"I came up with the idea of stealing from three movies: Midnight Cowboy, The Man Who Fell to Earth and Clockwork Orange," GN'R's then-manager Alan Niven says of the "Welcome To the Jungle" video. On the set, all hell broke loose. "Slash got completely out of it and tried to steal the motor home that we were shooting," director Nigel Dick says. "Suddenly the motor home took off and lurched across the street and made a U-turn and came scrunching to a halt. Slash sort of kidnapped the vehicle. The next day, I said, 'All right, we'll have no drink on set, we've got to be together.' The first person to come up to me is Slash, and he's apologizing. He says, 'I'm sorry I took the motor home up into the hills, I hope I didn't damage it too much.' I remember thinking, 'He crashed the motor home? Fuck!' He hadn't -- this was part of his vision of the night before. He said to me, 'So I understand we can't have drinks on the set. Can I have a beer, man, please? I can't remember what my response was, but I'm sure he got his way."
Axl Rose onstage at the Roxy in 1986. G n' R lived in communal squalor, but Rose had his own room - behind a padlocked door - that was immaculate.
Photo courtesy of "Reckless Road". Copyright: Marc Canter, Jack Lue, Shoot Hip Press 2007.
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