WTF is Axl wearing at Roxy 86?

[Scree]

First of all I'm not sure what forum this belongs to (and couldn't see anything about this via the search function).

What I want to ask is what the fuck is Axl wearing at The Roxy, 18th January 1986 show? I got the vid tonight and the quality isn't the best. But am I seeing right when I say Axl is wearing leather chaps and a THONG?

Not sure if it's the quality of the tape thats making it look like that. Could someone verify if they have a decent version of the show?

Thanks

Scree

[Johnnyblood]

Haha, correct you are! Leather thong + leather chaps = early Axl. There's a picture of this somewhere, much clearer than the video.

[Scree]

Thanks for the verification. There I was sitting watching merrily and all of a sudden I think "What the fuck?? Nah.. couldn't be... IS THAT A FUCKING THONG??" LOL

I have prolly saw the picture u mentioned... but it's been a very long time since I looked at the early years pics (must be me memory going in my auld age).

Thanks again

Scree

[Johnnyblood]

Actually I think that photo collage from the Appetite artwork includes some with Axl in that outfit, although you can't really see it too well. I own the Robert John book and it has a very distinct shot of this outfit. I guess it was a standard getup for him back in the day.

[winter_rose]

I guess it was a standard getup for him back in the day.

I remember reading once where someone said that all the girls fancied Axl because they could see his butt when he was wearing his chaps so it must have been a regular thing  

[badapple81]

Actually I think that photo collage from the Appetite artwork includes some with Axl in that outfit, although you can't really see it too well. I own the Robert John book and it has a very distinct shot of this outfit. I guess it was a standard getup for him back in the day.

It does? What page?

[matt88]

Yeah i can't see axl wearin that stuff on the AFD covers

[Will]

There's that picture with a Jim Beam half-gallon: http://www.ifrance.com/gnr/axl-leather.jpg (145 KB)

I don't know if you were talking about this one, but he's got his leather thing going on here.

[Cornell]

That does absolutely nothing for me.  

[Tj]

I don't think he was doing it for you  

[Cornell]

I don't think he was doing it for you  

No?  

Well, I think he was doing it to be sexy and IMO it isn't.   That's all I was saying.  

[Scree]

There's that picture with a Jim Beam half-gallon: http://www.ifrance.com/gnr/axl-leather.jpg (145 KB)

I don't know if you were talking about this one, but he's got his leather thing going on here.

Thanks for the link Will.  

Johnnyblood: If thats the pic you were refferring to, I don't think I have seen that before. But that pic is the outfit I was talking about. Couldn't believe it when I saw it.. for about 10 seconds, then I remembered some of the press about what the band was like before AFD. (First time I heard of them was when they played the Marquee 87 and the release of It's So Easy). So it wasn't much of a shock after I thought about it.

[Freya]

Axl used to wear the g-string/chaps thing quite a bit, he also wore these funny codpieces.  Ah, the eighties.  

I think he started letting that go, once Johnny Thunders called him a "biker fag".  Poor Axl.  

[Captain P?l]

Axl used to wear the g-string/chaps thing quite a bit, he also wore these funny codpieces.  Ah, the eighties.  

I think he started letting that go, once Johnny Thunders called him a "biker fag".  Poor Axl.  

 
cool... why poor guy? i dont think axl looked cool with that outfit.... but im may not be in to the 80dressway anyway.. so... :p

[Doc Emmett Brown]

he also wore these funny codpieces.

It's those underwear looking things, is that right?   The Ross Halfin photos that were posted a while back - Axl is wearing white tights and a red codpiece.  Quite amusing.

Johnny Thunders called him a "biker fag".

The late Johnny Thunders whose shoes are being filled by Izzy Stradlin at the Meltdown Festival.   Interesting.   Izzy wore some equally funny outfits during the 80's as well.

[Freya]

It's those underwear looking things, is that right?  The Ross Halfin photos that were posted a while back - Axl is wearing white tights and a red codpiece.  Quite amusing.

Yep, kind of like a protective cup, you could knock on it.  lol
The eighties, were awesome, with their outrageous styles, I don't imagine we'll ever see that again.  And dammit, it was fun.

[bill213]

yeah it's pictures like those that make you go YAY FOOTBALL JERSEY AXL  

[Johnnyblood]

There's that picture with a Jim Beam half-gallon: http://www.ifrance.com/gnr/axl-leather.jpg (145 KB)

I don't know if you were talking about this one, but he's got his leather thing going on here.

