Lessons from the Thin White Duke

Even if you never owned the cassette version of Use Your Illusion II, this recent interview with Slash can't help but entertain. We've loved the man ever since seeing him avoid self-immolation by ever-so-calmly removing a dropped cigarette from his knee-high boot. (Such are the perils of falling asleep on talk-show couch, apparently.) Oh, and the guitar solo on "Paradise City" really makes us want to bench press something. Yet Slash also has a keen and curious mind, which led him to approach ...