Get Axl For Our Wedding

We're having a wedding celebration in July 2006 and for the party we want one thing only -- a performance by Axl Rose!

Monday, February 27, 2006

Southeast Asia Axl Report

Well I'm back from two weeks in Thailand/Cambodia, and, while I didn't hear a single GNR tune, I did see the following GNR-related gear:

1 t-shirt from GNR/Metallica tour
Several pirated DVDs of GNR videos

Where are Axl's lawyers on that one!

In other news, Guns N Roses has announced several European tour dates in June. This is a fantastic idea, as it will allow the band a chance to shake off the rust before the marriage celebration in late July!

Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Happy Birthday Axl!


Still spry at 44. Axl, I know you're reading this -- enjoy your day!

Monday, February 06, 2006

Letter #2

February 6, 2006

Axl Rose
c/o Merck Mercuriadis
75 9th Ave # 2R
New York, NY 10011

Dear Axl,

I’m writing again to ask you to perform at my wedding celebration.

It’s been a busy ten days for the movement. So far I have 169 signatures on the petition supporting you performing at my wedding, available online at http://getaxlforourwedding.blogspot.com. I’ve learned a few things from this experience. One, you’re still a popular guy the world over. Two, the ladies think you’re hot!

I’d like to give you a little more background about myself and my wife. We met for the first time when she was climbing down a ladder at her apartment building in college, which was on fire at the time. I said hello; she was shaken and understandably didn’t say much back to me. We met again at a bar a few weeks later, when I spotted her drinking a beer from her purse, that she’d apparently smuggled into the bar. I mean, who does that? (Answer: Canadians who want their Labatt Blue.) For the rest of the week, we spent as much time together as possible, slept extremely little, and along the way graduated from college. The following week, Karla came to visit me in Washington, DC, (my hometown) and we had a quick jaunt to Ocean City, Maryland, where I sold her my car (literally). The next week I joined the Peace Corps in Guyana, South America. I thought I’d never see her again, that we had our fling and that was that. Obviously, it didn’t end up that way! You can read more of the story at http://mattandkarla.blogspot.com, and I’ll tell you more about our courtship in my next letter.

Again, Axl, it’d be fantastic if you could perform at our wedding celebration. I think you might consider it a practice gig for Chinese Democracy tunes, a place to go off the beaten path musically a bit (maybe play some of your favorite covers?) while making a memorable experience in some of your top fans’ lives. Performing at our wedding celebration certainly shouldn’t indicate or imply that you’ve been relegated to a wedding act—everybody knows you’re a superstar. Instead, it would be a deeply cool, meaningful thing to do, and I very much hope that you decide to join us.

I’ll be on vacation in Thailand for the next couple of weeks, but I’ll send you a full update when I return. Be well.

Best,

Matt Stewart

Friday, February 03, 2006

Rodeo Axl

Axl should cowboy up and perform at our wedding!

Sign the petition!

Wednesday, February 01, 2006

We Have LIftoff!

Ladies and Gentlemen, thanks to free and readily available tracking software I can tell that SOMEONE FROM UNIVERSAL MUSIC visited this site today!

Kind Universal Music executive, I look forward to speaking with you! Enjoy your visit!

Sign the petition!

What Would Axl Sing First?

At wedding celebrations, the first dance of the night undertaken by freshly minted wife and husband is traditionally conducted to the tune of a romantic, lovey-dovey, and often overplayed song. I think of Wonderful Tonight or Unchained Melody--something a little cheesy but that, deep down, everybody kind of likes.

Which begs the question: What Would Axl Sing First? (WWASF?)

Any Axl performance should, by law, begin with Welcome to the Jungle. There's no better greeting to an evening of ass-kicking rock n roll. However, these unique matrimonial circumstances call for a slow love song. The obvious top GNR options are Patience and Don't Cry, with the slight edge going to Patience due to the awesome section at the end (I've been walking these streets at night...).

But what about one of the new songs from Chinese Democracy? That'd be a pretty amazing way to kick off a lifetime of love. What about--gasp--a cover? Axl's done it before and he'll do it again.

I Will Always Love You (Whitney or Dolly)? Love of A Lifetime (Firehouse)? Take My Breath Away (Top Gun)?

Thoughts?

[thanks to brickandstones for the link]