A lot of celebrities stay there. I met Axle Rose there and drove him around on a golf cart we used to transport hotel guests around the resort. They still had the Easter egg hunt when I was working there. There are several pools on the property, a mini golf course, tennis courts, and the view of the bay is killer. You're right that it was called Vacation Village and Princess Resort. I got fired for partying with the guests, lol. Great memories of that place! https://old.reddit.com/r/AdviceAnimals/comments/11ufiz/thats_why_he_chose_the_name/c6py3gk/?context=999 Posted 2012: Huh.. My writing teacher was a cousin of Axl, he said that "rose" was from his late grandma, and axl just worked... Then again, Axl could have just been lying to them, he is kind of a dick. I wish I didn't like his voice and GnR's music. This must be what Chris Brown fans go through. "As a person, he's a total piece of shit, but damn can he sing!" https://old.reddit.com/r/army/comments/53ziw6/til_axl_rose_has_a_32nd_cr_tattoo/d7xsng5/ Posted 2016: Nope. He was basically juvenile delinquent #1 in Lafayette, Indiana and left town for LA before the cops could throw his ass in jail. Some of my cousins are from that town and say that no one was sad to see him leave. https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/13wnlk/anyone_friendsrelated_to_a_celebrity_how_do_they/c77yhge/?context=999 Posted 2012: My aunt went to high school with Axl Rose of Guns N Roses. Back then he was pretty nerdy. He asked her out, she said no. My uncle was the high school shop teacher to Shannon Hoon of Blind Melon. he doesn't remember him well - pretty forgettable back then. About 1/10 people in Indianapolis seems to know Jarrod from Subway. My brother-in-law had drinks with him once. He asked Jarrod if his cranberry vodka had less than 5 grams of fat - He wasn't amused. I'm originally from Indiana for context. Another user: My boss said he was out at a bar where the West Lafayette Public Library now is a few years ago, and said the dude drank several rounds without paying at all. https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/14vxv5/do_any_of_you_guys_have_famous_friends_or/c7gx1xn/?context=999 Posted 2012: My step mom went to school with Axl Rose. My step-uncle defended him against some bullies once, and Axl ran away letting my "uncle" get his ass kicked. https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/14x1x1q/whos_a_celebrity_who_looks_like_they_smell_really/jrlcmql/ Posted 2023: Some stories in that thread that hadn’t been mentioned already: That is pretty cool. In the late '90s my ex-boyfriend saw him at a video rental store in West LA. My ex was behind him in the checkout line and said to his friend, "Look at the wannabe Axl Rose. And he's renting porn too." Then he finishes the transaction, turns around, and they realize he IS Axl Rose. That's all I knew of Axl Rose but I'm adding your story as another data point now Another user: My band’s old manager also managed Axl Rose and he said that in 30+ years working in the music business, Axl was the biggest asshole he’d ever worked with. But that was in the late 2000s, so maybe he turned asshole later in life. Replier: Irving Azoff or Merck? Replier: Not any of those guys. This would have been 2006-7 maybe? Not gonna name drop the dude since this sort of makes him look like a shit and he really wasn’t. Anyway it’s what I was told and I really shouldn’t have piped in at all. Carry on, nothing to see here. Another user: I knew a girl who went on the road with him for over a week and never fucked him because he cried all night until he passed out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BucketEgg Posted January 2 Author Share Posted January 2 (edited) https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/16pb98/what_was_your_bestworst_encounter_with_a_celebrity/c7ygloh/?context=999 Posted 2013: Best: Axl Rose came in to payless where I was working to buy shoes and started singing about pleather. Worst: Harrison Ford came to a camp i was going to to pick up his daughter he had counselors surround him so he did not have to interact with the campers. https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/19rq7a/whose_the_biggest_asshole_famous_person_youve/c8quoh6/?context=999 Posted 2013: I used to work in a cinema who contracted a taxi company to drop us home when we worked after midnight. It was always the same driver who for the purposes of this story I'll refer to as Pat. The cinema is part of an entertainment complex that also has nightclubs, restaurants and a 10,000 seater arena, so he was also contracted to take musicians to their hotels after playing a concert. Shockingly, he said Axl Rose was a total gent but the biggest asshole was Christina Aguilera. She apparently freaked when he tried to move the car closer to the kerb as she thought he was about to take off before her bodyguard got in. The bodyguard gets in and she proceeds to suck him off for the entire duration of the journey to the hotel. This is not some limo with a window to give the passenger some privacy either - just a regular car so Pat felt awkward as hell. This was in 2006 if I remember correctly, I think she was engaged to Jordan Bratman at the time. TL;DR - Christina Aguilera cheated on her fiancée by sucking off her bodyguard in my friend's cab (bolding was done by original poster) https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/19rq7a/whose_the_biggest_asshole_famous_person_youve/c8qs00q/?context=999 Posted 2013: I met Axl Rose in my uncle's store once. He came to shop at my uncle's store and acted like a dick. He thought he knew better about my uncle's merchandise (which