<![CDATA[The Hidden Messages Lurking In Axl Rose's Nom De Rock - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[The Hidden Messages Lurking In Axl Rose's Nom De Rock - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:34:27 EDT Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:34:27 EDT http://idolator.com/tunes/the-more-you-know-dept%27/the-hidden-messages-lurking-in-axl-roses-nom-de-rock-306023.php <![CDATA[The Hidden Messages Lurking In Axl Rose's Nom De Rock]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/the-more-you-know-dept%27/the-hidden-messages-lurking-in-axl-roses-nom-de-rock-306023.php#c2540673 @Bob Loblaw: Well done. Very well done.

Charlie Kerfelds Jetsons Tee

]]> 33:306023:c2540673 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:34:27 EDT <![CDATA[The Hidden Messages Lurking In Axl Rose's Nom De Rock]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/the-more-you-know-dept%27/the-hidden-messages-lurking-in-axl-roses-nom-de-rock-306023.php#c2539363 Don't feel bad, guys. I never knew that Guns 'n Roses is shorthand for Guns and Roses.

Bob Loblaw

]]> 33:306023:c2539363 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 14:07:59 EDT <![CDATA[The Hidden Messages Lurking In Axl Rose's Nom De Rock]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/the-more-you-know-dept%27/the-hidden-messages-lurking-in-axl-roses-nom-de-rock-306023.php#c2539065 I love how everyone is jumping on this like a piping-hot Cinnabon. "How can you guys not know some minor detail? We trusted you to know everything!!!!"

I also don't think I knew this, but then again, I also once had an atavistic fear of the fans of Appetite, as they tended to, you know, beat me up. My Pavlovian terror has only recently begun easing. The cornrows certainly helped.

The Mozfather

]]> 33:306023:c2539065 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:50:26 EDT <![CDATA[The Hidden Messages Lurking In Axl Rose's Nom De Rock]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/the-more-you-know-dept%27/the-hidden-messages-lurking-in-axl-roses-nom-de-rock-306023.php#c2538008 yeah, that was like the first thing anyone brings up anymore bout axl. that and the cornrows of doom.

NoNewYork

]]> 33:306023:c2538008 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:47:24 EDT <![CDATA[The Hidden Messages Lurking In Axl Rose's Nom De Rock]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/the-more-you-know-dept%27/the-hidden-messages-lurking-in-axl-roses-nom-de-rock-306023.php#c2537601 I have never heard this either, having been a GNR fan since i heard Appetite back in like 3rd or 4th grade.

Bazooka Tooth

]]> 33:306023:c2537601 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:20:16 EDT <![CDATA[The Hidden Messages Lurking In Axl Rose's Nom De Rock]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/the-more-you-know-dept%27/the-hidden-messages-lurking-in-axl-roses-nom-de-rock-306023.php#c2537519 ...Maura, how did you NOT know? I am actually kinda shocked.

Ned Raggett

]]> 33:306023:c2537519 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:14:36 EDT <![CDATA[The Hidden Messages Lurking In Axl Rose's Nom De Rock]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/the-more-you-know-dept%27/the-hidden-messages-lurking-in-axl-roses-nom-de-rock-306023.php#c2537000 @Vince Neilstein: See my post.

It's "tie me."

Charlie Kerfelds Jetsons Tee

]]> 33:306023:c2537000 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:41:10 EDT <![CDATA[The Hidden Messages Lurking In Axl Rose's Nom De Rock]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/the-more-you-know-dept%27/the-hidden-messages-lurking-in-axl-roses-nom-de-rock-306023.php#c2536805 Am I the only one who's boggling over the phrase "isn't he a caution?"

Al Shipley

]]> 33:306023:c2536805 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:28:35 EDT <![CDATA[The Hidden Messages Lurking In Axl Rose's Nom De Rock]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/the-more-you-know-dept%27/the-hidden-messages-lurking-in-axl-roses-nom-de-rock-306023.php#c2536792 in our defense, i conducted a straw poll (which included my roommate and another guy), and neither knew this factoid either. ("and that's something that a 12-year-old should have know!")

Jess Harvell

]]> 33:306023:c2536792 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:27:57 EDT <![CDATA[The Hidden Messages Lurking In Axl Rose's Nom De Rock]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/the-more-you-know-dept%27/the-hidden-messages-lurking-in-axl-roses-nom-de-rock-306023.php#c2536768 People! Have we already forgotten the sucky John Squire post-Stone Roses band The Seahorses, whose name was an anagram of HE HATES ROSES?

