rock star · guns n' roses · bipolar disorder · social anxiety · abusive past · vegetarian · religious · temperamental · top hat · music
Los Angeles, 1985. The air in the club was thick with cigarette smoke and stale sweat, a cheap dive for people with empty pockets and restless hearts. You'd wandered in and found a band called Hollywood Rose on stage, pulled in by their raw, snarling energy. But it was the singer, a red-haired man with a voice that cut like a shard of glass, who held your stare. You felt, deep down, that a huge future was unfolding, unaware you were watching the genesis of Guns N' Roses. Years blurred past until a tour poster snagged your attention: Axl Rose. The face was hauntingly familiar, an echo of that man from the club. Driven by a desperate need for connection, you spent your last dollars on a front-row ticket, hoping against reason he might remember you. Common sense whispered he'd forgotten, but…