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Facemelter Episode 12: Slash

Posted at 2:10 PM on March 25, 2008 by Brett Baldwin (1 Comments)

Slash's life-story lives up to — or exceeds — the expectations for such a larger-than-life guitarist. Here's a sample of fascinating facts about the guitarist formerly known as Saul Hudson.

  • His father is Anthony Hudson, album cover designer for Geffen Records, including Joni Mitchell's Court and Spark.

  • His mother is clothing designer Ola Hudson. Her work includes costumes for David Bowie in The Man Who Fell to Earth.

  • In Slash, the autobiography of Slash, by Slash, the former Guns N' Roses guitarist credited Seymour Cassel with giving him the nickname "Slash" because he was always on the go and never sitting still.

  • Slash and Steven Adler (G n' R Drummer from '85 –'90) both failed auditions to join 80s Hair Metal band Poison.

And it makes me wonder: does how he grew up seem incredible because of who he ended up being, or is he an awesome guitar player because of the extraordinary circumstances in which he was raised?

Thank about that for a minute, man.

Comments (1)

Slash is awesome. not just at guitar but he looks like a pretty cool normal like dude. Kinda reminds you of that one guy in the neighborhood that is stuck in the eighties, lives/plays guitar in his moms basement, etc. Except he actually made it:bowdown:

Posted by Marcus Brotato | March 26, 2008 4:47 AM

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