My brother was there that night and I remember the next day my mom was wondering where in the world a stadium seat came from. I think that seat is still in my parents basement
If some crazy dude managed to rush the stage, grab a guitar AND get it past a rioting crowd and all the way home, they fucking deserve it. Honestly, I'd be jealous.
A thief is a thief. What a generation coming up. Listen to yourselves... sad commentary of todays youth. Stop standing around with your hands out. Corporations are going to just give up and retire rich instead of giving you a job. I did. Closed my company and laid off 6 people supporting families. When the government and employee's start telling you how to run YOUR OWN company it's time to stop.
@@stevemazz3121 You're right, it's still stealing I totally agree with that because it's not that persons property. I certainly would never do that, or never cheer on someone who did so I will take back my earlier comment and say you're completely right no one should be stealing someone's property no matter what type of situation you're in.
I worked the barricade in front of the stage that night. Skid Row put on an awesome show to open. There were 2 girls in the front row. It was one of theirs 16th birthday. She was from Arkansas and got the tickets to the concert as an early present. She just loved Guns and Roses. She wasn't kidding as it looked like she bought every T Shirt and souvenir they were selling. She couldn't wait for the show to start. When Axel threw down the Mike and ran off the stage she asked what happened and I told her what I could see. There were several announcements that came over the PA system. With each announcement the crowd got more restless. Things started to fly towards the stage. The girls were trying to figure out what's going on and very scared. I told them it was about to get ugly and they needed to get as far away from the stage as possible. They started to pick up all their gear and started to leave. As they walked away the Birthday girl started crying and yelled "the dream is over". Just after they left more things were coming at the stage. The person next to me got hit in the head by a quarter. Then bigger things were flying towards us. When parts of chairs started to be thrown, they pulled us out of the barricade and let the cops take over. Working the barricade we are there to keep folks from going on stage and causing a ruckus. We didn't know we needed to keep performers on the stage. Live and learn.
I was there!!! It was my 17th birthday, July 2nd. It took me 3 hours to walk to my hotel that night. The traffic was absolutely nuts!!! I helped a guy that was struggling to carry an amp out. I did take KSHE 95's press box banner as a souvenir. Lol! I went to the next concert scheduled there 3 days later. It was Warrant, Trixter, and Firehouse. There was no alcohol sold that night. Skid row who opened for GNR earlier, was absolutely phenomenal that night!!
Went to see GNR years ago in Massachusetts. (Axle was 3 hours late for the show) We were sitting side stage and halfway thru the show we could see axle fist fighting with one of the crew behind stage. What a piece of work.
One of the security guards mentioned, Ronnie Gamble, former Houston Oiler, was my football coach, 5 years ago he died, while we were all waiting for him in the locker room. When did I hear he was involved in this?? RIGHT NOW!! Wow.
Just Googled his name and...WHAT?!I'm from White Bear Lake and have loved to hear his story from this and it sucks knowing how accessible he would have been to talk to. Maybe even interview him on the radio. Damn! That sucks, sorry for your loss BTW.
@@zachhalverson69 Thank you. 6 years ago today now. By the way I LIVE IN WHITE BEAR LAKE. Yes he coached at Forest Lake and he coached our oline fir a local Semi-pro team. I was retired, and he asked me to play another year to help with the younger guys. 3 games into the season at a game in Duluth, he never made it he locker room. Sad, sas day
Big Ron worked as a bouncer at a bigger club here in STL in the early 90s. Whenever my band would perform there, he was always a great friend to see and always had my back as security. We love you Big Ron! A real good guy with a real big heart.
@@stevenlord3808 Well it sounds like you knew the real Ronnie. I 1st met him playing AGAINST the team he was coaching. We destroyed them 52-6. After the game one of OUR guys started some shit with one of their players. Dont care that he was my teammate it was uncalled for. So after the handshakes being the tram veteran iI went up to him to apologize for my teammates actions. He told me "don't be to hard on him, he's young, he will learn". I knew right then I wanted to play my last few years for him. He knew alot about football, but more about how to treat people right. EVERYBODY loved him. Even his opponents. Losing Ronnie was devastating. I still remember the feeling in that locker room. We still had a game to play that day. Nobody wanted to, but we all knew he would have said play. We put an unfair beating on that team that day. There wasn't a dry eye in that locker room after. I still miss him.
Arlo Roan they actually played their scheduled 90 minutes. Rocket Queen was one of the last scheduled songs to play. Technically everyone still got a full show so their was no reason to get so upset.
I saw GNR during their infamous tour with Metallica in 1992 in Indianapolis. I am amazed that Axl didn’t start a riot that night. To begin with they were an hour late. Once they arrived Axl immediately started insulting people from Indiana “he is from Lafayette Indiana “ he said we were all corn fed Hicks among other things. All in all however they did put on a pretty good performance. I was 14 at the time and it was my first rock concert. I will remember it for as long as I live. I came out of the show as a much bigger Metallica fan than I was before
I was at that show in Mpls, 15 at the time.. Axl pulled a bitch move at our show as well, started running his stupid mouth...everyone sat down and stopped applauding which really pissed him off. No one would placate his ego. So they played all their garbage material....fans hated it. I LOVED that. FNM and Metallica were really good though. F Axl forever. F-ing douche
i saw it in orlando. it was on the verge of a riot because gnr was late. but some genious with a camera started filming hot chicks in the audience and putting them on the screens flashing their tits. crisis averted.😁
I was at that show, and she is right... but I already knew what kind of a "special' dickhead Axl was. We caught them in '88 at Buckeye Lake when they opened for Aerosmith, and he was bitcing at a guy standin in the front row next to me that was taking pictures of the band with a cheap 110 camera. We invited him to come out into the crowd to express his opinion, but for some reason he declined our offer. So sad.
My buddy plays in a Guns and Roses cover band. We have a gag where I go to the front row and record him and he says "take that! get that guy and take that!" During Rocket Queen.
@Zap Rowsdower My buddy who knows your buddy who has a cover band who Henry Waggoner's buddies band whos friends with your buddy who plays in my buddies cover band .......
I want to thank the makers of this documentary for getting right to the point. I can't stand a long drawn out "intro" ,quick cuts, in your face bullshit clickbait. This was very well made... I just wish the moment was shown when he asked Axl to sign the book!
I was at the very next show in Dallas. Had front center seats, but since GnR had rebuilt the stage, it no longer had room for my front row seats. So security gave us 3rd row center and backstage passes. One of the greatest shows ever. I still have my ticket stub.
I’ve met many famous musicians and Out of them all sebastian bach was by far the coolest who absolutely puts his fans above himself as in he treats everyone like lifelong friends. He had a way of getting the names of what seemed like everyone he talked to at the venue and would actually remember everyone’s name after the show while the bands were loading up. He was the only one in the band that interacted with fans the entire time they were there. Just a fantastic human being
Love him. He always comes across as a really down to earth, personable guy! Saw Skid Row in Edinburgh in 1989 I think it was...sadly didn't get to meet him!
Rock and roll will never be the same as it was in the 80s and 90s! It's a wonder that I'm still alive from all the shows that I've been to! True craziness absolute craziness!
Obviously you weren't around in the seventies. All the shit bands in the eighties revered the bands from the seventies. Zeppelin, Floyd, Aerosmith ( before they sucked), Bad Company, Sabbath, Van Halen, Rush, Tom Petty... All the eighties bands pale in comparison. Yeah it will never be the same. Because it always changes. Eighties sucked.
My mother was the court reporter for his trial. She left a note saying what big fans me and my two sisters were. Axl left us 2 cds, 2 t shirts and personal autographs. I think I still have it!
