Axl Rose

American singer-songwriter (born 1962)

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Born 1962
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The Dead Pool
1988

Summary

Updated 2026-08-23

The voice that turned "Welcome to the Jungle" into an anthem — and then spent fifteen years and millions of dollars on one album while the band he founded fell apart around him.

Biography

About

Born William Bruce Rose Jr. in Lafayette, Indiana, on February 6, 1962, he moved to Los Angeles in the early 1980s and co-founded Guns N' Roses in 1985. The band's debut, Appetite for Destruction (1987), sold over 30 million copies worldwide and remains the best-selling U.S. debut; "Sweet Child o' Mine", inspired by his relationship with Erin Everly, hit number one. The twin albums Use Your Illusion I and II (1991) debuted at No. 2 and No. 1, selling 35 million combined, but the tour spiraled into riots — Rose was arrested for inciting the Riverport Riot — media rants, and feuds with Metallica…

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Sourced, dated quotes from Axl Rose

Axl Rose

said27 May 2017

We wish we were doing it, of course, under much better circumstances, but this man was loved. For Chris.

— At a Guns N' Roses concert in Ireland before playing Black Hole Sun in tribute to Chris Cornell on May 27, 2017.

Axl Rose

said2 Apr 1992

My growth was stopped at two years old. And when they talk about Axl Rose being a screaming two-year-old, they're right.

— Quoted in "Axl Rose: The Rolling Stone Interview" by Kim Neely, Rolling Stone, No. 627 (2 April 1992)

Axl Rose

said10 Aug 1989

When asked what kind of music and bands he enjoys

— Quoted in "Axl Rose: The Rolling Stone Interview" by Del James, Rolling Stone, (10 August 1989)

Axl Rose

saidundated

That's always the hardest question. Lately I've been listening to Derek and the Dominos, the Bar-Kays. I really like the first Patti Smith. I'm just starting to discover the Cure.

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