Saul "Slash" Hudson
June 10, 1993
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Axl may be the leader of Guns N' Roses. The guitarist Slash is still the one who most live
the rock n' roll myth. He poses hapilly with Jack Daniels bottles, snakes and tattoos. He
IS rock n' roll - just as much as Kieth Richards in Rolling Stones and Steven Tyler in
Aersomith.
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But with the myth comes also the discomfort.
- I started abuse heroin already in the beginning of the groups career. At
first I smoked it, then sniffing it and finally I injected it. I was a total drug addict,
have he admitted in interviews. The turning point came when the group did a show as
opening act for Rolling Stones. Axl declared from stage that drugs were tearing the group
apart and that he should quit the band. Slash went to Hawaii to deal with his problems.
Hopefully has he succeded, there are no middle-situations for an addict. But he keeps it
no secret that the Jack Daniels bottle still is his best friend. But it has been given
wholesome competition from Slash's love Renée Suran, they married in the beginning of
1993. Slash was a loner and hadn't too many friends before he became a guitarist. Guns N'
Roses formed 1985, and today is it more people then ever who wants to be his friends.
- I don't trust that many people, but I have a few close friends. Actually I
had it pretty good while growing up. I could have become much worse then I am today... He
has played on other people's records. Among others he have guested Bob Dylan, Iggy Pop,
Michael Jackson, Lenny Kravitz and Alice Cooper.
- Everyone I've played with is artists that I respect, but now it's almost
become too much. It's like it's become hip have me on a record...
- Bob Dylan was a mistake from the beginning to the end. He said two
sentences on the whole time. The first was "Hi", the other were "Play like
Django Reinhardt."
- Hell no...
* Civil Status: Married to Renée Suran.
* Plays: Guitar.
* Number of snakes: 10.
* Was born in England 28 years ago.
* Moved to USA from England with his parents in the beginning of the 70's.
* His mother Ola Hudson is colored (which caused headlines when Guns wrote lyrics
containing words like nigger) and also a famous designer who have created clothes for many
artists.
* The father Anthony created recordcovers for among others Neil Young and Joni
Mitchell. When the parents separeted was David Bowie Slash's stepfather during a
period when his mother dated David.
* He got his first guitar from his grandmother. |