Editing Axl Rose (section)

== Early life ==
Axl Rose was born William Bruce Rose Jr. in [[Lafayette, Indiana]], the oldest child of Sharon Elizabeth (née Lintner), then 16 years old and still in high school,<ref name="watchyoubleed">{{cite book|last=Davis|first=Stephen|title=Watch You Bleed: The Saga of Guns N' Roses|year=2008|publisher=Gotham Publishing|isbn=978-1-59240-377-6|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/watchyoubleedsag00davi}}</ref> and William Bruce Rose, then 20 years old.<ref name="Reitwiesner">{{cite web|last=Reitwiesner|first=William Addams|title=Ancestry of Axl Rose|publisher=William Addams Reitwiesner Genealogical Services|access-date=June 6, 2011|url=http://www.wargs.com/other/rose.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615223829/http://www.wargs.com/other/rose.html|archive-date=June 15, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="RollingStoneBio">{{cite magazine|title=Axl Rose: Biography|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=June 6, 2011|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/axl-rose/biography|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924233647/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/axl-rose/biography|archive-date=September 24, 2011}}</ref> His father has been described as "a troubled and charismatic local delinquent," and the pregnancy was unplanned.<ref name="watchyoubleed" /> His parents separated when Rose was approximately two years old, prompting his father to abduct and allegedly [[Child sexual abuse|molest]] him before disappearing from Lafayette.<ref name="watchyoubleed"/> His mother then married Stephen L. Bailey and changed her son's name to William Bruce Bailey.<ref name="RollingStoneBio"/><ref name="Tannenbaum88">{{cite magazine|last=Tannenbaum|first=Rob|title=The Hard Truth About Guns N' Roses|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=November 17, 1988|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-hard-truth-about-guns-n-roses-56711/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124161711/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-hard-truth-about-guns-n-roses-56711/|archive-date=November 24, 2022}}</ref> He has two younger siblings—a sister, Amy, and a half-brother, Stuart.<ref name="RollingStone00"/><ref name="Wall07">{{cite web|last=Wall|first=Mick|title=W. Axl Rose - Chapter Nine - You Are All Little People|publisher=MickWall.com|year=2007|access-date=June 6, 2011|url=http://www.mickwall.com/waxlrose9chap1.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140218011204/http://www.mickwall.com/waxlrose9chap1.htm |archive-date=February 18, 2014}}</ref> (Stuart Bailey would go on to play guitar in several L.A. area bands in the early 90s (Dr. Whiskey,  
the Assassins) as well as work as a musical supervisor in Hollywood.)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.a-4-d.com/t3068-1994-11-dd-raw-magazine-four-bust-ups-and-a-single|title=1994.11.DD - RAW Magazine - Four Bust-Ups And A Single|website=www.a-4-d.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.liner-notes.com/films/dbns/bailey.html|title=DBNS: Stuart C. Bailey|website=www.liner-notes.com}}</ref>

