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.
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The ads on a weekly basis and soon found their next bass player, Izzy Stradlin, who went on to gain fame as rhythm guitarist for Guns N’ Roses. “Back then he was Izzy Bell,” says Santalesa of Stradlin, “He looked a lot like Nikki Sixx and had a lot of energy. He was very enthusiastic.” (This contrary to the current heroin chic persona Stradlin sports today.)
Santalesa goes on to say that Stradlin was always more of a punk at heart, counter to Shire’s melodic power metal sound. He says “[Izzy] wanted to do a Ramones song and I added a solo, so everyone thought that was funny. He was the first guy I saw wearing creepers so he was ahead of his time.”
Ultimately, Stradlin would leave the band when “his friend Bill Bailey came from Indiana in 1983, so he started doing his thing with him.” (Bill would be GnR singer Axl Rose.)
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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
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."
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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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Blake, 21 she/herGuns N’ Roses, Bright Eyes, mid-west music and literature, & random musings
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