Axl Rose: Celebrities In The Modern Era

“Good morning everyone. Today I would like to discuss with you the issue of celebrities in the common era and show you everyone that celebrities are not necessarily always the role models that they should be through examining the example of Guns N’ Roses lead singer, Axl Rose.
Celebrities in the modern era can be defined in many different ways and definitions usually vary from person to person. So, how do we define celebrities or what are celebrities? The simple definition of a celebrity is a famous person, especially from the entertainment or sporting industries. In the past, being a celebrity was also commonly associated with someone who is talented in a specific area and had accomplished notable achievements, such as sports people, actors

These reasons include but are not limited to his involvement with drugs, his short temper and constant tantrums, and his affiliation with violence. All throughout his early to mid-career, Axl’s name became synonymous for many highly-unprofessional qualities and actions. The most common of these were his constant anger issues and tantrums. One of the earliest of these tantrums occurred on the day when the band was meant to sign with Geffen Records. Axl had misplaced his contact lenses, resulting in him storming out of his home - believing that someone was intending to sabotage his record signing by making him unable to read the contract. Unfortunately for Axl, this was not his only tantrum throughout his career. Another one of Axl’s tantrums began with the band’s rhythm guitarist, Izzy Stradlin, verbally abusing a flight attendant, ending with him peeing on the floor of an aeroplane in front of passengers. As a result of the incident, a moody Axl locked himself in his hotel room in Tokyo for days on end, refusing to emerge or speak to anyone- not exactly the traits of a good role model if you ask me. Two major events were also caused by the singer and his temper directly. One of these, the Riverport riot, was caused by an unauthorised photographer in the front row taking photos of Axl and the band. Axl saw the photographer and when security failed to take the camera from him, he shouted “I’ll take it, goddammit!” before diving into the crowd to retrieve it himself. He delivered numerous blows to the photographer before returning to the stage and saying; “Thanks to the lame-ass security, I’m going home!” before slamming his microphone on the stage and storming off. Numerous fans were injured in the riot that ensued. Another example of a time where Axl showed himself to be a terrible role model was when someone in the crowd threw an object on the