The Elton John anthem Axl Rose used to listen to when he was 18, going under: “That absolute masterpiece totally saved my freaking life.” Axl Rose is spiraling in a life that feels suffocating and inescapable, until one unexpected anthem by Elton John crashes through everything he thought he knew….

Before the chaos, before the riots, before the stadiums and the screaming crowds, there was a restless 18-year-old named Axl Rose angry, isolated, and desperate to outrun a life that felt like a dead end.   Long before he became…