The Tragic Childhood Of Axl Rose

During the Rolling Stone interview, Rose discussed his experiences going through regression therapy and some of the unsavory memories that were dredged up in the process. To begin with, Rose didn't even know his "real father" was a thing. He was raised to believe his stepfather was his biological dad, only to discover insurance papers that said otherwise when he was 17. And if Rose's regression therapy dredges were real, it's probably better he didn't know about the guy.

Rose says his mother's "eyes turn black" any time his real father is mentioned in conversation. He proceeds to lay out a memory that sounds much like a horror story. Rose claims to have been kidnapped by his father when he was only two years old. "I remember a needle. I remember getting a shot," Rose says, "And I remember being sexually abused by this man and watching something horrible happen to my mother when she came to get me."

This alleged incident, from what Rose says, had a lasting impact; he believes it to be the source of his negative thoughts towards women, sex, and homosexuality.