Pop Quiz: Slash of Velvet Revolver

Pop Quiz: Slash of Velvet Revolver

Aidin Vaziri | The release of the new Velvet Revolver album, "Libertad," was preceded by tales of infighting, death, arson, rehab and - most worrisome - producer Rick Rubin's beard. But to hear guitarist Slash (a.k.a. Saul Hudson), 42, talk about it, making the follow-up to 2004's double-platinum- selling "Contraband" was just business as usual for the band made up of former members of Guns N' Roses and Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland.

Slash
Q: There are some stories that suggest that making this album was kind of crazy. Which one is your favorite?
A: I don't know what the crazy stories about the making of the record are. It wasn't anything crazy.
Q: You went on an OxyContin binge and ended up in rehab. That's pretty crazy.
A: Yeah. It was like a three-month type thing. No big deal.
Q: I know that's kind of like a typical summer vacation for Lindsay Lohan, but it's still kind of a big deal.
A: Being off the road is dangerous for me. When we're working, I'm always good. But in between, I get a little bit stir-crazy and I get in trouble.
Q: Is that because you don't know how to do anything except be Slash?
A: Yeah. I'm working on it, though. I've got two kids and a wife, so I'm trying to be good. I've been doing this since I was 18 years old. It's like if you were standing in one place and spinning in a circle and then you stop and you're a little discombobulated. That's sort of what it's like for me when we tour for two years and then just come home.
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