Slash: “Most of everything that Guns N’ Roses did would’ve gotten us cancelled in this day and age”
nme.comSlash has said that he reckons that Guns N’ Roses wouldn’t be able to get away with their behaviour in their ’80s heyday in 2023, otherwise they would be “cancelled”.Speaking to Yahoo!
Entertainment to promote his new book, The Collection: Slash, the iconic guitarist discussed his decision to leave some of his more risque anecdotes out of its pages, believing that it would lead to controversy because some of their behaviour would not “fare well” today.
Slash had previously discussed some of the band’s more scandalous moments in his 2007 self-titled memoir.When asked by the interviewer if he’s “thought about” what to include, the musician responded: “I haven’t actually . . .
thought about it in that context. I mean, I really, to be honest, I haven’t really thought about all that [scandalous stuff] that much recently.“But now that you mention it, most of everything that [Guns N’ Roses] did would’ve gotten us cancelled in this day and age.
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