With the weekend almost arrived and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony ready to happen Sat. April 14, the former lead singer of Guns 'N Roses's Axl Rose official said pass to the induction.

"I respectfully decline my induction as a member of Guns N' Roses to the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame," the 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. The news ends now months of speculation regarding what would happen at the ceremony in Cleveland this April. Green Day will be presenting the Guns 'N Roses induction.

Rose said there's no chance of any kind of reunion for the popular band, adding he'd only share the stage with ex-mates Izzy Stradlin and Duff McKagan again, as there's still white hot tension with Steven Adler and Slash, who recently told Rolling Stone, "Rose hates my guts. It's over a lot of different stuff; I don't even know," the guitarist said. "There's just no communication between us."

Rose wrapped up saying, "So let sleeping dogs lie or lying dogs sleep or whatever. Time to move on. People get divorced."