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W.A.R. : the unauthorized biography of William Axl Rose

Author: Mick Wall
Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2009.
Edition/Format:  eBook : Document : Biography : English : First St. Martin's Griffin editionView all editions and formats
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A journalist who had unprecedented access to Guns n' Roses at their peak delivers a history of the band's charismatic, talented and idiosyncratic leader. Even in the world of rock, a figure like Axl Rose doesn't come along very often. Mercurial and brilliant, deluded and imperious, Rose defies easy description or analysis. Few people have studied Rose as closely as Mick Wall. Traveling with Guns n' Roses and writing  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Biographies
Electronic books
Biography
Additional Physical Format: Print version:
Wall, Mick.
W.A.R.
(OCoLC)316886846
Named Person: Axl Rose; Axl Rose
Material Type: Biography, Document, Internet resource
Document Type: Internet Resource, Computer File
All Authors / Contributors: Mick Wall
ISBN: 9781429928847 1429928840
OCLC Number: 889797432
Notes: First published in Great Britain by Sidgwick & Jackson. United States hardcover ed. published: New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2008.
Description: 1 online resource (372 pages pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations.
Contents: One in a million. What's so civil about war anyway ; A hick on the strip ; Dream house in hell --
You're in the jungle, baby. Suck on this ; War all the time ; Niggers, faggots and Mr. Brownstone --
Ringside. The red-headed dictator ; Inside the court of King Axl ; After the war --
Chinese curse. Where's Slash? ; Cold black cloud comin' down ; Atlas shrugged --
Estranged.
Other Titles: William Axl Rose
Unauthorized biography of William Axl Rose
Responsibility: Mick Wall.
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A journalist who had unprecedented access to Guns n' Roses at their peak delivers a history of the band's charismatic, talented and idiosyncratic leader. Even in the world of rock, a figure like Axl Rose doesn't come along very often. Mercurial and brilliant, deluded and imperious, Rose defies easy description or analysis. Few people have studied Rose as closely as Mick Wall. Traveling with Guns n' Roses and writing about them in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Wall first earned Axl's trust and later his fury. This book goes back to the beginning, revealing Rose's childhood influences and tracking the birth of the band. With fame and money came substance abuse and infighting, and a lead singer who morphed from eccentric to seemingly unhinged. Wall's book is richly detailed and offers new views on some celebrated incidents.--From publisher description.

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