he makes himself) better than he did and called it garbage. My uncle just kicked him out. He didn't need Axl Rose's validation because he was already one of the more successful tailors in Los Angeles. And a funny somewhat related story: My great-grandfather was also a tailor and one day Mickey Cohen himself came in to strong-arm him into paying protection money. My great-grandfather then beat him with a t-square and chased him out with shears. https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1bncng/what_is_an_experience_you_had_with_a_famous/c98dzpz/?context=999 Posted 2013: Mid 1988, just out of Marine Corp Bootcamp, in Tijuana at a strip bar. I'm 18. I see a guy across the bar that looks familiar. Long stringy hair sitting with another guy. As a group we all cant figure out who he is. I go over ask him who he is. "You dont know who I am?" "Nope. Thats why I'm asking" "Sit down, I'll buy you a drink" Proceed to get shit face wasted with this guy. Later he takes off his long sleeved jacket, revealing hit wife-beater tank and all his tattoos. Axl Rose, lead singer for Guns and Roses. Later, time comes to pony up for the drinks and he is flat broke. We get kicked out, TJ police show up, me and my buds pull together 100 dollars to make them go away. While doing so, Axl heads back to Paradise City. https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1e2uzc/deleted_by_user/c9wiumz/?context=999 Posted 2013: Went and saw Guns N Roses in Orlando about two years ago. Went with my best friend whose dad happens to be a touring member of the band. Knowing that I was going to go backstage, I got completely shitfaced so I could make a good impression. Before they get on stage (GnR) they play the opening theme to Dexter as like an intro to their set. Queue to being backstage after the show. Here I am, in a room with everyone from the current GnR lineup. Everyone is there. A few groupies or whatever (prob just friends.) Everybody is eating pizza. Axl is there in a bathrobe. I am completely fucking shitfaced. Axl is obviously the center of attention. He brings up the Dexter intro and asks everyone what they thought about it. (Apparently they hadn't been using it that much.) Everyone says they liked it. Now, I don't know why I did this, but I did... As soon as Axl asked if everybody liked the intro, I said out loud in my drunkenly obnoxious voice "Yeh the Dexter intro was great!? Have you guys seen the last episode of this season? Deb fucking gets KILLED!! DEB IS DEAD!!!" Right after I said that, everyone in the room got dead quiet and their faces got completely somber. Axl gave me the 'Are you fucking kidding me!?' look. Right then, I said "I'm just kidding around man I haven't seen the new episode. But the intro was awesome!" Everybody kind of chuckled. My friends dad than grabbed me by the shoulder and said into my ear "calm the fuck down." Looking back on it now, I still think its hilarious. For short: pissed off GnR by being a drunk asshole. https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1fwokd/deleted_by_user/caensng/?context=999 Posted 2013: Haven't worked with actors/actresses but I worked as a backstage security guard at a major concert venue. I had the chance to interact with a load of big name bands and music artists. Main job was to check backstage passes and work with the artists/bands on security to coordinate their movement within the concert venue. The meanest person I have ever encountered was Axl Rose (lead singer from Guns N Roses) when he was on the Chinese Democracy tour. Guy was an absolute prick to all the staff and extremely demanding. Wouldnt go on stage until his demands were met and went on stage one hour late even though he was at the venue with plenty of time to spare. Band was just messing around and didnt give a shit about their fans. He demanded on the tour rider that fans could not be let in with any memorabilia relating to past Guns N Roses members. For example: slash wigs and top hats. Runner up would have to be Gavin Rossdale. He was accompanying his wife Gwen Stefani on tour. When the show had started and was completly black and i approached him to check his pass. At the time I couldnt recognise him who he was as it was dark. Got my flashlight out and pulled his pass closer to my face to inspect it. He slapped my wrist away and yelled, "Do you know who the fuck you are dealing with!". I apologised and said I was following tour rider and venue security protocol. He stormed off. Best band I have dealt with was Linkin Park. Those guys were really nice and down to earth. Billy Joel was hilarious and a great guy. https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1gf39n/what_was_the_best_concert_you_have_ever_been_to/cajsf0f/?context=999 Posted 2013, it’s rather long, so I’ve just put the link in there. Has Bumblefoot. https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1j7pea/reddit_whats_something_you_did_that_you_want_to/cbbyg9v/?context=999 Posted 2013: I partied with axl rose and all of guns n roses for an entire night in tokyo. Maybe it doesn't sound pretentious, but for the night we were bros and it was amazing and I didn't even have to have sex with him to be invited back to his hotel room to have a night cap. I doubt he even remembers. Replier: Was Bumblefoot there? Replier: yessir, he didn't stay long and was very chill. Imgur https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1m8w6k/which_well_liked_celebrities_are_really_dicks_in/cc79pva/?context=999 Posted 2013: My father used to work at a huge rock station in my town and back in the 90s. He had dinner with Vince Neil and his solo band and Vince threw a fit and everyone in his