<DIV><P>A big, brash history of Guns n&#8217; Roses charismatic, talented and idiosyncratic leader</P><P>&#8220;An archetypal rock biography that captures the runaway-train spirit of the singer and his band&#8212;You don&#8217;t have to be a Guns N&#8217; Roses fanatic to dig this energetic, comprehensive, few-holds-barred portrait of modern metal&#8217;s most charismatic figure.&#8221;&#8212;<I>Kirkus Reviews</I></P><P>Even in the rock world, a figure like Axl Rose doesn&#8217;t come along very often.&nbsp; Mercurial and brilliant, deluded and imperious, Rose defies easy description.&nbsp; <I>W.A.R.</I> reveals Rose&#8217;s childhood influences (and how he got his name), tracks the birth of G n&#8217; R and delves into the stories behind their monster albums <I>Appetite for Destruction</I> and <I>Use Your Illusion</I>.&nbsp; But with those successes came excesses&#8212;drugs, infighting and a lead singer who morphed from eccentric to seemingly unhinged.</P><P>Journalist Mick Wall had unprecedented access to Rose and G n&#8217; R during their heyday and gives a more richly detailed portrait of the band than you&#8217;ve ever read before.&nbsp; <I>W.A.R.</I> has fresh views on:</P><P>--the death of two fans at the Donington Park concert in England</P><P>--Rose&#8217;s fallout with all the other original G n&#8217; R band members, including Slash</P><P>--fights with Kurt Cobain, Vince Neil and fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger</P><P>--Rose&#8217;s no-shows at concerts throughout his career</P><P>--the lead singer&#8217;s becoming a recluse at his Malibu mansion for most of the last fifteen years</P><P>--the much-gossiped-about and long-awaited album <I>Chinese Democracy</I></P></DIV>