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Slash: The Autobiography
Slash: The Autobiography
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Published:
29 October, 2007
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The long-awaited, never-before-told, no-holds-barred memoir from the legendary Guns N' Roses guitarist. Finally, all the lurid tales of sex, drugs and rock n' roll are revealed as Slash describes his incredible rollercoaster journey as part of the biggest rock band in the world, living life to the full in the 80s. The mass of black curls. The top hat. The cigarette dangling from pouty lips. These are the trademarks of one of the world's greatest and most revered guitarists, a celebrity musician known by one name: Slash. Saul Slash Hudson was born in Hampstead to a Jewish father and a black American mother who created David Bowie's look in The Man Who Fell to Earth. He was raised in Stoke until he was 11, when he and his mother moved to LA. Frequent visitors to the house were David Bowie, Joni Mitchell, Ronnie Wood and Iggy Pop. At this time Slash got into BMX bikes and would eventually turn professional, winning major awards and money, but at 15 his grandmother gave him his first guitar. Sessions with numerous local LA rock bands followed until a fateful meeting with singer W Axl Rose!and the rest was rock history. Guns N' Roses spent two years builiding their reputation before Appetite for Destruction was unleashed on an unsuspecting world. Chart success and global domination followed but with it came the inevitable fall -- addicted to heroin, booze and cigarettes the band imploded in a rift between Axl and Slash that is as deep today as ever. But with a new wife, kids and new band Velvet Revolver, Slash is back on track. As raucous and edgy as his music, Slash sets the record straight and tells the real story as only Slash can.
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780007257751 |
| ISBN10 | 0007257759 |
| Number Of Pages | 480 |
| Item Weight | 761 g |
| Product Dimensions | 162 x 44 x 224 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | HarperCollins Entertainment |
| Format | hardback |
| Edition | Reprint |
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Author's Bio
Saul Slash Hudson was born in Hampstead in 1965. He moved with his family to Stoke before emigrating with his mother to LA when he was 11. Given his first guitar by his grandmother when he was 15 Slash went on to play in various local bands before teaming up with Izzy Stradlin and Axl Rose to form Guns N' Roses in 1985. He left in 1996 to form Slash's Snakepit, and then Velvet Revolver. Slash currently lives in LA with his wife and two sons. Anthony Bozza is the author of two New York and Sunday Times bestsellers, What You Say I Am: The Life and Times of Eminem and TommyLand, the autobiography of Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee.