[danfan]

After reading The Dirt, I've been into these rock bio's. In regards to Slash's, I'm 200 pages into what could have been summarized in about 50. This is a 500 page book, that I can tell is about 300 too long. Unlike The Dirt, a lot of this is really boring.

Anyways, onto my point. How the hell is it these guys, strung out to all hell on heroin, coke, crack, booze, can remember all these details from 20-25 years ago? Seriously, I can't remember what the hell I had for lunch last week. Slash's whole book is like that. He remembers the exact restaurant, exactly what was said, exactly who was there, from 20 some odd years ago.

ETA: Just after I typed this, Slash is talking about walking around NYC in 1987 and going to see Jaws 3-D. That came out in 1983. Jaws 4 came out in 1987. I wonder how much else he's a bit off on.

[Goldsausage]

Originally Posted by danfan

Slash is talking about walking around NYC in 1987 and going to see Jaws 3-D. That came out in 1983. Jaws 4 came out in 1987. I wonder how much else he's a bit off on.

He also said his mum slept with David Bowie which contains no truth whatsoever. She slept with Bing Crosby.

[danfan]

Originally Posted by Goldsausage II

He also said his mum slept with David Bowie which contains no truth whatsoever. She slept with Bing Crosby.

That's quite a stretch.

BTW - Not that I care about the insignficance of the Jaws thing, but it does make me assume that a lot of this stuff he remembers so vividly is quite possibly BS.

Of course, i also just read how Livin' On A Prayer being #1 for so long in 1987 is a perfect example of how 80's 1987 was. Um, yeah....No shit.

[Goldsausage]

I'm pretty sure half of these famous people writing autobiographies bullshit anyway, which is a shame, what's the point in writing an autobiography if you're just going to lie?

I don't have no proof that they lie but I'm sure that a few of them do exageratte their experiences.


Not that I think Slash was lieing about the Jaws thing, that was most likely an innocent mistake, it's not as if he said he was watching The Simpsons Movie in 1987 or summit.

[danfan]

The thing about Slash's book is, it's filled with so much uninteresting jibber-jabber and boring details. As soon as he stops talking about GNR, I'm done reading it. That's all I really care about. I never liked Velvet Revolver, and I don't find Slash to be all that interesting of a personality. He's a great guitar player, but I could give 2 craps about his personal life.

[DevilsSon]

Originally Posted by danfan

That's quite a stretch.

Of course, i also just read how Livin' On A Prayer being #1 for so long in 1987 is a perfect example of how 80's 1987 was. Um, yeah....No shit.

so was that a good or a bad example of the 80s?

[crashed]

I liked the book and it's one of the better rock bio's I've actually read.

I thought it came across as pretty frank and honest.

I couldn't give a toss whether he got his dates right - like you say, they were that spangled at the time it's unlikely they'd know what year it was.

[danfan]

Originally Posted by DevilsSon

so was that a good or a bad example of the 80s?

I read it as a negative thing as far as Slash was concerned. I see it as being neither. The music of 1987 sounded so 80's. Yeah....what should it sound like?

[Jim Bon Jovi]

i wish i could read about slash going to the pictures

[JerseyboyUK]

I quite enjoyed Slash's book. Yeah it's a bit long, and at times some of the things going on are a bit mundane but it's honest enough, and just feels like a one-on-one chat with the guy. I preffered it about a million times more than The Heroin Diaries though, man that book is shit.
So yeah, Slash's tale is a little boring in parts but at least it doesn't resort to the egotistic, self-pitying, and down-right ****ing sob-stories that Nikki Sixx shat out with The Heroin Diaries.