"It's a great statement by Axl"
Slash, former Guns N' Roses guitarist, talks about "Chinese Democracy" and his autobiography
- VANITYFAIR.DE:
- An autobiography often marks the end of a certain period. What kind of period was it in your case?
- Slash:
- The era of Guns N' Roses. I often struggled with the concept of writing a book, but I never did, because I didn’t want it to sound like I reached the end of my rope and was planning my retiring. But I really needed to put a cap on all the Guns N’ Roses rumours which were inaccurate. There are too many people who write books about us and have no idea what the truth was.
- VF.DE:
- You don't do any dirty laundry however...
- Slash:
- No. I didn’t want the book to be a vehicle to vent my frustration. I just wanted to be fair and honest, because I realized that my point of view is only one point of view.
- VF.DE:
- Let’s imagine “Appetite for Destruction" would be released today. Do you think it could still have the same impact as it had in 1987?
- Slash:
- That’s a fucking good question. I think if "Appetite for Destruction" came out right the second, it would have as much or even more impact – in this abyss which this industry has become. If there was ever a time you needed a record like “Appetite…”, it would be now. And that’s why it was so popular back in the eighties, because kids were given very few options as far as rock’n’roll was concerned. It was all becoming very corporate at that time. And Guns N’ Roses was the answer to that, the antithesis of what the 80s were about. So a band like Guns N’ Roses with its genuine angst and greediness would be exactly the shot in the arm everybody needs right now.
