Axl Rose's Hatred of Slash Results in $20 Million 'Guitar Hero' Lawsuit

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Eager to become the talk of every music fans' Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow, Axl Rose has just issued his most insane lawsuit yet, suing "Guitar Hero" makers Activision for $20 million for featuring Guns N' Roses' "Welcome to the Jungle" in "Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock." Axl initially signed off on "Jungle" being used in the game, but on one condition: Do not put any music by Velvet Revolver, which boasts guitarist Slash (Rose's former bandmate and mortal enemy) in the game. Well, not only did "Guitar Hero III" offer a bunch of Velvet Revolver songs, they crowned Slash the game's spokesperson, featured him on the game's cover and made him a playable avatar. Cue Axl's lawsuit.




"[Activision] began spinning a web of lies and deception to conceal its true intentions to not only feature Slash and VR prominently in GH III but also promote the game by emphasizing and reinforcing an association between Slash and Guns N' Roses and the band's song 'Welcome to the Jungle,' " Rose's lawyer Skip Miller writes in the $20 million suit. Guns N' Roses' "Sweet Child O' Mine" featured in "Guitar Hero II," and "Shackler's Revenge" from Axl's long-awaited "Chinese Democracy" actually debuted as a game-ending challenge in "Rock Band 2," so Rose isn't opposed to the use of his songs in music video games. This comes down to, once again, Rose's undying hatred of Slash.




"There's zero possibility of me having anything to do with Slash other than by ambush, and that wouldn't be pretty," Rose said in 2009. "In a nutshell, personally I consider him a cancer and better removed, avoided." Rose also sued his former manager Irving Azoff, the CEO of Live Nation Ticketmaster, accusing Azoff of conspiring to assemble a Guns N' Roses reunion tour that included Slash. That legal tiff is likely the reason why Axl's GNR hasn't toured the U.S. on its "Chinese Democracy" trek (although a February tour is rumored).




Why would Axl's lawsuit arrive three years after the release of "Guitar Hero III"? The Amp likes to imagine that during a brief hiatus in the GN'R tour, Rose headed to his local Best Buy to get a jump on some Black Friday shopping. While pushing his cart down the discount video game aisle, he saw the box for "Guitar Hero III" with Slash on the cover and got perturbed. After purchasing the game along with the new deluxe "Avatar" DVD and Nicki Minaj's "Pink Friday," Axl drove back to his home in the Hollywood Hills to see if GNR's music was in fact in the game, only to discover that he bought an XBox 360 copy of "GH3" and he only owned a Playstation 3. Down but not defeated, Rose then realized that he could simply go on Wikipedia to see the game's track list. And then he called his lawyer.

" Axl drove back to his home in the Hollywood Hills to see if GNR's music was in fact in the game, only to discover that he bought an XBox 360 copy of "GH3" and he only owned a Playstation 3. "

hahahahaha

 

[GoldShadow]

I love Axl to death, but he is and always has been an *******.


Unfortunately, this doesn't bode well for an Appetite reunion

 

[uhmuzing]

Posting 'cause of how big of a GN'R fan I am.
lol

Ah, I'd love to see the Appetite line-up get together again. Too bad...

 

[GoldShadow]

It sucks even more because, recently, Axl played a show with Duff. A tiny bit of hope crushed and thrown away.

 

[uhmuzing]

Yeah I heard about that, though I never really believed a reunion with Slash would happen, but I think Axl's worked with all of the other Appetite members at some points.

I think Izzy wrote a song for the next album too.

 

[Crimson King]

I love Axl to death, but he is and always has been an *******.


Unfortunately, this doesn't bode well for an Appetite reunion

I am well aware of your feelings on GnR.

 

[Fuelbi]

**** Axl is MAD salty like seriously XD

 

[Budget Player Cadet_]

Talentless ******* takes anger out on talented member of same band. Yep, business as usual... Seriously, Axl should just go die. His singing sucks and he's harping on the only good part of G&R.

 

[GoldShadow]

Ah, man, this is tough BPC. I like you, but you've given me no choice but to make us mortal enemies. I hate when this happens.

 

[Crimson King]

I wouldn't call Slash the only good part of GNR, but I would definitely call Axl the only bad part of GNR.

 

[uhmuzing]

GN'R would've been nothing without Axl. No matter what kind of person he is, Axl's a very talented musician and frontman and key component to the band's success. Notice how none of the other ex-gunners have really done anything big since then (though I do like Slash's recent solo work)?

Granted, Chinese Democracy sorta sucks, but...
Axl and Slash were both essential to the band.

 

[GoldShadow]

Agree that Axl was a major component of GNR. It was Axl who spent countless nights in the studio mixing and rearranging tracks to give us the Welcome to the Jungle, the Paradise City, the November Rain, and many other songs we've heard. It was Axl's crazy energy as a frontman - in part - that made the band great to see live (something I was never able to do myself, unfortunately, I've only seen it in videos). Axl's vocals meshed perfectly with the band.

That said, I disagree that none of the others have done anything big. Slash is absolutely huge. He is, if anything, much more successful than he was in the past and definitely bigger than Axl Rose is now. Blues Ball, Snakepit, Velvet Revolver (the big one) and his awesome solo album (the other big one). If anything, GNR rocketed Slash farther into the world of rock stardom, and it only continues to grow.

Duff's been reasonably successful too, mostly with Velvet Revolver but also with Loaded. Izzy faded out of the limelight for a bit (intentionally) but he's been back and has his own following. Steve has Adler's Appetite, though he's definitely the least "successful" of the group, but I think that's more on account of his drug habit than anything else. Ultimately, every member contributed their own thing to GNR's sound, and you can hear it if you listen to the work the individual members have done. Axl with his more industrial, bigger band kind of sound. Slash's raw blues rock. Duff's heavy punk influence. Steve's loose style of drumming (followed by Sorum's more technical style). Izzy's folkish preferences.

That said, GNR died way back around 1995 and I do not consider anything since then to be anything but an "Axl Solo Project." I didn't really like Chinese Democracy, it had a couple decent tracks on it, but it was by no means a GNR album. I have it filed on my hard drive under "Axl Rose" and not "Guns N' Roses". Axl's style has become too commercialized, almost pop-ish in nature. I still think he's a great musician, but he'll never be the same as he was back in GNR's heyday. That and his constantly expanding ego

 

[Crimson King]

GN'R would've been nothing without Axl. No matter what kind of person he is, Axl's a very talented musician and frontman and key component to the band's success. Notice how none of the other ex-gunners have really done anything big since then (though I do like Slash's recent solo work)?

Granted, Chinese Democracy sorta sucks, but...
Axl and Slash were both essential to the band.

Velvet Revolver was quite a big band, and they really only stopped because Stone Temple Pilots reunited.

All the rest on Axl doing a great job: it's the period. Had Guns come out in the 90s or 70s, they wouldn't have been anywhere as popular. Despite Goldshadow's undying love for them, they were a typical hair metal band, who just got a bit bigger than the others. Brett Michael's probably had more fans than Axl during their peak, though. As a producer, which GS, was touting, he hasn't done anything memorable like say George Martin or Brian Wilson or Robert Fripp. He just arranged the pieces in to a way that sold.

 

[GoldShadow]

GNR were definitely not a hair band. GNR was always about the music, not the lifestyle (which is not to say they didn't abuse drugs and stuff). There's a distinct difference between them and hair bands, and it's pretty apparent in the type of music they've made.

As a producer, which GS, was touting, he hasn't done anything memorable like say George Martin or Brian Wilson or Robert Fripp. He just arranged the pieces in to a way that sold.

Exactly, he made the songs sound awesome.

 

[Pikaville]

How does someone ACTUALLY become such a ****head.

I don't get Axl Rose.

Also, if Axl ever tried to fight slash he would get messed up hard I imagine.

 

[Crimson King]

Axl believed what he was selling more than anyone else could. Simple as that. Once you get to that level, you will go insane.