Thanks for the link Will.  

Johnnyblood: If thats the pic you were refferring to, I don't think I have seen that before. But that pic is the outfit I was talking about. Couldn't believe it when I saw it.. for about 10 seconds, then I remembered some of the press about what the band was like before AFD. (First time I heard of them was when they played the Marquee 87 and the release of It's So Easy). So it wasn't much of a shock after I thought about it.

I've seen that picture, but it's not the one on Appetite. Actually, the ones in the Appetite collage don't show the chaps or the codpiece, but you can tell he's wearing that outift, probably from the same roll of film!  

[Eva GnRAxlRosette]

 

[Captain P?l]

oh my god... on the left pic axl look like a inflateable doll.. look at his face and compare with TJ's pic!!  

[HoldenCaulfield]

thank you God for making ADIDAS pants and football jerseys  

[axls#2]

amen to that brother.

someone has to destroy these pics immediately!! stop posting them. Axl looks like a member of a hardcore village people tribute band. Must say that axl made some rather fruity wardrobe choices back in the day. I don't think i could ever go to a concert if axl was wearing that thing, either that or I would have to watch all of the other band members or something.

[Eva GnRAxlRosette]

   

HEY... it was the 80's  

LOL!

[D]

thats the gay hanoi rocks influence

thank god they ditched that shit!

[POPmetal]

I think it's cool that he had the balls to wear that. Beats the shit out of wearing gay dirty flannel shirts. I bet it got him a ton of chicks too.

[D]

well my other hero prince use to wear bikini briefs and a trenchcoat

so i think it was just the 80's!

[Butch Français]

thats the gay hanoi rocks influence

thank god they ditched that shit!

nah, Im guessing he got the idea for it from Diamond Dave!

[axls#2]

I think it's cool that he had the balls to wear that. Beats the shit out of wearing gay dirty flannel shirts. I bet it got him a ton of chicks too.

no, maybe, also probably got him alot of unsolicited come-ons from males. But flannel shirts that lumberjacks wear really don't come acrossed as gay as much as a male wearing a thong with ripped leather pants, but alas it was the 80's.
 

and it's funny you should say he has the balls to wear that. That may have been the reason he went for that look.

[POPmetal]

I think it's cool that he had the balls to wear that. Beats the shit out of wearing gay dirty flannel shirts. I bet it got him a ton of chicks too.

no, maybe, also probably got him alot of unsolicited come-ons from males. But flannel shirts that lumberjacks wear really don't come acrossed as gay as much as a male wearing a thong with ripped leather pants, but alas it was the 80's.
 

Perhaps, but gay or not, it sure looks hella cooler than a lame dirty flannel shirt.

[Axl_owns_dexter]

Lets just end this by saying this, Axl has gotten more p*ssy than anyone here has.    

[Mattman]

amen to that brother.

someone has to destroy these pics immediately!! stop posting them. Axl looks like a member of a hardcore village people tribute band. Must say that axl made some rather fruity wardrobe choices back in the day. I don't think i could ever go to a concert if axl was wearing that thing, either that or I would have to watch all of the other band members or something.

Okay, I think I must be of the minority here in that I love the way Axl dressed in both the 80s and the early 90s.  He had the ability to make absolutely anything look cool.  I think that he looks really cool in the pictures that have been posted.  It's fun to watch and visually interesting in a way that you don't see too much anymore.  I like the whole glam image, but I also like the harder image that they took on after Appetite.  I don't know...maybe it's the fact that my teenage years have been spent in a music world where most rock bands where black t-shirts and jeans, black t-shirts and jeans, black t-shirts and....GAAAAAH!!  I also like the fact that male singers for 80s bands weren't afraid to express their sexuality.  Nowadays it's mainly female singers that are going around in skimpy clothing.  But back then, male singers like Axl expressed their sexuality in full-on, intrusive ways.  Cool.

Now, having said all this, I have to say that wearing a freakin' THONG just goes way too far, even for me.  I mean, I can admire Axl for wearing short spandex pants, but good god, a thong is just too much.  Don't really want to see that, I have to say.

[Rachel]

That look was sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sexy and if anyone has a pic of it i wud b really grateful! .if u send me a message i will send u my addy so u can e-mail it 2 me pls!!!!