- W. Axl Rose is an American musician, and the lead vocalist of hard rock band Guns N' Roses.
- Axl Rose has been the frontman in a number of bands before forming Guns N Roses including Rapidfire, L.A. Guns, and Hollywood Rose.
- Born as William Bruce Rose, Jr. in Lafayette, Indiana, as the only child to Sharon E. Lintner, then 16 years old, and William Bruce Rose, then 20 years old.
- Rose is friends with Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder.
- He was ranked #11 in the Hit Parader's Top Metal Vocalists of All Time and #64 in Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Singers of All Time and also #4 in Roadrunner's 50 Best Frontmen in Metal History.
- Axl Rose is a Los Angeles Dodgers fan.
- Rose stated in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine in April 1992, that during his childhood, he was made to believe that women and sexuality were evil.
- Due to the violent treatment of his mother by his stepfather he witnessed as an impressionable child, he was led to think that domestic violence was normal in families.
- Rose is a strict vegetarian.
- Axl Rose has stated that he has always been a big fan of Queen.
- Axl Rose is known for wearing skin-tight jeans, bandanas, and for his high screaming voice during his songs.
- Axl Rose paid tribute to one of his biggest influences, Freddie Mercury, at the 'Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert' in 1992.
- Axl sang in church from the age of five, and also performed at services with his brother and sister in the "Bailey Trio".
- Axl Rose challenged Kurt Cobain, former lead singer of Nirvana to a fist fight at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards.
- Axl Rose was labeled a racist homophobe for the lyrics that he wrote for his song 'One in a Million'.
- At age 16, he was kicked out of his house for not cutting his hair.
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