Axl Rose before he was famous

Name: Axl Rose before he was famous
Uploaded: 2026-10-06T00:00:00+00:00
Duration: 38 s
Description: Before Guns N' Roses, Axl Rose joined UCLA's $8-an-hour smoking study.

Before Guns N' Roses, Axl Rose joined UCLA's $8-an-hour smoking study.

The nobody years

1979 A HIDDEN BIRTH NAME
At seventeen, he discovered the birth name nobody had told him.
At seventeen he found insurance papers revealing the birth name nobody had told him. Source
late 1970s ARRESTED OVER TWENTY TIMES
He was arrested more than twenty times and spent months in jail.
Was arrested more than twenty times in Lafayette and served jail terms of up to three months. Source
December 1982 LEFT INDIANA
Facing habitual-offender charges, he left Indiana for Los Angeles.
Facing habitual-offender charges, he left Indiana for Los Angeles. Source
mid-1980s EIGHT DOLLARS AN HOUR
With Izzy Stradlin, he joined a UCLA smoking study for eight dollars an hour.
Worked as night manager at Tower Records and Video on Sunset Boulevard. Source
March 1985 THE BANDS MERGED
In 1985, Hollywood Rose and L.A. Guns merged into Guns N' Roses.
Merged his band Hollywood Rose with L.A. Guns to form Guns N' Roses. Source
1962
Was born William Bruce Rose Jr. in Lafayette, Indiana. Source
1964
His parents separated when he was about two, and his stepfather renamed him William Bailey. Source
1967
Sang in a Pentecostal church choir from the age of five and taught Sunday school. Source
mid-1980s
Took part in a UCLA smoking study with Izzy Stradlin for eight dollars an hour. Source
1987
Appetite for Destruction sold slowly at first, about half a million copies in its first year. Source