WTF is Axl wearing at Roxy 86?

[Scree]

First of all I'm not sure what forum this belongs to (and couldn't see anything about this via the search function).

What I want to ask is what the fuck is Axl wearing at The Roxy, 18th January 1986 show? I got the vid tonight and the quality isn't the best. But am I seeing right when I say Axl is wearing leather chaps and a THONG?

Not sure if it's the quality of the tape thats making it look like that. Could someone verify if they have a decent version of the show?

Thanks

Scree

[Johnnyblood]

Haha, correct you are! Leather thong + leather chaps = early Axl. There's a picture of this somewhere, much clearer than the video.

[Scree]

Thanks for the verification. There I was sitting watching merrily and all of a sudden I think "What the fuck?? Nah.. couldn't be... IS THAT A FUCKING THONG??" LOL

I have prolly saw the picture u mentioned... but it's been a very long time since I looked at the early years pics (must be me memory going in my auld age).

Thanks again

Scree

[Johnnyblood]

Actually I think that photo collage from the Appetite artwork includes some with Axl in that outfit, although you can't really see it too well. I own the Robert John book and it has a very distinct shot of this outfit. I guess it was a standard getup for him back in the day.

[winter_rose]

I guess it was a standard getup for him back in the day.

I remember reading once where someone said that all the girls fancied Axl because they could see his butt when he was wearing his chaps so it must have been a regular thing  

[badapple81]

Actually I think that photo collage from the Appetite artwork includes some with Axl in that outfit, although you can't really see it too well. I own the Robert John book and it has a very distinct shot of this outfit. I guess it was a standard getup for him back in the day.

It does? What page?

[matt88]

Yeah i can't see axl wearin that stuff on the AFD covers

[Will]

There's that picture with a Jim Beam half-gallon: http://www.ifrance.com/gnr/axl-leather.jpg (145 KB)

I don't know if you were talking about this one, but he's got his leather thing going on here.

[Cornell]

That does absolutely nothing for me.  

[Tj]

I don't think he was doing it for you  

[Cornell]

I don't think he was doing it for you  

No?  

Well, I think he was doing it to be sexy and IMO it isn't.   That's all I was saying.  

[Scree]

There's that picture with a Jim Beam half-gallon: http://www.ifrance.com/gnr/axl-leather.jpg (145 KB)

I don't know if you were talking about this one, but he's got his leather thing going on here.

Thanks for the link Will.  

Johnnyblood: If thats the pic you were refferring to, I don't think I have seen that before. But that pic is the outfit I was talking about. Couldn't believe it when I saw it.. for about 10 seconds, then I remembered some of the press about what the band was like before AFD. (First time I heard of them was when they played the Marquee 87 and the release of It's So Easy). So it wasn't much of a shock after I thought about it.

[Freya]

Axl used to wear the g-string/chaps thing quite a bit, he also wore these funny codpieces.  Ah, the eighties.  

I think he started letting that go, once Johnny Thunders called him a "biker fag".  Poor Axl.  

[Captain P?l]

Axl used to wear the g-string/chaps thing quite a bit, he also wore these funny codpieces.  Ah, the eighties.  

I think he started letting that go, once Johnny Thunders called him a "biker fag".  Poor Axl.  

 
cool... why poor guy? i dont think axl looked cool with that outfit.... but im may not be in to the 80dressway anyway.. so... :p

[Doc Emmett Brown]

he also wore these funny codpieces.

It's those underwear looking things, is that right?   The Ross Halfin photos that were posted a while back - Axl is wearing white tights and a red codpiece.  Quite amusing.

Johnny Thunders called him a "biker fag".

The late Johnny Thunders whose shoes are being filled by Izzy Stradlin at the Meltdown Festival.   Interesting.   Izzy wore some equally funny outfits during the 80's as well.

[Freya]

It's those underwear looking things, is that right?  The Ross Halfin photos that were posted a while back - Axl is wearing white tights and a red codpiece.  Quite amusing.

Yep, kind of like a protective cup, you could knock on it.  lol
The eighties, were awesome, with their outrageous styles, I don't imagine we'll ever see that again.  And dammit, it was fun.

[bill213]

yeah it's pictures like those that make you go YAY FOOTBALL JERSEY AXL  

[Johnnyblood]

There's that picture with a Jim Beam half-gallon: http://www.ifrance.com/gnr/axl-leather.jpg (145 KB)

I don't know if you were talking about this one, but he's got his leather thing going on here.

Thanks for the link Will.  

Johnnyblood: If thats the pic you were refferring to, I don't think I have seen that before. But that pic is the outfit I was talking about. Couldn't believe it when I saw it.. for about 10 seconds, then I remembered some of the press about what the band was like before AFD. (First time I heard of them was when they played the Marquee 87 and the release of It's So Easy). So it wasn't much of a shock after I thought about it.

I've seen that picture, but it's not the one on Appetite. Actually, the ones in the Appetite collage don't show the chaps or the codpiece, but you can tell he's wearing that outift, probably from the same roll of film!  

[Eva GnRAxlRosette]

 

[Captain P?l]

oh my god... on the left pic axl look like a inflateable doll.. look at his face and compare with TJ's pic!!