Book - W.A.R.: The Unauthorized Biography of William Axl Rose
A journalist who had unprecedented access to Guns n’ Roses at their peak delivers a big, brash history of the band’s charismatic, fantastically talented and idiosyncratic leader—W. Axl Rose.
Author: Mick Wall
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 9780312377670
Date: 2007
Excerpt:
He was thirteen and in the eighth grade at Jefferson High School when he first made friends with Jeffrey Isbell, who would become the catalyst that led to Bill singing in his first rock band. Born the same year as his new friend, Izzy, as he became known at school, recalls how 'we rode bikes, smoked pot, got into trouble - it was pretty Beavis and Butt-Head, actually.' Coming from 'a semi-musical background' in which his grandmother had played drums ('She even had a band, these old ladies who'd play swing and jazz at parties') Izzy was already tinkering with drums and guitar when he met Axl. What first made him think about starting his own band was watching David Cassidy in the kids' TV show The Partridge Family. 'I'd watch The Partridge Family on TV and think, that looks good. I'll do that.'
