Slash by Slash, Anthony Bozza Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Slash
Book Review: Great Book
Summary: 4 Stars
Very interesting page turner! As soon as I started reading this book I was intrigued, anxious and entertained. Once I have my fill of reading a few chapters at a time, I can't wait to go back for more. Great book! And I got mine autographed...wooo hooo I love Slash!Book Review: Great Book
Summary: 5 Stars
Even if you are not a GnR fan, this book has alot to offer. I highly recommend!Book Review: Great Read
Summary: 4 Stars
Ok, this book is certainly not the most well written biography out there. Yes, there are a few phrases that repeat over and over (but we'll get to that later, which most of the time he never did) and there are some elementary grammar errors, but if you are a Guns N Roses fan, you'll rip right through this book.
I tried hard not to like Slash, but by the end I was rooting for him and reading as fast as I could to get to the next part of his life. There is plenty in there that I had never heard before. I was impressed he didn't fill the book with pages of party stories and was even more impressed at how carefully he chose his words when talking about Axl.
A few of the concerts that he spoke about I was actually at. I always assumed the collective group were against the audience, it was wonderful to read what happened from the other side.
I was actually sad when I got to the last page. It's too bad he rushed through the ending, I felt like his kids were tossed in the last few pages without much thought or reflection on how fatherhood changed his life, if at all.
Great read, true fans will not be disappointed.
Book Review: Great Read!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I was pleasantly surprised by this biography, well told and written. Brings the rock star down to earth.Book Review: Great insight into an iconic band.
Summary: 4 Stars
This isn't the type of book I normally read but it was staring me in the face from some website, and I had to have it. I remember the GN'R phenomenon like it was yesterday. This is a comprehensive, well-written accounting of the life of a real rock-and-roller and of a loose bunch that came together, exploded in popularity beyond proportion, and then imploded.
Slash really tries not to burn bridges in this book, and I think to rail against Axl - as would be tempting - would have left a bad taste in a reader's mouth anyway. Instead he played it as cool as he could. One comes away from this book really liking and appreciating Slash as a person.
I found it sort of odd that he would focus on Doug Goldstein as a prime factor in bringing down the band. It appears that before Goldstein took over, Guns was headed where it ended up. They never had the kind of management or outside assistance that would deal with the personal dysfunctions. Slash is an easy-going guy, and maybe that is too bad because he is the only member that had the power, in terms of what he meant to GN'R and their fans - to get through to Axl, assuming that could be done.
As I was reading this, I was constantly thinking about what Axl's take on all this might be, and one possibility is clear - Axl Rose may have thought that he was the only member that had his act together during prolonged periods when the other guys had tremendous substance abuse problems, and maybe that did foster a lack of respect for his bandmates.
But who knows? These guys are real artists, complete with the real artists' temperments, and my guess is that it will be a long time before we see Axl's autobiography. In the meantime, Slash is still out there with Duff and Matt making music, and I appreciate that.