band just gave him complete shit about it. Hilarious. He also played softball with the original guns n roses for a charity. Said duff was a great guy, slash was hilarious. Said slash stood out in the outfield with a diet coke in his hand and looked like a kid you'd see in your high school gym class. Of course Axl was back at the hotel and refused to play, he's a huge dick. Eddie van halen hates people backstage apparently and is very reclusive. Sammy Hagar on the other hand is awesome as fuck. Everyone in the band Kansas is an asshole. My uncle worked security for a big hotel years ago and met a lot of celebs. AC/DC are great guys, angus is wild as hell though and Brian Johnson kept asking my uncle if they were bugging him while Brian had 2 girls around his arms. Met gene Simmons. It's hilarious though because of the whole fiasco about his lie detector test on his show and how he never cheated. My uncle sent a girl in lingere up to Genes room while he was dating Shannon and the girl left the next morning. https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1ohnrl/who_has_dated_someone_famous_before_they_made_it/ccsfxoh/?context=999 Posted 2013: My dad went to high school and wrestled with Axl Rose. I wouldn't consider that dating but there was a lot of touching and hugging. Replier: Who won? Replier: My dad, Axl was a horrible wrestler. https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1tqgkv/teachers_of_reddit_have_you_ever_had_anyone_who/ceai9m3/?context=999 Posted 2013: Axl Rose went to my high school (way before I was there). My best friend's dad was an Earth Science teacher there, and he kicked Axl out of class a few times for being disruptive, talking back, etc. https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1uvp6a/whos_the_most_memorable_stranger_youve_met/cemc8b8/?context=999 Posted 2014: I was about 21 years old, transitioning between living in a big city and moving back to my hometown to finish school, so I was taking the commuter train a lot. One Friday evening I was heading out of the city to stay with friends for the weekend. It being Friday and summer time, the train was pretty full by the time I boarded. The only empty seat I could find was the aisle seat next to a rather scruffy looking man. Though he was sitting I could tell he was a little bit shorter than average. Maybe mid forties, he had on a threadbare plaid, button-down shirt with only the bottom half fastened with modest chest hair on display and a brown well worn baseball cap perched atop longer disheveled hair. He wasn't dirty and didn't smell bad, just a good ole boy. Usually I avoid people and rarely talk unless I've had a few drinks, but my seatmate that particular day was having none of that. Over the next hour and fifteen minute ride I learned most of his life story the majority of which I have unfortunately forgotten. What I remember is him trying to convince me that he had four nipples, spreading open his shirt, pointing to what could have been moles, quite possibly nipples, next to his obvious nips. That was entertaining enough as it is. The couple behind us thought so too. But the most memorable part of the ride was the man claiming that he gave Axl Rose the lyrics for Welcome to the Jungle. His story went something like this: When he was a young man he did time in Wabash Prison in Indiana (I don't remember what he was serving time for but for some reason I want to say it was stealing cars). He had been there a while when this quiet skinny kid entered the prison. This kid kept to himself for the most part, but our hero, being the outgoing guy that he is attempted to make friends. Their first conversation, our man gave him a cigarette and asked skinny kid how he was adjusting. Skinny kid told him how rough things were for him. Our man responds with, "Welcome to the jungle, kid. It will bring you to your knees." Skinny kid says that's a great line and he'd like to use it some day. Guy gives full permission for line to be used and that's that. A few years later guy is out of prison and hears Welcome to the Jungle on the radio complete with his line. When I doubted his story, my seatmate raised his hand and swore to god that's what happened. Though I know I could do a little bit of research and find out if Axl was even ever in prison and blow the whole story out of the water, I have chosen over the years to remain willfully ignorant. It is one of my favorite memories from years of riding that train and I would like to keep it in the state it is in. When the train reached my stop, I thanked him for the companionship and stories and never saw him again. Tl;Dr: Met guy who gave Axl Rose the inspiration for Welcome to the Jungle and saw possible quadruple nipples. (bolding was done by original poster) https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1xj01o/which_celebrity_have_you_met_and_were_they_as/cfc6n99/?context=999 Posted 2014: A friend of my mom's met Axl Rose back in the late 80s (he had come in to the bar she worked at). He was high on something and pushed her down a flight of stairs. https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/2b91eh/what_is_your_hometown_famous_for/cj3fv7n/?context=999 Posted 2014: Lafayette, IN... Axl Rose and Izzy Stradlin (Guns N' Roses) are from here. I actually saw Axl twice around town back in the late '80s/early '90s. The first time, he was in front of me at the Taco Bell drive-thru late at night. The second time, he was on an exercise bike right next to me in a cardio room at the Purdue Co-Rec. There was a huge throng of students outside the room's doors, looking through the glass. I couldn't figure out why they were so excited and looking in