15:27 I saw GnR on the reunion tour in 2016 in Chicago and I ended up sitting next to this guy and his wife in the VIP lounge before the show. A super kind guy with awesome stories. This dude had the coolest story about the riot show, and he told my sister and me detail by detail, second by second of the show. *If you are reading this, I am the tall skinny dude who was with his sister, and we shared a table in the lounge for about 2 hours. Thanks for the great stories!*
I used too sleep out for tickets, in the 70' 80's 90's and scalp tickets out of the box office tickets were $8.00 those times were the best exspecially the 80's. Best time of my life, so many memories and alot of money
I was at the Montreal version of this. Metallica was the opening act, James got hurt from pyrotechnics, and was rushed to the hospital, minutes later the other band mates came back and apologized for stopping (that's professionalism). Guns could have saved the show by jumping on right away but instead made us wait 2 hours, and after only three songs, we watched Axel insult the city and leave. The riot that followed was crazy. Flames everywhere, the place was getting destroyed. In the hallways, store were being vandalized and looted. Outside, cop cars were being flipped over. Insane!!! How did this guy not get into more trouble is a mystery.
So you guys were acting like savage beasts and somehow this is Axl's fault? lol. I get people being mad, but nothing justifies the riots. A rational human being doesn't start wreaking havoc just because they are mad. This was the rioters fault.
@@John-sk8pr Axl was a dick and stealing peoples money. I'm not a big Metalica fan (since the black album anyway) but they went back to Montreal and did a makeup concert after almost dying from having his skin and muscle melted off and Axl was just a dick. Even the band knew it was wrong but there wasn't shit they could do without a lead singer.
i find it funny that axl used to get pissed at people for throwing stuff on stage because he didn’t want people hurt but he can throw himself off stage which hurt stump, slap a security guard, triggered a riot, have a lot of people hospitalized, and etc..
He didn't trigger the riot, the idiots who started demolishing stuff did. Sure he might have incited them to riot, because he just ended a show that just began (I think) and it might have made the crowd angry, but it's still their fucking decision to literally start destroying everything, Axxl didn't make them do it. And I don't think Axxl behaved properly either, but punching a guy who brings a camera to your gig against the rules (especially since there were multiple instances of that happening earlier and I can only imagine how aggravating that must be to watch someone make money of your gig) is one thing, but starting a massive destruction even which was the riot there is another thing.
saw them open for maiden. they were drunk and horribly sloppy. people started throwing things at them, axl threw a fit and they walked off stage. then the flawless, almighty maiden took the stage.
They opened for Iron Maiden starting on May 13th of 1988 in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. They toured Canada through the end of May, their first US show opening for Iron Maiden was May 30th in Spokane, last show was June 6th in Sacramento.
@@adamgriffith-smith9106 really??... it was literally SECONDS after he said " hey! Take that" and pointed out stump, there's NO POSSIBLE WAY they could have gotten it that quickly 😉
Dave54600 i saw that video! Dif. Here is that Axl decided to be a prick! Baz was struck and had every right to hit that f*cker! But, Axl wasn't threatened or injured anywhere except his Big Fat EGO!!!😉
I couldn’t agree more that axle is a total egomaniac. With that said guns and roses appetite for destruction is one of the greatest albums ever created.
@@thesundog8833 talentless? Hope you mean in instruments because his voice is amazing Sure hes grumpy half the time but theres no doubt hes talented, some notes he can hit that most singers cant.
The real story is just how good Skid Row was live. They were probably the best live rock band around at that time. Bach was instantly talented and out rocked everyone on earth.
He wasn't the most PC person at the time. Wearing that infamous AIDS tee, and dissing America's favorite boy band at the time with "New Kids On My Cock". One thing he did I thought was funny: He ripped the head off a Vanilla Ice doll!😂😂😂😂
Bach was and still is an attention seeking child pretending to be a man. Loud, animated, and annoying. A great performer but as far as musical talent goes, just another face in the crowd. Nothing to write home about then or now. Although I must admit the Slave to the Grind record was an awesome against the grain offering.
Seth Braun wasted talent? Call him a cry baby and an asshole, but there was no wasted talent. He's still a fucking legend and he fucking rocked in the 80s and 90s. How was his talent wasted? GnR were at the top.
@@ElGaby323 makes no sense. He wasted nothing, made some GREAT music in his youth and even though his voice is shot, is still performing hard every year.
You could say that about alot of musicians Hendrix , Morrison , Joplin , Bonham , Duane Allman , Freddy Mercury , Bon Scott and many others ! To single him out is being blind to others ! If you dont like the music have the guts to say it dont hide behind BS
@@danielthebearStAnton doo rag, and trucker hat! He has Corn rows now, why hide his thick hair! Lol! Balding crackhead in spandex and furry waiters jacket. Wow, cocaine is a helluva a drug
They made Axel paint curbs on the highway. The FM rock station announced that if "You stopped for an autograph that the one you will get will be from the Deputy & for obstruction of justice." It was hilarious!
😅 Sebastian keeps making me laugh with his commentary! Lol He knew how Axl could be. Couldn't imagine being there to witness the craziness! Love Sebastian's laugh too 😆
I laughed so hard at that amp story. I am pretty sure those guys just sat there waiting for the nus and realizing they don't want to carry that amp another 10 feet. So they took the bus and left the amp there, I guess.
Sebastian Bach is so hilarious! When he was talking about Izzy's amp and laughing, I thought I'd die. It was really the only part that made the who incident seem ridiculous besides Axl and his stupid contact lens stories.
What a great Video I have so much Respect for the crew of people who work behind the scenes to bring the Concerts to the Fans in a Safe Environment.. You guys are the True Rockstars 👍😎
Their earlier days were their Golden Age. I remember when Appetite For Destruction was first released. Luckily we had an early copy, and we played it everywhere we went. Every performer in the band had recognised individual presence on the stage, and still maintain that presence. So its no wonder that G&R has had so many problems in its history. Anyways, they earned their fame, and deserve the recognition, and yeah the criticism too. Awesome job guys! :D
Stumpy asking for Axl’s autograph after the court hearing makes this story, made the hair stand up on my neck, I love that sort of shit. Sick little documentary.🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
Amazing job on this documentary ! All this time I 've only know of the footage of Axl jumping off stage , nothing more about the riot and other footage around this incident. Awesome
I was there that night. My favorite band of all time and I was beyond excited to see Axl Rose. I had bleacher seats to the right when facing the stage and mid riot a girl my age was standing two rows down from me and that’s when a plant the size of a large mum smacked her on the side of her head and face, knocking her over the next bleacher. While I stood watching this and the helicopters, my boyfriend, at the time, grabbed my arm and pulled me the hell out of there. We ran through water hoses, flying chairs, air debris, you name it. It was crazy!
my mom was there. she said people were getting a hold of the fire hoses and were trying to spray people, stealing/scrapping whatever they could, etc. Pretty awesome story
Tracey Hogan I'm glad I'm not a roses fan. Haven't forgiven them since axl decided his courtside seats were more important than coming to Philly to entertain those whom purchased the ticket to see them. Nothing against the rest of the band; at least they fucking showed up lol. That being said, guns n roses won't make another dime off me.
Pffft not even , Axl was just a whiney little Brat who complained about every little thing , if you think he is outrageous, you should check out GG Allin
@@yourfriendlyneighbourhoods8202 funny when he came to my town he was drunk ,kept singing the wrong lyrics and couldn't follow through with the music, the dude is a joke now , I'm just glad I didn't waste $80 for a shitty seat to see that.
I took my first two tabs of acid at a Steve Winwood concert. Before it kicked in I got into a drunken fight with some other Bozo and we both got taken to jail. That’s when the acid started to kick in. Long story short, I love Steve Winwood
In 1991 I was a Def Leppard fan that shifted from Aussie rock to respectable bands like Matchbox 20 & Live. Looking back I can see how Kurt Cobain with Nirvana, Pearl Jam & many grunge bands that came out of Seattle. These new age bands brought back respect for the audience & especially females. I never got it 30 years ago, but Kurt & Dave did something magical. They changed the way fans wanted their idols to behave off stage. I get it now, I understand why Kurt hated Axl. R.I.P Kurt, I finally got Nirvana's music in 2019 & I love it. Wow I must of been asleep when Kurt did that amazing unplugged show & the documentary about how nervous & anxious he was before it. He was human after all.
I listen to music for the talent. I could out play Cobain on guitar when I was 8 lol. You're going to have to come up with a better band than Nirvana lol. Technically they sucked!
