Axl Rose‘s stories can be told by the dozen, but the one that has been on everyone’s lips lately is that of his unfortunate transformation from a sex symbol to a more-than-mature man with a decadent style. Thousands of young people would give their lives for a moment with him inside his hotel room or in any corner that offered a little privacy. Now he is the subject of the best memes in history and the sadness of his fervent fans.
But more than an unfortunate aging, behind Rose, there is a series of legends related to his excesses.
The Heartbreaking Confession About Abuse to Rolling Stone Magazine
After Slash joined Michael Jackson for a series of concerts and other collaborations, Axl Rose exploded because of the reputation that the King of Pop was already dragging. So it was that in an interview Rose stated that he had been abused by his stepfather on a navy base, which added to his mother’s lack of attention, and her confession to him about his real father created in his teenage heart a deep resentment against authority and abusers. Slash joining Michael was something Axl couldn’t stand.
The Alley of Doom
When Axl and Guns N’ Roses were already internationally famous, they used the alley behind their apartment to sell illegal substances. If any of them slept with a girl, the others would loot the lady’s belongings. The doom of the place was so brutal and so well-known that the police had identified the area as a hotspot for crime. That is what Izzy Stradlin revealed in the book Watch You Bleed: The Saga of Guns N’ Roses.
What currently remains of Axl Rose’s crazy life is a completely deteriorated physique that he has not been able to repair even with all the surgeries in the world. He knows it and that is why he is suing Google to remove his worst pictures from the public domain. His days of excesses and beautiful women at his disposal are over, he only has a future in memes and the memory of being one of the biggest rock stars in history.
Story written in Spanish by Corina Mendoza in Cultura Colectiva
