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Perla Tried to kill Slash in 1998 because he cheated on her. on the day before their wedding. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.240.166.142 (talk) 16:34, 18 April 2008 (UTC)




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[edit] Place of Birth

Saul Hudson, or Slash, was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Stratfordshire, England, according to numerous interviews and online biographies, and, most importantly, as stated clearly in his recently published autobiography Slash. laxmiteatparty 03:14, 15 April 2008 (UTC)


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 Bullamfuckore 23:33, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

He was born in Stoke-On-Trent —Preceding unsigned comment added by Slasher9931 (talk • contribs) 17:23, 28 March 2008 (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...) Care to site or link to those birth/death/marriage registers? laxmiteatparty 21:19, 14 April 2008

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: [1] Funeral 19:53, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

The Guns N' Roses fansite is hardly a reliable source of information, particularly as Slash, himself, has not been a member of that band for several years and has stated in interviews, and in his autobiography, that he was, in fact, born in Stoke-on-Trent, Stratfordshire, England. laxmiteatparty 21:27, 14 April 2008

[edit] Biography - first guitar and formation of first band

I would like to propose the following pages. A new publication by Marc Canter (a Childhood firend of slash's at Fairfax highschool) titled Guns and Roses - Reckless Road 2007, has documented the rise of guns and roses and slash's career. This publication highlights a number of errors i have noticed in the current wikiarticle on Slash.

The first is that his first guitar was given to him by Steven Adler's (of Guns N' Roses) grandmother and not his own when they used to hang out together after school. It pays no mention to the story about trying to get into a girls pants so maybe leave it in as its a good story!

The second being that the first band he formed was roadcrew. This is incorrect as the first band he formed was with fairfax highschool friends Ron Schneider (Bass) and Adam Greenberg (Drums) and they were called Tidus Sloan (later changing name to roadcrew). Steven Adler did not team up with roadcrew until a few years after the start of tidus sloan.

All this information can be referenced and has been endorsed by Slash and all the members of Guns N' Roses in; Guns N' Roses: Reckless Road, published late 2007 and written by Marc Canter.

I hope this helps someone who can make the necessary changes.

Rob 04/01/08 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.123.196.29 (talk) 12:32, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia section

This section has been tagged since June 07, it's completely unneeded, and it's mostly full of original research. What is sourced is useless, too: So what if he wants to meet Robbie Williams? That's not relevant to an encyclopaedia. Perhaps his charity bracelet should be included but - per WP:TRIVIA - it should be integrated into the article body. This has been tagged as trivia for long enough; it's worthless and needs to go. Funeral 17:13, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

To view and improve on the information follow this link: [2]. I am unable to put it back thanks to 3RR, but such a change is supposed to be discussed before it is implemented, not after. Ferdia O'Brien (T)/(C) 17:20, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
That section has been tagged for six months - it's mostly original research, and what is sourced is useless. If someone had added this entire section yesterday, I would have bought it to the talk page first, however, this was tagged as trivia in June last year, so I don't see any need for it. Funeral 17:23, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
In that situation, the actual removal wasn't what bothered me, it was the lack of even a notice, now that that exists, and people can still find the information, I'm happy. Even placing the notice 10 seconds before deletion follows the protocol, but when you deleted it you obviously had no intention of placing a notice and your first edit summer wasn't exactly informative. Ferdia O'Brien (T)/(C) 17:33, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

In general, it's usually people whom are unaware of WP:OR and/or WP:TRIVIA that would advocate or contribute to a trivia section. I remove irrelevant trivia on sight and I agree with its removal on this article too. ScarianCall me Pat 18:49, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Slash's Mother

In this Article it says that Slash's mother is Nigerian. This is wrong she's African-American. In Uncut Magazine, Issue 129, February 2008 Slash was asked "What's the most often repeated lie you've heard about yourself?", to which he replied, "People keep asking if my mother is Nigerian. I think that one's on Wikipedia. She's not, she's African-American." —Preceding unsigned comment added by ScoutHarley (talk • contribs) 11:47, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Slash's mother, Ola, was African-American, not Nigerian. This is also stated in Slash's autobiography Slash. Also, in Uncut Magazine, Issue 129, February 2008, Slash was asked "What's the most often repeated lie you've heard about yourself?", to which he replied, "People keep asking if my mother is Nigerian. I think that one's on Wikipedia. She's not, she's African-American." User:Laxmiteaparty (talk) 21:23, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] why is this page locked?

can someone answer me this. What does Slash have to hide? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.127.81.39 (talk) 10:32, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

