Axl was born in Lafayette, in the middle of Indiana. His name at birth was William Bruce Rose, but at the age of 2 his mom took him and left. She remarried L. Stephen Bailey and Axl was raised to believe that his name was William Bailey, and his father was L. Stephen Bailey. Axl's childhood sucked. He was raised to fear god and think that women were evil..........Anyway, when he was 16 or 17 he found some papers that said his last name was Rose and then he found out about his REAL dad. He changed his name to W. Rose. He hitchhiked to LA and hooked up with childhood friend Jeff Isabell (Izzy). They even in a band called AXL, but "W." took the name for himself as Izzy's suggestion. They were in a couple other bands together, but eventually started Guns N' Roses. Axl has gotten a really strange reputation over the years...."axl rose, the most famous and infamous name in rock....".

November Rain

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Locomotive

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