my direction. I look to the left, and there's Axl, headphones in, pedaling and sweating. Given that he's from here, it's not that big of a deal to see him around, even back in the day when GNR was at the top of their game (and still had all the original members). So I was like, eh, cool, it's Axl, and went on with my own exercising. Blind Melon lead singer Shannon Hoon was from Dayton, a small town just outside of Lafayette. He's buried in the cemetery there as well. Hollywood folks from Lafayette include Sydney Pollack, Karen Black, and Tammy Lynn Michaels. Also, one of the most famous clowns ever, Emmett Kelly, is buried here. https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/2ib8qg/teachers_did_you_teach_anyone_that_is_now_famous/cl0ljq0/?context=999 Posted 2014: My grandma taught Axl Rose in kindergarten in Lafayette, Indiana. He was known as Bill Bailey back then. She said he was an adorable, sweet, freckle-faced redhead who loved to sit with her at the piano and sing along to the song, "Won't You Come Home, Bill Bailey?" When my brother and I showed her a picture of what he looks like now, she was shocked. Cracked us up. https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/2ogcut/did_any_redditors_go_to_school_with_someone_who/cmmzm3e/?context=999 Posted 2014: My dad went to school with Axl Rose. But that's not a real feat seeing as he went to/got kicked out of about every school in the area. Replier: my friends grandpa expelled axl rose back in the day hahah https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/2q2jbo/whats_something_annoying_from_2014_that_you_hope/cn2jegi/?context=999 Posted 2014: I saw a GNR concert this year where some guy held up a sign saying that he wanted to propose to his girlfriend. During the solo, Axl said ''Reverend Rose is waiting'' and called up the dude and his girlfriend, and then walked away so the dude could propose to her, and then the girl proceeded to hug Axl. Silly stuff. https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/2se60p/hey_reddit_which_famous_person_have_you_bumped/cnp6mlc/?context=999 Posted 2015: I bumped into Axl Rose at a restaurant. Talked with him for a bit while we both waited to be seated. He was up here in South Dakota because Guns and Roses was performing for the Sturgis Rally. He's a pretty chill guy, mainly talked about touring and stuff. Replier: Axl is seriously one of the nicest guys I've ever met. It drives me crazy that everyone thinks he's such a terrible person, but they don't know what he's really like https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/2sqd3h/have_you_ever_met_a_celebrity_who_turned_out_to/cnsiu4g/?context=999 Posted 2015: My parents both work in entertainment so I've met quite a few celebrities over the years, and I have a few stories from others as well. I'll stick to the most famous of them. Bruce Willis- my mom worked with him in the 80s and she said he was pretty arrogant and a dick to everyone, until she yelled at him and from that point on he was the nicest guy in the world to her. Axl Rose- crashed my parent's party and stole my dad's NWA hat. You can see him wearing it in the paradise city music video I believe. Dad said he was weird and kind of kept to himself, only came because his brother was already there. Jimmy Buffett- my dad used to hang out with him down in New Orleans. Said he was a great guy that just liked to have a good time, and he even let them throw parties at his house when he was on tour. Mickey Rourke- my mom hated working with him. She said he was the biggest jackass she ever worked with. Emma Roberts- total sweetheart. I never spoke to her, but everyone on the set seemed to adore her. Robin Williams- my parents went to dinner with a bunch of friends and he was there. Apparently he was the funniest person they had ever met, but my dad said it was kind of sad to see him, because he had no "off switch" and was always the center of attention. David Bowie- dad said he was awesome, and when they went somewhere he even got in the back seat of the car because my dad was significantly taller than him. Real genuine dude, just out there. J. Cole- I hung out with him for a few hours, and he was a real genuine dude. We just drank some beer and talked for a while when we were up in New York and he was recording. I'm drawing a blank on more random celebrities, and since I don't want to include any of the ones that are family friends, I guess that's it. https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/2xkc5x/seriouswhats_your_never_meet_your_heroes_story/cp10z8y/?context=999 Posted 2015: My dad and his nephew met Slash and Axl Rose at a truck stop. Axl kicked the bathroom door open and almost hit my cousin with it, and told him to get outta the way. My cousin threw him against the wall and told him to apologize. Meanwhile my dad looked at Slash, just daring him to jump in, but he just grabbed axel and walked out. Edit2: a word. And name:/ Wow! My highest rated comment! Thanks all of you! Replier that wanted to retell the softball story: My dad worked at a very popular radio station back in the early 90's and played softball with Guns 'N' Roses. It was the station against the band for a charitable event. All the band members were awesome is what he said. Slash was an awesome guy and said he looked like a high schooler in gym glass with a glove in his hand and a coke in the other. Izzy was actually a hell of a ball player and jumped up to make a catch at short my dad hit. Says that still shocks him today. Duff was awesome too but he got pissed when my dad threw him out at second. Matt Sorum was a cool guy. Everyone was awesome....except for Axl. Douchebag