Axl Rose Really Doesn’t like Slash Anymore

It has become evident that Axl Rose still has a chip on his shoulder. The animosity that he holds against his former bandmate, Slash, is the basis behind a lawsuit brought against the video game company Activition.

Rose is suing the company for $20 million over the game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, and it's depictions of Slash as well as his inclusion as a playable character. The lawsuit claims that Axl Rose and his publishing company, Black Frog, were duped into an agreement to license the song "Welcome to the Jungle" for the game on the condition that it would not feature Slash or even his band Velvet Revolver in any way.

Rose also claims that the GNR song "Sweet Child O' Mine" was used in an online promotion for GH III despite being licensed only for GH II. He wants $20 million in damages from sales of the popular game.

"This lawsuit is about protecting Guns N' Roses and 'Welcome to the Jungle' and is about holding Activision accountable for its misuse of these incredibly valuable assets," Rose lawyer Skip Miller says. "The relief we are seeking is disgorgement of profits and compensatory and punitive damages."

"There's zero possibility of me having anything to do with Slash other than by ambush, and that wouldn't be pretty," Rose said in 2009. "In a nutshell, personally I consider him a cancer and better removed, avoided." Rose also sued his former manager Irving Azoff, the CEO of Live Nation Ticketmaster, accusing Azoff of conspiring to assemble a Guns N' Roses reunion tour that included Slash. That legal tiff is likely the reason why Axl's GNR hasn't toured the U.S. on its "Chinese Democracy" trek.

Slash, on the other hand, is not bitter about the breakup and would rather move on.