öt ley ▁Cr ü e , ▁Iron ▁Ma iden , ▁the ▁Ram ones , ▁Girl school , ▁Joan ▁J ett ▁and ▁Neil ▁Young , ▁they ▁had ▁craft ed ▁their ▁own ▁unique , ▁sle azy ▁style ▁of ▁rock ▁' n ' ▁roll , ▁once ▁being ▁described ▁as ▁" a ▁der a iled ▁train ▁hitting ▁a ▁Bapt ist ▁Church ". ▁Lem my ▁from ▁Mot ör head ▁described ▁Kill ▁Che er le ader ▁as ▁the ▁" gre at est ▁rock ▁n ' ▁roll ▁band ▁since ▁G uns ▁N ' ▁Ros es ." ▁ ▁Biography ▁ ▁The ▁original ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁group ▁were ▁child hood ▁friends ▁who ▁learned ▁their ▁instruments ▁pract icing ▁old ▁G uns ▁N ' ▁Ros es , ▁The ▁Sto og es ▁and ▁M öt ley ▁Cr ü e ▁songs . ▁A ▁band ▁member ▁reported ly ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁name ▁came ▁from ▁miser able ▁high ▁school ▁experiences , ▁saying , ▁" be at ▁up ▁the ▁j ock s ▁and ▁kill ▁the ▁cheer le aders ". ▁They ▁started ▁off ▁playing ▁shows ▁in ▁Toronto ▁but ▁were ▁soon ▁b anned ▁from ▁clubs ▁for ▁their ▁on ▁and ▁off ▁stage ▁ant ics . ▁They ▁started ▁playing ▁shows ▁in ▁Southern ▁California ▁after ▁being ▁invited ▁by ▁Chris ▁S quire ▁to ▁open ▁dates ▁for ▁his ▁gar age ▁punk ▁group , ▁The ▁T ori ▁Cob ras . ▁During ▁this ▁tour ▁S quire ▁introduced ▁the ▁band ▁to ▁professional ▁sk ate board er , ▁K ris ▁Mark ov ich , ▁landing ▁Kill ▁Che er le ader ▁the ▁opening ▁music ▁track ▁in ▁Mark ov ich ' s