Talk:Slash (musician)/Archive 1

Miscellanea error
In this section, there's a misconception about the guitarist in the South Park episode. It says "there is a guitarist that resembles Slash, save for the hair (it was red)." However, I've checked this episode numerous times, through multiple airings of reruns on separate stations, as well as box sets both official and non. The guitarist is clearly Slash - despite being uncredited in the show. Said guitarist features Slash's trademark belted top hat on top of his lowered-head face-veiling hair, and even his (poorly shaded) Gibson Les Paul.

24.3.127.192 (talk) 05:35, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

He's no longer a Snake collector
In the Miscellanea section it mentions that Slash is an avid Snake collector. He *was* a Snake collector, but in the Q magazine interview (reference#1) he said he gave them all away before his son London was born. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.155.245.192 (talk) 17:41, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Top hat
Slash is mostly known for his world famous top hat. So howcome the big picture of Slash doesn't have a top hat on? Is there another FTU picture we could get WITH a top hat? Hockeyalltheway25 20:13, 13 November 2007 (UTC)


 * I wouldn't say he's mostly known for his hat. He's mostly known as a guitatist. His hat is a trademark, certainly, but he doesn't always wear it. SteveRamone 20:30, 13 November 2007 (UTC)


 * I second that, it's a trademark, but not what he's most famous for. Tom H 00:15, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Colour of parents
It is well known that Slash is the son of a white father and a black mother. That's why I added "white" to the description of his father, because there is a "black" on the description of his mother. Someone reverted this edit, leaving only the "black" aspect of his mother. I think it should be equal for both, either stating that the father is white and the mother is black, or not stating colour at all, and just saying English father and American mother. So I added the "white" to the father again. If someone has another viewpoint, let's discuss it here before making more edits.--200.14.108.1 16:03, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

But Jews aren't white. He's either Jewish or White but you can't be both. One could be a British Jew or an African American or even a Jewish American. But saying a White Jew is like saying a White African American. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Arische (talk • contribs) 02:04, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Moving Discussion To Below Menu
is there any verification of slash's nigerian/jewish heiritege, i've heard him mention that his mother was black on a number of occations, .....but jewish?

Changed his nationality in the introduction from British to British-American. He was born in England but has an American mother, aquired US citizenship nearly twenty years ago and has lived in the US for most of his life.

Someone removed the fact that Slash's mother's name is Ola from the site. Why? His Mum's name is Ola.

''Hudson and Adler later met future Guns n' Roses rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin who played him a tape of Axl Rose singing. Hudson later went to a performance of Rose and they united to form Guns n' Roses.''

This appears to be at odds with the history on the [Guns 'n Roses] entry that states that Guns 'n Roses were going for well over a year before Hudson and Adler joined as replacements.

--DamienG 19:00, Sep 1, 2004 (UTC)

There is also a disbute over how axl and slash actually met some sources say there were introduced, some say adler and slash met izzy and some also say they jus "met" at a pub like The Rainbow or The trubador. Either way arent you happy they did meet up?

Posted by Letrell 16:52 22 Oct 2004

Slash was not the first musician to have an amp created for him by Marshall. Marshall made an amp in the 1960s called the Blues Breaker, created for Eric Clapton, who at the time the amp started production was playing with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers.....
 * Slash had the first signature amp. Big difference between what you're talking about. - [[User:Defunkt|Defunkt [[User

Slash and adler met bet in the seventh grade not after slash auditioned for poison. talk:Defunkt| (talk) ]]]] 07:31, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Posted by Gladiator130

Hmmm... I added several links to the article(such as too Slash's official site etc and to various other websites. I also added to the article, and added an image with small amount of commentary. Someone has deleted almost all my contributions to the page, other than the image. Whoever did this, I think his ip is 165.21.154.14 I would like to ask why did you do this, as this took me time and effort.

