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William
Bailey, born in 1962 in Lafeyette, Indiana, USA, started singing at age
5 in a local church choir. That was not enough. He soon
became interested in louder, faster rock. In 1984 he teamed up
with a like-minded guitarist named Jeffrey Isbell in Los Angeles.
These two decided to form a band. First item on the list was stage
names, William and Jeffrey just would not do... Bailey became Axl Rose,
and Jeffrey became Izzy Stradlin. With Tacii Guns on lead guitar
and Rob Gardner on drums and percussion, they needed a band name.
First it was Hollywood Rose, then the L.A. Guns. Neither seemed
quite right. Guns and Gardner left, but Steven Adler joined on
drums along with guitarist Saul Hudson who was nick named Slash.
They became Guns N' Roses with Duff McKagan on bass. They released
hit album Appetite for Destruction and were on top. Sadly, Steven
was out because of his alcohol dependency, Matt Sorum was in. They
soon had hits like "Sweet Child of Mine," and "Paradise
City." |