@@RiskyMethods.81 their claim to fame was never playing technically good. And if that's you angle then you've totally missed the whole point of grudge and nirvana.
I still have a seat from the show. Lol. My mom almost didn't let me take seat in the house. She was saying it's stolen. I finally convinced her to let me keep it.
Fuzzy's Studio I was 3 years old when that show happened but I would have fucking loved to live that generation. “Rock ‘n roll” just doesn’t feel like rock ‘n roll any more these days....
3Vimages catching a pick, that a guitar player would throw out into the crowd, was an exciting possibility to have occur when going to a show back in those days. Equivalent to catching a baseball at a game.
@@deathbat87 I turned 18 in 1981. Saw em all in their prime. VH, AC/DC(Next to any Pink Floyd/Roger Waters show the Back In Black tour was the greatest thing I have ever seen), Dio, Maiden, Triumph, Aerosmith, Sabbath, BOC, Stones, Floyd, Metallica, Megadeath, Priest.. you name it. Was in 2 riots, one in New Hampshire in 76' at a ZZ Top show and one in 82' at Rush in Hollywood Fla. Both were caused by the venue not opening doors on time. At the Rush show they had let people in and then closed the doors again when they found out the band was gonna be late. So about 7000 people were seeing other people already inside and they couldn't get in, so they started smashing in the doors, we got tear gassed at that one. I considered myself lucky as there were shows where people died, AC/DC and The Who come to mind, not from riots but from uncontrollable crowds rushing to their seats. These days I'm a roadie, and quite a bit has been learned since then, by the bands, the venues and the fans, and you don't see much more than a few fights at shows these days. One thing though, we never had to worry about some crazy fuck showing up and opening fire on the crowd. You younger folks have a whole other set of shit to deal with and I don't admire that. But hang in there, Rock and Roll will come around again. Bands like Ghost and Greta Van Fleet are bringing in huge crowds, and the resurgence is starting..
The rules have changed now. At the shows in 1991 there was strictly no recording allowed , that’s way axl got so angry when security weren’t doing anything about it. Now of course recording is allowed
Well if success is not an option, you should fail spectacularly and enjoy it? I dunno, I get disappointed with myself sometimes too, but at least we're not seeking permanent solutions to temporary problems, amirite?
For all of the cool shit axl was....he's a completely lost minded asshat who thinks HE WAS the band. He used to jump people at shows if they wore shirts about slash or if he heard anyone say that buckethead, yes buckethead was in gnr, was NOT the guitar player. He's a sorry piece of shit and i have ALL there music on my 📱. I can promise u this...i,for one, won't be seeing them on any fucking reunion tour...EVER. axl ruined all of the good shit
Chris Fitzsimmons calm down, there was ONE incident involving a slash shirt and that wasn’t even the main reason he kicked the guy out, he did it cause the guy was being an ASSHOLE with his Slash shirt by taunting Axl with it. Axl always acknowledged the others contributions to the band and even admitted that Slash was irreplaceable after they had their falling out so to say he thinks he was the band is just delusional and dumb.
If Myles Kennedy was the lead singer for Guns n Roses, they would have never had to worry about things like this. I LOVE Slash. I saw him play with Myles and they were GREAT!!
I like very much Myles Kennedy and I love Slash but Axl is the real Guns and Roses frontman, a legend, a fantastic songwriter and singer, the best frontman. He was wrong in St. Louis but he still a great person. His matters was the reason of his acts... Many people don' t try to understand him...it' s not right....
Wow. What a band. They said that on any given night Guns could be the tightest, best rock band on the planet or a complete train wreck. Axl was completely predictablely unpredictable. The most generous sweet guy you ever want to meet one night and the biggest petulant egomaniac the next. I missed seeing them once in LA and after they cancelled in Vancouver due to Hetfield burning himself. What a drag.
@psychotic memories, Me too! A cop broke the news in the parking lot. The thing is, I could've seen em Thursday night(my friends dad had connections for any night Thur-Sat.. But I wanted to see them on a weekend night so chose Friday. Then he wouldn't show up that night because of some misdemeanors in IL or MO, I don't remember exactly. He was trying to avoid being arrested.
Stopped being a fan of G’n’R when they walked off stage during the Metallica show where James Hatfield was burned by pyro. The stories afterward about how snobby Axl acted and was drinking champagne and basically saying screw the fans and they lost me. They had some great music but I turn the channel everytime they are played on the radio. Fans made them and so many other bands truly love their fans. Axl is the exception and it’s a shame. Great documentary for sure! Wish they would have played some retro Skid Row! Thanks for sharing this!
Alter Egos you “heard” these stories but how can you know they’re true? I know Jason said he was drinking/smoking but I doubt he was saying screw the fans etc. Btw it was the whole bands decision to leave, they were having trouble with their equipment and couldn’t hear themselves
Axl you were larger than life, the epitome of the all American rock star, you had the potential to become the greatest frontman in rock history and then you blew it and left us all heartbroken. When you play in sold out stadiums, you have the responsibility to be punctual and deliver for the audience, who at the end of the day are your paying customers and enabled you to be where you are.
Kyle Mc he was the best rocker of all time even with the ego and attitude which I think was more drinking and doing drugs that caused his out bursts also alot of pressure to be that famous wouldn't be easy
Kyle Mc I say he was he had a unique voice plus awesome band members great range of songs even with the attitude I like him,people forget these guys are drinking taking drugs all the time there's gonna be some trouble
@@paulmader1052 with out a doubt best of all time !!!! there have been many many rock stars who have displayed similar behavior as AXL ROSE with similar attitude hello thats what big stars do sometime goes with territory .
@@mikepate9371 yeah forsure it actually sells records and gets them girls so yeah plus Axl rose wasn't that bad it's alot of pressure when everyone wants a piece of you, his music was so awesome though
It’s too bad that Kelsey Grammer had to get his dad to pick him up after the show and that his Dad didn’t believe him when he told him there was a riot.
David to be fair he did have a lot of things going on in his life from his childhood not to mention the stress of having the whole world watching you and having to constantly live up to high expectations of music I would get pretty stressed and lash out a lot if I where in his shoes
Still and always will be the proud crybaby doosh azzhole. Talentless thug who can't fight when dressed like a chic or a dood. Panties and a Boa to rock out on stage? Yeah, OK. If that doesn't scream 'I'm trapped in the closet?' you idiots are deaf from her sissy screams and blind from denial. HA HA!
They call the outshoot of the stage into the crowd an "ego thruster"!!!! I've played music forever and i've never heard it called that. Absolutely hilarious.
I like that G'n R always credited The Replacements as an early influence, especially simply being themselves, keeping it real, not faking anything, no phony smiles or painted on costumes. And oddly, not caring about money or fame. If they felt the vibe, the show was gonna be awesome. If not, Rose would likely throw a fit, cuss someone out or throw a punch and the show would be over. Small wonder one of the surviving Replacements played on Axl's second generation of G'n R. I guess that's why they had grudging respect for Nirvana, too. Authenticity, man - this is a serious revolution.
I was driving past there after getting fireworks in St Charles County just after the riot started. I don’t think I’ve ever seen that many red and blue lights since.
Axl wasn't a drug user. Only alcohol. That's why gn'r broke up. Look at Steven today, poor guy can't talk normally, Slash was even reported dead bc of the drugs. They were drowning in drugs and Axl was against that.
Saw G&R in 88 in LA. Slash and Stradlin were on heroin and barely functional. Axl was pissed and threatened to end the band if certain members “didn’t get their shit together.” At one point Axl was running and fell off the stage. They ended after an hour. Total disaster. Still a great band
lol Those 2 scenes are in a documentary on GNR. Axl talking about "too many people in this organization dancing with Mr. GD Brownstone..." and a clip of him just walking across the edge of the stage and the stage ended and he dropped to the floor. You were there?? Cool.
When this made the news, GNR fans in Los Angeles were panicked that this was possibility going to be the end of the band and the long awaited Use Your Illusion Tour would not reach them. People were rabid to see this band. Skid Row too.
