Axl Rose Declines

The Rock and Roll Hall of Haters love it.  Axl Rose has stuck it to Jann Wenner's bloated institution.  Jann's been dreaming about a G 'N R reunion for the last few years.
But sadly, the joke's on poor Axl.  You see, lifetime achievement awards aren't about you, they are about the people who got you there.

This should have been Rose's night to thank all the musicians, friends, families, even Industry People (who he now hates) for getting him where he his today.  Which appears to be a spoiled, narrow-minded millionaire rock star.

Maybe a Rock Hall honor doesn't mean much to Rose, but ask Donovan, Leon Russell, Darlene Love, members of the Crickets, Miracles and others how much it means to them.  And ask those that haven't been inducted yet how much a Rock Hall honor would mean.

Maybe Axl doesn't like some of his former bandmates.   Doesn't want to be in the same room with them.  Maybe Axl really does think that everyone who's every played in his post-Slash Guns reincarnation should be inducted too.

Doesn't matter.  Rose will never get another high profile forum like this again.  Yep, the Rock Hall haters will love it.  But they are the ones acting more foolish than Axl Rose.

P.S.  How could we forget.  In 1994 Axl Rose not only inducted Elton John but jammed with Bruce Springsteen.  Like someone said on Twitter, this is all about his problems with Slash, not the Rock Hall itself.