W.A.R. : the unauthorized biography of William Axl Rose / Mick Wall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wall, Mick.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rose, Axl, 1962-.

Rose, Axl.

Rock musicians--United States--Biography.

Rock musicians.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

352 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Other Title:

William Axl Rose

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2008.

Summary:

A journalist who had unprecedented access to Guns n' Roses at their peak delivers a history of the band's charismatic, talented and idiosyncratic leader. Even in the world of rock, a figure like Axl Rose doesn't come along very often. Mercurial and brilliant, deluded and imperious, Rose defies easy description or analysis. Few people have studied Rose as closely as Mick Wall. Traveling with Guns n' Roses and writing about them in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Wall first earned Axl's trust and later his fury. This book goes back to the beginning, revealing Rose's childhood influences and tracking the birth of the band. With fame and money came substance abuse and infighting, and a lead singer who morphed from eccentric to seemingly unhinged. Wall's book is richly detailed and offers new views on some celebrated incidents.--From publisher description.

Contents:

Introduction: Guns or Knives, Motherfucker 1

Part 1 One in a Million

1 What's So Civil About War Anyway? 17

2 Just a Hick on the Strip 39

3 Dream House in Hell 64

Part 2 You're in the Jungle, Baby

4 Suck on This 91

5 War All the Time 120

6 Niggers, Faggots and Mr Brownstone 148

Part 3 Ringside

7 The Red-Headed Dictator 183

8 Inside the Court of King Axl 219

9 After the War 250

Part 4 Chinese Curse

10 Where's Slash? 285

11 Cold Black Cloud Comin' Down 313

Epilogue: Estranged 339.

Notes:

First published in Great Britain by Sidgwick & Jackson.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [343]-352).

ISBN:

9780312377670

0312377673

OCLC:

156832480

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