AXL ROSE Book Author On 'Elliot In The Morning'; Audio Available - Feb. 28, 2008 

British rock journalist Mick Wall, who just released his new biography of GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose, "W.A.R.: The Unauthorized Biography of William Axl Rose", was recently interviewed by "Elliot in the Morning". Download the chat as an MP3 audio file at this location.

In a recent interview with Lafayette's daily newspaper Journal & Courier, Wall stated about the reclusive GUNS N' ROSES singer, "Axl turned 46 last Wednesday (February 6). The last time he released an album of original material he was 29. Now he is closer to 50. THE BEATLES' career started and was over in half that time."

Published Feb. 7, "W.A.R." is available at Borders Books & Music and Barnes & Noble Booksellers. Wall said the book's release near Rose's birthday was a coincidence.

Wall said Rose has "50 or 60 tracks recorded, enough for three or four CDs" and those leaked online or on bootlegs have been well-received from GNR fans.

"Officially put it out all online," Wall suggested. "Here it is. Take it or leave it. Then just move on. Put them out. It's a sign of madness that it has taken this long. It was kind of cool crazy in 2002 when he started to tour again. Now it's uncool crazy.

"The tracks I've heard, a lot of it is really good but the whole mystique is wearing away."

Read the entire interview at www.jconline.com.

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Interview: Bullet for My Valentine attacks Axl Rose for disrespecting Guns N Ros
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Here it is according to Westword.

WW: I came across one piece where you talked about opening for Guns N' Roses, and you said they'd shown how not to act on a tour - but you didn't really elaborate. What did they do that you didn't respect?

MT: First of all, when I said 'they,' I meant 'Axl.' I didn't mean the band. I must make that clear. But that was something I got a lot of stick for on Internet forums. People saying, 'Who the fuck does he think he is? Axl's a legend!' Well, how would you fucking feel if you were standing on an arena floor for fucking six hours waiting for your idol to come on, and then he plays half an hour and fucks off? You know what I mean? The guy just had no respect for the people who were coming to his shows. We were the support band, we're doing our thing, which is cool - that's what we were there for. But he'd make people who may have traveled hundreds of miles and paid ridiculous amounts of money to see a band that wasn't even the band it was - it's just because Axl's there. And after we come off, there's three hours to wait until he's ready to decide to go on stage. Or he won't go on stage because his lamb hasn't been cooked that night, and he's not going to go on stage until he gets it. And I get stick for saying that? Well, fuck you, man. We're learning from these people, and all we learned from them was how not to do it. That's all I meant by that.

WW: So it wasn't anything that he did to you guys personally? It was more the disrespect he had for the audience?

MT: Definitely. We were treated very well. We couldn't ask for anything more. We had really good catering everyday and everything. There was no interaction with us and the bandmembers and Axl. We were totally segregated, but that's the way it rolls sometimes, and that's cool. But we were never treated badly, no. It's just being the band we are, we're very aware of what's going on around us, and we take the good and the bad in and try to use it to our benefit.

WW: In contrast, you've had nothing but good things to say about Metallica, who you got the chance to open for, too. Are they a role model for you? Would you like to see your career develop the way theirs has?

MT: Yeah, they've always been the number-one role model for me when I was a kid. They were the reason I picked up a guitar, etc. The first day on this little tour we had with them, it was like, fuck, this is weird. We knew we were in the presence of rock royalty. And ten seconds later, there was a knock on the dressing room door and there was Lars [Ulrich] introducing himself and saying how much he likes the band. We did a 'Sanitarium' cover from Master of Puppets for a remake and he said how much he enjoyed our version of it. And he said, if there was anything we needed, we should let him and the guys know, and there was no segregation. And we were like, 'Fuck, man, this is definitely how it should have been on all the other tours.' It was just a total inspiration. Him and the rest of the band and the crew made us so welcome. Anything they could do for us, they would, and they'd hang out in our dressing room, talk as friends. It was totally a bizarre, surreal experience, but at the same time, it showed us that was definitely the route we want to go in the future. Regardless of how big or successfully, potentially, that a band can be, they're totally grounded as human beings, which is amazing.