“I was dying in the hospital”: The 1986 overdose that put Axl Rose in a coma and became the 10-minute confession on Use Your Illusion I. In 1986, struggling with poverty and stress, Axl Rose suffered a severe mental breakdown and overdosed on drugs, leading to a coma and emergency hospitalization. This terrifying, near-death experience became the direct inspiration for the 10-minute epic song “Coma.” Click to discover how this “wake-up call” fueled his detox, led to the signing of Guns N’ Roses, and taught Axl that he must control his fame to turn pain into global conquest!….
Before Appetite for Destruction turned Guns N’ Roses into the most dangerous band in the world, Axl Rose was a young, broken man living on […]
