  U.P.O. guitarist Chris Weber, a former bandmate of GUNS N'
ROSES singer Axl Rose from from his pre-GN'R group, HOLLYWOOD
ROSE, recently spoke to Metalshrine.se about playing with Axl
and his early days as a struggling musician in Los Angeles.
Several excerpts from the interview follow:  Metalshrine.se:
Looking back, what was Axl like back then? You read in the press
how strange Axl is and was he anything like that back then?
Chris Weber: "He was really different. He thinks of himself a
lot and he's very ego motivated. He has an idea of what he wants
and goes out and gets it. Not a lot of time spent selflessly
helping other people. I don't see him donating blood or that
type of thing. He's got an idea of what he wants in life and he
gets it. He was actually a friend of mine and all that stuff
that has happened since clearly has changed him. Certainly the
person I knew when I was friends with him wouldn't be considered
all these names that people call him. I obviously got out of it
at a certain point and sin