Slash is one of many rock stars that have cleaned up their act, for lack of a better term. When it comes to the wild heyday of Guns N’ Roses in the ’80s and ’90s, the guitar god is certain the band would be taken to task today.
He touches on this topic in a new interview with Yahoo! Entertainment when the album GN’R Lies is brought up. The album features the infamous track “One in a Million,” which caused a lot of controversy when it was released nearly 35 years ago due to its racist/homophobic/xenophobic lyrics.
Slash said, “I haven’t actually haven’t 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 canceled in this day and age.”
He continued, “We would not have fared well in this environment, for sure — I mean, on so many different levels. But I mean, a lot of things from back then would not be what you consider acceptable at this moment in time. … I’m just glad that we didn’t have the internet back then!”
He added, “It would’ve been a different world altogether. But anyway, I don’t dwell on all that stuff. It just is what it is.”
Slash, of course, released an autobiography aptly titled Slash in 2007 where he delved into much of the GN’R madness. It went on to become a New York Times bestseller.
