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Saul Hudson (born July 23, 1965), more widely known as Slash, is a guitarist best known as a former member of Guns N’ Roses, and as a current member of Velvet Revolver. Hudson is known for his long curly black hair, his signature over sized top hat, usually a cigarette dangling from his mouth and his love for Jack Daniel’s.

Slash was born in Hampstead, England to a English father, Anthony Hudson, and a black American mother, Ola, both of whom were involved with show business. Slash’s mother designed David Bowie’s costumes from The Man Who Fell to Earth, and his father was an artist who designed album covers for artists including Neil Young and Joni Mitchell. Hudson was raised in Stoke-on-Trent until the age of 11, when he and his mother moved to Los Angeles, California. His father remained in England. In the mid-1970s, when Slash was thirteen years old, his dad joined them in Los Angeles. Slash attended Beverly Hills High School at the same time as fellow guitarist Lenny Kravitz.

At age 15, Slash was given a single-string acoustic guitar by his grandmother, with which he learned to play guitar. He soon became bored and started playing the saxophone. Eventually, Slash gave up on school, dropping out in the 11th grade. While a part of the Los Angeles band scene he auditioned for an opening in the glam metal band Poison that eventually went to C.C. DeVille.
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