It's Axl Rose!
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Happy 51st birthday to the one and only Axl Rose of hard rock legends Guns N' Roses!
As a child, Axl (then named William) sang in the choir at his family's Pentecostal church; even though he later described his religious upbringing as "oppressive," all those Sundays sure did wonders for his legendary pipes.

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