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https://www.officialaxlrose.com/

 :o

Not sure when an official Axl Rose website was created but here it is

www.officialaxlrose.com

If it's not fake, it's definitely not personal.  Looks good but it's lacking content.  Not sure of the purpose so maybe the GNR site is being redone and this is just a section.

It's linked from Axl's Twitter account.




/jarmo

Interesting has he a book or Solo Album coming out ?I'm guessing GnR will be on hiatus for a while longer as Slash and Duff are busy with their side projects maybe Axl wants a slice of the action outside the world of GnR.

“You gotta learn to live and run or you’ll die trying”

Is this a lyric? New song? Maybe quote from upcoming book and thus reason for website?

Interesting to speculate

probably his bio

Yeah, I have to think that, after all these years, theres a reason they launched an official site.  Something has to be coming.  Music (aka a solo side project), a book...something.

Edit:

It's interesting.

Skyline Agency created it.  Site was registered in late March and updated recently. The whois is VERY well "privated", so you actually can't tell who owns it, or who administrates it.

Pings to vercel (hosting company) IP and I think using amazon cloud infrastructure.

Whoever created the site did a good job not giving anything away.  Pretty generic, no external call backs or links...everything is hosted locally in their _astro folder (even the media).

Most artist sites will, if you look at the source code, give some indications to what it's going to promote with links (even if commented out) to their record label, publisher, merch company, or whatever.  This has none of that.

Most artist sites, if you look at the whois (or even if you ping it), you can get an idea of who is involved with the site.  It'll be on some companies infrastructure or have an admin address to contact that gives away who is repping for the site.  Again, this has none of that.

All of this might mean nothing, but it's intriguing.

Or he just decided to use this down time from GN'R to launch his personal site, since there's nothing GN'R related happening at the moment that would interfere with it?




/jarmo

I mean...maybe?

But I'm not sure why, after 20+ years, you'd do that without having a purpose in mind.  Never mind why you would contract with Skyline (who typically creates sites that promote specific products/endeavors) to do it?

Again, yes, sure, that's possible.  We all know Axl does things his own way, in his own time, for his own reasons....

I don't think Axl is the kind to spend his free time playing around on the internet.  And if he is, he should kick his own ass.   :hihi:

Well, as with everything relating to GN'R, things happen when they happen. This isn't the first time someone asks "Why now? Why not X years ago?"....





/jarmo

Cool - that's awesome if true that it's official. A space Axl can have to put out what he wants and maybe by doing so negate unofficial news and ill-sourced publications.

The copy is a bit sloppy for such a colourful lyricist, speaker, and writer as Axl. In fact, it doesn't appear that a native English speaker wrote it as it reads like a run on sentence with "rose" used 3 times. Most native speakers vary their wording and avoid excessive commas. Unless over-using a word purposely to emphasize or remind readers topic or point. In this case, "rose" - a punny intent?

Might I recommend www.thesaurus.com, enter "rise" and consider "rocketed to fame" or "scaled to prominence". Although there's something about climbing to prominence that doesn't sound right as prominence isn't an achievement or goal - it's a state or condition. 

I would have referred to the band as legendary not as an old 80's band.  It maybe Axl's but I don't think it's him.  I think it's Live Nation's official Axl site.  Bad time to be associated with them.  The words antitrust comes to mind in more ways then one.

As a fellow grammar Nazi, I was thinking the same thing! Haha!

I am terrible with grammar, but I noticed mistakes too. lol By the way Axl, I have a very good friend that would love to edit your page for free.

This is quite interesting, I look forward to see what gets added to it. Maybe a book in the pipeline or solo project? Now that all the demons have been laid to rest and hatchets buried. I doubt Axl will be sitting around doing nothing while Slash and Duff are away touring

You don't create a website just to have a website; there's always an underlying purpose or something to offer.

The question is, what is it? The quote featured on the site is exclusive and can't be found elsewhere, suggesting
it's a personal one that hasn't been shared before. if it's never been shared before, it definitely comes from somewhere:

either it's just for the site, or it comes from a song, or it comes... from a book.

or perhaps it's to introduce a new line of racing apparel, which seems unlikely...

You can create a web site to just have a web site. I mean, who knows what it could be used for in the future, but you definitely could just create one to have one ready, in case you need one at some unknown point in the future.


Axl has a Twitter (I know it's not called that anymore) account but he doesn't use it as much as others. But it's handy in case he needs it!


Edited to add: I'm aware that some want it to mean something. Everyone's got an opinion and their own logic. But from the comments I've seen, it seems like there can only be two meanings, releasing something or performing in front of audiences. Personally I don't buy that logic.
 



