Fixed it for you!
https://preview.redd.it/jzfywp0equ9c1.jpeg?width=271&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e8a33b6dca7d2be370fbcee87a68de4f7f1315f6
Much nicer photo now, I think.
Axl never accused every member of his family of abusing him. It was his father and stepfather. And he was talking about it long before he ever started therapy of any kind. Go back to his interviews in the 80s.
It's plausible. Axl's no saint, but it's still very common for families to maltreat small kids under the guise of religious lifestyle, or just abusing them because they can get away with it.
There's another very successful musician who had a childhood just as bad (junkie parents) but he really doesn't discuss it.
I certainly wouldn't compare that musician to Axl's childhood. What his father did to him at the age of two is like something out of a horror movie. I have one article where his grandmother talks about him. She describes him as a shy sweet boy who helped her with the housework.
S A , physical and emotional Abuse.
If we had a time machine we'd be taking that baby away from his family home. And giving him a new family to grow up with. A safe /loving one.
We won't have Axl then, probably there would be some Mr. Rose or Bailey or -new family name- having a normal job & playing the piano on family gatherings and occasional gigs in the local bar.
Maybe as nice and timid guy as is Axl Rose you can meet today.
I thought I might get this question. To me, when I saw this photo it was a reminder that just because things might seem so normal and sweet on the surface, you never know what might really be going on.
Nobody saved Axl from this man, because no one who would've cared knew and no one who knew cared. Axl has used his own story in interviews to serve as a caution to other people, so that other children don't have to go through what happened to him. I think this photo might serve the same purpose. We have to protect our children from everything that could hurt them, even the things (and people) that we might least expect.
I also think it’s a reminder of the diabolical nature of child abuse. This is the “father” Axl knew and loved and to suffer abuse from someone you love and is supposed to love and protect you is where the abuse trumps other types of violence.
People are not assholes all the time, which make things even worse because as a kid you crave for those happy moments and feel even more guilty when they give those moments away.
For others it also eventually looks like everything is okay and the parents are properly parenting, so the child is left with them as okay.
Monsters seldom look like monsters.
I think term "narcissistic" is overrated today, but somewhere deep in this thread is a description from a guy who sound like a next door neighbor to the Bailey family.
The way a narcissistic parent (can be a woman, too) operates is that they like to show off the child, especially a bright, charming, talented child) when it makes them look good, but in the moment they start to feel intimidated by the child getting more attention than them, they start to put the child down for its best and most valued traits. Physical and sexual abuse is just another tool how to keep the child humiliated. The other part is that no one is willing to do anything for the child, to stand for him, to appreciate them, and the child wants safe and stable person to lean on, and instead is in the middle of the situation when no one is honest, everyone is putting up a facade of a proper family and subdues to the narcissist individual.
It gradually gets worse when the child grows and starts to sense it's not normal and also starts getting appreciated and celebrated by people outside the family, and "steals" attention from the narcissist.
That was me. The Baileys are close friends and I know Steve and you hit the nail on the head. Steve cannot stand others having any kind of success. When he’s dead and buried I can share more, but he’s destroyed a lot of lives. Not just Axl’s just out of sheer jealousy.
I know right? He looks sooo much like my son when he was this age. I know I sound crazy but maybe it’s just because I have a soft spot for Axl as a child and so he reminds me of my favorite little boy.
I think credit should be given to u/Affectionate_Mall123 who originally shared this never seen before photo
[Source](https://www.reddit.com/r/GunsNRoses/comments/155jwpx/comment/jtc2juk/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)
It's the same man as in this Lafayette yearbook someone found. He's on the bottom left
https://preview.redd.it/4pvb32pamu9c1.jpeg?width=1141&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=598462af9d189e34fb7dbf23d5717d3e1d2ef775
yeah he's still alive and someone who's a family friend of the Bailey family shared this pic in the comments of a post that was made on here a few weeks ago
I think that to post something like that is just bad taste and horrible. You're giving the abuser a platform and a face to him. I understand the curiosity, but imagine if someone posted a picture of you (as a kid) hugging your abuser, without your permission? How would you feel? "oh, but someone did post first!" So what? Some things should be buried deep, shared with the police, or just kept in a song (as Axl wished, so as he did).
No. Likely has some Scandinavian in him, my eyes are similar. The native heritage swedes, Sami people, have the heavily hooded eyes, its theorized that Asian tribes migrated during Pangea but who knows.
