Mick Wall describes Axl as the Michael Jackson of rock

[madison]

In an interview in a Swedish newspaper, Mick Wall described Axl as "Rock's Michael Jackson."
Somebody at another forum (gunsnfnroses.com) transcribed the interview:


Mick Wall's life changed in five minutes and forty seconds. It was 1991, and the British music journalist had just listened to Guns N 'Roses' new album, Use Your Illusion II. One of the songs was called "Get in the Ring."

"I get emails from people who weren't even born when the song was recorded, who say that they want to beat up me. I knew immediately that I would spend the rest of my life talking about that song."

Wall and a handful of other journalists had for various reasons, gotten on Axl Rose's bad side. The singer in the world's greatest rock band threatened to beat them, and urged them to "suck my fucking dick" in a song would that be heard by millions of fans. Nearly twenty years later, the now 52-year-old Mick Wall is still reminded of it.

"God, yes. You can see it on all those websites that have fans of "Get in the Ring." People still want to talk to me about it. On my tombstone it will say "Mick Wall - Get in the Ring, Motherfucker," he says and laughs.

Do you ever feel threatened?

"No. Axl is a little guy with the stick thin arms, he is no fighter. When the song came out I told people that I would show up at any time if he wanted to talk. The others named in the song have done similar things, and Vince Neil - Axl has also threatened him - offered to come to the record company and make up. But Axl always pulled away."

In the years since then, the charismatic front man continued to pull away - from the old band members, friends, girlfriends, managers and journalists. William Axl Rose, 48, is an unsolved puzzle. Is he crazy? A misunderstood genius? And what did he do for fifteen years between GN'R's second-to-last album (The Spaghetti Incident, 1993) and their latest (Chinese Democracy, 2008)? Is it true that he burned through $72,000 dollars for an exorcism? That he tried regression therapy and began to remember past lives as an Indian? Is it true that he consulted a female guru named "Yoda" on absolutely everything? That she studied photographs of people who applied for jobs with him, and sorted out those who had "bad karma?" That Yoda told Axl that one of his personal staff had tried to assassinate him in a past life, and then that Axl had that person fired?

Mick Wall - who has written the book WAR - the Unauthorized Biography of Willam Axl Rose and could be a Ph.D. in Axl-science - does not hesitate with the answer.

"All true. And the reality was, and still is, much, much worse than that. He is the weirdest rock star in the world today. We're talking Rock's Michael Jackson here, or the last days of Elvis Presley's life. Axl is not just a crazy rock star, he is a man with deep emotional problems."

How does Axl live today?

"He has no friends other than his half brother. The only people that spend time with him are people who work for him. When he's not touring, he is in his house, watching television or surfing around online and see if anyone has written anything about him. He sleeps during the day and is awake at night. He has made himself an enemy to all his old friends, including all of the old band. I just talked with Izzy (Stradlin, the guitarist for GN'R 1985-1992) who said that Axl calls him sometimes and says things like "you said something to me in 1996 that I can not forgive you for." Izzy could hear the sound of rustling paper in the background, as if Axl has written up all these little notes to remember it. I mean, who is like that? It's crazy!

The fact remains, a band called Guns N 'Roses will enter the stage in Blekinge Norje tonight and perform classic Guns N' Roses songs like "Welcome to the Jungle," "Mr. Brownstone" and "Paradise City." But what you will see is not Guns N 'Roses, just Axl Rose and who he pays to play with him. The former Guns members would love to reunite and tour with Axl, but they don't want to pay $200,000 the next time he starts a riot somewhere because he didn't show up. It's all very sad. I predict a sad end to this saga."

You mean that he will die prematurely?

Mick Wall is quiet on the other end of the handset. Then he sighs and says, "I think he is dead. He has turned his back on life."

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It's kind of sad if everything Mick said is true. 

[jamillos]

Jeez, he's so full of shit! How could he know how Axl lives, for example? Does he run some Big Brother camera thing in Axl's house? Has he spoken to him recently? Double NO.
Wall's living off Axl's fame. He's like Adler, not being able to forget about past, and live in present...

[mongis]

lol. loser.

[perfect_spy]

I read his book, never thought much of it. He likes to think he was right in there with the band. He just creates this myth about Axl.

[Iconic Shawn]

Axls nuts.

~S~

[Mister Shackler]

Why can everybody just try to understand that Axl was brutally sexualy molested in his youth. He has a bipolar disorder, that shit can't be cured, just controled. It's fucked up, I think Beta is helping him with it. After all, no genius is normal. Rock on WAR! 

EDIT: I'm refering to Mick Wall's sayings, not Iconic Shawn's post! And yeah, he's nuts, but that's why he's genius. Mozart was nuts too.

[AxlRoseCalifornia]

"Mick Wall is quiet on the other end of the handset. Then he sighs and says, "I think he is dead. He has turned his back on life."


I swear in my life that if i ever run into this punk ever in my life, ill give him a straight punch in his fucking face that he will never forget!  Its a promise! Ill kick that motherfucker's ass!

Axl didnt turn his back on Life, thats FALSE! He keeps touring, he's happy, he just released a freaking cd a year go....
Just because your punk ass cant accept that he did better in life than you'll ever do, doesn't mean you have the right to flame the man like you do everytime you open that smelly mouth!

As a matter of fact if there is someone that turned your back in life is you! You still live in 80s or 90s Mick Wall, thats why the only way you have to make money is by making books with fake stories about the bands you used to have your vagina jumping for! At that time even your wife's vagina wanted a piece of Axl and i bet you cant stand it!

You're so fucking bad at your career that i cant even put it into words. Bad Journalist, bad storyteller....I dont even know how can you be a journalist at this point in time!

I wish someone wrote a book iabout your fucking life, oh wait... you're a fucking parasite who doesn't have a life and probably got into journalism or your current job because you had a family guy who knew this guy and put you there, or cause you had to suck someone's dick to get where you are... i guess you didnt have much to write about anyways...

[AxlRoseCalifornia]

and Madison, tell me one topic you made that was saying good things about the new band or Axl???

You fucking cunt, please ban this monster! This is not a woman, this is a huge human pile of shit...

[ShacklersRevenge]

Agreed with everything stated by AxlRoseCalifornia.

[horsey]

In an interview in a Swedish newspaper, Mick Wall described Axl as "Rock's Michael Jackson."
Somebody at another forum (gunsnfnroses.com) transcribed the interview:


Mick Wall's life changed in five minutes and forty seconds. It was 1991, and the British music journalist had just listened to Guns N 'Roses' new album, Use Your Illusion II. One of the songs was called "Get in the Ring."

"I get emails from people who weren't even born when the song was recorded, who say that they want to beat up me. I knew immediately that I would spend the rest of my life talking about that song."

Wall and a handful of other journalists had for various reasons, gotten on Axl Rose's bad side. The singer in the world's greatest rock band threatened to beat them, and urged them to "suck my fucking dick" in a song would that be heard by millions of fans. Nearly twenty years later, the now 52-year-old Mick Wall is still reminded of it.

"God, yes. You can see it on all those websites that have fans of "Get in the Ring." People still want to talk to me about it. On my tombstone it will say "Mick Wall - Get in the Ring, Motherfucker," he says and laughs.

Do you ever feel threatened?

"No. Axl is a little guy with the stick thin arms, he is no fighter. When the song came out I told people that I would show up at any time if he wanted to talk. The others named in the song have done similar things, and Vince Neil - Axl has also threatened him - offered to come to the record company and make up. But Axl always pulled away."

