SLASH Discusses His 'Greener' Lifestyle

Christina Fuoco-Karasinski of LiveDaily recently conducted an interview with guitarist Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N' ROSES). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow:

LiveDaily: I've seen a few stories about your book signings, and all of them seem to focus on you living a greener lifestyle.

Slash: You try and do your best, especially if it's something within your grasp. There's not as much information out there as there should be. Al Gore put out the movie "An Inconvenient Truth" and that was a really, really good piece of information, but there's not enough of it, for as dire straits as this planet is in. You pick up what you can, about what you should or shouldn't be doing. It's the most basic stuff. Everyone should look at the amount of water they use, the amount of heat and electricity they use, the amount that you drive. It's just really basic s---. But it has an impact. The recycling thing was around forever. No one appreciates how important it is, really, because it's not engraved on everybody's conscious thinking. Basically, I just try to do my part — like selling my Hummer. I don't let the water keep running when I'm brushing my teeth. I'm a real stickler for recycling. There's a lot of little things. I'm not waving a flag or anything. But I'm just trying to do what I can.

LiveDaily: With VELVET REVOLVER's second album, "Libertad", how did you decide on the name of the record?

Slash: Initially because it was on a T-shirt and it looked cool. That was the initial thing. I sort of appreciated it because it's Spanish and my wife is Cuban. It's Spanish for "liberty." I always like the sound of the Spanish language. When someone mentioned it — either Scott or Duff — I thought, "'Libertad'; that's awesome." Then it started to have a lot more relative connotations as to what the band was going through and where the music was at. It was really the only title that we ever entertained as an idea for the record. It stuck and it became more and more significant as the band got further and further into working on this record.

LiveDaily: Has VELVET REVOLVER begun writing new material?

Slash: I've been working on new material probably since the beginning of the ALICE IN CHAINS tour. As a band, we only had a couple rehearsals, but at those rehearsals we started putting some different ideas together. So that germ's been planted. [Laughs]

LiveDaily: When do you expect to head in the studio?

Slash: It depends on how long we continue touring. Right now, we're going through April. I would imagine that, between now and April, a bunch of ideas for summer will probably come up. We'll go as long as necessary and then probably jump in, hopefully right away, start working on the record.

Read the entire interview at www.livedaily.com.