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 III and .
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 survivedinsane, 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.
Biography
Slash lives in Los Angeles, California, with his wife Perla, and their two sons, London and Cash.
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http://www.books.com.tw/exep/prod/booksfile.php?item=F011222871好久沒寫有關槍的新文章了，
我想我還處在沉澱期，在老搖滾窩裡流連許久。
剛剛又在我的聯盟那兒狠狠聽了Sweet Child o Mine許久，多年來再熟悉也不過的感動重上心頭。
嘿Guys，我不能沒有你們，看著你們似乎也回望著我，我就快樂的飛上天~~
每首老搖滾情歌都像在訴說著類似的故事，
我似乎都可以在其他同輩搖滾團裡看到你們的影子。只是你們的結局悲慘，
即使你們每一個都還在世...但是那種誤會、仇視真的很傷人...
隨著老鷹復出，相信所有槍迷心中都會浮上同一句問號：那槍呢？
讓我把這首歌獻給你-Axl，
ㄧ想到我和年輕時代的你ㄧ樣著迷這首歌，ㄧ想到16歲的你在洗澡時最喜歡唱他們的歌，我就覺得很幸福~
Eagles-Hotel California
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mlxQ16Wcpk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJt86UqHtX8