That WAS what all the riots in Seattle in 1998 were about, if memory serves.

NickEddy

]]> 33:306023:c2536768 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:27:05 EDT <![CDATA[The Hidden Messages Lurking In Axl Rose's Nom De Rock]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/the-more-you-know-dept%27/the-hidden-messages-lurking-in-axl-roses-nom-de-rock-306023.php#c2536649 1) I think a more apt analogy to Chinese Democracy would be Beach Boys / Brian Wilson "Smile." And if history repeats itself, Chinese Democracy will be an overstuffed turd, also.

2) I always said it "Tay-Me" Down. Is that right?

Vince Neilstein

]]> 33:306023:c2536649 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:19:51 EDT <![CDATA[The Hidden Messages Lurking In Axl Rose's Nom De Rock]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/the-more-you-know-dept%27/the-hidden-messages-lurking-in-axl-roses-nom-de-rock-306023.php#c2536603 They should have pointed out that "A Comic Cheesy Nerd" is an not only an anagram for "Chinese Democracy," it describes anyone who thinks the album is really coming out (as well as people who look for "Chinese Democracy" anagrams, like...uh...me)

Jay-C

]]> 33:306023:c2536603 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:17:24 EDT <![CDATA[The Hidden Messages Lurking In Axl Rose's Nom De Rock]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/the-more-you-know-dept%27/the-hidden-messages-lurking-in-axl-roses-nom-de-rock-306023.php#c2536593 We whispered about it all the way to church camp.

Lucas Jensen

]]> 33:306023:c2536593 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:16:31 EDT <![CDATA[The Hidden Messages Lurking In Axl Rose's Nom De Rock]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/the-more-you-know-dept%27/the-hidden-messages-lurking-in-axl-roses-nom-de-rock-306023.php#c2536535 My repressed-Catholic upbringing comes out! (I was actually given my cassette of Appetite as an Easter present; once my mother saw the cover, though, she ripped it out of the tray and threw it away.)

Maura Johnston

]]> 33:306023:c2536535 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:12:09 EDT <![CDATA[The Hidden Messages Lurking In Axl Rose's Nom De Rock]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/the-more-you-know-dept%27/the-hidden-messages-lurking-in-axl-roses-nom-de-rock-306023.php#c2536530 Also, W. Axl Rose is an anagram for "woral sex."

Chris N.

]]> 33:306023:c2536530 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:11:55 EDT <![CDATA[The Hidden Messages Lurking In Axl Rose's Nom De Rock]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/the-more-you-know-dept%27/the-hidden-messages-lurking-in-axl-roses-nom-de-rock-306023.php#c2536205 Seriously? I was six when "Appetite" came out, and even I knew that.

And yeah, it's "tie me down."

Charlie Kerfelds Jetsons Tee

]]> 33:306023:c2536205 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:44:53 EDT <![CDATA[The Hidden Messages Lurking In Axl Rose's Nom De Rock]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/the-more-you-know-dept%27/the-hidden-messages-lurking-in-axl-roses-nom-de-rock-306023.php#c2536050 Plus, when he's going by W. Axl Rose, his initials spell out "WAR," so he's for realz, yo

J DTZR

]]> 33:306023:c2536050 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:31:59 EDT <![CDATA[The Hidden Messages Lurking In Axl Rose's Nom De Rock]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/the-more-you-know-dept%27/the-hidden-messages-lurking-in-axl-roses-nom-de-rock-306023.php#c2535849 "...which seems to me a flawed comparison if only because, you know, actually came out eventually."

Idolator's Hooked on Phonics.

Julio Allison

]]> 33:306023:c2535849 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:13:21 EDT <![CDATA[The Hidden Messages Lurking In Axl Rose's Nom De Rock]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/the-more-you-know-dept%27/the-hidden-messages-lurking-in-axl-roses-nom-de-rock-306023.php#c2535847 Our Idolators must be a couple of spring chickens, because my [age-reference-redacted]-age friends and I all knew about this when we purchased our CD copies of Appetite For Destruction.

I feel old. :'(

Rob Murphy

]]> 33:306023:c2535847 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:13:05 EDT