By Breaking Celebrity News Staff

Cleveland will not witness Axl Rose's famous shuffle when Guns N' Roses enters the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame this weekend.

"I respectfully decline my induction as a member of Guns N' Roses to the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame," the screechy rocker said in a letter he penned to the institution Wednesday, citing past friction with bandmates as the primary reason he's passing on the ceremony.

"No offense meant to anyone," the Indiana-born singer wrote, "but the Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony doesn't appear to be somewhere I'm actually wanted or respected."

Rose, 50, said after giving the idea much thought, he concluded his presence would make for a "somewhat of a complicated or awkward situation," as he's virtually been estranged from his former running mates the past 16 years.

Click here to read Axl's full letter!