Axl Rose Biography / Who Is Axl Rose
Axl Rose, born William Bruce Rose Jr. (and raised William Bruce Bailey) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and musician. He has been the lead vocalist of “Guns n’ Roses” and has also been the band’s sole constant member since its inception in 1985. He has been named one of the greatest singers of all time by various media outlets. In his early years, he became active in the local hard rock scene and joined several bands, including Hollywood Rose and L.A. Guns.
He is one of the co-founders of “Guns N’ Roses” which garnered him great success and recognition over the years. In his beginnings, he moved to Los Angeles and so engrossed in his band AXL that his friends suggested he call himself Axl Rose; he legally changed his name to W. Axl Rose prior to signing his contract with Geffen Records in March 1986.
Axl Rose Age / How Old Is Axl Rose
He was born on the 6th of February, 1962, in Lafayette, Indiana, United States. As of 2019, he is 57 years old.
Axl Rose Height
He stands at a height of 1.75 m/ 5 feet 8.5 inches.
Axl Rose Family
He was the oldest child born to Sharon Elizabeth and William Bruce Rose. His family ancestry consists of Scottish, German, and German elements. His parents separated and later, his mother remarried to Stephen L Bailey, and changed her son’s name to William Bruce Bailey. Their family was very religious and regularly attended a Pentecostal church where he was required to attend services three to eight times per week and even taught Sunday school. He has two younger siblings—a sister, Amy, and a half-brother, Stuart.
Axl Rose Wife / Dating
He was previously married to Erin Everly, model and daughter to Don Everly of the Everly Brothers. The couple began dating in 1986 and got married on the 28th of August 1990. Less than a month later, he filed for a divorce. The two later reconciled after he found out that Erin was pregnant. In the same year, Erin had a miscarriage. In 1991, their marriage ended and three years later Erin filed a lawsuit accusing him of physical and emotional abuse throughout their relationship.
In mid-1991, he got involved with supermodel Stephanie Seymour, a supermodel. In 1993, the two got engaged but three weeks later separated.
Axl Rose Career
After moving to Los Angeles, he met Kevin Lawrence and joined his band “Rapidfire”. Together they recorded a demo consisting of five songs. After years of legal action, the album was released in 2014. Later, he formed the band “Hollywood Rose” with Izzy Stradlin, and Chris Weber. Together, the band recorded five songs. He, however, joined another band named L.A. Guns which would later merge with Hollywood Rose to form Guns N’ Roses in 1985. The performances of Guns N’ Roses grabbed a lot of attention of major record labels but finally, they signed a deal with Geffen Records in 1986.
The band’s first album “Appetite for Destruction” released in 1987 became their major breakthrough by becoming the best-sold debut album in the United States. The band became widely known and garnering huge success both locally and internationally setting a standing record in rock history. Subsequently, the band has gone on tour to various countries worldwide and recording many other major hits like “Guns N’ Roses Lies”, “Use Your Illusion I & II” among many others. The band, however, began facing internal conflicts leading to the quitting of some of the members.
He became the last standing member of the band and this legally adopted the band name and started gathering new members that will substitute the previous members. In 2001, the band began growing back when he appeared with the band at Rock in Rio 3 where they started the much anticipated Chinese Democracy Tour. The tour covered Europe, America, Asia, and Oceania until its end in 2011. The band released an album dedicated to the tour in 2008. The band kept on going with an outstanding performance in their two and half year tour in Rock Rio 4 which ended in 2014.
In 2012, the lineup of the original band members was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame, though Axl did not attend citing with a letter that his absence was as a result of the rift he has with his bandmates who would also attend the ceremony. The original members of Guns N’ Roses reunited for the Not in A Lifetime Tour which included shows in Las Vegas, Coachella and Mexico City and ends in September 2017.
Since 2016, he joined AC/DC rock group and replaced the lead singer, Brian Johnson, who left as a result of hearing loss. Till date, he has been active in the group, touring the world with them.
Axl Rose Albums
with Guns N’ Roses
- Appetite for Destruction (1987)
- G N’ R Lies (1988)
- Use Your Illusion I (1991)
- Use Your Illusion II (1991)
- “The Spaghetti Incident?” (1993)
- Chinese Democracy (2008)
with Hollywood Rose
- The Roots of Guns N’ Roses (2004)
with Rapidfire
- Ready to Rumble EP (2014)
Axl Rose Net Worth
Over the years, he has accumulated a net worth of about 150 million dollars.
Axl Rose Quotes
- Sometimes your friends are your lovers or have been at one time.
- I like to be real private; you don’t always want everyone around you – even when they like you.
- The Guns N’ Roses reunion didn’t happen by chance or whatever. It was always looked at as a possibility, but it never seemed right or felt right.
- I sing in five or six different voices that are all part of me. It’s not contrived.
- I wasn’t looking at it like, ‘I’m singing for AC/DC.’ I was looking at it like, ‘Y’know, if I can, and if they think I’m able to do it.’
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UNTOLD STORY OF WHO FIRED GNR’S AXL ROSE FROM HIS FIRST BAND
Guitarist Tracii Guns revealed lots of unknown information about early days of the band, and how he gets along with the ex-bandmates in a conversation with David Slavkovic from Ultimate-Guitar. Guns also shared an untold story of how Guns N’ Roses’ Axl Rose got fired from his first band. His exact words were:
Our manager had fired Axl at one of our shows. And that same night, after he was fired… We all lived together – we decided we were just gonna carry on and we changed the name of the band, we changed our name to Guns N’ Roses.”