didnt even bother to leave the hotel room. When someone asked Slash where Axl was, he replied with a shoulder shrug and an eye roll with a "fuck him" I hope you read this, Axl, you fat fucking shit cake. You ruined GNR. Edited January 2 by BucketEgg 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BucketEgg Posted January 2 Author Share Posted January 2 (edited) https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/316ose/who_is_the_worst_band_youve_ever_seen_live_and_why/cpzebht/?context=999 Posted 2015: My dad is a security guard for concert venues and he said that they actually had a meeting with the venue staff before a GNR show about how if you're working the pit and look back at the stage or at Axl for any reason, he'll spit on you, stop the show to yell at you, etc. he said it was ridiculous and he was a huge tool. https://old.reddit.com/r/entertainment/comments/yl03iy/johnny_depp_to_make_guest_appearance_in_rihannas/ Not GnR, but since another story mentioned Axl didn’t like getting looked at, apparently celebrities getting annoyed when people look at them isn’t unique. Posted 2022: If it’s of any consolation, I work in film and I’ve heard countless stories of Rihana being one of the worst people ever. So there’s always that. I’ve never been on set with her, but every single person I’ve ever known that’s worked on one of her music videos says she shows up anywhere from 2 to 10 hours late. I’ve heard she’s super rude to the crew, doesn’t let people look at her, basically anything you’d assume a douchey celeb to do on set she does, which is not commonplace. Another person: It's funny cuz I used to like Lady Gaga but when I worked at her show we weren't allowed to look in her direction or had to cover our eyes when she walked by and it made me not like her Ironically around the same time I hated Miley Cyrus and when I worked at her show her and her family were the sweetest people you'll ever meet https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/3kxtyw/redditors_who_have_actually_been_to_your_10_year/cv2adg9/?context=999 Posted 2015: I used to pass notes to a guy in Algebra class... mostly song lyrics. I'd write a line pass it to him, he'd write a line, back and forth. He was a quiet kid and friends with some other friends of mine who were big into BMX bikes and skateboards. I took a bunch of photos of these guys for my photography class. At graduation he said he was heading to California to ride BMX. He never came to a reunion... he was too busy playing rhythm guitar in Guns N Roses as Izzy Straddlin. Replier: thats a cool story it was Slash that was into BMX though Replier: What's funny is that I grew up in Lafayette, too. There isn't a local that lived there in the 80's that doesn't have a story about knowing Izzy, Axl, or Shannon Hoon. Apparently those guys were all over the place. My personal story is that I was friends with Shannon's cousin, JT. We went over to JT's house to hang out, and Shannon was there, chasing everyone around with scissors. He caught me once and held the scissors to my throat. My brush with a Lafayette celebrity was not an entirely auspicious one... https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/429ih9/what_is_a_huge_band_that_you_saw_when_they_were/cz8ozvf/?context=999 Posted 2016: Guns and roses opening for the cult. I was there to see the cult, less than 500 people. I was right in front and remember 2 things: 1-. Who the fuck is this incredible band 2-. How Axl rose smelled, a very distinctive way white trash smells, I dont know why but poor white people smell like that ( 1987) Replier: You should write a memoir called "I Smelled Axl Rose". That must've been amazing to see them in a small venue. Replier: It was. He was 3 feet away from me. And apetite for destruction is a great record. It took one year to reach #1. But the songs were so fresh. The Cult was great too by the way, just never got to be huge like gnr (which im seeing at coachella by the way) grandpa in a sea of teens, my second book. https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/53xtcl/what_perfectly_true_story_of_yours_sounds_like_an/d7xdz25/ Posted in 2016, and my favourite encounter claim, that was also previously posted long ago in women’s thread 2: similar vein to musicians, not me, but my dad always tells this story. My parents used to be part of a bowling league in Lafayette (they both went to purdue) and Axel rose used to come in a lot. He was born in Indiana and still living there at the time, I think this was the late 70's or early 80's (so he would have been in his 20's?) and before he was part of guns and roses. My dad said the dude was kind of annoying and always having issues with the police for stupid shit, kind of seen as a deadbeat. Well one time he was at the bowling place and sitting/talking with my dads group for a bit, after he got up he went to the bar and ordered either a bunch of food or drinks and told the bartender my dad had said "it was on him". He bounces without saying bye and later my dad gets the bill with all this shit on it. Every time my dad saw him after that Axl would always have some shit excuse for paying him back, why he did it, and that he would pay him back plus more at another time, it became a running joke, my dad said they would always be like "hey W, I'm increasing the vig if you dont pay, or you can make payments if you need to", always blowing him shit. I think my dad said something about everyone just calling him "W", as his birth name was William/billy and he didn't start going by "Axl" until in bands". So anyway fast forward to the late 80's and my parents still bowled from time to time. G&R was getting huge and