At 14, Slash, guitarist for Guns N 'Roses, had a girlfriend named Michelle Young. Although that adolescent love did not settle, their friendship lasted over the years. In 1984 Slash introduced him to Axl Rose, and shortly after they began a romance that lasted only a year. Michelle, addicted to hard drugs and all kinds of excesses, led such a wild life that even Axl Rose himself feared for her. Every morning Axl was relieved and pleased to see that Michelle was still alive. On one occasion, when they were going to a concert, Elton John's '' Song '' sounded on the car radio. At that moment Michelle told Axl Rose that she would feel very happy and proud if one day someone wrote a song as beautiful as the one about her. The love-struck singer did not hesitate, got down to work and composed a very sweet and sweet song under the title ''My Michelle ''
But when he finished it, Axl realized that the song had nothing to do with reality and rewrote it completely. He then taught it to his group mates, and they believed that his handwriting might disturb the young woman because it was too explicit, but it was not. Three weeks later Axl finally showed the song to Michelle. She was very happy and was enormously flattered, although the song did not portray her in a very romantic way as she talks about her addiction to drugs, the death of her mother and her father's work in the porn industry. Michelle now acknowledges that at that time the song seemed wonderful because it was a true reflection of her life, but now she would prefer not to know that she was the inspiration. Michelle Young managed to get off drugs and today is a respectable business woman whose life has nothing to do with rock. '' Michelle '' was released on the 1987 debut album '' Appetite for Destruction, '' which has sold more than 33 million copies worldwide.
