Axl Rose is one of rock's most colourful figures and yet his story has never been properly told until now. Mick Wall knew the original line up of Guns N' Roses before they were famous and has interviewed them many times. Drawing on exclusive unpublished material he has written a no-holds barred study of the troubled life and turbulent career of the group's singer and leader. The roots of Axl's behaviour lie in his difficult childhood in Indiana - brought up in a strict Pentecostal household Axl claims he was abused by his father William Rose and as a teen got into trouble with the police. Escaping to LA, he and his fledgling band struggled to survive until they were signed up by Geffen in 1986. The first album "Appetite for Destruction" turned them into stars but the band's decadent lifestyle took its toll - they embarked on a two-year tour that sounded the death knell for the original line-up. As their lives slipped out of control, the original members all left and Axl turned into an increasingly reclusive figure. For the past thirteen years he has been working on a long-awaited album "Chinese Democracy", and finally in 2006 has re-emerged into public view as the latest Gun N' Roses line-up embark on a world tour. Scrupulously researched and vividly written, "W. Axl Rose" is an explosive biography of rock's biggest living legend.
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Mick Wall is one of Britain's best known music journalists. Formerly editor in chief of Classic Rock magazine, he still writes for Mojo. His previous books include the bestselling biography John Peel, Run to the Hills, the authorized biography of Iron Maiden and Diary of a Madman, the official biography of Ozzy Osbourne.
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