one night the entire band comes into the bowling alley, I think they were playing in Indy the next day and decided to stop back. Well my dad wanted his fucking money, goes up to them and Axl remembers him, asks how it's going and what not. So my dad kind of jokingly busts his balls for not paying him back, axl flat out denies it, but it was such a half assed "nah bro, that aint me" type of denial. So the night goes on, everyone wanting autographs, place is packed, everyone's drinking, my dad still blowing axl shit and I guess the band is making fun of Axl at this point too, my dads also still calling him W and Axl was getting pissed, making everyone make fun of Axl even more. So anyway Axl gets up and tells my dad that if he can beat him in a game of bowling he will give him $100 on this supposed tab he left on my dad to pay. I think my dad said he was pretty trashed, and my dad's pretty good at bowling (always in the high 100's), so says sure. So Axl gets up and gutter balls the first roll, like bad. Next one same thing, said he looked dizzy and basically threw it in the gutter, like didn't even get halfway down the lane. So the band and everyone else around is dying laughing and I guess Axl was getting mad, so he said something like he needs everyone to be quiet so he can concentrate. So one of the other band members does a super sarcastic "shhhh guys, he needs to conectrate" while laughing, so they all get quite and he fucking throws a strike. No worries must be luck, another strike, then another. Axl rose, hammered, proceeded to throw all strikes, one spare and then three strikes to close it out. Ended up almost getting a 250, dad had 230 and lost. Replier: My girlfriends uncle was friends with him in high school and he can definitely vouch for this hahaha Replier: Late to the party but...I worked at a prison in Indiana and I had multiple inmates tell me about how he was a punk when they saw him in Westville prison. Guess he would start shit with people for no reason, always arrogant, constantly ran up debts he couldn't pay, and got his ass beat multiple times. Another person in the thread: my dad said he was a pretty forgettable kind of guy actually, he was drunk a lot and always had issues with the law. Just read up on his Wikipedia and I guess he says what made him leave Indiana was that they threatened to rule him as a constant delinquent or something, so he moved. Everyone I know who knew him before he was famous us always like "how did that idiot get that big". Another person: Yeah, I'm from the Lafayette area and I've heard stories about what a douche he is from people that knew him growing up. Another person: As someone who's grown up in Lafayette, most of the parents of my generation have some great stories about Axl being a douche and getting beat up. Replier: this is so true, everyone who's like 50+ and lived in lafayette/west lafayette in the 70's/80's seems to have their own Axl being an ass clown story. I'm pretty sure all the police have a story about arresting him too. Replier: For a while there was a skateboard park at the levee in West Lafayette. Bill Bailey (Axl) used to skate there when I was a kid. I think he was a teenager. One time there, he split open the tip of his finger with an M-80 (exploded in his hand). He seemed like a nice enough guy, just kind of wild. Replier: That's pretty funny cause I live about an hour away from Lafayette and wasn't born till 90' but I've even heard stories of how he was a little shit. Izzy Stradlin is my father's cousin and he would always tell me stories about how Jeff was always a quiet kid but Axl was a little fucker. Another person: Had a buddy party with Axl in his (Axl's)room in Vegas, it had a bowling lane in it. Can confirm, saw pics. Another person: “seen as a deadbeat” My good friend's father taught Axel in high school in Lafayette. Basically, described him the same way every time we ask. He might have used the word "dirtball" or something. Nobody that knew him before he was famous seems very impressed. Of course us....we all loved GnR and couldn't believe he was from Lafayette. Another person: I'm originally from Lafayette too, and this is my Axl story. Once Axl hit it big in the 80s, he bought an old Civil-war era house that sat on a few acres on the outskirts of Lafayette, not too far from my parent's house. It wasn't long before he erected a giant brick privacy wall with iron gate around the front. You could tell if Axl was home as there was usually a tour bus parked on the side of the house. Anyway, the cops were always getting called out there as he and his buddies liked to get hammered and shoot their guns out back; problem was his house, though compound-ish, was encroached by numerous suburban neighborhoods from all directions. Also, this story was relayed to me many times on the bus every time we passed his house in the fall. Supposedly one Halloween, some of the local neighborhood kids mustered the courage to walk the mile or two to his house to Trick or Treat. The story goes that a half-dressed woman answered the door, had no candy to offer the kiddos (as she didn't realize it was Halloween), so she grabbed the closet thing of value that she could find - an acoustic guitar laying next to the door, and presented it to the group. Another person, talking about Izzy: Yeah. He used to own a place along [blanked.] He got really into motorsports after he left the band and built 2 dirt tracks on his property. The tracks are still visible via Google Earth. But just barely. Edit: country property records still show him as the owner. Another person: My uncle was a lawyer and represented him once in AZ. He said he was always pleasant