SLASH Talks Drugs And Partying On 'Piers Morgan Tonight' (Video)

May 24, 2012

Legendary guitarist Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES) was interviewed by Piers Morgan on last night's (Wednesday, May 23) edition of CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight". The interview, which aired live at 9 p.m. EDT, touched on Slash's history and his new album, "Apocalyptic Love", and how he has remained a vital artist for almost 20 years after leaving GUNS N' ROSES.

Speaking about his well-chronciled drug and alcohol abuse, Slash said, "No, I don't have any regrets about any of it. And it was a lot of fun. And I think a lot of that whole sort of lifestyle, that freedom of being able to do whatever you want to do and have a good time however you want to do it is all great. But it catches up with you at some point, you don't see it coming."

Clean and sober now for nearly seven years, Slash told Morgan that his passion and commitment to the craft was the key to kicking his habits.

"Enduring the detox thing was something that I didn't want to have to deal with, but, towards the end of it, sort of being very conscious of where I was standing with my music at that point," he explained. "Because I didn't have the sort of umbrella of GUNS N' ROSES at that point, so really, sort of taking the initiave to get my career under control."

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