At Jefferson High School, he participated in the school chorus and studied piano. He sang in the church choir from the age of five, and performed at services with his brother and sister under the name the Bailey Trio. Rose found solace in music from an early age. Everything was evil." He accused his stepfather of physically abusing him and his siblings and sexually abusing his sister. Rose later recalled an oppressive upbringing, stating, "We'd have televisions one week, then my stepdad would throw them out because they were Satanic. The Bailey household was very religious Rose and his family attended a Pentecostal church, where he was required to attend services three to eight times per week and even taught Sunday school. Rose did not learn about the murder until years later. was murdered in Marion, Illinois, in 1984 by a criminal acquaintance who was convicted even though the body was never recovered. He never met his biological father as an adult William Rose Sr. Until the age of 17, Rose believed Bailey was his natural father. As young children, both Rose and his siblings were regularly beaten.
He has two younger siblings-a sister, Amy, and a half-brother, Stuart. Bailey, and changed her son's name to William Bruce Bailey.
His parents separated when Rose was approximately two years old, prompting his father to abduct and allegedly molest him before disappearing from Lafayette. His father has been described as "a troubled and charismatic local delinquent," and the pregnancy was unplanned. in Lafayette, Indiana, the oldest child of Sharon Elizabeth (née Lintner), then 16 years old and still in high school, and William Bruce Rose, then 20 years old. Tour.Īxl Rose was born William Bruce Rose Jr. In 2016, the same year as he toured with AC/DC, Rose partially reunited the "classic" lineup of Guns N' Roses and has since toured the world as part of the Not in This Lifetime. In 2012, Rose was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Guns N' Roses, though he declined to attend the event and requested exclusion from the Hall. In 2001, he resurfaced with a new line-up of Guns N' Roses at Rock in Rio 3, and subsequently played periodic concert tours to promote the long-delayed Chinese Democracy (2008), which undersold the music industry's commercial expectations despite positive reviews upon its release. As its sole remaining original member, he was able to continue working under the Guns N' Roses banner because he had legally obtained the band name. Īfter 1994, following the conclusion of their two-and-a-half-year Use Your Illusion Tour, Rose disappeared from public life for several years, while the band disintegrated due to personal and musical differences. 1 on the Billboard 200 and have sold a combined 35 million copies worldwide. Its full-length follow-ups, the twin albums Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II (1991), were also widely successful they respectively debuted at No. Their first album, Appetite for Destruction (1987), has sold in excess of 30 million copies worldwide and is the best-selling debut album of all time in the U.S. In 1985, he co-founded Guns N' Roses, with whom he had great success and recognition in the late 1980s and early 1990s. īorn and raised in Lafayette, Indiana, Rose moved in the early 1980s to Los Angeles, where he became active in the local hard rock scene and joined several bands, including Hollywood Rose and L.A. Possessing a distinctive and powerful wide-ranging voice, Rose has been named one of the greatest singers of all time by various media outlets, including Rolling Stone, NME and Billboard. He is best known for being the lead vocalist and lyricist of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, and has been the band's sole constant member since its inception in 1985. born February 6, 1962) is an American singer and songwriter.
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