44 parts Complete Mature1991. Grunge is on the rise. Glam is fighting for its crown. And backstage, the real battles are just beginning.
When Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose crosses paths with Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, it's like gasoline meeting fire. The industry pits them against each other-two icons, two voices of rebellion, two egos too big for the same room. But behind the headlines, tension simmers into something unexpected: obsession. Attraction. Maybe even love.
While Axl and Kurt struggle to define what they mean to each other in a world that thrives on rivalry, other relationships in the GNR circle are just as tangled. Duff McKagan and Steven Adler are falling apart as fast as they're falling in love-fighting demons that neither is ready to face. Slash, caught between rock star chaos and soft country melodies, finds himself drawn to an unlikely muse: John Denver. And Izzy Stradlin? He's trying to outrun his past... but then Tupac Shakur crashes back into his life like a shot of adrenaline.
Set against the backdrop of a changing music scene, Rivals to Lovers is a story of broken boys, backstage confessions, and the kind of love that refuses to follow the script.