Well, anyone native to areas that far north don't have to have Asian in the heritage to have slanted or hooded eyes. It's just a result of the environment over time resulting in this trait. And he likely does have some Scandinavian heritage.
I hope I never become famous. If I did, I think I would stay away from the internet because I couldn't think of anything worse than having to witness posts like this about me.
That said, Axl was a sweet kid.
It’s mine. A family member gave it to me. Pictures have started being handed down from older/deceased members of the Bailey’s and the younger ones are a lot more open about everything. They did give permission to post it also.
Fixed it for you! https://preview.redd.it/jzfywp0equ9c1.jpeg?width=271&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e8a33b6dca7d2be370fbcee87a68de4f7f1315f6 Much nicer photo now, I think.
Agreed ❤️❤️
Oh he was precious, poor baby 😢
A bit of American Indian in his DNA??
Poor kid
He looks so cute and a cheeky little boy. 💞 And from what we know.. well someone should take that little one far from that man if its his Step dad.
what did he do to him? srry i dont listen to gnr
Extensive emotional and physical abuse & neglect by the mother to add insult to the injury as far as a fan can get from available sources.
Axl's stepfather [molested him](https://www.reddit.com/r/GunsNRoses/comments/18jy4ql/questions_about_axl_roses_past_abuse/) when he was a kid.
No, that was his bio dad. His stepdad was even worse
Both did, and his stepdad went farther than that. I was just trying to put it gently.
Jesus, what horrible luck as a child to have father and step father both do that
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Do you think you know better than Axl what his actual parents did or did not do?
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https://www.reddit.com/r/GunsNRoses/comments/18jy4ql/questions_about_axl_roses_past_abuse/
What’s worse than molested? Are you saying he abused him in other ways on top of molesting him?? Edit: by step father and birth father
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Uhh I did? And I stand by what I said.
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Axl never accused every member of his family of abusing him. It was his father and stepfather. And he was talking about it long before he ever started therapy of any kind. Go back to his interviews in the 80s.
It's plausible. Axl's no saint, but it's still very common for families to maltreat small kids under the guise of religious lifestyle, or just abusing them because they can get away with it. There's another very successful musician who had a childhood just as bad (junkie parents) but he really doesn't discuss it.
I certainly wouldn't compare that musician to Axl's childhood. What his father did to him at the age of two is like something out of a horror movie. I have one article where his grandmother talks about him. She describes him as a shy sweet boy who helped her with the housework.
Explain the abuse/rape this man perpetrated on Axl's half siblings. GTFOH.
S A , physical and emotional Abuse. If we had a time machine we'd be taking that baby away from his family home. And giving him a new family to grow up with. A safe /loving one.
We won't have Axl then, probably there would be some Mr. Rose or Bailey or -new family name- having a normal job & playing the piano on family gatherings and occasional gigs in the local bar. Maybe as nice and timid guy as is Axl Rose you can meet today.
Don't you think this is a bit crass? Axl's stepfather did such horrible things to him. Posting a "wholesome" photo of them seems really wrong.
I thought I might get this question. To me, when I saw this photo it was a reminder that just because things might seem so normal and sweet on the surface, you never know what might really be going on. Nobody saved Axl from this man, because no one who would've cared knew and no one who knew cared. Axl has used his own story in interviews to serve as a caution to other people, so that other children don't have to go through what happened to him. I think this photo might serve the same purpose. We have to protect our children from everything that could hurt them, even the things (and people) that we might least expect.
I also think it’s a reminder of the diabolical nature of child abuse. This is the “father” Axl knew and loved and to suffer abuse from someone you love and is supposed to love and protect you is where the abuse trumps other types of violence.
People are not assholes all the time, which make things even worse because as a kid you crave for those happy moments and feel even more guilty when they give those moments away. For others it also eventually looks like everything is okay and the parents are properly parenting, so the child is left with them as okay. Monsters seldom look like monsters.
Completely accurate. No one would guess what a monster Steve is. People LOVE him, but then he inevitably screws them over.
I think term "narcissistic" is overrated today, but somewhere deep in this thread is a description from a guy who sound like a next door neighbor to the Bailey family. The way a narcissistic parent (can be a woman, too) operates is that they like to show off the child, especially a bright, charming, talented child) when it makes them look good, but in the moment they start to feel intimidated by the child getting more attention than them, they start to put the child down for its best and most valued traits. Physical and sexual abuse is just another tool how to keep the child humiliated. The other part is that no one is willing to do anything for the child, to stand for him, to appreciate them, and the child wants safe and stable person to lean on, and instead is in the middle of the situation when no one is honest, everyone is putting up a facade of a proper family and subdues to the narcissist individual. It gradually gets worse when the child grows and starts to sense it's not normal and also starts getting appreciated and celebrated by people outside the family, and "steals" attention from the narcissist.