Early childhood
The article states that he moved to the US with his mother at 11 years of age, which would be the year 1976. The article later states that his parents divorced mid 70's (1975?) and he moved in with his grandmother. I think they both refer to the same event. His parents probably divorced in England and he moved to the US with his mother, who returned back to her mother's home there (his grandmother). Can somebody with more knowledge fix this?--200.14.108.1 15:08, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Sympathy for the Devil
This article says that Slash was infuriated when Axl replaced Gilby Clarke's guitar track with Paul Tobias's on Sympathy for the Devil. But in the Guns N' Roses article, it states that Slash was infuriated when Axl replaced Slash's track with Tobias's. Which actually happened? Gigamaligabyte 20:27, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

what happend was slash did the solo and tobias played an echo of him, later axl secretly had tobias rerecord it so that slash was the echo and tobias was the lead (final version) and that is what led Slash to quit

Heroin
Was he a heroin addict?
 * Slash was a big heroin addict. Duff once claimed that Slash died backstage from an overdose and they brought him back and he said "I have a show to do" and scuttled out to do the concert. Whether that is true or not, is totally irrelevant; but the fact remains Slash was a huge heroin addict. He's clean now. (As is Duff) They both helped Weiland fight his addiction as well.--Elysianfields 04:37, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
 * How is one a "big" heroin addict? you either are a heroin addict or you are not. That is like saying someone is really pregnant. 24.53.3.5 05:03, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
 * This really should be in the article. The band's drug use is common knowledge Mr Brownstone. 69.72.41.40 02:03, 19 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Dunno how this posting thing works, but I'd think it'd have to do with how much Heroin you did. I think all drug addictions go on scale from Nun to Steven Tyler. At least officially.

why is this not in the article? someone should do some research about his drug addiction and recovery. the whole band (gnr) were ALL heroin addicts.

Templates
I think the article looks a bit cluttered with both Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revovler articles on it. Do you think it would be worth just removing the Guns N' Roses one? (This would also apply to the Matt Sorum article. ( Davehard 13:16, 30 December 2005 (UTC) )

BMX racer
When Saul was a kid, he was a BMX racer. How come there be no mention of that?
 * Because it's totally irrelevant. Saul also likes long romantic walks along the beach at sunset. IRRELEVANT. --Elysianfields 04:41, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

How would this be irrevelent as this is an article on Slash's entire life, not just his Gn'R years. That also means if Slash like long walks on the beach put that in!. DL Slash 19:22, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Slash "quit"?
I believe Slash was fired. MTV called him to ask for a comment after Axl announced he let Slash go, and Slash was like, "What? I'm fired?" That's how he found out. I'd edit the article, but I don't know where to find the source. I'll check my VH1 BTM tape again, though.
 * He quit the band. He was obviously surprised by the call because he was surprised that Axl was telling the press that he fired him when Slash simply had enough and left. ( Davehard 20:02, 8 November 2005 (UTC) )

Nationality of Parents
On the article is states that Slash has "an English father and a black mother". What does this mean, is his mother English?, is his father black?...... What nationality is his mother?

Don't quote me on this, but I have reason to believe there is Irish in there somewhere...

I read Slash's autobiography recently. With regards to his racial/ethnic background, Slash says that his father is English and that his mother is African-American. Slash never says that his father is Jewish, or that his mother is Nigerian like it says in his Wikipedia article. Hopefully someone will find a source and change the article. Aoa8212 (talk) 13:04, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

- Ha. Unbelievable. I nearly started a new section asking why nobody had yet claimed Slash must be Irish (everyone is Irish according to Wikipedia at the moment), but you went and did it for real. Priceless.

Mike x

Is there actually any proof that his dad was Jewish? As far as I can tell its assumed that one of his parents had to be simply because the name Saul is of jewish origins, but I've never seen any solid proof and its hardly rare for parents to choose a name from another language/culture simply because they like the sound of it. Danikat 23:00, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

slash also had David Bowie as a kind of temporary father. as his mother was going out with david bowie. i know this because slash was on radio one last summer, and said this was true

I remember reading an interview with Slash in which he stated specifically that he is not Jewish at all, and he assumes that people presume he is because of his name. I will try to find that citation. SerenadeOp24 04:08, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

One string acoustic guitar
Article says Slash learned to play on a one string acoustic--an allegation I just read on the Hendrix page. Is there some confusing between the two? I think the Hendrix page might be wrong, but I don't know about either of them enough to make an edit...can someone with more definitive knowledge of the beginnings of these two guitar gods look into this? --Petey
 * Yeah I think the Hendrix page is wrong because I think I heard a mate (who has read the Hendrix bio) saying something about what guitar Hendrix played when he first started (coming to think of it I remember reading something about it aswell). I'm pretty certain it was Slash who first learnt on a one-stringed guitar, I'm sure enough to advise not to change the article until something solid comes up. ( Davehard 17:31, 2 December 2005 (UTC) )
 * He mentioned that he started fooling around on an acoustic with one string in a very recent issue of Guitar World magazine. Can't remember off the top of my head which issue it was, but I can confirm the existence of the factoid as well. -- Cjmarsicano 17:37, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

Hey he did play with a one string guitar, I remember watching an interview with him and he said it!The first song he ever learned was 'smoke on the water'aswell....just thought you'd like to know:-)

he started on a one string acoustic he said so in a guitar world interview--24.46.71.220 17:15, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

african american to black
how can slash's mother be african-american when she's british? pc at it's worst...


