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Axl Rose ‘Disgusted’ By David Lee Roth Mocking Tragic Deaths
By Brett Buchanan – Apr 4, 2018

In a new Guns N’ Roses Central interview, former Guns N’ Roses manager Doug Goldstein was asked about two people passing away during a Guns N’ Roses performance in Donnington at the Monsters of Rock festival in 1988 with KISS and Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth. Alternative Nation transcribed Goldstein’s comments.

“I knew during the show, I knew when it was happening, but I didn’t tell the guys, because it crippled Axl [Rose]. When we got back to the hotel David Lee Roth was staying there and he was at the bar, and Axl said: ‘Can you introduce me to him? I want to talk to him.’ I said, ‘Yeah, sure. Dave, this is Axl.’ ‘Hey man, how you doing? Diamond Dave! Sit down!’ So Axl said, ‘How do you deal with stuff like that when it happens?’ He goes, ‘Aw fuck man, you’re in the U.K. 10 people die every time they hold a soccer match. Fuck it! It’s rock and roll!’ Axl just said, ‘Really? I’m sorry, I don’t really want to sit here anymore.’ He went back to his room. He was disgusted at Dave, and I was kind of embarrassed that I introduced them. To each his own I guess. Everybody has their own way of getting through things.”

He added, “When I was working with [David Lee Roth], he used to get fucked up and want to throw kicks at me. So I went to knock his head off one time in the elevator. Andy, his bodyguard jumped in and said, ‘Doug, you can’t hit him!’ I said, ‘Fuck you.’ I said, ‘Where I come from, if somebody continues to throw kicks at you, you knock them on their ass and then they don’t throw kicks anymore.’ ‘Well he pays the bills!’ ‘I don’t care, I’ll quit, I’ll go home. I don’t give a shit.’”

Thing of it is….Doug Goldstein was never DLR’s manager…& the term he used ” working together” is questionable…depending on what he was referring to….either way Doug Goldstein wasn’t ” employed” by DLR in any documented capacity so whatever professional association they may have had was a very short period of time.

This rock podcast’s little gossip sound byte reminded me of a fun fact….GNR were initially booked as opening act guests on DLR’s 1988 Skyscraper tour.

But something happened…(I recall reading Axl blew his voice out shortly before the tour was about to start…) …

Ultimately, Poison opened for DLR’s 1988 Skyscaper Tour.

But now these current comments from Doug Goldstein lead me to speculate maybe something else happened…..

Here’s the link to the GNR Tour Itinerary which also shows previously booked shows which were cancelled….showing the DLR ’88 dates.

http://www.gnrontour.com/setlistalm88.htm

I think the 1988 tour was a timing thing…that was around the time that Appetite For Destruction started to blow up big, too big to be an opener for anybody anymore. I think they may have started headlining at that point.

JasonA: I think the 1988 tour was a timing thing…that was around the time that Appetite For Destruction started to blow up big, too big to be an opener for anybody anymore. I think they may have started headlining at that point.

They played some headline shows in the spring & then opened for Aerosmith in the summer.

I think Axl can say whatever he wants…

as also Dave…

..Rockstars..you know..