This week, Nix is celebrating his 25th birthday, and his wife Izzy, who has been by his side since bursting onto the scene as a highly-touted recruit at Auburn, was ready to make his heart melt.

Sure, the classic lineup of Axl Rose, Slash, Duff McKagan, Izzy Stradlin, and Steven Adler is no more, but the band has made a resurgence through its extremely profitable reunion tour that kicked ...