by dijo » Sun Jun 05, 2011 7:04 pm
During late 1980s I sent a request to a recording studio in London (where I heard GnR was recording) with a SASE and a mini poster, and received the signed poster in a different envelope a week later. I addressed it to W. Axl Rose only, but got every band member's signature on photo in return, plus one signature I couldn't identify.
Duff was the only one who used my name. It was something like "India ~ cool name!! Thanks!! Duff" with a HUGE 'D'. Izzy's signature had both names, full 'Izzy' and a wiggle of 'Stradlin'. Axl's signature was in capital letters. Slash's signature read like "Glagn". His 's' looked like 'g'. Steven Alder's autograph was a squiggle. The mysterious signature read like "V Muile". I still don't know who this person is. One of them drew a doodle in thick black ink on the back of the poster. A black-haired woman, from waist up, with a bottle of alcohol nested in between her huge (covered) breasts and a cigarette hanging off her trout mouth.
I didn't know I was supposed to send a request to their agency or fan club. When I read a titbit in a metal magazine (Kerrang! or Raw magazine) that they would be at this studio, I looked up the studio's address in Yellow Pages and posted the request.
I'm pretty sure my mini poster is still at my parents'. I'll try to find it next time I see them and see if I could scan it for this thread.
During late 1980s I sent a request to a recording studio in London (where I heard GnR was recording) with a SASE and a mini poster, and received the signed poster in a different envelope a week later. I addressed it to W. Axl Rose only, but got every band member's signature on photo in return, plus one signature I couldn't identify.
Duff was the only one who used my name. It was something like "India ~ cool name!! Thanks!! Duff" with a HUGE 'D'. Izzy's signature had both names, full 'Izzy' and a wiggle of 'Stradlin'. Axl's signature was in capital letters. Slash's signature read like "Glagn". His 's' looked like 'g'. Steven Alder's autograph was a squiggle. The mysterious signature read like "V Muile". I still don't know who this person is. One of them drew a doodle in thick black ink on the back of the poster. A black-haired woman, from waist up, with a bottle of alcohol nested in between her huge (covered) breasts and a cigarette hanging off her trout mouth.
I didn't know I was supposed to send a request to their agency or fan club. When I read a titbit in a metal magazine ([i]Kerrang![/i] or [i]Raw [/i]magazine) that they would be at this studio, I looked up the studio's address in Yellow Pages and posted the request.
I'm pretty sure my mini poster is still at my parents'. I'll try to find it next time I see them and see if I could scan it for this thread.