Report: Axl Rose Quit GN'R To Gain Control Of GUNS N' ROSES
November 9, 2007, 17 years ago
GUNS N' ROSES site GNRDaily.com reports:
One of the big revelations in SLASH's new autobiography is how the original Guns N' Roses split up and Axl Rose gained control of the group and name.
Just how did that "new Guns" come about? It started when Axl and the band's manager had the other members of the band sign a contract that gave Axl control of the group name if they ever broke up.
And that's exactly what Axl did, he broke the group up. Slash writes that the break up was caused by "Axl wanting control to the point that the rest of us were strangled." Then on August 31st, 1995 Axl dropped a bomb on Duff and Slash, the only remaining members at the time, when sent them a letter "saying he was leaving the band and taking the name with him under the terms of the contract." Of course, Slash and Duff were invited to still be part of Axl's band. And we know how that worked out.
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