# Axl Rose 2006: Yesterday's Got Nothin For Him-But Old Pictures From When He Was Trim **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 24, 2006, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axl-rose-2006-yesterdays-got-nothin-for-him-but-old-pictures-from-when-he-was-trim/345985 "2006-02-24T22:06:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axl-rose-2006-yesterdays-got-nothin-for-him-but-old-pictures-from-when-he-was-trim/345985/1 "2006-02-24T22:06:48Z")
Look at [this photo](http://public.fotki.com/JohnBuckLINY/ny_post/axlrose2006.html) to see what (allegedly) became of the “[Last True Rock Star](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=340203)”. From pop metal to ‘give it up, pops’ in 14 years (of silence & pain that are gone forever & he’ll never have again). Let’s see, by my tally that’s: 1 cap to hide the balding dome (and botched transplants), A 2XL banana colored (‘hey look at me, I’m a thug’) jacket, 3 mood rings (that accurately reflect his schizophrenia), A 4 pound necklace (probably on loan from Darryl DMC McDaniels) & Several chins (that goatee is hiding at least 2 of them)Anyone else envision an upcoming tour with Vanilla Ice and Kevin Federline? ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axl-rose-2006-yesterdays-got-nothin-for-him-but-old-pictures-from-when-he-was-trim/345985/2 "2006-02-24T22:16:18Z")
Anyone else thinks he looks a bit like [Danny Bonaduce](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/walt_disney/pirates_of_the_caribbean__the_curse_of_the_black_pearl/danny_bonaduce/piratespre.jpg&imgrefurl=http://movies.yahoo.com/shop%3Fd%3Dhc%26id%3D1800046328%26cf%3Dpg%26photoid%3D485330%26intl%3Dus&h=400&w=271&sz=25&tbnid=HDy9zc3DDCRjFM:&tbnh=120&tbnw=81&hl=en&start=1&prev=/images%3Fq%3DDanny%2BBonaduce%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den%26sa%3DN)? I bet it pisses axel off a bit that Slash looks pretty much the same as he always has… ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axl-rose-2006-yesterdays-got-nothin-for-him-but-old-pictures-from-when-he-was-trim/345985/3 "2006-02-24T22:27:43Z")
He’s also supposed to have gotten quite a bit of botox. ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axl-rose-2006-yesterdays-got-nothin-for-him-but-old-pictures-from-when-he-was-trim/345985/4 "2006-02-24T22:35:27Z")
> [@drm](#): > > Anyone else thinks he looks a bit like [Danny Bonaduce](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/walt_disney/pirates_of_the_caribbean__the_curse_of_the_black_pearl/danny_bonaduce/piratespre.jpg&imgrefurl=http://movies.yahoo.com/shop%3Fd%3Dhc%26id%3D1800046328%26cf%3Dpg%26photoid%3D485330%26intl%3Dus&h=400&w=271&sz=25&tbnid=HDy9zc3DDCRjFM:&tbnh=120&tbnw=81&hl=en&start=1&prev=/images%3Fq%3DDanny%2BBonaduce%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den%26sa%3DN)? I bet it pisses axel off a bit that Slash looks pretty much the same as he always has… Truly, my first thought. . .he looks like Bonaduce. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axl-rose-2006-yesterdays-got-nothin-for-him-but-old-pictures-from-when-he-was-trim/345985/5 "2006-02-24T22:37:24Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > He’s also supposed to have gotten quite a bit of botox. No kidding. To the point that his skin looks like a chamois cloth stretched out over a balloon. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axl-rose-2006-yesterdays-got-nothin-for-him-but-old-pictures-from-when-he-was-trim/345985/6 "2006-02-24T22:38:56Z")
Assuming that he didn’t actually join the White Aryan Resistance, I wonder what the letters on his cap mean. ---
**Author:** ![Birdmonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71e660/32.png) [@Birdmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Birdmonster)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axl-rose-2006-yesterdays-got-nothin-for-him-but-old-pictures-from-when-he-was-trim/345985/7 "2006-02-24T22:40:14Z")
This is the Axl that recorded “My World.” There is no doubt. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axl-rose-2006-yesterdays-got-nothin-for-him-but-old-pictures-from-when-he-was-trim/345985/8 "2006-02-24T22:48:28Z")
“Take me down to the Paradise City Where the grass is green And I got man-titties…” ---
**Author:** ![Birdmonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71e660/32.png) [@Birdmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Birdmonster)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axl-rose-2006-yesterdays-got-nothin-for-him-but-old-pictures-from-when-he-was-trim/345985/9 "2006-02-24T22:50:11Z")
I’d also point out he got those rings from one of those plastic-bubble filled supermarket dispensers. That’s 75 cents worth of glory on those talented fingers. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axl-rose-2006-yesterdays-got-nothin-for-him-but-old-pictures-from-when-he-was-trim/345985/10 "2006-02-24T23:32:57Z")
