Boo fuckin' hoo for Axl! Hey, he wanted to be a big famous rock star, now he is (not). Deal with it. Sorry that's the price you pay for fame, or lack thereof.

Axl Rose was, is, and always will be a punk-ass bitch. He was always starting fights with other rock musicians back in the day too. Vince Neal and him have had an ongoing battle for years. I think even at one point Vince got sick of his mouth challenged him, Axl did not take up his offer. That's AFTER talking a lot of smack about Vince. Now he's just bitter because everyone from Guns and Roses has a career but him. His last album (Chinese Democracy) flopped horribly. i heard some stuff from it. I couldn't stand to listen to it, but I have never liked his nasally, whiny voice to begin with so I might have been biased.

A couple quotes from Vince on the subject during an interview with Robin Leech:

“Axl let Guns fans down with Chinese Democracy, (fans) “have just gotten sick of Rose and his antics.”

Vince even claimed that Axl canceled a tour in support of the record. For (Chinese Democracy) to fail was pretty crazy after so many years of being recorded. Then the tour got canceled.

"A buddy of mine went to go play guitar for him. They rehearsed for three months, and Axl never once turned up. … He’s been doing that for many years. Finally, I think the fans just went, ‘F*ck it -- can’t do this anymore.’ You can’t be a fan when you can’t see the band.”

I'd have to say it was my parents, who listened to Linda Rondstadt, the Eagles, and the Beatles. Except that they also listened to Tom Jones, Englebert Humperdinck, and Conway Twitty, so maybe I'm just so awesome I figured out the whole rock and roll thing on my own. That and I have been in love with the idea of the musician alone on stage with his/her guitar. There's something really romantic in the image that I've always liked. A few of my family members play guitar and some of my favorite childhood memories are of them playing guitar while various others took turns singing.

After getting over my horrendous Debbie Gibson/Tiffany phase, I picked up Queen, Guns and Roses, REO Speedwagon, The Motels and Joe Cocker from an uncle who had them lying around. Talking Heads and then, later, 90s grunge was the first rock I got into that felt like it was not inherited from someone else, and now I'm inclined to pretty much give a listen to anything at least once, because who knows what might be out there...

Current favorites at the moment: Death Cab for Cutie, System of a Down, Yeah Yeah Yeahs (though most of the new CD is kind of a drag), Weezer, Silverchair, etc.

I don't understand this.

Guns and Roses always sucked anyway.

There. I said it. Take that fart and stick it in a cat.

the best guns and roses song evar!