 * Easy one to answer; she isn't British, she's African-American (I believe). That's why he moved to LA with her.--Zoso Jade 15:06, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

If we're not sure that she's not British, I think it should say "Black" instead of "Arican-American." Otherwise it's just stupid.

Also, where was it ever mentioned his mother is Nigerian? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.149.147.162 (talk) 04:29, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Chinese Democracy
How can this possibly be on Slash's discography?


 * It appears that that is the GN'R discography rather than Slash's.--Zoso Jade 19:24, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Exceptional Skill?
where Slash continued to amaze crowds with his exceptional skill ... ehh

Come on, this editorializing is blatant. Can we strip out the ridiculous comments such as these?

I am removing the "ever-present" thing about the cigarette because he pretty clearly doesn't have one in the picture, I'm nitpicky, and I feel like it's giving atmosphere to an encyclopedia article, something with which I am not comfortable.

Along these same lines, I edited out the "less skilled" bit about Lenny Kravitz. While it's an opinion I agree with, it's an opinion none-the-less. 68.121.21.223 01:40, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Slash's living arrangements
Article currently states he lives with his wife ... and he's filed for divorce.

The two aren't necessarily mutually exclusive, but are unusual.

Is he still living with his wife? Dweller 12:24, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

He stated in a Camp Freddy Radio Show that he is NOT filing for divorce.

Yup he's divorced

(Slashnomur 16:53, 1 December 2006 (UTC))how can you know that he divorced?

he did NOT divorce. He stated it in a Camp Freddy Radio Show. Also slash and perla heve been seen out together few times after the rumours. (Slashnomur 16:53, 1 December 2006 (UTC))

(Slashnomur 18:19, 12 December 2006 (UTC))he did NOT divorce. he is currently living whith his wife perla and his two sons(Slashnomur 18:19, 12 December 2006 (UTC))

so is he or isn't he divorced? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.217.32.79 (talk) 21:12, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Place of Birth
My research has Saul Hudson's place of birth as Hampstead, London. The main article states the County of Hampshire, England. Similar in spelling (ish), but two completely different locations. Can anyone throw more light on this one ? Thanks.

Derek R Bullamore 23:33, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

I heard him say in an interview on channel 4's 'The Word' about 10 years ago that he was born in Stoke on Trent.

His IMDb profile also says he was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. No mention of Hampstead or Hampshire. --Danish Ranger 19:12, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

I admit its not a good source but "accepted fact" is that he was born in Hamstead (I believe this is what his mother said once) but lived in Stoke-on-Trent until he moved to LA and the confusing comes from the fact that Slash simply says he was born in Stoke to avoid explaining the situation in full. Danikat 23:03, 3 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Is there some way a clarification of this could be made in the main article about him? I ask this because the entry on Stoke-on-Trent has bouts of anonymous people adding his name to the list of famous people born in Stoke-on-Trent, and people, like me, keep on removing his name as it is not consistent with the wikipedia entry. My solution at the moment is to place a note about him in a "References in Popular Culture" section there. DDS talk  13:49, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

He was born in Hampstead in London, he has mentioned in quite a few articles and he moved to Stoke on Trent when he was about 4. the birth/death/ marriage registers for July 1965 clearly indicate he was born in Hampstead...(as i was...)

86.139.42.54 20:48, 11 February 2007 (UTC)carrie
 * I have Slash's AUTOBIOGRAPHY and the first line states, 'I was born July 23, 1965, in Stoke-on-Trent, England...' Slash has written himself he wasn't born in Hampstead, but in Stoke on Trent. I think an autobiography is the most reliable source for these sort of things. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.247.189.29 (talk) 19:40, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Slash's autobiography does have some errors, though (most autobiographies do) and this is one of them. There's a list of them on a GN'R fansite: Funeral 19:53, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Homemade Guitar
"...One that he made out of a Kleenex box and some elastic bands..." Seriously, WTF? This can't be true. It's either vandalism or BJAODN, cause this seriously can't be true. --S-man


 * It's removed now. --Snkcube 08:46, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

this article needs to be developed. slash deserves a featured article here.

