Entertainment | Axl Rose Axl Rose to Cleveland: Sorry, You Rock He says decision to snub Hall of Fame has received a lot of support By Rob Quinn Posted Apr 18, 2012 6:24 AM CDT Copied Guns N' Roses, from left: Matt Sorum, Steven Adler, Duff McKagan and Slash appear in the press room after induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland on the weekend, (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta) Axl Rose wants the people of Cleveland to know his decision to shun Guns N' Roses' Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction over the weekend was nothing personal. "I would like to apologize to Cleveland, Ohio, for not apologizing to them beforehand for not attending [the ceremony] in their city," he writes in an open letter on the band's website, saying he has received an "overwhelmingly positive response" to his decision. "I think they know how much I genuinely love performing there. Cleveland does in fact Rock!!" "I still don't exactly know or understand what the Hall is or how or why it makes money, where the money goes, who chooses the voters and why anyone or this board decides who, out of all the artists in the world that have contributed to this genre, officially 'rock' enough to be in the Hall?" Rose writes, congratulating other inductees and offering an anecdote: "I once bought a homeless woman a slice of pizza who yelled at me she wanted soup. We got her the soup. You can get your own." Read These Next New Fox star, 23, misses first day after car troubles. Man accused of killing his daughters might be dead. White House rolls with Trump's 'daddy' nickname. Iran's supreme leader makes first public comments since ceasefire. Report an error