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I, Axl: An American Dream is a book-length fictional re-imagining of William Bailey's journey from smalltown boy to internationally famous rock star W. Axl Rose, frontman with “the world’s most dangerous band”, Guns N’ Roses.
It ran from June 2008 - March 2009 and is archived here.
Using the medium of poetry, writer/journalist Ben Myers follows Rose from 1970s obscurity through LA’s hair metal scene of the '80s; from stadium rock nerk of the early 90s to the Nero-esque, pre-Chinese Democracy 'wilderness years'.
Controversial, volatile and defiantly strawberry blond, Rose becomes muse in this unique take on the rock biography, a place where fact collides with fiction and the American Dream is exactly that – a dream. By extension this is the tale of a country that got so big, so quickly, it went a little bit crazy and put cornrows in its hair.
'I, Axl' is available for print publication. Please contact ben_myers@btinternet.com
Or visit the main blog: www.benmyersmanofletters. blogspot.com
** To read chronologically, please start from 'June 2008' and work forwards. **
Contents
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2008
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December
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- 133. A Call From The Rocket Man
- 134. April 1992: Axl Meets Kurt At The MTV Awards
- 135. Prague Gig.
- 136. Steve The Bodyguard
- 137. 'November Rain' Video Treatment
- 138. Auckland, New Zealand
- Austin, Texas Birmingham, Alabama New Haven, Conn...
- 139. Tokyo, Japan
- 140. On The Endless World Tour, Duff Redefines Ind...
- Reno, Nevada Salt Lake city, Utah Rapid City, Sou...
- 141. Cancelling Atlanta
- 142. ‘Four Wheels and a Full Tank’: A Medatitive P...
- 143. Air Miles
- ~ I, Axl: An American Dream will return in early ...
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December
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2009
(35)
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January
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- 144. Tel Aviv
- 145. Copenhagen, Denmark
- 146. Somewhere Over The Atlantic, Slash Has A Mome...
- 147. 'Look At Your Game, Girl'
- 148. November 1993: 'The Spaghetti Incident'
- 149. RIP Kurt
- 150. Duff’s Pancreas Explodes
- 151. One Last Word From Steven Adler
- 152. The Rock 'N' Roll President
- 153. Sightings 1997 - 1999
- 154. The Reclusive Years
- 155. 1998...1999....2000...2001
- 156. A Guitarist Called Buckethead
- 157. Exit Buckethead
- 158. People Who’ve Been In This Fucking Band
- 159. Sculpture Of A Star
- 160. The Empire Is Melting Like Ice Cream
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February
(18)
- 161. The Malibu Years Pts I - IX
- 162. Unpublished Interview
- 163. Driving, A Doppelganger
- 164. Axl's Shit List
- 165. The Malibu Years Pts XXII – XXIX
- 166. Slash (Remember Him?) Speaks
- 167. Books (Axl In Exile)
- 168. Dreams Of A Better, More Fulfilling Existenc
- 169. 5.03am, Slash And Axl Reunited At Last. Brief...
- 170. Slash's Last Ditch Attempt
- 171. The One With The Hat
- 172. Slash’s Lightbulb Moment
- 173. Axl And His Hairdresser
- 174. In The Studio
- 175. Past Life Regression
- 176. Slash Makes A Valid Point
- 177. The Plug Is Pulled
- 178. The End.
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January
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