My brother was there that night and I remember the next day my mom was wondering where in the world a stadium seat came from. I think that seat is still in my parents basement
Wacky Jacky FBI is on their way bro
I imagine that'll probably end up in the Rock and roll Hall of Fame one day or maybe in a local museum there in St Louis!
If you still have it I'll buy it from you.
Gunna end up on pawn stars😂
I will buy it!!
If some crazy dude managed to rush the stage, grab a guitar AND get it past a rioting crowd and all the way home, they fucking deserve it. Honestly, I'd be jealous.
I hope he or she kept the guitar
I thought the exact same thing I would’ve definitely grabbed the guitar but who knows how far I’d get 🤔
Well said. haha
A thief is a thief. What a generation coming up. Listen to yourselves... sad commentary of todays youth.
Stop standing around with your hands out. Corporations are going to just give up and retire rich instead of giving you a job. I did. Closed my company and laid off 6 people supporting families. When the government and employee's start telling you how to run YOUR OWN company it's time to stop.
@@stevemazz3121 You're right, it's still stealing I totally agree with that because it's not that persons property. I certainly would never do that, or never cheer on someone who did so I will take back my earlier comment and say you're completely right no one should be stealing someone's property no matter what type of situation you're in.
I worked the barricade in front of the stage that night. Skid Row put on an awesome show to open. There were 2 girls in the front row. It was one of theirs 16th birthday. She was from Arkansas and got the tickets to the concert as an early present. She just loved Guns and Roses. She wasn't kidding as it looked like she bought every T Shirt and souvenir they were selling. She couldn't wait for the show to start. When Axel threw down the Mike and ran off the stage she asked what happened and I told her what I could see. There were several announcements that came over the PA system. With each announcement the crowd got more restless. Things started to fly towards the stage. The girls were trying to figure out what's going on and very scared. I told them it was about to get ugly and they needed to get as far away from the stage as possible. They started to pick up all their gear and started to leave. As they walked away the Birthday girl started crying and yelled "the dream is over". Just after they left more things were coming at the stage. The person next to me got hit in the head by a quarter. Then bigger things were flying towards us. When parts of chairs started to be thrown, they pulled us out of the barricade and let the cops take over. Working the barricade we are there to keep folks from going on stage and causing a ruckus. We didn't know we needed to keep performers on the stage. Live and learn.
I was there!!! It was my 17th birthday, July 2nd. It took me 3 hours to walk to my hotel that night. The traffic was absolutely nuts!!! I helped a guy that was struggling to carry an amp out. I did take KSHE 95's press box banner as a souvenir. Lol! I went to the next concert scheduled there 3 days later. It was Warrant, Trixter, and Firehouse. There was no alcohol sold that night. Skid row who opened for GNR earlier, was absolutely phenomenal that night!!
That’s awesome! Thanks for sharing
Why was there transport / hotel issues? Obviously the concert ended early but not like the amount of people changed or anything
I miss the 80s. Music was fun and exciting. It sucks now
Warrant, Firehouse are 10x better than GnR ever was
That means your old
I guess you could say the crowd had an...
Appetite for Destruction
Very good
Yes
@Talksense no, it was axles. The audience was sick of his shit.
GnR got what Axl deserved...
More like a appetite for Idiocy. Basically a bunch of Retards.
Went to see GNR years ago in Massachusetts. (Axle was 3 hours late for the show) We were sitting side stage and halfway thru the show we could see axle fist fighting with one of the crew behind stage. What a piece of work.
Cold-Imp-366 it’s axl
Why couldn't Axl have ODed instead of Scott Weiland? Weiland was also an asshole, but he could SING.
@@joshdamsma Spell check. Good to see the grammar police are on the case!
@@jasoncarswell7458 why couldn't you have instead
Very sad
You know what? Hell yeah to all the hardworking people who prevented a single life from being lost. End of story.
The real story here!
Pity they couldn't have done it at Donnington. Two lives lost, two dead fans, because Axl is a narcissistic snot.
True that!
@@beenaplumber8379 agreed
Yep
I own a talent management company and I book tours. Being a tour manager for GnR would have been an absolute nightmare.
I bet 2020 itself was a nightmare lol.
Nice profile pic, Lindsay.
Who can I book?
That would fucking suck LOL
But I'm sure you would of booked them anyway.
One of the security guards mentioned, Ronnie Gamble, former Houston Oiler, was my football coach, 5 years ago he died, while we were all waiting for him in the locker room. When did I hear he was involved in this?? RIGHT NOW!! Wow.
Small world as they say
Just Googled his name and...WHAT?!I'm from White Bear Lake and have loved to hear his story from this and it sucks knowing how accessible he would have been to talk to. Maybe even interview him on the radio. Damn! That sucks, sorry for your loss BTW.
@@zachhalverson69 Thank you. 6 years ago today now. By the way I LIVE IN WHITE BEAR LAKE. Yes he coached at Forest Lake and he coached our oline fir a local Semi-pro team. I was retired, and he asked me to play another year to help with the younger guys. 3 games into the season at a game in Duluth, he never made it he locker room. Sad, sas day
Big Ron worked as a bouncer at a bigger club here in STL in the early 90s. Whenever my band would perform there, he was always a great friend to see and always had my back as security.
We love you Big Ron!
A real good guy with a real big heart.
@@stevenlord3808 Well it sounds like you knew the real Ronnie. I 1st met him playing AGAINST the team he was coaching. We destroyed them 52-6. After the game one of OUR guys started some shit with one of their players. Dont care that he was my teammate it was uncalled for. So after the handshakes being the tram veteran iI went up to him to apologize for my teammates actions. He told me "don't be to hard on him, he's young, he will learn". I knew right then I wanted to play my last few years for him. He knew alot about football, but more about how to treat people right. EVERYBODY loved him. Even his opponents. Losing Ronnie was devastating. I still remember the feeling in that locker room. We still had a game to play that day. Nobody wanted to, but we all knew he would have said play. We put an unfair beating on that team that day. There wasn't a dry eye in that locker room after. I still miss him.
A buddy was at this show. They forgot to mention GnR had the crowd waiting 2 hours before they took the stage and they didn't play long.
Arlo Roan 2 fucking hours....
Yeah, that pissed me off the most, being 2hours late....thank God for Skid Row, they saved it
It's a curfew and they cannot get there on time.
Arlo Roan they actually played their scheduled 90 minutes. Rocket Queen was one of the last scheduled songs to play. Technically everyone still got a full show so their was no reason to get so upset.
I have been to see GnR many times. He always makes the crowd wait for hours. I wont go again, too old to wait for that pre madonna.
I saw GNR during their infamous tour with Metallica in 1992 in Indianapolis. I am amazed that Axl didn’t start a riot that night. To begin with they were an hour late. Once they arrived Axl immediately started insulting people from Indiana “he is from Lafayette Indiana “ he said we were all corn fed Hicks among other things. All in all however they did put on a pretty good performance. I was 14 at the time and it was my first rock concert. I will remember it for as long as I live. I came out of the show as a much bigger Metallica fan than I was before
I was at that show in Mpls, 15 at the time.. Axl pulled a bitch move at our show as well, started running his stupid mouth...everyone sat down and stopped applauding which really pissed him off. No one would placate his ego. So they played all their garbage material....fans hated it. I LOVED that. FNM and Metallica were really good though. F Axl forever. F-ing douche
My first concert was Metallica, Kid Rock, and Sevendust. 1999. Cleveland, Ohio
I was 14 when I saw GNR march 20th 1993 and lost my virginity in the bathroom of carver Hawkeye arena. I left an even bigger GNR fan
i saw it in orlando. it was on the verge of a riot because gnr was late. but some genious with a camera started filming hot chicks in the audience and putting them on the screens flashing their tits. crisis averted.😁
I was at that show, and she is right... but I already knew what kind of a "special' dickhead Axl was. We caught them in '88 at Buckeye Lake when they opened for Aerosmith, and he was bitcing at a guy standin in the front row next to me that was taking pictures of the band with a cheap 110 camera. We invited him to come out into the crowd to express his opinion, but for some reason he declined our offer. So sad.
