Following the previous post, there’s also a report of young Axl being hit by a car when crossing the road. He really seemed to have caught no break in life, poor boy.
And there’s a picture I found of Izzy’s cousin who, according to Izzy, was a bit of a bully to them in high school and Axl fought him in Izzy’s absence. Turned out he was a professional athlete. Pretty brave of Axl to pick a fight with that guy given their size difference tbh.
About a year ago I dug around old newspapers and found some interesting facts about Axl’s childhood, just thought I’d post them here cuz some of you might be interested.
Due to the ten-pic limit, in this post I mostly included stuff about his biological father who, if the following accounts are true, was a habitual criminal and an overall unstable, aggressive person.
According to the logs, when Axl’s mother filed for divorce for the first time her request was rejected by the court. She was allegedly found with a Purdue student one night, and the next day Rose Sr. kidnapped Axl, then aged two, leading local authorities to finalise the divorce.
There’s also a report of Rose Sr.’s attempt to chase down the car of that said student post-divorce. Just, wow, crazy stuff.
An interview in the beginning
I found an interview from the beginning of the band. I'm bringing it here so you can see a bit of the humor and sarcasm that Izzy had.
Axl spoke most of the interview in a low, somewhat serious voice, while Izzy was in the background making comments like:"We don't care about that", "That's a stupid question", "Next" or "Fuck your interview".
On the other hand, Duff seemed drunk, Steven was trying to flirt with a girl who was there and Slash seemed to be the mediator trying to solve the band's problems.
The interviewer (a woman) began to ask the ages of the members, everyone looked seriously at each other, until they spoke:
Axl:"Sure, we'll reveal our ages."
Duff:"Yeah, we don't care, I'm nineteen years old"
Axl:"I am twenty-four"
Slash:"No, Duff is twenty-two and I'm nineteen"
Izzy:"This is really not relevant..."
Slash:"Come on, say it..."
Izzy:"Axl isn't twenty-four, he's a million years old! He's seen it all!"
The interviewer: "Now let's go with the real ages"
Izzy:"What about the shit about ages? We don't care about that shit"
Slash:Izzy is twenty-three and Steven is twenty-one"
Izzy:"Write that for the Rainbow, so they'll let us through."
(...)
Slash:"Yes, I mean...I loved my dog"
Izzy:"But then the dog died and now he has Steven!"
Steven:"Oh fuck you!"
Hi!, I'm Betty, my first language is not English, so...if you see any mistake or something doesn't worck in this text, let me know and I will correct my mistake, Honey ♡.
★Thanks for reading☆
I just saw a car with a licence plate that said AXL on it.
It’s a sign.
Also I’m feeling like this picture of Axl since it’s finally summer 😫😫😫😫😍😍😍😍🥥🥥🥥
AWWWW LOOK AT THOSE TWO!! SUMMER BABES <333
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About this jacket.....
I remember reading somewhere, if I remember correctly, an ex-girlfriend of Izzy's or a friend of the band from that time said that the jacket was Izzy's, the jacket was black, well Izzy spray painted it pink, I don't remember if she said why she did this, but that's what I remember, if anyone knows the story or where I can find the story of this, please tell me where.
If you pay attention to the photos, you can clearly see how they spray painted it pink, good idea.
By the way, I love Izzy's outfit, the t-shirt with Marylin Monroe's face and the white comor jacket look good.
Axl's outfit seems incredible to me, blue jeans, the pink jacket and his red hair, it’s just something iconic, this is one of my favorite Axl Rose outfits.
Finally, if you pay attention to the penultimate foto, there are the three of them, in the background there is a pink car that matches the jacket that this post has been about.
So now you know, if you want to throw away an old leather jacket you can paint it any color you want, you just need spray paint.
Please someone tell Axl that pink is his color!
Men's, don't be afraid of this color.
(How many years have they been here? Like 20 or 21? I don't know.)
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Axl Rose Interview
"There's a lot of violence in the world. That's the environment we live in and we like to show what we live in rather than hide it and act like everything is nice and sugary.
It just seems easier to know the rougher side (of life) than the more pleasant side just because it's more readily accessible.
It seems like when you come to this town unless you are part of the mommy's-boy-daddy's-money poseur rock scene they try to puke you right out," said Rose.
I remember two years of standing at the Troubadour and talking to no one, not knowing what to do, and everybody thinking they're so cool. Eventually we did our own thing, made new friends, and brought a new crowd to the Troubadour."
Blake, 21 she/herGuns N’ Roses, Bright Eyes, mid-west music and literature, & random musings
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