Biography

Slash was born in Hampstead in England on July 23, 1965. His real name is Saul Hudson. His mother is a Black American, and his father is a white Englishman. Both parents are artistic and work in the entertainment field. His mother is a clothing designer for entertainers. His father provides art direction for record albums. At the age of 11 Slash moved to Los Angeles with his mother while his father remained in England. Slash was an immigrant in the United States so he remained one for many years. The family eventually lived together again in L.A. The long hair, jeans and t-shirts that he wore didn’t exactly fit with the other kids. While in high school Slash’s grandmother gave him his first guitar. Although it had just one string, SLASH was able to learn to play. Slash’s early musical influences were Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, the Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck and Neil Young. Slash was playing his guitar at least 12 hours a day. His schoolwork suffered when he skipped classes and sat in the bench all day playing guitar. School may have suffered, but his social life got better! The other kids now thought Slash was cool.
Eventually Slash gave up on school and stoped in eleventh grade. Another education was waiting for him in the L.A. band scene. Slash met Steven Adler, who formed the band Road Crew, and was looking for a good singer. Then he met Izzy Stradlin who played for him a tape of Axl Rose singing. Slash went to see Axl perform and immediately wanted to steal him from Izzy, but the two of them were fast friends. Slash found his bass player, Duff McKagan when Duff answered a post that Slash had placed in the paper. All the players changed combinations, but the result was Guns N' Roses! With a lot of talent, the band became an international success. After that Slash became a US citizen and decided to not migrate again!!