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Date of Birth: 6
February 1962
City: Lafayette,
Indiana, USA
Birth Name: William Bruce Rose (Later changed officially to W. Axl
Rose)
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Height: 5' 9" (1.75 m)
Place where he lives: Malibu, USA
Biography
Spouse: Erin Everly (28 April 1990 - January 1991)
(annulled)
Trivia
Has been arrested over 30
times for various offenses, mostly drunk and disorderly and assault
charges.
Is manic depressive.
Was born William Bruce
Rose, but when his parents split his mother changed his name to William
Bruce Bailey, taking his step-father's last name. Axl claims that when
he was 17 he learned of his real father and changed it back to William
Bruce Rose, but this is disputed. One of Rose's first music managers in
L.A.
claims that in the early 1980s Rose was still legally William Bailey.
Upon signing with Geffen
Records in 1986 he had his name legally changed to W. Axl Rose.
His mother, Sharon E.
Bailey died on May 28th, 1996.
Younger sister Amy and
younger brother Stuart.
His ex-wife, Erin Everly, is Don Everly's
daughter.
Attended high school with
former longtime Guns N' Roses bandmate Izzy Stradlin.
When compiling song
selections for the 1999 Guns N' Roses live album "Live Era",
he communicated with Slash and Duff McKagan
only through intermediaries.
"Axl Rose" is
an anagram for "oral sex".
Was found guilty in
November 1992 of property damage and assault at a 1991 Guns N' Roses
concert in Maryland Heights,
Missouri. Was given two
years probation and ordered to pay $50,000 to community groups.
Has served as his own
lawyer and defended himself at his innumerable trials.
Grew up in a strict
Pentecostal (fundamentalist Christian) household. Was kicked out of his
house at age 16 for not cutting his hair.
Played with Guns N' Roses
in Rock in Rio II (January '91) and Rock in Rio III (January 2001) as
one of the most expected attractions.
Has kicked off Guns N'
Roses' "Chinese Democracy" world tour in Hong Kong, China.
The band will play a series of shows in East Asia and Europe before
resuming their tour in Spring 2003, and will keep the tour going for
"two or three years" according to Rose. The album they're
supporting, "Chinese Democracy", is in its finishing stages.
[August 14, 2002]
"Sweet Child O'
Mine" is played in State of Grace
(1990).
"Welcome to the
Jungle" is played in The Dead Pool (1988).
Guns N' Roses were voted
the 92nd Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Artists of all time by Rolling Stone.
Released two albums at
the same time with Guns N' Roses. This was the first time a band had
ever released more than one album on the same day.
Legally changed his name
to W. Axl Rose in 1986. The 'W' is legal, not an abbreviation, and was
chosen because Rose did not wish to share the name William with his
biological father.
Played in a band called
Hollywood Rose prior to Guns And Roses.
Personal Quotes
"Life sucks, but in
a beautiful kind of way."
"I used to use the
Internet a lot, but I got tired of reading all the garbage on there
about me. The Internet is just a huge garbage can."
Thanks to: www.imdb.com
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