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When that band started out, I was 18 years old. So that was my reality all the way up until I quit the band. And even then, you know, Guns N' Roses has a nasty way of sticking around.
Slash
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Slash
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: July 23
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Hampstead Village
Saul Hudson
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