People go there religiously, and that's probably why I go there.New chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has launched his Tory leadership bid with the promise of tax cuts. It's a cool place - they've got a bar, they play rock music, it's the last vestige of cool rock 'n' roll in the city. The Rainbow is like the community center of the area. It's sort of a trip because I'm probably one of them. You see people you haven't seen for 20 years, and they pretty much look the same now as they did then. The Rainbow and Viper Room are almost like in a time warp. I still go to the Roxy and the Viper Room every so often. I still live close to the Strip, just up the hill, and when people are visiting from out of town, the first place I send them is the Rainbow. It was all so great that's where I brought my band up. And we practically lived at Tower Records. So I have very vivid memories of the Rainbow and the Roxy, and the Whisky was a huge point of interest at that time. "They were both in the music business, and the whole reason we lived where we did was because of the recording industry. In the 1970s, my family moved from England to the Laurel Canyon area, and my parents were very much dialed in to the whole Sunset Strip scene," said the rocker. Velvet Revolver's plans to become a rock band of great magnitude are definitely in the works, and Slash himself has earned his title as one of the greatest rock n' roll guitar players in history. They are now going to show up on the second Live Aid concert along with many other huge artists, which will be held in London. Velvet Revolver's debut album Contraband (2004) was long-awaited and sold incredibly well. In 2003, Velvet Revolver was formed by the former members of Guns N' Roses Slash, Duff and Matt (who replaced Steven in 1990), Scott Weiland (vocals) from Stone Temple Pilots and Dave Kushner (guitar) from Wasted Youth. It's not surprising that he wore black leather pants, a white shirt and his faithful black leather jacket to the wedding! His new status as a married man didn't slow him down, though. In 2000, Slash met Perla Ferrar and on October 15, 2001, married her. Guns N' Roses as we knew them then, was terminated by the result as Slash decided to leave the band, handing all rights of the band name over to Axl.Īfter this Slash did a few gigs here and there, formed a band called Blues Ball who played blues covers, and even brought back Slash's Snakepit as he said he would, although they didn't last very long this time either. During this time Slash and Axl were having some heated arguments about Guns N' Roses and what would happen next. With the success of this bands album It's Five O'Clock Somewhere (1995), Slash told the public that Slash's Snakepit would be back again. Slash however, needed to play music and so he formed his own band Slash's Snakepit.
But after the Use Your Illusion tour, GNR decided to take a break. Album sales went sky high and the band was having a blast on their world tours, and during this time Slash worked with artists like Michael Jackson on the Dangerous album and Lenny Kravitz, just to name two. Soon enough, GNR were known across the globe as the new rock n' roll sensation. Soon a bass player answered one of Slash's ads in the paper, and Slash (guitar), Steven (drums), Izzy (guitar), Axl (vocals) and Duff McKagan (bass) formed Guns N' Roses in 1986. Then he met Izzy Stradlin who played in a band with Axl Rose, and after hearing Axl sing live, he was set on getting him in his band. After meeting Steven Adler the two of them formed a band called Road Crew.
As he lived in Los Angeles, a city flourishing with new, young rock bands, he quickly got in touch with people to jam with. Slash eventually got so tired of school that he dropped out in 11th grade. When he was 15 he got his first guitar, and his schoolwork started to go downhill as he skipped class to sit playing guitar all day. During this time Slash got interested in BMX riding, and went on to win several awards and money in competitions. In the mid 70s his parents separated and Slash moved in with his grandmother. Slash became sort of an outsider at school since he didn't really fit in with other kids. When Slash was 11 he moved with his mother to Los Angeles, leaving his father behind in England, although he eventually joined them in L.A. Both his parents worked in the entertainment business, his mother being a clothing designer (she did some of David Bowie's costumes) and his father being an art director for a record company. Saul Hudson, mainly known as Slash, was born on July 23, 1965, and was raised in Stoke-on-Trent.
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