A bit on Slash.

Guns 'N' Roses' own Saul "Slash" Hudson, years hence, has become a veritable living legend, as one of the most talented and accomplished rock guitarists of modern times.
A lot of rock fans, myself included, have thrilled to the licks Slash has put down on several hit GNR songs; there's the sentimental and yet grooving opening bars of "Sweet Child O' Mine," and equally sweetly moody—and also rocking—solo in "November Rain." Slash can also play hard and nasty on tracks like "Welcome to the Jungle" and "You Could Be Mine."  He balances out Axl's singing in the all-time great way for the band.
Individually, Slash has had his rises and falls.  He broke away from the band a couple of times, performing in other groups; "Slash and the Snake Pit" was one, sometime in the Nineties, with the lead singer of Jellyfish.  We can't remember how successful that was, but more recently, he's done solo concerts, playing both original songs and GNR covers.
And he has at times become another victim of the indulgent rock 'n' roll grind; I heard once that Slash—this is a direct quote—"once urinated on his road manager, who was carrying him at the time." Well, at least on the rock scene, one could more or less come away from that all right, unlike in, say, politics.
But as for the man's guitarist talent, it is unique; we watch Slash pulling away with liberality at the guitar, that trademark hair in his eyes, and are amazed at the skill with which he makes quality rock music emerge.  The hard-driven licks come with ease for one as successful in the ability as he is; few are comparable to Slash on the guitar, even really Eddie Van Halen (though they both have done background music on Michael Jackson songs).  As an axe man, Slash can genuinely be remembered.