Axl Rose has done quite a few things outside of singing for the legendary rock band Guns N’ Roses. He has also appeared on television a few times as well. Back in 2021, Axl Rose actually made a cameo, albeit as an animated version of himself, on Scooby-Doo And Guess Who? The series aired on Boomerang in February of that year.
In the episode, the gang (Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy, and, of course, Scooby) embarks on a road trip on Route 66. There, a group of mysterious creature steal the Mystery Machine. While stranded out in the desert, the group decides to seek shelter in an old diner. Upon approaching the diner, they discover Guns N’ Roses’ Axl Rose hanging out outside near his motorcycle.
The show really wanted to hammer home that it was indeed Axl Rose, as he was described as “singer, songwriter, musician, and total rock God, Axl Rose.” Naturally, he already had rapport with Shaggy and Scooby, too.
Throughout the episode, as the gang explores the case at hand, each member begins to disappear. All that is left is Axl Rose, Shaggy, and Scooby, who are tasked with solving the mystery alone.
Around the time of the show’s release, Rose was also busy working on a new album with Guns N’ Roses. The record was the follow-up to the 2008 release Chinese Democracy, but was unfortunately never released. However, in October of 2021, the band released a few reworked singles from Chinese Democracy.
Axl Rose’s ‘Scooby-Doo’ Cameo Isn’t His Only Television Appearance
Axl Rose opting to offer his vocal chops to the 2021 episode of Scooby-Doo wasn’t his only venture into acting, or at least voice acting. Rose also appeared in an episode of the animated series New Looney Tunes in 2018, where he portrayed himself.
Just as well, Rose has also appeared in a few other films and even video games. He was in the 1988 Clint Eastwood film The Dead Pool, where he played a musician at a funeral and was uncredited in the film. Rose also offered his voice acting talents to the 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, where he is the voice of Tommy “The Nightmare” Smith on the K-DST radio station that plays in the game. He also reprised the role in the 2021 remaster of that game, titled Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy / Definitive Edition.
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