Great Moments in Axl History: #33

#33 Axl vs. Kurt Cobain (also known as: Shut your bitch up or I'll knock her to the pavement)

Our leader has had many antagonists over the years, but his arch-nemesis came in the form of one Kurt Cobain. While the two men were similar in many ways: both troubled lead singers of bigger-than-life bands with a bit of the batshit going on, they were polar opposites in the respect that while Axl was loving the fame and fortune of rockstar life complete with extravagant parties, a huge stage show including a horn section, and a supermodel girlfriend (The Evil Stephanie Seymour!!), Kurt struggled with his newfound fame and preferred to be miserable (how else can you explain marrying and procreating with Courtney Love?). Of course, the two were bound to clash eventually.

Kurt initially pissed off Axl when he dissed him after Axl's request to meet him after a show. Then Nirvana turned down an offer to join the Guns N' Roses/Metallica stadium tour in the summer of 1992. Axl was not pleased.

Everything came to head later that year at (where else?) the MTV Video Music Awards (are you understanding why MTV sucks now?). Both Guns N' Roses and Nirvana were there to perform. There was a little downtime in the backstage lot where both singers were hanging out with their ladies, which of course is a recipe for awesomeness like this:

Courtney (to Axl): "Do you want to be godfather to our daughter?"

The Evil Stephanie Seymour (sweetly): "Are you a model?" (Do you see? She's evil! Ok, that was pretty awesome)

Courtney: "Are you a brain surgeon?" (oh snap!)

Axl (to Kurt): "Shut your bitch up or I'll knock her to the pavement."

And Scene.

(This account is according to an eyewitness )

Later that evening when Nirvana took the stage, bassist Krist Novoselic taunted Axl by yelling his name. He was later shut up by his bass.

This prompted telejournalist extraordinaire, Kurt Loder to comment on the night's events (another reason why MTV sucks now, no Kurt Loder!):



Kurt later asked (the other) Kurt to explain his version of events:



Sadly, nothing more ever came of the feud after that evening. Seems Loder was right about the incident blowing over. He was more right than even he knew at the time about stuff blowing over (if you took that as a Kurt blowing his head off joke, that's your own sick mind at work).

We now leave you with a musical adaptation of the aforementioned events by some guy on YouTube:




THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT MOMENT IN AXL HISTORY