Not being a fan of Guns N’ Roses, or whatever motherlode of music they mined, I nonetheless accept that the lead figures of commercially successful bands can’t help but have interesting narratives attached to their careers. Considering the mercurial Rose has reportedly been a Malibu hermit since the early ‘90s and his reconstituted band has still not officially released its 14-years-in-the-making album, Chinese Democracy, music writer Mick Wall’s book no doubt provides everything anyone would want to know about the enigmatic Axl Rose.