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Slash, November 2007
Hardcover
Harper Entertainment
November 2007
On Sale: November 1, 2007
480 pages
ISBN: 0061351423
EAN: 9780061351426
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From one of the greatest rock guitarists of our era
comes a memoir that redefines sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll
He was born in England but reared in L.A.,
surrounded by the leading artists of the day amidst the
vibrant hotbed of music and culture that was the early
seventies. Slash spent his adolescence on the streets of
Hollywood, discovering drugs, drinking, rock music, and
girls, all while achieving notable status as a BMX rider.
But everything changed in his world the day he first held
the beat-up one-string guitar his grandmother had discarded
in a closet. The instrument became his voice and it
triggered a lifelong passion that made everything else
irrelevant. As soon as he could string chords and a solo
together, Slash wanted to be in a band and sought out
friends with similar interests. His closest friend, Steven
Adler, proved to be a conspirator for the long haul. As
hairmetal bands exploded onto the L.A. scene and topped the
charts, Slash sought his niche and a band that suited his
raw and gritty sensibility. He found salvation in
the form of four young men of equal mind: Axl Rose, Izzy
Stradlin, Steven Adler, and Duff McKagan. Together they
became Guns N' Roses, one of the greatest rock 'n' roll
bands of all time. Dirty, volatile, and as authentic as the
streets that weaned them, they fought their way to the top
with groundbreaking albums such as the iconic Appetite
for Destruction and Use Your Illusion I and
II. Here, for the first time ever, Slash
tells the tale that has yet to be told from the inside: how
the band came together, how they wrote the music that
defined an era, how they survived insane, never-ending
tours, how they survived themselves, and, ultimately, how it
all fell apart. This is a window onto the world of the
notoriously private guitarist and a seat on the
roller-coaster ride that was one of history's greatest rock
'n' roll machines, always on the edge of self-destruction,
even at the pinnacle of its success. This is a candid
recollection and reflection of Slash's friendships past and
present, from easygoing Izzy to ever-steady Duff to
wild-child Steven and complicated Axl. It is also
an intensely personal account of struggle and triumph: as
Guns N' Roses journeyed to the top, Slash battled his
demons, escaping the overwhelming reality with women,
heroin, coke, crack, vodka, and whatever else came along.
He survived it all: lawsuits, rehab, riots,
notoriety, debauchery, and destruction, and ultimately found
his creative evolution. From Slash's Snakepit to his current
band, the massively successful Velvet Revolver, Slash found
an even keel by sticking to his guns. Slash
is everything the man, the myth, the legend, inspires: it's
funny, honest, inspiring, jaw-dropping . . . and, in a word,
excessive.
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