Axel Rose vs Vince Neil

[joeman]

Both are rock stars from the 80's and both had their bands leave them. Who is the better rockstar?

[Jiren]

Vince Neil's a wuss

[KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!]

Rose by about an entire universe.

[Dr. Marzvon Zombie M.D.]

Vince, at least his band took him back and we didnt have to wait 2000 years for a follow up album.

[ASYLUMHAUSEN]

AXL Rose (spell it right!) is one of the 5 greatest frontmen of all time. Period.

The only thing that kept Guns N Roses from continuing to be THE biggest band in the world (if you weren't alive, or too young to know, when Appetite For Destruction was at the HEIGHT of it's powers then you just can't understand how damn big this band was) was Axl turning into a megalomaniacal ego maniac the likes of which the world may have never seen.

Not even the perfect storm that was Seattle (Nirvana, Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam, etc) could have knocked GNR off that perch if Axl had toned the ego down.

So, obviously, my answer is Axl.

[@TenaciousBe]

thunderbolts said:

AXL Rose (spell it right!) is one of the 5 greatest frontmen of all time. Period.

The only thing that kept Guns N Roses from continuing to be THE biggest band in the world (if you weren't alive, or too young to know, when Appetite For Destruction was at the HEIGHT of it's powers then you just can't understand how damn big this band was) was Axl turning into a megalomaniacal ego maniac the likes of which the world may have never seen.

Not even the perfect storm that was Seattle (Nirvana, Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam, etc) could have knocked GNR off that perch if Axl had toned the ego down.

So, obviously, my answer is Axl.

What he said. GnR had the potential for so much more, and considering how huge they were, that's saying a lot.

[Dynamite Kid]

Actually, Seattle didn't knock GNR off that perch, because they were playing giant stadiums for two more years after Nevermind came out.

[ASYLUMHAUSEN]

dynamitekid said:

Actually, Seattle didn't knock GNR off that perch, because they were playing giant stadiums for two more years after Nevermind came out.

that's a good point that I had forgotten.

BUT it was those stadium tours and Axl's ego inflating by the minute that did them in as a relevant band (i mean....hello...the night James Hetfield turned into a human roman candle could have been a LEGENDARY save on GNR's behalf. But, no, Axl got pissy and the whole thing ended VERY ugly...for example)

[KingPopper]

This poll is about who is the BETTER rockstar. Vince Neil is the better rockstar. Axl failed at being a rockstar.

[ASYLUMHAUSEN]

kingpopper said:

This poll is about who is the BETTER rockstar. Vince Neil is the better rockstar. Axl failed at being a rockstar.

i'm sorry...but didn't vince neil mostly nail trailer trash groupies?

Axl was banging SUPERMODELS on the regular while guzzling Jack Daniels like water.

THAT, my friend, is a ROCKSTAR.

[Deleted]

Axl Rose.

Even though he's my musical idol, he's simply better than Neil in every way. I'd love to see Vince try and create something like Coma...

[acressl]

Rose, even though he's a complete douche. His eccentricity is fine up until it delays or cancels tour shows. You want to be an asshole and a rockstar? Fine. Just don't let one interfere with the other.

[DSR]

I prefer Vince Neil. Never was a fan of Axl.

[Samoa Kenny]

Two of my favorite front men ever... but of course my vote goes to Baz

[Bob Schlapowitz]

marzvon said:

Vince, at least his band took him back and we didnt have to wait 2000 years for a follow up album.

Agreed, and I'm pretty sure that if Axl ever accepted Vince's challenge for a fight, then Vince would have whooped him.