![]() ![]() “David Bowie, once, when I was going through my serious hallucination phase. And I’ve never been one to go, ‘Oh, I’ve got a story about this person…’ I keep that stuff pretty close to the vest, but it was a very colourful time.”ĭid anyone ever offer any helpful advice during that heavy time? I don’t think I could say one particular party stands out. ![]() “The whole time from 1987 and all the way into the ’90s, and God knows when, there was a lot of drinking and a lot of craziness and partying, and just excessive… you know. What were you like back in the days of Appetite For Destruction? I ended up being really secluded, and drinking and drugging myself to death. #AXL ROSE AND SLASH HOW TO#“So, fame: yeah, I didn’t know how to process it,” he says. Being a workaholic has come easily to him, he says, although the job has occasionally taken its toll. Then there’s his solo project, Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators, which followed on the heels of a reunion tour with Axl Rose and co. In his lifetime so far, the man born as Saul Hudson has rewritten the rulebook, first with the stadium-sized, hard rock hand grenade of Guns N’ Roses, before forming supergroup Velvet Revolver last decade. It’s somewhat akin to strolling into London Zoo only to discover that David Attenborough is hanging out with the armadillos.Īnd there’s plenty to discuss, too. Given these surroundings, our reunion with the Guns N’ Roses totem, platinum-selling solo force and one-time riffing foil to Michael Jackson seems reassuringly appropriate. ![]() Meanwhile, the man himself waits nearby, dressed in black jeans, T-shirt and mirrored shades, his look offset by a backwards baseball cap before swapping it for what’s in the box for the benefit of his latest Kerrang! photoshoot. And perched upon a boardroom table sits a box containing the most recognisable top hat in the world. Stacks of Marshall amps act as eye candy decoration pieces. Office walls are decorated with guitars of various vintages and salary-crushing price tags. This time, though, his tardiness may have cost him a pretty healthy payout.It's afternoon in London’s Gibson Guitars HQ, and Slash has been hemmed in by the hammers and tongs of his noisy craft. More recently, Rose landed in hot water after showing up late to various concerts in the U.K., leaving thousands of fans furious. Guns ‘n’ Roses fans know that lateness is an ongoing issue with Axl Rose his band’s fourth album Chinese Democracy famously took fifteen years to be released, by which time Rose had replaced all of the original personnel in the band. It took Rose three years after the game’s 2007 release to file formal complaints against Activision and Slash, which may have been his legal undoing. However, Slash appeared in game advertisements and as a playable avatar, forcing Rose to accuse Activision of breaching their contract with him. He first sued Activision, claiming that he only licensed the song “Welcome To The Jungle” to the game developers on the condition that Slash not appear in the game. Rose is currently suing Slash over the guitarist’s appearance in Activision’s Guitar Hero III video game. Judge Charles Palmer told reporters that he’s inclined to dismiss the case because Rose waited too long to bring his case before a judge. According to a story in the Hollywood Reporter, Guns ‘n’ Roses singer Axl Rose’s most recent lawsuit against his former bandmate Slash may end up being tossed out of court. ![]()
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