14 Years [GNR/Mötley Crüe]

27. MTV

October, 1987

Axl:

It's been five years since I moved to LA from Lafayette along with My friends. After being broke and starving and living inside the closet of the strippers of Sunset Boulevard, we finally formed a band. In the course of these five years, I became Axl Rose, Saul Hudson became Slash and Jeffrey Isbell became Izzy Stradlin. When the three of us ran into two familiar blondes one night at the strip, Duff, and Steven, Guns N'Roses was born.

After years of hard work along the west coast, Geffen Records finally noticed us, and Tom Zutaut who signed many other popular bands signed us to Geffen. We released our debut, Appetite For Destruction, two months back. Those who were sick and tired of listening to sissy's of Rock are buying it.

We headlined a few shows in Europe. Next, we are to open for Mötley Crüe in their Girls Girls Girls tour.

I moved back with the guys into the hell house after my marriage hit the rocks. Erin Invicta Everly, that's who I was married to. She was the most beautiful and sweetest girl I have ever met. She was the love of my life. She understood me like no one else, I used to think she and I would be that old couple you see at soccer games in another forty-fifty years. But we parted ways way too quickly than I imagined. Sometimes it felt as if the fault was with me and other times, with her. I might be wrong, it could be both of our fault.

I miss her, but I gotta move on, it was probably the most wonderful chapter of my life, but like every good thing that too reached its end. I meant every word I said when I wrote a song called 'Sweet Child O'mine', when I played it for the first time, in front of her, that song meant a lot to me, except now when I sing it, I only feel a bit of nostalgia and a feeling that she is no longer by my side.

But hey, maybe it wasn't meant to be, maybe there is someone else out there for me. Plus, being on tour while in a committed relationship was hard, at least now I won't have to go through the fear or guilt of betraying her.

Whatever, I am only 26, I was finally in a band with my brothers. I love those guys, my 16 year old self would probably whine and complain in a corner if he heard me call Steven my brother. But my 16 year old self can go fuck himself he was a dumb cunt. I barely knew Steven back then but I was quick to judge and hate him, not anymore, I mean why would he even be in a band with me if I hated him.

"Guys, can you believe MTV is interviewing us? Like isn't that crazy!" Steven said, chugging his beer.

Yep, MTV was doing a small interview with us today afternoon. Zutaut arranged it. He was the one who arranged the tour with Mötley as well.

"I know right! Okay listen up everyone, don't be dicks, answer the questions properly, and...... let's have a line before we go, confidence is always good." Duff made his small announcement climbing on top of the sofa, did he really think he would have to climb on top of it to get our attention, the guy was a freaking giraffe.

"The last one is probably the most sensible thing you ever said," Slash commented

He wasn't wrong.

The C in Cocaine stands for Confidence. Right?

"Well you guys are lucky, I have exactly what we need," Izzy said before walking out of his room with a small zip lock of dust.

"I thought you stopped selling." I narrowed my eyes.

"Yeah,.... I did, I am not selling anymore man...." He scoffed, "This is the last of it!"

As long as his ass doesn't wind up in jail I don't give a flying fuck if he sells or buys or even if he gets adopted by Pablo Escobar.