Axl Rose’s rider

Fri 10th Sep, 2010 in International News

Axl Rose has struggled to get onstage on time recently, but he’s not working on a follow up to Chinese Democracy he’s eating seven types of cheese.

According to a list of Axl’s rider demands leaked to Metal Hammer, it seems that the Rose is too busy backstage working his way through burgers, a roast chicken, filet mignon, seven kinds of cheese and two bear-shaped tubes of honey.

The weary, design conscious rocker also requires a bed to recline on in his black dressing room with dark shades, lit by exactly six lamps and adorned with 36 roses – 18 white and 18 red.

Rose and his fellow Gunners also like a drink, so there also has to be champagne, vodka, tequila, red wine, 18 beers and a ‘Jose Cuervo mixed cocktail drink’ with 15 glasses for ’stiff drinks’ plus 40 paper glasses and 18 glasses for the wine and champagne on hand to help pass the time.

The full list of backstage demands:
1) Dressing room to all black and decorated with fresh roses 18 of red and white each
2) Champagne
3) vodka
4) tequila (Patron Anejo)
5) red wine
6) beer (6 X Lucky Budha beer, Grolsch and Checkvar)
7) room must include dark shades
8 ) a bed
9) a sofa
10) a coffee table
11) six lamps and a rug.
12) black napkins
13) a blender
14) a juice maker
15) a kettle
16) paper tissues
17) 18 glasses (for wine and champagne)
18) 15 glasses for ’stiff drinks’
19) 40 paper glasses
20) six cutlery sets
21) two bottle openers and corkscrews
22) one large and two smaller bread knives
23) salt and pepper mills
24) olive oil
25) Balsamic vinegar
26) soy sauce
27) two bear-shaped tubes of honey
28) Jose Cuervo mixed cocktail drink
29) Red Bull
30) Coca-Cola
31) 7 Up
32) a carton of orange juice
33) Pellegrino mineral water and Smart Water (?!)
34) Fruit: bananas, apples, strawberries, raspberries, water melons, mangos and grapefruits
35) veg misc: carrot, celery, cucumbers
36) various kinds of crackers
37) seven kinds of cheese
38) Jam
39) condiments: mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard
40) white bread
41) dinner: roast chicken, two portions of medium rare filet mignon, Cesar salad, four cheeseburgers and a spinach salad.

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