Axl Rose
William Bruce Rose Jr, better known as Axl Rose of the band Guns N' Roses, was negatively impacted by the Latter Rain movement in Indiana. According to Rose, the emotional abuse — common among many of the sects in Latter Rain — left …
Axl Rose
William Bruce Rose Jr, better known as Axl Rose of the band Guns N' Roses, was negatively impacted by the Latter Rain movement in Indiana. According to Rose, the emotional abuse — common among many of the sects in Latter Rain — left emotional scars and was filled with hypocrisy:
“We'd have televisions one week, then my stepdad would throw them out because they were Satanic. I wasn't allowed to listen to music. Women were evil. Everything was evil.”
- Axl Rose
Axl's stepfather and stepmother, Stephen and Sharon Bailey, were very religious. They attended the Miracle Bethel Pentecostal Church of God on U.S. 52 in Lafayette, Indiana pastored by Rev. Vallorie Clymer. Rose sang gospel music with his brother and sister under the name Bailey Trio. According to Rose, the church was filled with "self-righteous hypocrites" and "child abusers". While he and his sister were beaten and molested, Rose taught Bible school.
The Miracle Bethel Pentecostal Church that Rose and his stepfamily attended was organized shortly after William Branham's burial in 1966. It was organized as an "Independent Pentecostal Church", but was strongly affiliated with Latter Rain churches and apparently taught the Full Gospel / Latter Rain version of William Branham's "Message". When the Assemblies of God denounced the Latter Rain movement and began sanctioning William Branham, many AoG churches in Indiana became Independent Pentecostal churches.
The Miracle Bethel Pentecostal Church became independent but still hosted Assemblies of God ministers and Rev. Clymer spoke at Full Gospel churches. It also hosted famous stage acts well-known in the Latter Rain and Voice of Healing Revivals, such as Ronald Coyne, the "boy who could see through a plastic eyeball".
The painful memories of physical, emotional, sexual, and religious abuse deeply affected Rose. In some ways, his church background was positive; without his experience singing in the church, there may have never been an Axl Rose or the vocals that made the band famous.
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