Also, why’s Axl usually the only one portrayed as the chaotic, destructive type in GN’R, when we had Izzy chucking bottles at walls, Slash smashing a pub’s window because they wouldn’t let him in, and not to mention Duff’s attempt at arson with Axl during the Hell tour. Their debut album isn’t called Appetite for Destruction for nothing.
Axl, it is said, is a notoriously difficult character to deal with. How do the two of you get along as people, outside the band?
Slash: "We love each other."
[The Most Dangerous Band in the World by Mick Wall.]
Thinking about how Izzy was the one to hand Axl his famous kilt, and it’s one of Axl’s outfits Slash has always liked. The kilt is special.
Reading Slash’s “but I love the guy. I mean he’s a real sweetheart” comment about Axl in their Rolling Stones’ article from ‘88, reminds me that Axl often gets called a sweetheart in particular by the people who know him personally. So, his personality really does exist in extremes, or as Vicky Hamilton affectionately put it, “Axl’s personality is sort of a two-parter: there’s a very sweet little boy personality, and when he’s on edge, there’s sort of the demon dog from hell personality.”
Have you ever worked with female singers? Izzy: Um... Axl. Uh, no. [laughs]
Now, Izzy, why would you say this? 😭
Right Next Door to Hell (Ritz ‘91)