17 slash biography

(1965-)

Who Is Slash?

Slash grew up in Los Angeles and learned to play guitar as a teenager. In 1985 he joined Guns N’ Roses and earned international acclaim for riffs on songs like "Sweet Child o’ Mine." After leaving Guns N’ Roses in 1996, Slash did session work and formed other bands, such as Velvet Revolver.

Slash suffered heart failure in 2001 and reformed his life, documenting it all in his 2007 autobiography. In March 2016 it was announced that Guns N' Roses would reunite for a North American tour.

Early Years

Saul Hudson, better known as Slash, was born to an African American mother and British father in London on July 23, 1965.

Slash date of birth

A family friend gave him the nickname "Slash," because he was constantly in motion.

Slash lived with his father and grandparents in Stoke-on-Trent until the age of five, when he and his father joined his mother in Los Angeles. His parents divorced several years later, and Slash became a "problem child."