SLASH Interviewed By CNN; Video Available

August 25, 2010

CNN Talk Asia recently conducted an interview with legendary guitarist Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES). You can now watch the chat below.

On kicking a drug and alcohol addiction because it was getting in way of the music:

Slash: "I was a productive junkie ... I was driven by music. I did have these distractions, but I managed to be functional as best as I possibly could.

"What helped clean me up at the end of the day was the fact that, after a while, it started to get in the way of being able to do what it is I wanted to do... I've done more in the last four years than I could have possibly done if I was still using."

On the possibility of a GUNS N' ROSES reunion:

Slash: "I used to be very sort of negative about it 'cause I just don't see it happening, but at the same time you just never know. No efforts have been made to try and do anything about it so I guess you just leave it to chance. Maybe it will; maybe it won't."

On the current music scene:

Slash: "This whole thing with the internet being the mainstay of the industry at this point is taking a lot of adjusting and it hasn't really settled yet.

"[A] certain energy and a certain attitude and that to me is very rock and roll. And that seems to be lacking in commercial music, especially in commercial rock and roll right now. I'm sure there's a lot of guys out there who have it all together but then they can't get a record deal."

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