{"product_id":"slash-9780061351426","title":"Slash","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom 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 historys 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 Slashs 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 Slashs 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: its funny  honest  inspiring  jaw-dropping . . . and  in a word  excessive.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646885388341,"sku":"ByrdShop_0061351423","price":21.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780061351426.jpg?v=1781679955","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/slash-9780061351426","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}