As young children, both Rose and his siblings were regularly [[Physical abuse|beaten]].<ref name="The Band That Time Forgot">{{cite book |last=Stenning |first=Paul |author-link=Paul Stenning |title= The Band That Time Forgot |year=2005 |publisher=Chrome Dreams |isbn=978-1842403143}}</ref> Until the age of 17, Rose believed Bailey was his natural father.<ref name="Neely92">{{cite magazine|last=Neely|first=Kim|title=Axl Rose: The Rolling Stone Interview|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=April 2, 1992|access-date=June 3, 2011|url=http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/articles/showarticle.php?articleid=56|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711163800/http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/articles/showarticle.php?articleid=56|archive-date=July 11, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> He never met his biological father as an adult; William Rose Sr. was murdered in [[Marion, Illinois]], in 1984 by a criminal [[acquaintance]] who was convicted.<ref>{{cite book|title=Murder in the Heartland. 20 Case Files|chapter=Book 1. Missing Body|author=Spiller, Harry|publisher=Turner Publishing|page=171|year=2003|isbn=9781563119125|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IInuEAAAQBAJ&dq=william+rose+murdered+1984&pg=PT148}}</ref> Rose did not learn about the murder until years later.<ref name="Wall90">{{cite magazine|last=Wall|first=Mick|title=Stick to Your Guns|magazine=[[Kerrang!]]|date=April 21, 1990|access-date=June 6, 2011|url=http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/articles/showarticle.php?articleid=4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711164319/http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/articles/showarticle.php?articleid=4|archive-date=July 11, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Bailey household was very religious; Rose and his family attended a [[Pentecostal]] church, where he was required to attend services three to eight times per week and even taught Sunday school.<ref name="James92">{{cite magazine|last=James|first=Del|title=I, Axl – Part III|magazine=[[RIP (magazine)|RIP]]|date=November 1992|access-date=June 6, 2011|url=http://hem.passagen.se/snoqalf/art-1992-RIP-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605042046/http://hem.passagen.se/snoqalf/art-1992-RIP-1.html|archive-date=June 5, 2011|url-status=usurped}}</ref> Rose later recalled an oppressive upbringing, stating, "We'd have televisions one week, then my stepdad would throw them out because they were [[Satanism|Satanic]]. I wasn't allowed to listen to music. Women were evil. Everything was evil."<ref name="James92"/> He accused his stepfather of physically abusing him and his siblings and sexually abusing his sister.<ref name="RollingStoneBio"/><ref name="Neely92"/> Rose found solace in music from an early age. He sang in the church choir from the age of five, and performed at services with his brother and sister under the name the Bailey Trio.<ref name="MTVRockumentary">{{Cite video|title=MTV Rockumentary: Guns N' Roses|medium=Television production|publisher=MTV|date=1989}}</ref> At [[Jefferson High School (Indiana)|Jefferson High School]], he participated in the school chorus and studied piano.<ref name="James89">{{cite magazine|last=James|first=Del|title=The Rolling Stone Interview with Axl Rose|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=August 1989|access-date=June 6, 2011|url=http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/articles/showarticle.php?articleid=3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720032323/http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/articles/showarticle.php?articleid=3|archive-date=July 20, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> A second baritone,<ref name="Superteen89">{{cite magazine|title=The Quotable Guns N' Roses|magazine=Superteen|year=1989|access-date=June 6, 2011|url=http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/articles/showarticle.php?articleid=68|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110530014323/http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/articles/showarticle.php?articleid=68|archive-date=May 30, 2011}}</ref> Rose began developing "different voices" during chorus practice to confuse his teacher.<ref name="MTVRockumentary"/><ref name="Superteen89"/><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Sullivan|first=John Jeremiah|title=The Final Comeback of Axl Rose|magazine=[[GQ]]|date=September 2006|access-date=June 6, 2011|url=https://www.gq.com/entertainment/celebrities/200609/final-comeback-axl-rose|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927225056/http://www.gq.com/entertainment/celebrities/200609/final-comeback-axl-rose|archive-date=September 27, 2011}}</ref> He eventually formed a band with his friends, one of whom was Jeff Isbell, later known as [[Izzy Stradlin]].<ref name="Geffen98">{{cite web|title=Geffen - Izzy Stradlin Biography|publisher=[[Geffen Records|Geffen]]|year=1998|url=http://hem.passagen.se/snoqalf/art-1998-geffen.html|access-date=June 6, 2011|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111031183629/http://hem.passagen.se/snoqalf/art-1998-geffen.html|archive-date=October 31, 2011}}</ref> He also befriended a girl called Anna Hoon, who would later introduce him to her younger brother, [[Shannon Hoon|Shannon]], [[front man]] for [[Blind Melon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jconline.com/story/news/history/2015/10/21/archives-lafayette-mourns-shannon-hoon/74064726/|title=20 years later: Lafayette mourns Shannon Hoon|first=Thomas|last=Maxfield|website=Journal and Courier}}</ref>

At the age of 17, while going through insurance papers in his parents' home, Rose learned of his biological father's existence, and he unofficially readopted his birth name.<ref name="Tannenbaum88"/><ref name="Neely92"/> However, he referred to himself only as W. Rose, because he did not want to share a first name with his biological father.<ref name="Tannenbaum88"/><ref name="Neely92"/> Following the discovery of his true family origins, Rose became a local juvenile delinquent in Lafayette; he was arrested more than twenty times on charges such as public intoxication and battery, and served jail terms up to three months.<ref name="Tannenbaum88"/><ref name="Kuipers91">{{cite magazine|last=Kuipers|first=Dean|title=Guns N' Neuroses|magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|date=September 1991|access-date=June 6, 2011|url=http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/articles/showarticle.php?articleid=7|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110627233608/http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/articles/showarticle.php?articleid=7|archive-date=June 27, 2011}}</ref> After Lafayette authorities threatened to charge him as a [[Habitual offender|habitual criminal]],<ref name="James89"/> Rose moved to Los Angeles, California, in December 1982.<ref name="Kuipers91"/> After moving to Los Angeles, he became so engrossed in his band AXL that his friends suggested he call himself Axl Rose.<ref name="Tannenbaum88"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Ex-Hollywood Rose Guitarist: Axl Rose Was 'Very Ego Motivated'|work=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=November 19, 2004|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=29388|access-date=March 7, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050921111303/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=29388|archive-date=September 21, 2005}}</ref> He legally changed his name to W. Axl Rose prior to signing his contract with [[Geffen Records]] in March 1986.<ref name="Superteen89"/><ref name="Kuipers91"/><ref name="Sugerman91">{{cite book|last=Sugerman|first=Danny|title=Appetite for Destruction: The Days of Guns N' Roses|url=https://archive.org/details/appetitefordestr00suge_0|url-access=registration|publisher=St. Martin's Press|year=1991|isbn=0-312-07634-7}}</ref>