He told us his name was Saul, he was a guitar player, and had a band called L.A. Rocks, or something like that. We chatted for a while, he was an intense and spirited kid, I liked him. Years later, when he was the top-hatted iconic figure of the biggest rock band on earth it always warmed my heart to see him doing his thing. His drummer Steven Adler lived up the block too, we used to hang out a lot; play football in the street and smoke weed when we were fourteen. Steven was a sweet and enthusiastic dude, a year or so younger than me. I played trumpet for his grandma once and she was nice to
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