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Is Ozzy Osbourne Dying and Set to Be 'Euthanised'? Kelly Osbourne Slams AI Hoax—'That's Not My Dad!'

Kelly Osbourne shuts down viral AI-generated videos claiming her father, rock icon Ozzy Osbourne, is dying. She clarifies he's alive and fighting Parkinson's with resilience.

International Business Times UK

The book that Axl Rose doesn't want you to read: Alan Niven’s incredible book takes you inside peak Guns N’ Roses like no other

Sound N' Fury, due to be published in July, has been pushed back. But it might be the best book about Guns N' Roses ever written.

Metal Hammer

"Y’know what I'm proud of? That they're all alive": Machine guns, snakes and missing millions – Alan Niven, the first manager of Guns N' Roses, looks back

When Guns N' Roses released Appetite For Destruction they were managed by Alan Niven. This is how he dealt with The Most Dangerous Band In The World

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30 rock and metal songs that defined the 1980s

From AC/DC and Iron Maiden to Guns N’ Roses and Faith No More, this is the soundtrack to a decade

Metal Hammer

Ozzy Osbourne vs Axl Rose: Iconic Rock Legends Collide in Epic First-Ever Showdown

Ozzy Osbourne and Axl Rose met for the first time backstage at the 'Back to the Beginning' concert in Birmingham. Their long-overdue handshake marked a historic moment during Ozzy's farewell performance.

International Business Times UK

Music history is littered with projects planned, anticipated, even completed — and then scrapped

Bruce Springsteen isn't the only musician to complete or launch anticipated album projects, then to see it never see the light of day

The Independent UK

“The recording of Appetite For Destruction eventually cost $365,000. It was an outrageous amount to spend on a debut. I worried that we would never dig out of that hole”: Guns N’ Roses’ former manager Alan Niven on the making of a rock classic

“Axl sounded like he had overdosed on helium at certain points”

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"Everybody on the black side of my family was like, What is your problem?" In 1990, Slash broke his silence and shared his true feelings about Guns N' Roses' most controversial song, One In A Million

"I can’t sit here with a clear conscience and say, It’s okay that it came out."

Metal Hammer

“Gilby had left the band. Axl called me up and said, ‘Do you want to get together and jam?’” Zakk Wylde on the time he almost joined Slash and co in Guns N’ Roses

The GNR lineup – and their music – could have turned out very different had the experiment paid off

Guitar World

“That day was probably the most important day of our lives”: the story of the first ever gig by the Appetite For Destruction-era Guns N’Roses

Forty years ago, the fledgling GN’R line-up needed a new guitarist and drummer urgently. They found them and rock’n’roll has never been the same since.

Metal Hammer

Welcome to the bungle… Watch an increasingly rattled Axl Rose take umbrage when GNR's new drummer plays the wrong song

Just two gigs into a World Tour things didn't go to plan for new sticksmith, Issac Carpenter

MusicRadar

Guns N' Roses release video showing all the times Axl Rose has fallen over onstage

Oh no! Poor Axl!

Louder

“The sex session did happen. What you hear on the song is real porn action”: The debauched story of Guns N’ Roses’ Appetite For Destruction, the album that electrified 80s rock

Guns N’Roses Appetite For Destruction is one of the greatest debut albums in history

Metal Hammer

"On arrival Izzy had to be loaded into a baggage cart to be wheeled through Customs and Immigration": Behind the scenes on Guns N' Roses' first trip to Japan

Classic Rock presents the first in an exclusive series of excerpts from former Guns N' Roses manager Alan Niven’s forthcoming book Sound N’ Fury

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Zak Starkey shares epic unreleased studio recording of Guns N' Roses, Ringo Starr and Elton John covering T. Rex's Children Of The Revolution

Starkey's post comes just days after he was fired by The Who

MusicRadar

“Chinese Democracy was a boring record. But calling it Guns N' Roses was not honest. It was totally a solo record”: GN’R’s ex manager takes aim at Axl Rose

He claims frontman made band “miserable” every day

Metal Hammer

"Axl wants to be in control of everything": Former Guns N' Roses manager claims Axl Rose now takes 50% of the band's income

Former Guns N' Roses manager Alan Niven says the band are no longer a collective

Metal Hammer

I got Metal Hammer’s writers to name the ‘bad’ metal albums they can’t get enough of

From Metallica and Lou Reed’s Lulu to Iron Maiden’s No Prayer For The Dying, the Metal Hammer team band together to defend their favourite clangers

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Psychic tests! Pet wolves! Chicken coops! Guns N' Roses and the wild ride towards Chinese Democracy

Ever wondered why Chinese Democracy took so long to make? This is the truly unbelievable story of a year in the life of Axl Rose

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Guns N' Roses unveil Frank Ferrer's replacement

Isaac Carpenter is the new drummer of Guns N' Roses following Frank Ferrer's shock exit.

MusicRadar

“There’s nights where I think, ‘If we don’t get to Paradise City soon I’m going to pass out!’”: How drummer Frank Ferrer powered Guns N’ Roses for 19 years

And why You Could Be Mine was his favourite song to play

Evening Standard

Guns N’ Roses announce ‘amicable’ exit of long-time drummer Frank Ferrer

Ferrer, 58, joined the rockers in June 2006.

MusicRadar

“I played in 29 punk rock bands, but I loved Prince. 1999 became the soundtrack to my life”: How the Purple One’s classic album was life-changing for a Guns N’ Roses star

“That record gave me the courage to move to LA”

Louder

“Axl only wanted to play industrial and Pearl Jam-sounding crap”: the story of Slash’s Snakepit and how it marked the beginning of the end for Guns N’ Roses mark one

The guitarist’s solo debut It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere turns 30 this week but it could’ve been a GN’R album if he'd had his way

Guitar World

“Like all young artists, sometimes you run into somebody that's one of your heroes”: Jerry Cantrell recalls the time he tried – and failed – to pass an Alice in Chains demo tape to Axl Rose

Back in 1988, Cantrell shot his shot to get his band noticed by the high-flying Guns N' Roses

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