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Today In Music History: Happy 50th Birthday Axl Rose!

Posted at 6:03 AM on February 6, 2012 by Steve Seel
Filed under: Music History

Today in:

1958 - George Harrison became a member of an obscure Liverpool group known as The Quarrymen. They would change their name and go on to some fame.
1970 - "Instant Karma" by John Lennon was released as a single.
1987 - Joan Jett made her acting debut, co-starring with Michael J. Fox, in the motion picture Light Of Day.
1990 - Billy Idol shattered a leg and broke an arm when his motorcycle hit a car in Los Angeles. Police said Idol ran a stop sign and wasn't wearing a helmet at the time of the accident.
1998 - Singer-guitarist Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys died of complications from lung cancer in Los Angeles. He was 51.
2003 - ABC aired the British documentary, "Living With Michael Jackson." Jackson's comments about allowing kids spend the night in his bedroom prompted authorities to look into his relationships with children. Jackson was arrested the following November on child molestation charges.

Birthday Highlight:

Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses is 50 today. Born William Bruce Rose, Jr. and raised as William Bruce Bailey in Lafayette, Indiana, Rose grew up in a highly religious household where he attended church sometimes up to eight times a week. Despite becoming a juvenile delinquent in his teens (he was arrested over 20 times on charges such as public intoxication and battery, and served as long as three months in jail at one point), Rose was nonetheless musically active throughout his life, performing in church, singing in chorus and taking piano lessons. The rest, of course, is rock n' roll history. Voted one of the greatest singers of all time by Rolling Stone and NME, Rose continues performing today as the one remaining original member of Guns n' Roses. From Appetite For Destruction, we played "Rocket Queen."

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