Slash's Guitars..Squier under Gibson ??
"....Guitars

Slash owns over 80 guitars. Among them are the following:

* Gibson o 1958 Les Paul Replica Built By: Chris Derrig (Slash's Main Guitar On Most Recordings) o Standard and Custom Les Pauls + A Squier...." According to the article.. squier is a Gibson brand, it isn't it is a Fender brand, correcting it.

Saurabh Rahurkar 21:31, 26 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I've got the latest edition of Guitarist magazine and it also says Slash has over 80 guitars. Also it is quite strange that Gibson's Slash signature model is not mentioned on the article... --88.106.39.115 02:15, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Belly Ring
Is it true that Slash got a belly ring? I remember I saw him on Howard Steirn(TV showon E!) show during 90's and Slash show HS that he got a ring. I saw the show on TV not the radio version and I really saw the ring. HS even made a comment that it's that kind of a girl thing? Slash just laugh. So is it really true. Can Slash be that stupid to get a Belly ring because he thought it was cool in the early 90's for girls. . . . HELLO only for girls not guys. Nipple ring is cool for guys but not belly ring. Anyway can sombody check this out? I know I saw the show but it could have been a joke on Slash part and I don't remember any follow up story. Laserboy —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 58.10.167.117 (talk) 07:14, 12 December 2006 (UTC).


 * yep he has a belly ring...and has had it for quite some time.

Carrie

Slash dead in elevator?
This page says they found Slash dead in an elevator - and then they revived him. He wouldn't have been dead if they revived him - just knocked out. The sentence doesn't have proper capitalisation either which leads me to think it may be wrong ```` —The preceding unsigned comment was added by ThumbFinger (talk • contribs) 07:13, 6 January 2007 (UTC).

No, his heart could have been stopped, then he would be considered dead, but they could have made it pump again, which would have been reviving him. The story's grammar/punctuation also leads me to believe it's false. -TBB529


 * GnR's tour manager was called by hotel management to say that a maid had found Slash 'passed out in the elevator' when the tour manager got to him he said Slash was "blue, i mean blue dead". paramedics injected adrenaline straight into his heart to start it again. he checked himself out of the hospital later that same day.

Carrie

Jewish
I'm sure everyone's noticed that various IPs (probably the same person) keep adding in that Slash was born to a Jewish-English father with no explanation or source. Even if a source is found, how is the religion of his father notable and what does it add to the article? ĤĶ51→Łalk 16:14, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

There are some sources on the net whom claim that, but we can't know it by 100%, or if for example pherhars his father was just abbit or by 100%, but again if you are looking for some sources in google, you will find. Nobody said that it is the articles main issue, its more for the protocol.Mybe the salution is not writing anything about his fathers origon, taking him out of the category of black-jews and adding him to the category of english-jews instead, how about that?

I aggree HK51, I add that same point to each revert I do, by the way, heres another one: "Nikki Sixx gave Slash the idea of the top hat, and gave slash his first one to wear." Is there a reference to back this up or is it vandalism? -Ferdia O'Brien The Archiver And The Vandal Watchman 03:32, 15 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Ok, 209.121.41.112 keeps adding Trivia, its unreferenced but I've given them the benifit of the daubt for the time being, can someone who knows a little more about Slash then me check it out? Cheers. Ferdia O'Brien The Archiver And The Vandal Watchman 11:46, 15 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Slash's offcial website says right here: http://www.snakepit.org/0103news.html that he is not Jewish. Look under News Reported: 01/15/03. The rumor got started because he is listed in the book 100 Jews Who Rock because he has an Old Testament first name, but he isn't. I hope that settles this once and for all. Asarelah 01:57, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Reporter Nanushka Yeaman of Sweden's largest newspaper Dagens Nyheter interviewed Slash the other day at the Hultsfred festival (roughly translated by me): Men det får mig att tänka på ett annat skumt ögonblick som inträffade under Slash-intervjun. Vi pratade om hans intresse för olika religioner och jag mindes att jag under min research läst på flera ställen att Slash pappa var judisk. Så jag frågade om hans förhållande till judendomen, varpå han plötsligt jättesurt frågade varför han skulle ha ett sådant - han var ju inte judisk. Faderskonflikt? Självförnekelse? Missförstånd? Det blev i vilket fall spänt så jag bytte snabbt samtalsämne. But that makes me think of another weird moment which happened during the Slash interview. We we're talking about his interests in different religions and I remembered that I during my research had read in several places that Slash's father was Jewish. So I asked about his relationship to Judaism, whereupon he suddenly very irritated asked why he would have such a thing - he wasn't Jewish. Conflict with his father? Self-denial? Misunderstanding? Anyway it was awkward so I quickly changed subject. It's not clear whether Slash is referring to his father not being Jewish or himself not being Jewish but it's clear that Slash doesn't have a relationship to Judaism. /213.226.72.40 13:39, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

I would like to point out that being "Jewish" is both an ethnicity and a religion. I myself happen to be ehtnically Jewish but religiously not.

