Slash
Slash
Rose to fame as the lead guitarist of the Los Angeles-based hard rock band Guns N' Roses. His guitar prowess is best exemplified on such tracks as "Sweet Child o' Mine," "Paradise City" and "November Rain."
NationalityBritish
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth23 July 1965
CityHampstead, England
rock-and-roll rocks dixie
I got into rock-and-roll because I wanted the chicks. The Dixie Chicks.
guitar rocks together
I always loved rock guitar. I just never put it together that that's what I'd end up doing.
sex rocks hands
Drugs and sex go hand in hand when you're a rock and roll musician. Whereas if I were a violinist, it might be a little different.
attitude gun rocks
When I see footage of Guns N' Roses, I see that fu**ing hunger and attitude. You could not f**k with those five guys. It was just raw. It was this lean, hungry thing on its way up. It was as sincere as any rock 'n' roll that I've ever heard, and I'm proud of that.
fun attitude rocks
Rock n' roll is about attitude and rebellion. It's supposed to be fun and spontaneous.
want rockstars intersections
Being a rockstar is the intersection of who you are and who you want to be.
british consider
I do consider myself British. I have very strong feelings about my British heritage.
desire hang time
I still party all the time and hang out with everyone who drinks, but I just don't personally, and don't really have the desire to get blitzed drunk any more.
music vast
We had a really vast music collection and I was raised around rock'n'roll, it's just the way it was.
musically record
I think that was the whole idea behind doing the solo record was to be able to do musically whatever I wanted to do.
black came cheap cool hard listening music parents rock ted though time
So when I got to be about 13 or 14, I started listening - even though my parents music was way cool - to contemporary hard rock at that time, which was Aerosmith, Cheap Trick, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Ted Nugent and all that, and that's just where I came from.
berry chuck four notes roll soon sort taken
And, as soon as I could put together the, you know, three or four notes that made up, like, sort of a rock and roll lick, you know, like a Chuck Berry kind of thing, I was off and running. Just completely taken over.
dad huge lead roll
My dad is a huge rock n' roll lead guitar fan.
almost felt picked playing prior spoke
And, so, when I picked up the guitar, suddenly, just playing a couple of notes really, really spoke to me. It was almost like I should have been doing it prior to that. You know, it was something that just felt really natural.