Hahaha that was painfully hilarious.
I wonder if they ever got signed, and who the muppet that signed them was.
Hollywood Rose broke up at the end of the summer of 1984 when Axl joined L.A. Guns and Izzy joined London. They briefly reunited in December 1984, but quickly shifted the line-up to include Axl's former L.A. Guns bandmates and changed their name to Guns N' Roses. Hollywood Rose was never signed (until Chris Weber released the HR album in 2004, that is).
Dark Globe, could you please tell me, when Rose became Hollywood Rose? I got a bit confused, as I have some show dates but I don't know what band exactly played them. thanks
1983-04-01 Troubadour Hollywood California
1984-01-03 The Orphanage North Hollywood California
1984-01-17 Troubadour Hollywood California
1984-02-12 Troubadour Hollywood California
1984-02-23 Gazzarri's West Hollywood California
1984-03-10 Troubadour Hollywood California
1984-03-16 Madame Wong's East Los Angeles California
1984-04-01 Troubadour Hollywood California
1984-04-20 Madame Wong's East Los Angeles California
1984-06-16 Madame Wong's East Los Angeles California
1984-07-10 Troubadour Hollywood California
1984-08-29 Troubadour Hollywood California
1984-08-31 Shamrock Studios Santa Monica California
1984-12-31 Dancing Waters San Pedro California
Yeah. Just to be clear, they are the same band. Rose found out in 1984 that an east coast band (possibly from NY) also named Rose had gotten signed. They started advertising themselves as "Hollywood" Rose to make the distinction. Plus, Axl preferred that name over Rose. Eventually, they just adopted Hollywood Rose as their official name.
As far as I can tell, the band started making the Hollywood distinction by March 16, 1984. The band was still officially called Rose as late as April 20, 1984. By June 16, 1984, they were dubbing themselves "The New Hollywood Rose," suggesting that the official name change had been completed.
gnrontour and
heretodaygonetohell are pretty good resources for piecing this stuff together. So are the recent Chris Weber interviews, one of which can be found at
http://web.telia.com/~u43120602/mfintervju146.html.
