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In an interview with Mitch Lafon, former Guns N’ Roses manager Alan Niven compared Axl Rose to the late boxing legend Muhammad Ali, but not in a good way.
“I’m looking at what Ali stood for and what he was prepared to give up and the spirit of the man, and at the same time I’m really disappointed to see Axl playing in AC/DC and running around under a pair devil horns.”
“There’s an old maxim that I’ve always tried to follow, which is: ‘Never defend the devil.’”
“So why celebrate going in his footsteps? The superficial thing is that while Ali is obviously ascending his stairway to heaven, I think I’m watching Axl really unfortunately on his highway to hell, and that’s really sad to me. I always thought he was on a spiritual quest, but I don’t think it ends up with being on stage with someone like Angus Young.”