Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 33. Chapters: Axl Rose, Otto Frederick Hunziker, Izzy Stradlin, Sydney Pollack, John Carberry, Brian Lamb, Clem Crowe, John Korty, Shannon Hoon, Embeth Davidtz, Bob Friend, Eric Bruntlett, John Purdue, Ted Allen, Cleve Jones, Louise Fazenda, Barbara Ringer, Janet Lee, Thomas E. McCall, Randall T. Shepard, Tammy Lynn Michaels, George Winter, Albert Smith White, Clayton Richard, Alvah Curtis Roebuck, Chukie Nwokorie, Dustin Keller, Bernard J. Liska, George R. Durgan, Philip E. Nelson, Julia Scheeres, Robert Keith, James L. Mohler, Jewell Young, Brandon Wagner, Peter A. Carruthers, Richard Atha, Bruce W. Clingan, Sheila Klinker, David W. Evans, Frank Posegate, Allan Milner, Ron Alting, Robert X. Browning. Excerpt: W. Axl Rose (born William Bruce Rose; February 6, 1962) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. He is the lead vocalist and only remaining original member of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he enjoyed great success and recognition in the late 1980s and early 1990s, before disappearing from the public eye for several years. In 2001, he resurfaced with a new line-up of Guns N' Roses at Rock in Rio III, and subsequently played periodic concert tours, before releasing the long-delayed album Chinese Democracy in 2008. Rose has received critical acclaim for his vocal abilities and showmanship. He has been cited as one of the greatest singers of all time by various media outlets, including Hit Parader in 2006 (No. 11), Rolling Stone in 2008 (No. 64), and NME in 2011 (No. 4). Rose was born William Bruce Rose, Jr. in Lafayette, Indiana, the eldest child of Sharon E. (nee Lintner), then 16 years old, and William Bruce Rose, then 20 years old. When Rose was two years old, his father abandoned the family. His mother remarried to Stephen L. Bailey, and his name was changed to William Bruce Bailey. He has two younger ...