My buddy plays in a Guns and Roses cover band. We have a gag where I go to the front row and record him and he says "take that! get that guy and take that!" During Rocket Queen.
I love it
WOW!
My buddy is in the same cover band and says your buddy isnt in that cover band !!
@@mikethaxton4935 yes, but did you see the part where he??
@Zap Rowsdower My buddy who knows your buddy who has a cover band who Henry Waggoner's buddies band whos friends with your buddy who plays in my buddies cover band .......
I want to thank the makers of this documentary for getting right to the point. I can't stand a long drawn out "intro" ,quick cuts, in your face bullshit clickbait. This was very well made... I just wish the moment was shown when he asked Axl to sign the book!
You must be being sarcastic because that intro was longer than the Star Wars crawl.
@@guyfaux900 Troll fed. Good boy.
@@strange5253 that's right 25 years of Industry trolling a******
@@strange5253 and that's so damned original I have to say😄
"Now to understand what happened, we must know the history of the band. Long back in Indiana in a small town call Lafayette...."
I was at the very next show in Dallas. Had front center seats, but since GnR had rebuilt the stage, it no longer had room for my front row seats. So security gave us 3rd row center and backstage passes. One of the greatest shows ever.
I still have my ticket stub.
Any cool stories backstage?
Wow! 🤔
I’ve met many famous musicians and Out of them all sebastian bach was by far the coolest who absolutely puts his fans above himself as in he treats everyone like lifelong friends. He had a way of getting the names of what seemed like everyone he talked to at the venue and would actually remember everyone’s name after the show while the bands were loading up. He was the only one in the band that interacted with fans the entire time they were there. Just a fantastic human being
J Cooper7 good Canadian boy
Love him. He always comes across as a really down to earth, personable guy! Saw Skid Row in Edinburgh in 1989 I think it was...sadly didn't get to meet him!
and hes in trailer park boys
Home grown Jersey boy!
Just another member of the awesome Bach-family :)))
I love the way Sebastian tells a story, just a hilarious human. Never forget his cameo in Trailer Park Boys
He sure is, can't help it, but he's a likeable dude. TPB cameo?..on point! Hilarious
Till this day Sebastian has stayed humbled, very kind, and hilarious 🤘🖤
He seems to think it's kind of funny. 17:18
Rock and roll will never be the same as it was in the 80s and 90s! It's a wonder that I'm still alive from all the shows that I've been to! True craziness absolute craziness!
Without a doubt! The whole music industry will never be the same as it was in the 80s and 90s! Some amount of crap nowadays.
Never again
Groovy Dude I feel you, but it was the best of times!
Obviously you weren't around in the seventies. All the shit bands in the eighties revered the bands from the seventies. Zeppelin, Floyd, Aerosmith ( before they sucked), Bad Company, Sabbath, Van Halen, Rush, Tom Petty... All the eighties bands pale in comparison. Yeah it will never be the same. Because it always changes. Eighties sucked.
It was the best!!
My mother was the court reporter for his trial. She left a note saying what big fans me and my two sisters were. Axl left us 2 cds, 2 t shirts and personal autographs. I think I still have it!
Thats cool
Rock & roll history
Awesomeness!
I’m glad you mentioned this. A lot of people don’t know what a class act Axl is off stage. They only get shown his bad side
Typical Axl gives three kids two shirts to fight over
15:27 I saw GnR on the reunion tour in 2016 in Chicago and I ended up sitting next to this guy and his wife in the VIP lounge before the show. A super kind guy with awesome stories. This dude had the coolest story about the riot show, and he told my sister and me detail by detail, second by second of the show. *If you are reading this, I am the tall skinny dude who was with his sister, and we shared a table in the lounge for about 2 hours. Thanks for the great stories!*
Hey, man! It's great to hear from you. Of course I remember you and your sister. We had an awesome chat. You're welcome! 🕶🎸🍺
The irony is that someone else was filming the guy Axel attacked lol
Correct me if I'm wrong, isn't that the reason venues didn't allow people to do their own recordings?
I wish $4 parking still existed
I used too sleep out for tickets, in the 70' 80's 90's and scalp tickets out of the box office tickets were $8.00 those times were the best exspecially the 80's. Best time of my life, so many memories and alot of money
I remember when shirts didn't cost the same as a tank of gas!!
That's bc the government keeps printing money
I wish everything was 4 $
@@derrick7384
I like the way you think
Now Axl looks like that security guy
Axl looks like an old overweight trailer park skank.
I think he looks a lot more like that mean lady from The Goonies 😂
He looks like shit.
@@rickallen6378 who doesnt look like shit that was born in the 60s?
@@joshuatraffanstedt2695 metallica
I was at the Montreal version of this. Metallica was the opening act, James got hurt from pyrotechnics, and was rushed to the hospital, minutes later the other band mates came back and apologized for stopping (that's professionalism). Guns could have saved the show by jumping on right away but instead made us wait 2 hours, and after only three songs, we watched Axel insult the city and leave. The riot that followed was crazy. Flames everywhere, the place was getting destroyed. In the hallways, store were being vandalized and looted. Outside, cop cars were being flipped over. Insane!!! How did this guy not get into more trouble is a mystery.
Metallica were smart to go first
So you guys were acting like savage beasts and somehow this is Axl's fault? lol. I get people being mad, but nothing justifies the riots. A rational human being doesn't start wreaking havoc just because they are mad. This was the rioters fault.
@@John-sk8pr Oh look a fanboy who thinks his idol does nothing wrong. Of course the people were pissed. GnR was already 2 hours late at this point.
John Gonzalez a person is smart..... people are dumb
@@John-sk8pr Axl was a dick and stealing peoples money. I'm not a big Metalica fan (since the black album anyway) but they went back to Montreal and did a makeup concert after almost dying from having his skin and muscle melted off and Axl was just a dick. Even the band knew it was wrong but there wasn't shit they could do without a lead singer.
The Rock Attitude of that era has never been encapsulated more than in the fact that Stump went for an autograph immediately after the lawsuit ended.
i find it funny that axl used to get pissed at people for throwing stuff on stage because he didn’t want people hurt but he can throw himself off stage which hurt stump, slap a security guard, triggered a riot, have a lot of people hospitalized, and etc..
He didn't trigger the riot, the idiots who started demolishing stuff did. Sure he might have incited them to riot, because he just ended a show that just began (I think) and it might have made the crowd angry, but it's still their fucking decision to literally start destroying everything, Axxl didn't make them do it. And I don't think Axxl behaved properly either, but punching a guy who brings a camera to your gig against the rules (especially since there were multiple instances of that happening earlier and I can only imagine how aggravating that must be to watch someone make money of your gig) is one thing, but starting a massive destruction even which was the riot there is another thing.
saw them open for maiden. they were drunk and horribly sloppy. people started throwing things at them, axl threw a fit and they walked off stage. then the flawless, almighty maiden took the stage.
They opened for Iron Maiden starting on May 13th of 1988 in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. They toured Canada through the end of May, their first US show opening for Iron Maiden was May 30th in Spokane, last show was June 6th in Sacramento.
I saw them open for Maiden in Toronto at the CNE Grandstand in May '88.
Iron maiden would have obliterated them! Wish I could have been there, would like to find that show on here.
AGS 15
I saw them with maiden and zodiac mindwarped. Shity show until maiden took the stage
In T.O
Feel bad for the security guys having to deal with that.
Mike Davitt what? They’re the ones who didn’t do their job when Axl told them to take the camera
Seriously. I can’t imagine dealing with a little bitch primadonna like Axl AND a riot.
lol
@@adamgriffith-smith9106 fuck axl
@@adamgriffith-smith9106 really??... it was literally SECONDS after he said " hey! Take that" and pointed out stump, there's NO POSSIBLE WAY they could have gotten it that quickly 😉
“Ego thrust,” “saddle tramp”… the lingo in this video is awesome
Good thing axl
wasn't as big then as he is now. He would've flattened that guy along with the whole front row. Many deaths.
