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
dad huge lead roll
My dad is a huge rock n' roll lead guitar fan.
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.
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.
music vast
We had a really vast music collection and I was raised around rock'n'roll, it's just the way it was.
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.
british consider
I do consider myself British. I have very strong feelings about my British heritage.