and respectful. He would always jokingly ask me if I wanted him to get G&R to play at our wedding. https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/5tpyf7/dearest_redditors_have_you_ever_metencountered/ddo56f2/?context=999 Posted 2017: Met Angus Young and Axl Rose after a concert. Just happened to be staying at the same hotel as the band. Both were really cool people. Autographed the stuff we got from the concert and got pictures. https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/6gm40z/deleted_by_user/dis062x/?context=999 Posted 2017: I worked security for a Guns N' Roses concert last summer. Got to meet the whole band, both current and some former that were still buddies with the current band. I was working a 17 hour shift, so I got quite a few good stories out of it: 1) Frank Ferrar. Dude was the coolest. He found out pretty quickly that I was easily startled, so every time he left the dressing area (which I had my back to), he'd grab my shoulders and shake me a little. Woke me up like that a few times. After the concert ended, he formally introduced himself, asked my name, and said thanks for working. Truly a great dude. 2) Slash. Dude showed up about 10 minutes after GnR was scheduled to start with his wife or girlfriend or something. Cool enough dude. I got to watch his wife scratch his back while he purred like a damn cat. He said I looked like I might've been the grandson of a fan of the original band. I told him my brother and I liked GnR and velvet revolver growing up and he thought that was cool. 3) There was one guy. I don't know who he was but I bet he was from the original group. He was maybe 5'3 and didn't wear shoes. He was hammered the whole time, mostly spoke giberish, and was really nice and gave me a handshake every time he passed. No idea who he was, but the rest of the guys were pretty cool towards him. There was more if there's any interest. Also from that night, I swiped the VIP room sign on my way out and Frank winked at me as he saw me take it. I have it to my dad, who was stoked as hell. https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/6i7h85/which_celebrity_is_a_complete_asshole/dj54eq1/?context=999 Posted 2017: My partner's parents met Axl Rose when they were on holiday and they were sitting near each other at a resort pool. My partner's dad went up to Axl, having no idea who he was (he'll talk to anyone, just a super friendly guy), and after they introduced themselves said, "Oh, that's nice. My son's in a band too." Apparently they had a nice chat and shared some food. https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/6iugod/people_who_are_related_to_celebrities_how_has/djb0a66/?context=999 Posted 2017: I am related to the Brazilian family that manage Axl Rose's career, all of them are legitimate good people. Ever since my dad passed away, which was the common ground for everyone, I only get to see them eventually, mostly when the band comes to Brazil. They always send me some tickets and backstage passes so we can meet up and chat for a bit, It's pretty cool. https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/72r8mx/what_is_absolutely_hilarious_as_long_as_its_not/dnl8hus/?context=999 Posted 2017: That reminds me of when my ex-stepdad met Richard Fortus and asked him if he was a big Guns N' Roses fan. He's the guitarist. https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/b4wje2/whos_the_biggest_asshole_in_music/ejanvmz/?context=999 Posted 2019: I think he's pretty misunderstood. My old therapist used to work security for GNR and he said Axl was head-and-shoulders the nicest guy in the band. Very polite, funny and (believe it or not) surprisnly easy to work for, compared to the other guys. He said the only problem was his chronic lateness and he had serious trouble controlling his temper which resulted in him getting into lots of ugly fist fights and seriously messing people up. Duff mckagan, Slash and even Steven Adler said in their books that Axl was a nice guy at heart, but he suffered from some really awful emotional traumas that resulted in him doing a lot of stupid things that he now regrets. There are plenty of stories out there of him being pretty cool. I wouldn't say he's a malicious person, just not the most well-adjusted. https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/bitid/what_is_your_strangest_celebrity_runin_story/c0mzb4q/?context=999 Posted 2010: I had a stare down with Axl Rose one time. I saw him walking toward me, he notices me looking in his direction and stares right at me. I turned to my girlfriend at the time and kind of non-chalantly point out to her that "that's Axl Rose over there." Then I looked back up to see Axl Rose still staring at me, then he just kind of walked past me without taking his eyes off of me. https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/bp76x/have_a_before_they_were_famous_story/c0nx065/?context=999 Posted 2010: Axl Rose went to my high school. He was known as William Rose/William Bailey back then. My painting teacher, Mr. Jackson, had him for at least a couple of years in a row; taking painting is considered to be an "easy A" kind of class at my high school and a lot of lazy kids take it assuming they won't have to do anything. Mr. Jackson said that Axl was really arrogant and never wanted to do his homework, and always used to say he was gonna be a rock star and be famous so there was no point in him following the rules. Mr. Jackson is one of the best teachers I've ever had and a tremendously upstanding, kind person and it's really funny whenever you as him about Axl Rose to see him kind of shake his head and wrinkle his nose. Axl Rose is also my