Slash
by Anthony Bozza, Slash
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Book Reviews of Slash
Book Review: Entertaining book by MOST overrated guitarist ever!
Summary: 3 Stars
This is an entertaining book that chronicals his upbringing, family life, development as a musician, development of alcoholism & drug addiction, and his rise with GnR and the inter workings of that band. In my opinion the guy is the most overrated guitarist I can think of. Why? Besides 2 to 3 max of good to great albums worth of material he recorded with GnR (Appetite = 1, Illusions 1 & 2 = 1 & Lies) what else has he done? Slash's Snakepit was average at its patchy best and Velvet Revolver was ordinary.
The issues that annoy me about this guy and his book is how he backstabbs so many other musicians and bands, yet he doesn't have the balls to say much about Axl Rose at all. Without any explanation he refers to other people in his book, often bands or muso's I like, with derogatory terms yet he is so delicate when discussing issues regarding Axl Rose. Why? He obviously doesn't want to burn that bridge. No wonder he likes snakes so much. He is one! Up yours Slash you gutless, overrated, weak a s s hole.
Book Review: The True Story of a Real-Life Guitar Hero
Summary: 4 Stars
It's unfortunate that Guns n' Roses often gets lumped into the same category as trendy hair and glam bands from the 80's like Poison and Motley Crew, because in many ways they were the last real authentic rock n' roll group.
Rising from the gutters of Los Angeles to world-wide infamy and superstardom, G-N-R blazed a trail of debauchery and destruction everywhere they played. Leading that charge were Axl Rose and Slash - a musical union that was as chaotic as it was perfect.
Slash is the brash and uncensored story of a living rock legend that's fortunate to be alive - a real guitar hero. His story is wild, excessive and sad. He delves into detail about his private and musical relationships, addiction to drugs and alcohol, and love of rock.
Only in the bizarre world of rock n' roll could Slash's combination of naivety, raw talent and reckless determination have led to success.
No way will true rock fans be able to put this book down.
Book Review: There really is wisdom here...
Summary: 5 Stars
A skeptical eyebrow might be raised when in the very first pages of this book the famously reckless substance abuser of the title claims to have benefited from "a life's worth of hard-won wisdom." But throughout this entertaining page-turner the persona which emerges is indeed that of a sensitive creative spirit successfully struggling to attain maturity and, yes, wisdom. Nowhere is this wisdom better on display than in the authors' handling of Slash's version of the acrimonious split-up of the original Guns N' Roses lineup. Rather than "trying to set the record straight" or settling a grudge, each time Slash presents another aspect of the story he is quick to acknowledge that his antagonist Axl Rose's differing versions of the same events are just as valid. That kind of acceptance--of others' perspectives, of one's own inability to grasp all sides of a story, of shared responsibility--makes this a valuable and insightful read whether you know the music or not.Book Review: Slash book made me forget I was in jail!
Summary: 5 Stars
When I found out that I was going to jail in Arizona's infamous Tent City, I had many concerns. Finding a good book was only one of them.
Being a big Guns N' Roses fan, I purchased Slash's fantastic book on Amazon.
Not only was I entertained by Slash's hilarious and insightful anecdotal prose, I was able to ignore my surroundings when reading about the top-hatted one.
Reading about Slash's story from his interesting childhood (which is sometimes the least interesting part of biographies, but not here) to his rise to fame with GN'R, helped me realize how important it is to see the positive in my own life.
Slash's love of pinball, snakes and music, only reinforce how cool he is. Everything thing you ever wanted to know about Slash is in this book from Michael Jackson to Scott Weiland, all personalities and issues are addressed.
I recommend this book for readers both in and out of the joint. Slash will not disappoint.
Book Review: great story, awful writer!!!
Summary: 3 Stars
I was not going to write a review about this book. And then I realized that apparently this Anthony Bozza character is asked (or somehow ends up) to write all kind of autobiographies on rock stars along with the autobiography of Artie Lange. Let me say this and only say this once. I DO NOT KNOW WHO ALLOWED THIS MAN TO WRITE. He writes like a 5 year old, actually no, he writes like a retarded 5 year old. Some of his repeated offenses " \..... but we'll get to that in a little bit". His writing is horrible! It doesn't flow, it isn't even written gramatically correctly. Furthermore, it is crime to write the autobiographies of these rock stars (tommy lee, nikki sixx and slash) to destroy the intensity of their hardships and the lives they were living. I'm actually not sure if i recommend this book. For one thing the story is very interesting, it is capturing, and it seems very real. but the writing takes away from it.