I’d like to say that, though he does bear a passing resemblance in the eyes, I don’t see anything to indicate that is supposed to be Axl Rose other than the picture title. Why would I believe that? There’s alot of people that look like celebs. I need to see more substantial evidence that’s infact Axl before I’ll believe it. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2006, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axl-rose-2006-yesterdays-got-nothin-for-him-but-old-pictures-from-when-he-was-trim/345985/11 "2006-02-24T23:39:28Z")
> [@Stinkpalm](#): > > I’d like to say that, though he does bear a passing resemblance in the eyes, I don’t see anything to indicate that is supposed to be Axl Rose other than the picture title. > > Why would I believe that? There’s alot of people that look like celebs. > > I need to see more substantial evidence that’s infact Axl before I’ll believe it. > > Sorry. Go to a news site and find more pictures-it’s him all right. He’s not aging well-like I said, he’s been hitting the botox and collagen pretty hair and sporting cornrows. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axl-rose-2006-yesterdays-got-nothin-for-him-but-old-pictures-from-when-he-was-trim/345985/12 "2006-02-25T00:35:35Z")
My eyes! ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axl-rose-2006-yesterdays-got-nothin-for-him-but-old-pictures-from-when-he-was-trim/345985/13 "2006-02-25T00:58:44Z")
Nope. Axl Rose is frozen in time, like [this](http://city.9sky.com/non-cgi/usr/10/10_1519_8.jpg). . . . well, at least in my private bedtime movies. . . . [THIS](http://www.rocktimes.de/gesamt/h/hollywood_rose/pics/axl.jpg)–this is Meat Loaf with a bad dye job. Right? Right? Mommy I’m scared. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axl-rose-2006-yesterdays-got-nothin-for-him-but-old-pictures-from-when-he-was-trim/345985/14 "2006-02-25T02:26:59Z")
I am guessing that the “W.A.R.” on his hat stands for _[William ‘Axl’ Rose](William ‘Axl’ Rose)_. (I’ve gotten a Belgian cousin whose real name is Axel.) ---
**Author:** ![Khan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3ab097/32.png) [@Khan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khan)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axl-rose-2006-yesterdays-got-nothin-for-him-but-old-pictures-from-when-he-was-trim/345985/15 "2006-02-25T02:44:12Z")
> [@drm](#): > > Anyone else thinks he looks a bit like [Danny Bonaduce](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/walt_disney/pirates_of_the_caribbean__the_curse_of_the_black_pearl/danny_bonaduce/piratespre.jpg&imgrefurl=http://movies.yahoo.com/shop%3Fd%3Dhc%26id%3D1800046328%26cf%3Dpg%26photoid%3D485330%26intl%3Dus&h=400&w=271&sz=25&tbnid=HDy9zc3DDCRjFM:&tbnh=120&tbnw=81&hl=en&start=1&prev=/images%3Fq%3DDanny%2BBonaduce%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den%26sa%3DN)? I bet it pisses axel off a bit that Slash looks pretty much the same as he always has… Sorta looks like Jamie from Mythbusters to me. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axl-rose-2006-yesterdays-got-nothin-for-him-but-old-pictures-from-when-he-was-trim/345985/16 "2006-02-25T02:46:38Z")
> [@Khan](#): > > Sorta looks like Jamie from Mythbusters to me. :eek: That’s it! That’s who I was thinking he looks like! Couldn’t get it to materialize in my brain, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axl-rose-2006-yesterdays-got-nothin-for-him-but-old-pictures-from-when-he-was-trim/345985/17 "2006-02-25T06:14:16Z")
My first thought was “Mark McGuire”. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axl-rose-2006-yesterdays-got-nothin-for-him-but-old-pictures-from-when-he-was-trim/345985/18 "2006-02-25T06:59:58Z")
Booyahkasha!! Ali G himself would be offended! William Anakin Bailey has fully transformed into Darth Axl… ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axl-rose-2006-yesterdays-got-nothin-for-him-but-old-pictures-from-when-he-was-trim/345985/19 "2006-02-26T06:14:33Z")
I thought that it was a file foto/tribute pic of Darren McGavin! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axl-rose-2006-yesterdays-got-nothin-for-him-but-old-pictures-from-when-he-was-trim/345985/20 "2006-02-26T06:59:27Z")
Holy carp! Well I guess we all get old, but I can’t believe [this guy](http://www.gnrfrance.net/GNR/Photos/axl/gchin/23.jpg) is the same guy pictured in the OP. I mean the guy in the OP link is a guy who goes to the same bowling alley bar every Saturday night, alone, to shoot darts and hit on middle-aged alcoholic skanks…well, I guess that’s Axl. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axl-rose-2006-yesterdays-got-nothin-for-him-but-old-pictures-from-when-he-was-trim/345985.md?page=2)