In the years since then, the charismatic front man continued to pull away - from the old band members, friends, girlfriends, managers and journalists. William Axl Rose, 48, is an unsolved puzzle. Is he crazy? A misunderstood genius? And what did he do for fifteen years between GN'R's second-to-last album (The Spaghetti Incident, 1993) and their latest (Chinese Democracy, 2008)? Is it true that he burned through $72,000 dollars for an exorcism? That he tried regression therapy and began to remember past lives as an Indian? Is it true that he consulted a female guru named "Yoda" on absolutely everything? That she studied photographs of people who applied for jobs with him, and sorted out those who had "bad karma?" That Yoda told Axl that one of his personal staff had tried to assassinate him in a past life, and then that Axl had that person fired?

Mick Wall - who has written the book WAR - the Unauthorized Biography of Willam Axl Rose and could be a Ph.D. in Axl-science - does not hesitate with the answer.

"All true. And the reality was, and still is, much, much worse than that. He is the weirdest rock star in the world today. We're talking Rock's Michael Jackson here, or the last days of Elvis Presley's life. Axl is not just a crazy rock star, he is a man with deep emotional problems."

How does Axl live today?

"He has no friends other than his half brother. The only people that spend time with him are people who work for him. When he's not touring, he is in his house, watching television or surfing around online and see if anyone has written anything about him. He sleeps during the day and is awake at night. He has made himself an enemy to all his old friends, including all of the old band. I just talked with Izzy (Stradlin, the guitarist for GN'R 1985-1992) who said that Axl calls him sometimes and says things like "you said something to me in 1996 that I can not forgive you for." Izzy could hear the sound of rustling paper in the background, as if Axl has written up all these little notes to remember it. I mean, who is like that? It's crazy!

The fact remains, a band called Guns N 'Roses will enter the stage in Blekinge Norje tonight and perform classic Guns N' Roses songs like "Welcome to the Jungle," "Mr. Brownstone" and "Paradise City." But what you will see is not Guns N 'Roses, just Axl Rose and who he pays to play with him. The former Guns members would love to reunite and tour with Axl, but they don't want to pay $200,000 the next time he starts a riot somewhere because he didn't show up. It's all very sad. I predict a sad end to this saga."

You mean that he will die prematurely?

Mick Wall is quiet on the other end of the handset. Then he sighs and says, "I think he is dead. He has turned his back on life."

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It's kind of sad if everything Mick said is true. 

that's a shame you reaLLY GET A BLAST FROM THIS SHIT DON'T YOU MADISON.

really you should realize you look even sadder going around with this huge chip on your shoulder now.

[horsey]

basicly madison.


 FUCK-OFF !

[horsey]

he has a friend right here '
and i will be your enimy true to him !

[madison]

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and Madison, tell me one topic you made that was saying good things about the new band or Axl???

You fucking cunt, please ban this monster! This is not a woman, this is a huge human pile of shit...

I didn't write the article, my friend.  I just posted it.
 
Censoring - or pretending the article doesn't exist - doesn't change the fact that it's there.
If you have trouble reading articles that offer views you don't like, don't read them.  Pretty simple.
But shooting the messenger for posting it  is really juvenile.

I read his book, never thought much of it. He likes to think he was right in there with the band. He just creates this myth about Axl.

Actually, I thought his book was pretty well-researched.
Nobody can deny that Mick certainly knows the band and has followed it closely from day one.  Just because Axl ranted against him doesn't mean he isn't credible.

[jamillos]

Why can everybody just try to understand that Axl was brutally sexualy molested in his youth. He has a bipolar disorder, that shit can't be cured, just controled. It's fucked up, I think Beta is helping him with it. After all, no genius is normal. Rock on WAR! 

In 2008 he said that wasn't true.

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Actually, I thought his book was pretty well-researched.
Nobody can deny that Mick certainly knows the band and has followed it closely from day one.  Just because Axl ranted against him doesn't mean he isn't credible.

Wall hasn't speak personally to Axl since the 90s. At least nowadays, he knows fuck all about him. Period.