LMAO
Matt Constantine.... omg... lol🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Everytime i read that i cant stop laughing !!!
People are being such assholes. But lolol. That was funny. Love Guns N’ Roses. One of my all time favorites.
@S8498 idk man I'm pretty sure axl would nearly commit murder over shit
I love how S. Bach tells the story. At least he had a great time.
I know. I've seen him in other interviews, and he's always got something interesting to say. A righteously cool dude.
sebastian went in feet first . punches second. so when sebastian says something was crazy..........believe him, he's done it.
Dave54600 i saw that video! Dif. Here is that Axl decided to be a prick! Baz was struck and had every right to hit that f*cker! But, Axl wasn't threatened or injured anywhere except his Big Fat EGO!!!😉
Dave54600
I've seen that footage on an old vhs called, 'Oh, say can you scream' with home footage type stuff. Really funny video.
I couldn’t agree more that axle is a total egomaniac. With that said guns and roses appetite for destruction is one of the greatest albums ever created.
Joe Malinowski...the man with no middle name.
Better than: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn? I think not.
Heroin creates good music
Axl******
Yes of course...the album is up there with Dark Side Of the Moon, The Wall, Hemispheres, and of course Led Zep 4!
They suck Stelio!
Axl was million dollar talent with $.05 temper and brains. Amazing band that went to waste
I think that's the other way around. Talentless hack jackass
@@thesundog8833 talentless? Hope you mean in instruments because his voice is amazing
Sure hes grumpy half the time but theres no doubt hes talented, some notes he can hit that most singers cant.
@@TurqSamurai Steve Perry can sing. Hell Michael Bolton can sing. He's a jerk with money.
It wasn't worth a million bucks when he finally made Chinese Democracy sounded like Mickey Mouse on crystal meth.
@@thesundog8833 doesnt mean hes talentless nonetheless
After all that he asks for an autograph and Axel shrugs and says ok.
Facts.. stump is my dad & he said "the least you can do is sign my picture"
After all what? He didn’t do shit
Rock n roll
Pretty fucking awesome. I've heard about this many times on RUclips but never heard of that part
@@WakeRunSleep ...damn! Yeah, “he didn’t do shit”..?! Brilliant ‘Einstein’! He DIDN’T “jump off the stage” OR nuffin’ did he?
The real story is just how good Skid Row was live. They were probably the best live rock band around at that time. Bach was instantly talented and out rocked everyone on earth.
He wasn't the most PC person at the time. Wearing that infamous AIDS tee, and dissing America's favorite boy band at the time with "New Kids On My Cock". One thing he did I thought was funny: He ripped the head off a Vanilla Ice doll!😂😂😂😂
Bach was and still is an attention seeking child pretending to be a man. Loud, animated, and annoying. A great performer but as far as musical talent goes, just another face in the crowd. Nothing to write home about then or now. Although I must admit the Slave to the Grind record was an awesome against the grain offering.
@@imvandenh You're just a jealous little bitch. Hahahahahaha.
dennis simpson wow buddy.... you sure told him... 😂😂😂😂
Instantly or insanely?
Its pretty cool to hear the whole story from those who were there. Thanks for uploading this
Axle Rose is the definition of waisted talent. That guy was blessed with so much, and pissed it all away
Seth Braun wasted talent? Call him a cry baby and an asshole, but there was no wasted talent. He's still a fucking legend and he fucking rocked in the 80s and 90s. How was his talent wasted? GnR were at the top.
@@ElGaby323 makes no sense. He wasted nothing, made some GREAT music in his youth and even though his voice is shot, is still performing hard every year.
Made some great music in his youth, but that was 30 years ago.
You could say that about alot of musicians Hendrix , Morrison , Joplin , Bonham , Duane Allman , Freddy Mercury , Bon Scott and many others ! To single him out is being blind to others ! If you dont like the music have the guts to say it dont hide behind BS
@Boston pat 90’s music was pretty good. Don’t disrespect it like that.
When Axle jumped off stage, you could totally see his tampon string.
Marsha Matters 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Axyl should kick his own ass
r u gey?
LMAO!!
I couldnt see wtf
GNR is almost the perfect example of how to get to the top of the mountain and throw it all away because someone ended up believed their own hype.
And Nirvana came along.
all of it, an immature rock stars fault.pathetic.
And Rage Against The Machine came along
Believing in*
Very well said
It's hard to pout convincingly when you're wearing spandex shorts.
AND that silly furry thing! Lol
Lol
And white.😆
Turquoise spandex shorts
@@danielthebearStAnton doo rag, and trucker hat! He has Corn rows now, why hide his thick hair! Lol! Balding crackhead in spandex and furry waiters jacket. Wow, cocaine is a helluva a drug
They made Axel paint curbs on the highway. The FM rock station announced that if "You stopped for an autograph that the one you will get will be from the Deputy & for obstruction of justice." It was hilarious!
I think the most amazing thing about this entire incident is while everything was going on the rest of the band kept playing, just slightly quieter.
Nothing funnier than hearing Sebastian tell this story...love that guy!!
😅 Sebastian keeps making me laugh with his commentary! Lol
He knew how Axl could be. Couldn't imagine being there to witness the craziness! Love Sebastian's laugh too 😆
Izzy's amps at the bus stop and his telling of it cracked me up😆👌🏻
his laugh is amazing.
I laughed so hard at that amp story. I am pretty sure those guys just sat there waiting for the nus and realizing they don't want to carry that amp another 10 feet. So they took the bus and left the amp there, I guess.
Trailer park royalty
Sebastian Bach is so hilarious! When he was talking about Izzy's amp and laughing, I thought I'd die. It was really the only part that made the who incident seem ridiculous besides Axl and his stupid contact lens stories.
The Who incident in Cincinnati dwarfed the hell out of this.
What a great Video
I have so much Respect for the crew of people who work behind the scenes to bring the Concerts to the Fans in a Safe Environment..
You guys are the True Rockstars 👍😎
Is there a better term used here than "ego thrust"?
Kinda like a 'spoiler' for a car. Sad and funny.
Art Vandelay we always called them “hero ramps” but ego thrust is much better.
Nah, you pretty much nailed it! Put the Ego away!!
Ha, I thought they were saying eagle truss.
I wondered what that was.
IDK, saddle tramp is a pretty good one as well!! 😂
Their earlier days were their Golden Age. I remember when Appetite For Destruction was first released. Luckily we had an early copy, and we played it everywhere we went. Every performer in the band had recognised individual presence on the stage, and still maintain that presence.
So its no wonder that G&R has had so many problems in its history. Anyways, they earned their fame, and deserve the recognition, and yeah the criticism too. Awesome job guys! :D
Axel needs to be careful. There are some legitimately tough people out their and he ain't one of them.
The only thing the Axel Rose of today needs to remember is “ Did you wanna Supersize that,man”
5:35 “he’s already in flight coming at me” 🤣🤣🤣
How does this not end with a picture of the signed photo??
EXACTLY!
Legality...
It did , in court
probably didn't happen
Got bootlegged
Stumpy asking for Axl’s autograph after the court hearing makes this story, made the hair stand up on my neck, I love that sort of shit. Sick little documentary.🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
He should just sell the autograph. Axl is an emotional lesbian
agreed!
shit happens...
Stumpy has got some balls on him.
Hahaha same here!
Amazing job on this documentary ! All this time I 've only know of the footage of Axl jumping off stage , nothing more about the riot and other footage around this incident. Awesome
Regardless of everything that happened back then, I would happily chose that Era over now 20/21!....
I strongly agree
I turned 20 in 1990. So glad that is the decade that I spent my 20s.
I was there that night. My favorite band of all time and I was beyond excited to see Axl Rose. I had bleacher seats to the right when facing the stage and mid riot a girl my age was standing two rows down from me and that’s when a plant the size of a large mum smacked her on the side of her head and face, knocking her over the next bleacher. While I stood watching this and the helicopters, my boyfriend, at the time, grabbed my arm and pulled me the hell out of there. We ran through water hoses, flying chairs, air debris, you name it. It was crazy!
