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       Slash - Slash
       By: Chip Date: July 21, 2011, 8:58 pm
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       [CENTER]Slash (2007)
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       I've been on the biggest book run ever in the past couple of
       months. This one was the one that started it off for me.
       I have been meaning to pick this up to read for quite some time.
       It's only NOW that I finally got around  to it. Was it worth the
       wait? Yeah. It's a pretty good read, especially for anyone that
       is a fan of Guns N' Roses, Slash or just the Rock and Roll
       lifestyle. It's all there and then some. I thought I knew
       everything there was to know about GN'R. There were a lot of
       things that I didn't even know about till I read the book. I
       took a lot of what I heard about the band over the years with a
       grain of salt because the information was coming from those that
       claimed to be on the inside or knew someone that was in the
       band, etc.... We all know how people like to make sh*t up just
       to get their names out there. So, it was nice to finally get all
       the dirt from the man himself once and for all. As good a read
       as it is, and it is a great read as I couldn't put it down at
       all, it's not a perfect book.
       My only complaint about the book itself is in the structure of
       how it was written and put together. It's not a linear telling
       of the pivotal moments in the creation of one of the biggest
       rock bands of all time. There are times that Slash (or is it the
       doings of his co-writer?) would go off on tangents out of
       nowhere, not related to what he was talking about a moment ago.
       And other times he mentions a particular incident but that he
       will get back to that later in full detail, only to never touch
       upon it again. The other thing I wanted to hear more about was
       Slash's relationship with Michael Jackson and the songs that
       they did together. This is only mentioned twice in the book and
       was extremely short at that. Oh well.
       Other than that I would definitely recommend this book to anyone
       that is a fan and even a non-fan. There are some lasting images
       that will stick with me forever after reading his book. Some
       funny (Slash dressing up in drag to sneak into a bar on ladies
       night) and some not so funny (Slash's numerous drug encounters).
       One last thing. Slash mentions that they had a documentary crew
       filming pretty much everything during the Use Your Illusions
       Tour. But unfortunately it's locked away in the vault, which is
       where it will stay until the guys can get their sh*t together
       and get through all this legal bullsh*t. I'm salivating at the
       idea of seeing this footage of behind the scenes stuff. But I
       just don't ever see this happening. Before I read the book I
       have always said that we will see a reunion of the original
       GN'R...some day.
       And now, after having read the book? Um...I'm going to say it's
       more like 5% chance of that ever happening. Ugh. But then again,
       if Van Halen and The Police can get back together, anything is
       possible.
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       Re: Slash - Slash
       By: ChipRawks Date: August 8, 2011, 1:13 pm
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       [CENTER]Slash Book Chat with Rainn Wilson
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       Re: Slash - Slash
       By: Chiprocks1 Date: July 4, 2012, 5:23 pm
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       [center]Slash: My last words to Axl Rose
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       Re: Slash - Slash
       By: Chiprocks1 Date: July 11, 2012, 7:54 am
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       [center]Slash gets Hollywood Star
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       Charlie Sheen needs better joke writers. Weak. Slash ftw.
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