The article was protected because of persistent vandalism from newly registered users and IPs - not because Slash has anything "to hide". Even if he did, it wouldn't affect Wikipedia, the article wouldn't be protected because Slash wanted it to be. Funeral 20:10, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
I've checked the protection logs and it seems that the last time this article was protected was in September of 2007. I'm no administrator, but I'd say that the article has an indefinite protection set (just like the article on George W. Bush would for obvious reasons). So if there is an error or something you'd like to add, you need to either create an account or make post on this talk page in a new section as to what should be changed or added. Lightsup55 ( T | C ) 23:59, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Guns n' Roses Break-up

According to the article: "As Rose expressed a desire to pursue more progressive genres, Slash and McKagan fought to maintain their traditional sound as a punk/blues-based hard rock band. Slash later cited this issue as a key component to his inability to work with Rose on any creative level."

But first of all, there is no source where Slash cited this issue as a component of his inability to work with Rose. And second, in his newly released book (October 2007), he denies that this was one of the key components.

"I'd like to make one more thing pretty clear, because this is another question that haunts me almost every day, usually because it's asked by people who don't know me at all. I'd like to state, very simply once more why I chose not to continue on with Guns N' Roses so that no one feels the need to ask me this ever again when they see me on the street. Here it goes: 1) the constant disrespect for all involved by going on late for no good reason night after night after night, 2) the legal manipulation that Axl forces on us, from demanding ownership of the name to downgrading us, contractually, to hired hands, and 3) losing Izzy and Steven, who were such an integral part of the band's sound an personality ... without them, the band no longer had its original chemistry

My departure had nothing to do with artistic differences, as many people claim to know. It was not as simple as 'Axl wanted synths and Slash was old-school.' It had nothing to do with Axl wanting to do digital and Slash staying analog. "

- "Slash", By Slash and Anthony Bozza 2007.

Someone with permissions should probably change the article as this is obviously incorrect information.

It has also been rumored Slash left because Axl threatened Duff with a shotgun aslo becasue slash is gay aka me.--slash (talk) 00:45, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

88.107.193.221 (talk) 21:59, 29 January 2008 (UTC) Alexander, Jan 29, 2008

[edit] This page has too much of a fanzine sound!

The page is too long. That can be fixed. However, some of the adjectives I've found throughout the page are not NPOV in the least. Words like "legendary", "icon", "greatest" and others should be used only in quotations. Please, remember that we must present evidence, good and bad about the individual backed up by references with NPOV- a Neutral Point of view. Allow the reader to draw their own evaluation of the people in the wikipedia. Thank you. --leahtwosaints (talk) 10:58, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

The Jimi Hendrix article contains the word 'greatest' in reference to his guitar playing and being an 'icon', are you going to complain about that as well? Maxtitan (talk) 21:26, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The good old issue about being Jewish

This article keeps stating, without citing a source, that Slash is Jewish, despite the fact that Slash himself several times in interviews and on his own web site has made it clear that he is not Jewish. See also Talk:Slash (musician)/Archive 1. /130.240.199.83 (talk) 15:41, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

I found this biographical article that claims otherwise [3]. Who knows? 76.109.174.153 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 05:59, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] ok well errors i saw

one is that slashs main guitar is the protype slash signature model that gibson made him and he rarely uses his orignal 1988 not 1987 les paul anymore because of the fact that its damaged so much and he was born in stoke on tent, england

these are facts straight froms slashs own mouth —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.71.249.2 (talk) 02:58, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Slash was born on stoke-on-trent you twat —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.46.178.2 (talk) 18:14, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Change of pic

Changed the picture to a more 'iconic' picture of Slash performing at his peak of notoriety on the famous Use Your Illusion tour —Preceding unsigned comment added by Slashseed (talk • contribs) 20:32, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Reverted this edit. The original picture was bigger, clearer, better lit, included his top hat, included his signature guitar (which he uses a lot at the moment, during the 80s and early 90s he was known for a Gibson Les Paul Standard not that red number in the picture you uploaded) and shows his face. WHEN a photo was taken isn't too important provided an artist has changed little during that time; Slash looks as much like the icon he was in 87 as he looks like an icon in any year since in that photo really. (The Elfoid (talk) 19:00, 27 April 2008 (UTC))

[edit] Sweet Child O' Mine Intro Riff is Not In D Flat

Hi There. The article (under the "Honors" section) states that the famous intro riff in Sweet Child O' Mine is in D-Flat.

It isn't. It's in E Flat!

Someone should fix this.

(GregB777 (talk) 17:12, 18 May 2008 (UTC))

[edit] slash

omg whoever rote that artcile on slash i freakin retarded saul hudson is not his real name u idiot its Sam Donovey godddd you are so dumb —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.242.79.93 (talk) 00:06, 30 May 2008 (UTC)