Appetite for Destruction: A Special Report
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006 • Filed under Assaults, Drunks
This just in, Guns ‘n Roses Lead Singer Axl Rose is making headlines. Has he fallen off a hotel balcony during a drunken stupor finally giving me five in a row on my “VH1 Behind the Music Fallen Star BINGO Card”? No, but Santa still hasn’t answered my letter yet, so there’s still hope.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Axl Rose spent most of the day in a Stockholm jail cell after allegedly biting a security guard in the leg at his hotel, police said.
The Guns N’ Roses frontman was arrested early Tuesday after attacking and threatening the guard and causing damage to the Berns Hotel, where the alleged scuffle took place, police spokeswoman Towe Hagg said.
Rose was released from jail that evening, after he admitted to the charges and agreed to pay a fine of $5,500, Hagg said.
The 44-year-old rocker was also ordered to pay $1,360 in damages to the security guard, she said.
Catarina Oscarsson, a spokeswoman for concert organizer Ema Telstar, said that (surprise!) Axl was drunk during the confrontation. Police said they could tell he was drunk because of the way he walked, the slurring in his speech and the fact that he was Axl Rose, the frontman for Guns ‘n Roses.
Police officers said he continued scuffling with police during his arrest and was so drunk that they couldn’t question him. They said they were interested to know, “What in the hell did Izzy Stradlin do to deserve getting kicked out of Guns ‘n Roses?”.
It isn’t the first time Rose has been known to break out in fisticuffs. Back in May, Rose first got in a fight with a celebrity, fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger, at a New York club after Rose rudely moved Hilfiger’s girlfriend’s drink. It is also the first time Rose picked up a drink and didn’t inject directly into his bloodstream.
Anonymous says: April 24th, 2007 at 10:08 pm
Axl may not be a saint, but this article is basically making him look as bad as it possibly can, which obviously isn’t fair. Tell is like it is; don’t put an unfair spin on it. He moved Hilfiger’s girfriend’s drink to stop it from falling on the ground, and Tommy started to pick a fight. Axl walked away. Get your facts straight.
lastpost says: December 28th, 2007 at 1:15 pm
Um, yeah….Axl is an idiot just like you.
Rob says: April 20th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
I can’t quite fathom how someone (or why someone) would go about biting another person on the leg. That sort of behavior is what you’d come to expect from a small dog.
MetalLover says: May 9th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
Axl is just insane! Not 7th floor at Umass insane. But creative insane. + he was drunk and the gaurd was giving him a hard time. I would probably have done the same thing. Also, Axl has a very short temper and anger management issues. So do a lot of other pple. I do and I accept it. All I wish is that Axl would shave that thing that he has growin on his face off and grow his beautiful hair back. He looks a little rediculous. He used 2 b really, really, really cute. And he should relize that he was being a little too power crazed and should do something 2 get the original Guns n’ Roses back together. My friend really likes them, but he’s really upset that they won’t forget the past and relize that they may never get another chance to forgive 1another. They have 2 relize that evryone makes stupid mistakes. I hope Axl os someother Guns x member reads this. GET BACK TOGETHER ALREADY! YOUR FANS LOVE, WANT, AND NEED YOU! PLEASE!
GnRAeroMetallicaLover says: May 10th, 2009 at 10:22 pm
Guns ‘n Roses should get back together. They are my third favorite band working us to #2. Me and my best friend LOVE THEM! They are so awesome! I do hope that Axl- who did used to be wickedly cute, he should shave and grow his hair back- or Duff or Slash does read these. They should forget their differences and Axl should apoligize to them. They may nver have another chance. Who knows- one- or all- of them could die tomorrow. They really should get back together! Live with your friends now, while you still can! Axl and Slash used to be best friends. Axl even used to live at Slash’s house for a while. Axl ended sleeping on Slash’s grandma’s couch and Slash told him it was rude in the car on the way to rehersal. Axl took it offensively and jumped out of the car which was moving at about 30, 40 miles an hour. But they apoligized. FORGIVE EACHOTHER! YOU WERE ONCE BEST FRIENDS! I’M NOT JUST SPEAKING FOR ME, I’M SPEAKING FOR MILLIONS OF PEOPLE! PLEASE, G’NR! GET BACK TOGETHER! WE ALL LOVE AND NEED YOU! MUSIC IS THE SECOND LAGUAGE KNOWIN THRUOUT THE WORLD AND YOU’RE A PART OF THAT! MAKE YOUR FANS HAPPY!
AxlFan says: May 10th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
PLEASE! GET BACK TOGETHER! MILLIONS OF PEOPLE LOVE YOU! THEY NEEEEED YOOOOOUUUU! APOLIGIZE TO EACHOHTHER!
Nikki Sparks says: May 12th, 2009 at 11:13 am
dude, why the hell do you talk **** about axl? the guard was oviously giving him a hard time, and he has anger management and **** so what does he (the guard) expect? i know how he feels coz i have “anger issues” too and blow up at really little things and you get people calling you a freak, which sucks.
keep on rockin axl (L) ***
Gilly says: September 2nd, 2010 at 6:42 pm
I see Axl Rose and the boys got booed off stage at Dublin – those pesky music-lovers get all over the place LOL!