Slash - Slash & Anthony Bozza

Slash

By Slash & Anthony Bozza

  • Release Date: 2009-10-13
  • Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
4.5 Score: 4.5 (From 708 Ratings)

Book Synopsis

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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Latest Impressions

  • Pretty good

    3
    By ktr0731
    I’m not a huge guns and roses fan but thought this was a really interesting read
  • Great read

    5
    By Cassmilrya
    Good book 🤘
  • I really enjoyed it

    5
    By kittycake1
    I had just read Duff and Steven's books, so following with this was natural. It was interesting to get each of their perspectives on the GNR era. We're pretty close in age and i live in the same area, so it was easy to remember and picture the places and the people he talks about. Slash didn't hold any punches and is very honest. The only thing that bugged me was the radio station mentioned a few times. It's KNAC, Not KNEC as printed. 105.5. It's no longer here, but it deserved to be corrected. And his mention of the Gazzari's commercial was great, it was a staple on 94.7 KMET. I've quoted it over the decades. If you're a GNR fan and interested in what made it tick, any if he books by these guys are great.
  • Full experience ride through one of the internationally famous rock band of our lifetime

    5
    By What it iz...
    Read this book years ago, but if you like Guns N’ Roses or a Slash fan what a great book! felt like I was right there with them! Wild ride! ups and hard downs! Learning who the parents where and, who they were in the music and art world. Bmx racing...
  • Revisiting junior high

    4
    By tokyotx
    GNR reminds me so much of junior high. I took up guitar the same year that Appetite was released, and it's great to get inside stories on what was happening (I really wish Izzy would write one, too). Still some unanswered questions about how and why Use Your Illusion was put together the way it was and what the heck happened to the original mix that apparently sounded so much better. I distinctly remember being so irritated with that record and how it came out at the same time as so many legendary "grunge" records. Unfortunately that combo made it such an easy transition away from the new GNR.
  • So so

    2
    By Pengwinguy
    Sex, lots of drugs, alcoholism and music. Typical rocker autobiography. But he was so unhappy all the time, so messed up, so abusive to his body it just became a very depressing read after awhile.
  • LKris

    4
    By High fitting
    great book
  • Well Done!

    5
    By Dboth9812
    Done in good taste and with class! Thanks for sharing with us Slash!
  • Good

    3
    By MattHilary
    I just finished Steven's book and I really liked it. He is such a big kid with a big heart! I really wanted to read Slash's side, so I purchased his book and I liked it ok. I feel Slash and the others in GnR could have handled the situation with Steven better but that's just my opinion. Slash is human just like the rest of us except he is in the public eye and that creates its own set of issues! I know I would never want cameras following me around during my years of hanging out in Hollywood in the '80's!!!
  • Slash

    5
    By ttm96_
    Raw but inspiring, thank you for shearing!