/jarmo

Well, if you’re telling me there’s no reason to get excited I’m more inclined to take your viewpoint over others’  :peace:

yeah that's pretty much my point, I didn't say it was to sell a book tomorrow... but if you create a platform
it's not for nothing, and as you say, if Axl needed to express his feelings, he already had his Twitter account
(and f@ck Musk :hihi:)

To be honest, I don't know. I just don't jump to conclusions without any evidence other than "There must be a reason".




/jarmo

Agreed, although in a way, whenever someone does something isn't there always a reason, no matter how small right?  :hihi:

But, I get what you mean.

Heck, he might have realized the URL was available and thought....shit, I need to scoop that up before someone else does and then posts stupid shit about me.

(Political opponents do this all the time to each other - getting the URL's to their opponents' names, etc.)

Personally, I think he got bored one day and said . . . fuck it. I'm gonna make a website. Why not?

Or maybe, like others, he is leaving twitter (even tho he's not that active on it) and this gives him a new/different outlet to give shout outs or wish someone a happy birthday or whatever.

But, again, I do agree. I don't think it's worth thinking too deeply into it. It is what it is. He made a website. People do it all the time.

Are we sure Axl knows he's got a website?  I know it's linked but he doesn't say too much on X and I don't think he has much interest in creating a site for himself.  Wouldn't surprise me if it's one of those things he just doesn't care about.

I think so. I could be totally wrong.

But the fact that the web site links to his only official social media accounts, that alone serves a purpose.




/jarmo

I would think there's a purpose and Axl probably knows a site was being linked but I was wondering if it's one of those things that's more business related than a personal thing. 

Personal business?  :hihi:

I'm guessing it's both. Any artist with a web site, it's there for their own sake.




/jarmo

It could mearly be a pointing website to drive traffic to his social media. Obviously having a little content to justify calling it a website rather than just a holding page. It would at least be available on a search engine page 1 at somepoint when typing his name/

There's plenty of fake accounts on social media like Facebook.

Then you have the ones who have the word official in their usernames but in reality are fan accounts.

His site only lists the Instagram, X and Tik Tok pages. Which hopefully gives at least some people a clue which accounts pretend to be affiliated with Axl but aren't.



/jarmo

It's been updated with a Media section linking to the NITL Selects. :)





/jarmo

...on an official Axl Rose YouTube channel.
wonder why they didn't link them directly from the GNR one  ???

I Dont think so. He is an artist, and a well known one. He could just have found out that he wanted his own website. There dont have to be a reason. And there is no sign this has anuthing to do with a book/bio etc. We havent head talks about that for ages..

Oh there's a purpose if it's just to keep somebody else from faking one.  And I don't think Axl personally wants a website, he's not that vain or even into it.  He wouldn't need a website to promote a book.  It's a seller with the media behind it.  Thing is, I can see Axl starting a book about his life, it's expected, but then losing interest.  It would be best if somebody worked with him on it and didn't drag it out.  But then again there's so much there, better to turn it into lyrics.  How about a book of poetry/lyrics?

1) if the purpose is to keep somebody else from faking one, it would have done years ago, at the begining of the internet.
2) he personaly doesn't need a website, or probably haven't a big interest having one. as stated before, he already has Twitter to express himself.
3) so it's a record or publishing company thing, they made the website.
4) why do you thing a company spend time and money, even if it's a modest website? to promote something.
5) there are apparently legit sources who are talking about a book, even if you talk that with a grain of salt, there's no smoke without fire

I'm going with number 3.

GNR aren't the best at using the internet to promote themselves.  As for number one, yes they should have done it years ago but number 2 didn't give give a shit.  As for 3 and 4, there's not enough put into that site to have any faith a company using it is planning on something big.  It was a waste of time but one of those have to things.

I haven't been back to the site since the initial glance.  Have they added anything?

The only smoke I read was from the cranky, old man's site and you can't believe anything you read over there.  Where did you read smoke?

they updated it with some youtube videos if I remember correctly, so not so much.

maybe they just made the website to push links to avoid having the "sexual assault case"
appearing in the first Google page, because I just realise it's the case here in France.

I'm not a SEO specialist so it's just another guess

Yeah I'm just guessing too.

Looks like this never amounted to anything

Unless the sole reason was to have a site.

Which some found hard to believe.





/jarmo

I'll go with that reasoning too.  For now doesn't seem like anything is happening with it but it could later on. 

Jarmo, you're good with running websites, you could offer to take it on and make it look better.   :D  As it is, Axl deserved better even if he doesn't care.