In late 2025, Rose made headlines for a dramatic onstage meltdown during a concert in Buenos Aires, showing that even today, Axl’s intensity and unpredictability remain front and center.
His live-stage meltdowns in the ’80s and ’90s became the stuff of legend. One infamous moment came in July 1991 in St. Louis, when he spotted an unauthorized fan filming the concert with a camcorder. He leapt into the crowd to stop them, then returned to the stage and snapped:
The show ended abruptly, and the frustrated audience erupted into a riot. Rose faced charges over the incident, but they were eventually dropped.
In a 1990s interview with the LA Times, Axl Rose revealed that he went through therapy to tackle his issues and destructive behavior.
“I was told that my mental circuity was all twisted . . . in terms of how I would deal with stress because of what happened to me back in Indiana,” he said. “Basically I would overload with the stress of a situation . . . by smashing whatever was around me.”
From a childhood filled with pain and loss to the heights of rock stardom, Axl Rose’s journey is certainly one of a kind. He turned trauma into music, anger into artistry, and struggles into a voice that still echoes around the world.
