Guitarist Slash talks about pacemakers that have been shut down, his cat who recently died of lymphoma and how an ex-junkie can get through the lockdown.
Interviewed by
Jacob Biazza
In the USA there are actually concerts again. Anyway, you can reach Slash on tour – west coast, lots of home games. Good to come in, it’s been a while. His current band Slash feat. Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators stopping in Sacramento right now. The day before they played in Seattle. Their album “4” was released on Friday, which is probably not to be taken too lightly when one says that there is no decisive twist in pop history, but it is quite full of very fine energy – massive, roughly welded riffs, old ones , bumpy rock mechanics. fans will like that. You talk to the guitarist, whose real name is Saul Hudson, via Zoom. The camera stays off, but the answers come at lightning speed, ready for printing, very relaxed. Wasn’t always like that. In any case, his autobiography, published in 2007, works quite well as an anti-drug campaign. Memorable sentence, for example: “That’s a wonderful side effect of leather pants: When you pee yourself in them, they’re more forgiving than jeans.” In other words: when it comes to incontinence, lederhosen are more forgiving than jeans.