friend Samantha's godfather, but she has never met him. He doesn't come around our hometown anymore, and a lot of people who go to my high school don't even know he went to school there. https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/dlyve/reddit_pete_townshends_dog_ate_my_aunts_guinea_pig/c117oy8/?context=999 Posted 2010: Axl Rose's mother used to be my Grandma's cleaning lady. My grandma also lives on Rose St. and claims that he once stole the her street's sign. https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/eoc3l/lets_hear_your_celebrity_encounters/c19ngur/?context=999 Posted 2010: Aaliyah - Went to her CD release party Axl Rose - Worked at a recording studio. He was always quiet and shy but rumor is he would flip out if he was put on hold when he called. Christian Slater - Flirted with me at this event. It was kinda awkward. Gary Sinise - On CSI NY set. Asked me for some item. I didn't even think about it and said it was someone else's. He seemed offended and walked off. I treat everyone equal. Silly me, forgot I was supposed to treat the star differently. Katie Couric - Saw her somewhere with my mom. Lots of other tourists screaming for her to come over and maybe take a pic/give autograph. She didn't even look our way. My mom has hated her ever since. She use to be one of her biggest fans. Dave Chappelle - Lives in same town in Ohio as my bf's mom. She sees him the coffee shop and says they make conversation and that he's a really nice guy. Pink - saw her perform karaoke of one of her songs at Miyagi's on Sunset in L.A. Christina Aguilera - saw her perform At Last at R&R music convention in a room of 30-50 people Sting - saw him perform on set to about 30 people while taping for Little Britain A lot of sightings too... too many to list them all Dustin Hoffman at bookstore Brooke Shields in Whole Foods Janet Jackson at recording studio Paris Hilton at Hyde, a club in L.A. Hilary Clinton at an event at The Kennedy Center https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/j93dun/whats_your_i_met_a_celebrity_randomly_story/g8gwio9/?context=999 Posted 2020: I have met a lot but one that I will share is meeting Richard Fortus a member of Guns n Roses. He came into the grocery store I worked at. He just looks like a rock star. He is also very down to earth and personable. For years he would come in and we would talk for a few minutes. We played this game where I never let on that I knew he was in GnR. We just talked about life, our kids, food, and what we were doing. I saw him at an amusement park once and called out to him and said hello. He sold hello back and used my name. For a few minutes people were trying to figure out who I was. I only once actually talked to him about him being in the band. GnR played in St. Louis for the first time in decades due to a riot that happened the last time they played. It was a great concert and they played 32 songs without an intermission. I thanked him for the experience. The next time I saw him we resumed our normal every day conversations. https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jbc4i8/whats_your_i_met_a_celebrity_but_didnt_let_on/g8uj1y7/ Person retelling the same Fortus story, in 2020: I almost always did not let on when I met a celebrity. If I met them more than once I might talk about things in general but not single them out as a celebrity. A friend of a friend was Zachery Levi so for a period of about a year to 18 months I would periodically hang with my friends and he would be there too. Way cool guy. Richard Fortus shops at a grocery store I used to work at. For a period of a few years we would talk often but never letting on that he was in Guns N Roses. He knew I knew but it was never openly said. He was fun to talk to. I did talk about him being in GNR once after I had gone to their concert. He came in with his wife and I just thanked him for the awesome show. I told his wife about our thing of not talking about his real job. I have a few others but those are the main ones. https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/px79g/reddit_whats_your_favorite_no_fucking_way_story/c3t0tad/?context=999 Posted 2012: This will probably get buried but fuck it. Back in the late 80's or early 90's my grandparents came to visit my family in Nevada where we had just moved. Back in the day you could smoke inside the mall so while my mom went shopping in one of the stores, her dad decided it was a good time to take a smoke break and stayed outside the shop. When she came out she saw him sharing a cigarette with some long haired, dirty bum in a leather jacket. My grandpa sees her coming and he exchanges goodbyes with the stranger and the guy walks off. First my mom chastises him about sharing cigs with bums but grandpa said he was a nice guy and was a struggling musician so he kinda felt bad for him. She asked what kind of music he played and he said just some little rock and roll band but that he advised him to ditch it and do country because that's where all the money is. When she heard that he he was in rock and roll band something clicked because for some reason this bum looked kind of familiar to her. She asked my grandpa the name of the band and he nonchalantly said something about roses and guns. It was then when she had realized that it was Axl Rose and not just some homeless dude. TLDR: My grandfather shared a cigarette with Axl Rose in the early 90's and not knowing who he was, proceeded to tell him to drop Rock and Roll to do Country because that's where the money is. Edited January 2 by BucketEgg 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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