Best known as a founding member of “Guns N’ Roses” Axl Rose’s net worth is $150 million. The band is one of the most successful rock bands in history, most popular in the 1980s and 1990s, with its latest release in 2008, “Chinese Democracy.”
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Axl Rose was born William Bruce Rose Jr., but after separation and allegations of abuse, his mother remarried and changed his name to William Bruce Bailey, taking on his stepfather’s last name. Axl Rose did not learn until late adolescence that his stepfather was not his biological father. He never reconnected as an adult with his biological father, as William Bruce Rose Sr. was murdered in 1984.
After undergoing therapy, Axl Rose claimed abuse by both his biological father and stepfather as a child. He took on the name Axl after his band “AXL,” a band he founded prior to “Guns N’ Roses.”
Axl Rose had several long-term relationships, including with fellow Lafayette, IN native Gina Siler, former wife Erin Everly – daughter of singer Don Everly, supermodel Stephanie Seymour, and has been rumored to date singer Lana Del Rey.