He is the lead vocalist and lyricist of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses , and has been the band's sole constant member since its inception in Possessing a distinctive and powerful wide-ranging voice, [ 5 ] Rose has been named one of the greatest singers of all time by various media outlets, including Rolling Stone , NME and Billboard.
Born and raised in Lafayette, Indiana , Rose moved to Los Angeles, California in the early s, where he became active in the local hard rock scene and joined several bands, including Hollywood Rose and L. In , he co-founded Guns N' Roses, with whom he had great success and recognition in the late s and early s. Their first album, Appetite for Destruction , has sold in excess of 30 million copies worldwide [ 9 ] [ 10 ] and is the best-selling debut album of all time in the U. Rose's high-profile relationships with Erin Everly and Stephanie Seymour in the late s and early '90s inspired multiple songs, including the number one hit " Sweet Child o' Mine ".
However allegations of abuse by Rose caused significant controversy, [ 11 ] as did the band's next release G N' R Lies due to his inclusion of multiple slurs on the song " One in a Million ". After the tour, in , Rose disappeared from public eye while Guns N' Roses stalled on making a new album. The band started to fall apart due to personal and musical differences, primarily between Rose and lead guitarist Slash.
By the time work on a new album was underway in , only Rose and keyboardist Dizzy Reed remained from the previous tour lineup. In , Rose, the only remaining original member, resurfaced alongside the new lineup of Guns N' Roses at Rock in Rio 3 , and subsequently played the decade-long Chinese Democracy Tour to promote the long-delayed Chinese Democracy , the most expensive rock album to ever be produced.
Bailey and changed her son's name to William Bruce Bailey. Whiskey, the Assassins as well as work as a musical supervisor in Hollywood. As young children, both Rose and his siblings were regularly beaten. 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.