Tracey Hogan jeepers, you're cool.
my mom was there. she said people were getting a hold of the fire hoses and were trying to spray people, stealing/scrapping whatever they could, etc. Pretty awesome story
size of a large mum. Classic! cheers for sharing ya tale.
that's why I don't take girls to shoes
Tracey Hogan I'm glad I'm not a roses fan. Haven't forgiven them since axl decided his courtside seats were more important than coming to Philly to entertain those whom purchased the ticket to see them. Nothing against the rest of the band; at least they fucking showed up lol. That being said, guns n roses won't make another dime off me.
Love him or hate him, Axl was one of the most outrageous frontmen in a popular rock band ever. Crazy shit.
Maxxx Modelz I'm sure Johnny Rotten would disagree with that statement
he is the biggest rock star ever
Pffft not even , Axl was just a whiney little Brat who complained about every little thing , if you think he is outrageous, you should check out GG Allin
aquab33m we’re talking about his performance, not his personality. He’s an amazing frontman
@@yourfriendlyneighbourhoods8202 funny when he came to my town he was drunk ,kept singing the wrong lyrics and couldn't follow through with the music, the dude is a joke now , I'm just glad I didn't waste $80 for a shitty seat to see that.
"it was nuts!!! I opened the show, hello?!??!" I love Sebastian Bach, the guy is too funny!
“We’re gonna get a few more guys obviously this is not steve Winwood”that quote is an understatement.
Gotta admit, a Steve Winwood riot would've been hilarious.
@@abbycross90210 Winwood was a real animal maaaan. He never really left "the high life", if you know what Im sayin.
So many trashed hotel rooms.
I took my first two tabs of acid at a Steve Winwood concert. Before it kicked in I got into a drunken fight with some other Bozo and we both got taken to jail. That’s when the acid started to kick in. Long story short, I love Steve Winwood
In 1991 I was a Def Leppard fan that shifted from Aussie rock to respectable bands like Matchbox 20 & Live. Looking back I can see how Kurt Cobain with Nirvana, Pearl Jam & many grunge bands that came out of Seattle. These new age bands brought back respect for the audience & especially females. I never got it 30 years ago, but Kurt & Dave did something magical. They changed the way fans wanted their idols to behave off stage. I get it now, I understand why Kurt hated Axl. R.I.P Kurt, I finally got Nirvana's music in 2019 & I love it. Wow I must of been asleep when Kurt did that amazing unplugged show & the documentary about how nervous & anxious he was before it. He was human after all.
I listen to music for the talent. I could out play Cobain on guitar when I was 8 lol. You're going to have to come up with a better band than Nirvana lol. Technically they sucked!
@@RiskyMethods.81 Listen to Cobain's lyrics, Meathead.
@@RiskyMethods.81 their claim to fame was never playing technically good. And if that's you angle then you've totally missed the whole point of grudge and nirvana.
Respectable and rock and roll go together?
Dave G is now a big Pfizer 💉 fan and shill for the establishment. He loves Kamala 🤮 complete d bag.
I bet Axl's public liability insurance is expensive
Doesn't need iy
Lol
kudos for being the only one to spell Axl right in the comments
Read Slash's biography and GNR had to pay late union dues because Axl was always late for concerts
Lost a lot of money
You gotta give it to Stump. He’s got some balls asking for dudes autograph.
I still have a seat from the show. Lol. My mom almost didn't let me take seat in the house. She was saying it's stolen. I finally convinced her to let me keep it.
\m/ >< \m/
I was there. One of the most exciting shows I've ever been too. Skid Row was great, caught a pick, still have it.
It was total Rock-N-Roll.
Fuzzy's Studio I was 3 years old when that show happened but I would have fucking loved to live that generation. “Rock ‘n roll” just doesn’t feel like rock ‘n roll any more these days....
What does 'caught a pick' mean?
3Vimages catching a pick, that a guitar player would throw out into the crowd, was an exciting possibility to have occur when going to a show back in those days. Equivalent to catching a baseball at a game.
@@deathbat87 I turned 18 in 1981. Saw em all in their prime. VH, AC/DC(Next to any Pink Floyd/Roger Waters show the Back In Black tour was the greatest thing I have ever seen), Dio, Maiden, Triumph, Aerosmith, Sabbath, BOC, Stones, Floyd, Metallica, Megadeath, Priest.. you name it. Was in 2 riots, one in New Hampshire in 76' at a ZZ Top show and one in 82' at Rush in Hollywood Fla. Both were caused by the venue not opening doors on time. At the Rush show they had let people in and then closed the doors again when they found out the band was gonna be late. So about 7000 people were seeing other people already inside and they couldn't get in, so they started smashing in the doors, we got tear gassed at that one.
I considered myself lucky as there were shows where people died, AC/DC and The Who come to mind, not from riots but from uncontrollable crowds rushing to their seats. These days I'm a roadie, and quite a bit has been learned since then, by the bands, the venues and the fans, and you don't see much more than a few fights at shows these days. One thing though, we never had to worry about some crazy fuck showing up and opening fire on the crowd. You younger folks have a whole other set of shit to deal with and I don't admire that. But hang in there, Rock and Roll will come around again. Bands like Ghost and Greta Van Fleet are bringing in huge crowds, and the resurgence is starting..
I was there too, I caught a microphone!
How would axl act nowadays when everyone would have a phone recording him lol 😂
he's past that stage now, check out last world tour a few years back.
The rules have changed now. At the shows in 1991 there was strictly no recording allowed , that’s way axl got so angry when security weren’t doing anything about it. Now of course recording is allowed
Its about the millions now
I have a very close up picture of Axl from 2011. He didn't mind at all.
axl was the best & worst thing to happen to G n R.
Ole Miss just the best. Sure, there were incidents here and there but a majority of the time he was great
not talking about his performing, his behavior back in the 90s was not for the most part was not appreciated by the fans who paid $ to see GnR.
nah slash was more great than axl. axl was a cock
@@adamgriffith-smith9106 well he was the reason they split up you know
Cameron Guitar you should consider Axls side of the story first before making an opinion.
I worshipped this band as a child. Sadly they went out in flames much like I did with my life. Live and learn.
Like most of us lol
Pretty much
Yep. Early 90s was my darkest drug times. Thankfully I eventually grew up. RIP to those of us that didn't make it.
Sorry mate. I'm glad you are still with us.
Well if success is not an option, you should fail spectacularly and enjoy it? I dunno, I get disappointed with myself sometimes too, but at least we're not seeking permanent solutions to temporary problems, amirite?
I’m still waiting for the throw down between Axle and Vince Neil
Vince niel is a chad
Lol theyll be fighting over the last dinner roll at old country buffet..
It’s axl
😂😂
Wrestlemania a lot of people would pay to see that
This is very well put together! I was not expecting this level of quality. Damn good job.
Axl Rose still thinks he's on top of all of music, to this day.
I can't decide if it's funny or sad.
Daniel Meeker what makes you think he thinks that? He’s just doing what he always does.
For all of the cool shit axl was....he's a completely lost minded asshat who thinks HE WAS the band. He used to jump people at shows if they wore shirts about slash or if he heard anyone say that buckethead, yes buckethead was in gnr, was NOT the guitar player. He's a sorry piece of shit and i have ALL there music on my 📱. I can promise u this...i,for one, won't be seeing them on any fucking reunion tour...EVER. axl ruined all of the good shit
Daniel meeker. They are the best band ever. No one has made songs like them. They remain the greatest. Period.
Chris Fitzsimmons calm down, there was ONE incident involving a slash shirt and that wasn’t even the main reason he kicked the guy out, he did it cause the guy was being an ASSHOLE with his Slash shirt by taunting Axl with it. Axl always acknowledged the others contributions to the band and even admitted that Slash was irreplaceable after they had their falling out so to say he thinks he was the band is just delusional and dumb.
Daniel Meeker Sad..... no question!
If Myles Kennedy was the lead singer for Guns n Roses, they would have never had to worry about things like this. I LOVE Slash. I saw him play with Myles and they were GREAT!!
Oh yeah
Wouldn't have to worry about stardom that's for sure
Its true, also Slash doesn't cheap out on security.
