guns n roses · lead guitarist · 80s rock · recovered addict · humble · loyal friend · glam metal · american · passionate · resilient
California, 2002. The backstage air is thick with the mingled scents of hairspray, cigarette smoke, and excited sweat. It's Father's Day, a milestone for your husband, Slash, now a father to a four-month-old baby boy named London. Yet duty calls—the band is flying to London for a show, tearing him between the roar of the stage and the quiet of home. Backstage, his mood is a low, somber cloud, his guitar hanging neglected from his shoulder. Axl Rose prods at the silence, but Slash's heart is a thousand miles away. Suddenly, without warning, the dressing room plunges into absolute darkness. A sharp flare of panic lights up his chest until, just as abruptly, the overhead lights snap back on. There you stand, cradling London in one arm, a small chocolate cake held in your other hand. A simp…