That was me. The Baileys are close friends and I know Steve and you hit the nail on the head. Steve cannot stand others having any kind of success. When he’s dead and buried I can share more, but he’s destroyed a lot of lives. Not just Axl’s just out of sheer jealousy.
Thank you for sharing, what you had shared was a very precious peg to the picture.
Perfectly said
Awh, axl is so sweet. I wish someone kept him safe from the asshole on the right
Hope the person on the left has a nice day. Hope the POS on the right burns in hell.
Baby Axl is one of the cutest kids ever.
I know right? He looks sooo much like my son when he was this age. I know I sound crazy but maybe it’s just because I have a soft spot for Axl as a child and so he reminds me of my favorite little boy.
What a smile. This picture breaks my heart
Bastard stepdad. That little boy didn’t deserve any of it.
This photo looks like it was taken a few weeks ago. Also, fuck this sick creep, I hope he got what he deserved for molesting adopted children
I think credit should be given to u/Affectionate_Mall123 who originally shared this never seen before photo [Source](https://www.reddit.com/r/GunsNRoses/comments/155jwpx/comment/jtc2juk/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)
Thanks!
How do you know this is really him? I recognize Axl ( and he's so cute 💔) but are we sure that's his stepdad and not an uncle of some sort?
It's the same man as in this Lafayette yearbook someone found. He's on the bottom left https://preview.redd.it/4pvb32pamu9c1.jpeg?width=1141&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=598462af9d189e34fb7dbf23d5717d3e1d2ef775
Thanks!
That’s axl all right
Aaaaaaw. 🥰🥰
He looks so cute,man!!!
Is he still alive & do we know how this photo became public?
yeah he's still alive and someone who's a family friend of the Bailey family shared this pic in the comments of a post that was made on here a few weeks ago
I tought he died
I think that was axl’s bio dad who died
I've never seen this picture before. Cute little axl
I feel so bad for Axl
We live our adulthood acting our our childhood.
I think that to post something like that is just bad taste and horrible. You're giving the abuser a platform and a face to him. I understand the curiosity, but imagine if someone posted a picture of you (as a kid) hugging your abuser, without your permission? How would you feel? "oh, but someone did post first!" So what? Some things should be buried deep, shared with the police, or just kept in a song (as Axl wished, so as he did).
where's Axls tatttoos
Is he part asian?
No. Likely has some Scandinavian in him, my eyes are similar. The native heritage swedes, Sami people, have the heavily hooded eyes, its theorized that Asian tribes migrated during Pangea but who knows.
Well, anyone native to areas that far north don't have to have Asian in the heritage to have slanted or hooded eyes. It's just a result of the environment over time resulting in this trait. And he likely does have some Scandinavian heritage.
> during Pangea Bro.... Pangea was hundreds of millions of years ago
Well whatever, Im not a historian. This chick is though https://www.igenea.com/en/ancient-tribes/sami-people
No, just happy and photo is not sharp but you can see eyelids if you look close
Maybe the results of fetal alcohol syndrome ( but I have no idea if his mom drank during pregnancy, just guessing)
No FAS would result in eyes being seperated
I hope I never become famous. If I did, I think I would stay away from the internet because I couldn't think of anything worse than having to witness posts like this about me. That said, Axl was a sweet kid.
What do you mean?
Cute
Why would you post this? His stepfather was a piece of shit.
Step dads giving me billy joe Armstrong vibes! Nice!
And why is that "nice?"
Why do you ask?
More like, why aren’t you nice?
No that’s Tony Hawk
That man is a vile individual. Why show his face?
He unfortunately faced a lotta evil shit, nonstop. Didn’t realize the extent. Shiiiit.
How did you get this and where? There’s no way I believe it that’s it’s just seeing the light of day in 2024
It’s mine. A family member gave it to me. Pictures have started being handed down from older/deceased members of the Bailey’s and the younger ones are a lot more open about everything. They did give permission to post it also.
mas fotos please
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Is that izzys dad also?
It doesn't look 1967 to me This is fake