I like very much Myles Kennedy and I love Slash but Axl is the real Guns and Roses frontman, a legend, a fantastic songwriter and singer, the best frontman. He was wrong in St. Louis but he still a great person. His matters was the reason of his acts... Many people don' t try to understand him...it' s not right....
My local St. Louis band opened for REO a few days after that, it was funny to look out and see all those seats missing.
Wow. What a band. They said that on any given night Guns could be the tightest, best rock band on the planet or a complete train wreck. Axl was completely predictablely unpredictable. The most generous sweet guy you ever want to meet one night and the biggest petulant egomaniac the next. I missed seeing them once in LA and after they cancelled in Vancouver due to Hetfield burning himself. What a drag.
The Chicago show was cancelled 10 minutes before the doors were suppose to open. I was in the parking lot of the Rosemont Horizon when word went out.
They were in there hotel room watching speed racer cartoons with there super model girl friends was there with them .
@psychotic memories, Me too! A cop broke the news in the parking lot. The thing is, I could've seen em Thursday night(my friends dad had connections for any night Thur-Sat.. But I wanted to see them on a weekend night so chose Friday. Then he wouldn't show up that night because of some misdemeanors in IL or MO, I don't remember exactly. He was trying to avoid being arrested.
Oh please no you weren't.
At least it had a happy ending with Axl signing the photo lol
So axl is basically the Shawn Michaels of rock n roll
this...this comment
Yep
Yup, Just like Shawn is the Axl of WWE
Wow the fact that so many guns n roses fans actually know Shawn Michaels of the WWE blows my mind.
ChrisS82 Really? Wrestling and Heavy metal have been hand in hand since the 80s.
How do you hide a huge 1991 style camera in your pants? That's like hiding a PS4 in your pants.
Ha! Ha! That's funny!
Dude was a biker and knew security. You can do what you want at that point.
Duston McCreary they had small cameras back then
We had our ways! We had to make do lol 😂
""I"s that a PS4 in your pants and do you want Axl to start a RIOT???"
Stopped being a fan of G’n’R when they walked off stage during the Metallica show where James Hatfield was burned by pyro. The stories afterward about how snobby Axl acted and was drinking champagne and basically saying screw the fans and they lost me. They had some great music but I turn the channel everytime they are played on the radio. Fans made them and so many other bands truly love their fans. Axl is the exception and it’s a shame. Great documentary for sure! Wish they would have played some retro Skid Row! Thanks for sharing this!
Alter Egos you “heard” these stories but how can you know they’re true? I know Jason said he was drinking/smoking but I doubt he was saying screw the fans etc. Btw it was the whole bands decision to leave, they were having trouble with their equipment and couldn’t hear themselves
Shoulda had 'Monkey Business' playing as the background!! skid row
Supposedly he was sick with a flu, but that’s jut rumored
Reef2480 he had severe damage to his vocal cords near the point where they’d collapse, it was really bad.
@@adamgriffith-smith9106 what, are you an attorney for gnr?
Rocked sent me here. Great documentary!!
Props to Stump for going up to Axl at the end, that's funny. And to Axl for showing good spirit.
Axl you were larger than life, the epitome of the all American rock star, you had the potential to become the greatest frontman in rock history and then you blew it and left us all heartbroken. When you play in sold out stadiums, you have the responsibility to be punctual and deliver for the audience, who at the end of the day are your paying customers and enabled you to be where you are.
Avalon Archer he still is one of the greatest frontmen in history
Said beautifully.
He is one of the greatest .
Axl didn’t owe you shit. You paid to see the circus but you don’t get to tell the animals how to behave lol
St.Louis is a shit city
This was an awesome video. Thank you for making it.
Say what you want about Axl... Signing that photo after all said and done, is VERY rock-n-roll!
Kyle Mc he was the best rocker of all time even with the ego and attitude which I think was more drinking and doing drugs that caused his out bursts also alot of pressure to be that famous wouldn't be easy
Paul Mader naw, not even close, very good, yes.... Most potential, very good possibility!
Kyle Mc I say he was he had a unique voice plus awesome band members great range of songs even with the attitude I like him,people forget these guys are drinking taking drugs all the time there's gonna be some trouble
@@paulmader1052 with out a doubt best of all time !!!! there have been many many rock stars who have displayed similar behavior as AXL ROSE with similar attitude hello thats what big stars do sometime goes with territory .
@@mikepate9371 yeah forsure it actually sells records and gets them girls so yeah plus Axl rose wasn't that bad it's alot of pressure when everyone wants a piece of you, his music was so awesome though
It’s too bad that Kelsey Grammer had to get his dad to pick him up after the show and that his Dad didn’t believe him when he told him there was a riot.
That’s Tony Jordan. Lol
I Like the GNR SoundTrack Cut Ya Made.
"I Said it's Perfect!"
LoL.
This is so awesome always wanted to hear what really happened. So legendary. Video is super well done.
The amp at the bus stop is pretty damn funny.
Axl was the cry baby of rock
David to be fair he did have a lot of things going on in his life from his childhood not to mention the stress of having the whole world watching you and having to constantly live up to high expectations of music I would get pretty stressed and lash out a lot if I where in his shoes
No. The cry baby is something useful in rock😉
Still and always will be the proud crybaby doosh azzhole. Talentless thug who can't fight when dressed like a chic or a dood. Panties and a Boa to rock out on stage? Yeah, OK. If that doesn't scream 'I'm trapped in the closet?' you idiots are deaf from her sissy screams and blind from denial. HA HA!
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I think people tried to make him look like that cause he wouldn't take shit from anyone
They call the outshoot of the stage into the crowd an "ego thruster"!!!! I've played music forever and i've never heard it called that. Absolutely hilarious.
Something about that album!! No one will ever make drums sound like that again!
Axel looks like momma fratteli from the goonies now. Lol.
Axle Rose equally unprofessional as he is talented
Rex Holes he’s professional now days
Bach talking about Izzy's amp...🤣🤣🤣
I like that G'n R always credited The Replacements as an early influence, especially simply being themselves, keeping it real, not faking anything, no phony smiles or painted on costumes. And oddly, not caring about money or fame. If they felt the vibe, the show was gonna be awesome. If not, Rose would likely throw a fit, cuss someone out or throw a punch and the show would be over. Small wonder one of the surviving Replacements played on Axl's second generation of G'n R. I guess that's why they had grudging respect for Nirvana, too. Authenticity, man - this is a serious revolution.
Now you know why Nirvana didn’t wanna tour with them..
I was driving past there after getting fireworks in St Charles County just after the riot started. I don’t think I’ve ever seen that many red and blue lights since.
The inevitable consequence of excessive alcohol, too many drugs and a massive ego .
Axl wasn't a drug user. Only alcohol.
That's why gn'r broke up. Look at Steven today, poor guy can't talk normally, Slash was even reported dead bc of the drugs. They were drowning in drugs and Axl was against that.
It's always going to be called Riverport Amphitheater for locals no matter which corporation renames it.
Very TRUE statement
lil mr.rose gets mad and goes home...how cute
You have no idea bro, and that’s too sad to be cute.
Could do without the music playing in the background. Makes it difficult to listen to what people are saying.
Use the left earbud
Saw G&R in 88 in LA. Slash and Stradlin were on heroin and barely functional. Axl was pissed and threatened to end the band if certain members “didn’t get their shit together.”
At one point Axl was running and fell off the stage. They ended after an hour. Total disaster. Still a great band
lol Those 2 scenes are in a documentary on GNR. Axl talking about "too many people in this organization dancing with Mr. GD Brownstone..." and a clip of him just walking across the edge of the stage and the stage ended and he dropped to the floor. You were there?? Cool.
When this made the news, GNR fans in Los Angeles were panicked that this was possibility going to be the end of the band and the long awaited Use Your Illusion Tour would not reach them. People were rabid to see this band. Skid Row too.
Hey......
Izzy's amp was a bus stop, his Marshall was at a bus stop!!!🙀
Terrible!!!! Never see!!! Desgrace!!😨😨