Slash

Biography

Best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Guns N' Roses, who he played with from 1985 to 1996, Slash has since appeared in Slash's Snakepit and Velvet Revolver, as well as launching a solo career.

Slash is the son of a white English father and an African-American mother, and he has called himself a "proud" dual citizen of the United Kingdom and the United States. A British national ...

Trivia

His mother, a prominent costume maker who designed outfits for prolific bands such as The Beatles, was romantically tied to David Bowie for a time whilst Slash was growing up.

Slash owns more than 100 guitars, even if he prefers the Gibson Les Paul, which he has called "the best all-around guitar for me". His main studio guitar is a 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard replica.

Slash was rumoured ...