Slash

JOANNA: OK. State your name.

SLASH: Slash.

JOANNA: What have you been doing the past couple of years? We haven�t really seen you.

SLASH: What are you talkin� about!? I�ve been all over the place more often than I should be. Right now I�m working on this band with Duff Makagan. I�m out here cause I�m playing with the Yardbirds tomorrow. But I�m also looking for a singer.

JOANNA: Were you upset that Guns N' Roses did a tour without you?

SLASH: (looks really disgusted) Nah. If anything I thought it was kinda entertaining.

JOANNA: So Slash, do you ever watch porn?

SLASH: Um, I used to be a huge porno guy. I sort of grew out of it I guess. I used to go out with some porno chicks.

JOANNA: Who did you go out with that was a porno chick?

SLASH: Who did I go out with? It doesn�t really matter. My porn days were like, layovers from the 70's, so as corny as it sounds, as soon as it went to video it�s been low rent ever since. So I don�t really get into current porn anymore.

JOANNA: So I guess you don�t watch Internet porn or anything like that.

SLASH: No, I�m not really an Internet type of guy. I stopped at the fax machine as far as advancements in technology go.

JOANNA: What about strip clubs and stuff? Do you still go?

SLASH: Yeah. The strip clubs and that whole scene is sort of uh� (tries to think of the right word)� well, it�s important. You need that you know? It�s a certain kind of vibe. The rock n� rollers and the strippers kinda go hand in hand. I mean, for a musician, what better place could you go to than where they play loud music and girls get naked?

JOANNA: (looks down and sees ring) So even though you�re married you�ll still go once in awhile?

SLASH: Yeah, she�ll go with me.

JOANNA: Yeah, I�m a dancer myself and�

SLASH: Are you kidding me? You look like you�re about 12!

JOANNA: (laughs) No, I�m 22. But anyway, it�s fun when couples come in. How long have you been married for?

SLASH: I�ve only actually been married for a little over a year. She had to go through a long period of trying to turn me into a proper husband. I didn�t really have to prove anything, but she had to get me into certain habits. She had to put a leash on me a little bit.

JOANNA: Are there any new bands you listen to these days? Are you looking forward to seeing anyone at SXSW?

SLASH: I�m really just looking to see if there are any good singers I can steal.

JOANNA: So there aren�t any other bands around now that you�re into.

SLASH: Only our band. We�re the only good Rock N' Roll band out there. No, I like Coldplay, but that�s kinda a different type of music than I play. As far as Rock N� Roll is concerned it�s completely dead. Foo Fighters and Queens (of the Stone Age) are the only two bands that are around right now that are really out there, you know? There�s probably some good ones I don�t know about but they�re probably not getting any recognition.

JOANNA: There are a lot of good bands out there, I guess you gotta just look around.

SLASH: Yeah, totally. In a selfish way I kinda don�t care about other bands, I just wanna focus on getting this thing going, cause as soon as it�s done, it�ll be the most killer thing around.

JOANNA: What does it sound like?

SLASH: Well, it�s loud. It�s really hard rock but done in a natural way. No one really does that anymore. No one records or plays guitar like that. We�re just a great bunch of musicians with killer songs and it�s very in your face.

JOANNA: Well I look forward to hearing it!

At this point Slash turned away looking annoyed and pretended to be focused on drinking his beer. I took the hint, turned off the tape recorder and assumed the interview was over.