What is wrong with this article?
The whole article is full of slangs and American cliché. Consider this sample: "When Road Crew called it quits, ...". "calls it quits"? WTF is that? "The rock scene in LA at that time was hugely incestuous, so it was no surprise that the five like-minded souls would eventually gravitate together." Uh-oh! "As his skills improved, Slash became enamored by the hard rock scene on the infamous Sunset Strip." May be it is because I am not a native speaker, but what does improvement in skill has to do with "enamored by scene on infamous"? Eh... I am going to rewrite this article to look a little more professional after which I will add a copy-edit tag. If people have problem please specify.--Jahilia 20:47, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

"enamored by scene on infamous"? meaning he was drawn into, captivated by the notorious/famous in a bad way Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, California. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.217.44.170 (talk) 20:00, 5 September 2007 (UTC) Slash's father was not jewish. They belonged to the church of England so they were anglican —Preceding unsigned comment added by Oconstanti (talk • contribs) 00:48, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Nationality
I don't think Slash should be referred to as an 'English' guitarist. I know that he was born in England but he has lived the majority of his life in the USA. Also, he is half Nigerian (or so it says) so he isn't completely English. If someone who didn't know who Slash was visited the article, they would probably get the wrong first impression. I am changing it to say that he is just a "Guitarist"
 * And I'm changing it back, a person's nationality is something which has to be in the article's lead-in. Bucketheader 13:04, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

English/American should be more correct. I don't think he surrendered his English passport when he became a U.S. citizen so officially he is still English. --Kudret abi 00:35, 19 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Not sure if I have overlooked something but talking of his nationality and his birthplace the citation that is given as evidence just seems to have him quote he is British, but doesn't mention where he is born, so how is it relevant? Renegade MUFC (talk) 19:13, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Help!
I noticed that neighborhood was incorrectly spelled "neighhourhood" but for reasons that I don't understand, I can't change it! The mistake is in the first sentence of Early Life. Can somebody correct that for me? Thegargoylevine 02:06, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

The page has been 'semi-protected' so you can only modify it if you're an established user. 'Neighbourhood' is the British spelling. Whether that needs to be changed is a matter for debate.

SteveRamone 20:08, 16 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Even though I'm an American, the British spelling feels more appropriate since Slash is British.
 * -Ronark 16:20, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Goldmaste78 19:33, 1 November 2007 (UTC)== slash and guitarhero 3 ==

slash has done a commerical for guitarhero3, i just saw it

he was playing the song slither by velvet revolver and with a les paul stlye guitar controler, though not sure for what system

also in the game if you arent playing as slash ,slash will play the song welcome to the jungle with you after you beat him in the battle and if you are, well you will just look really cool

and slash is playable as a character after you beat him and you have to buy him from the store in order to use him in career mode(and other modes not 100% sure) and also i believe you can use other guitars besides his gibson les paul


 * That's already in the article. SteveRamone 20:12, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

In Video Games
Does anyone else notice that this section is completely redundant? The same information can be found earlier in the article in the section "Velvet Revolver and future endeavors". I think the "In Video Games" section should simply be removed. Anyone else? -Ronark 16:26, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
 * This section has been removed, so my question no longer applies. -Ronark 18:28, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Ethnicity needs to be changed
He has never said that his dad was jewish or that his mother was nigerian. His mother is African American and his dad is English. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.229.232.194 (talk) 21:35, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Slash and Carole King
I saw him on TV playing guitar in what I think was a Carole King tribute special of some kind. Weird to see him playing guitar, as her music is so different from his.

The greatest top-hat wearing guitarist ever
Known for wearing an accentuated top hat, he is regarded by some as one of the greatest rock guitarists of all time.

Uhm, it's great that you mention his top hat and that he's a great rock guitarist, but what the hell does one have to do with the other? 春・ Harukaze ・風 15:43, 21 December 2007 (UTC)