We launch this Friday at 9am, so check back on our site, recklessroad.com to enter. There will be runner prizes as well!
AND, we're giving away the first 80 pages of Reckless Road as an e-book download. With over 900 images, 30 interviews and tons of memorabilia, we think you'll appreciate the access Marc Canter has made available for all GNR fans. It's the perfect way to get a taste for what you'll find in the award-winning book! Look for special discounts on all merchandise at our store.
For further information on the Slash Gibson USA and Epiphone Les Paul Goldtops, visit gibson.com and epiphone.com
We'll post the Rockline interview with Bob Coburn as soon as it's available.
Check back soon and don't forget to register for the sweepstakes starting Friday morning.
Not only is it a world that the vast majority of us don’t live in, it’s a world few of us can even imagine. The life of a rockstar. Anyone can conjure up images of sex and drugs and Rock and Roll, but the extent to which some take it is beyond the average person’s wildest dreams. Mix thousands of screaming, adoring fans with the inevitable huge sums of money that come with true superstar status with copious amounts of drugs and alcohol and a lot of boring downtime on the road and the results are as predictable as the sun rising in the east. Entertainers, especially rockers, surely must be the reason that rehab centers became the huge industry it is today. You might think you know what the truly bacchanalian, decadent, hedonistic lifestyle some lead might be like, but until you read the books each of our guests on the next ROCKLINE have written you really don’t have a clue. As it states on the cover of the book “Slash”, co-written by the guitar hero along with Anthony Bozza, “It seems EXCESSIVE…but that doesn’t mean it didn’t happen”. Oh, it happened all right. Long before Guns N Roses blew up and became one of the best and most famous bands in Rock history, Marc Canter befriended the band, and Slash in particular, and he had the smarts and the wherewithal to begin documenting the whole unbelievable, incredible journey. Marc, along with Jason Porath, has written and released “Reckless Road: Guns N Roses and the Making of Appetite For Destruction”. “Appetite…” has to be one of the most apropos album titles in the annals of music. Because along with the debauchery came destruction in all manner and forms, much of which was of a personal nature. It’s nothing short of miraculous that one or more members of GNR didn’t join that great rock band in the sky. Don’t believe for a minute that the five guys who created that album weren’t knockin’ on heaven’s door, most of them more than a few times too.
Coming up in the world of Rock in the Los Angeles area meant playing a lot of gigs on the famed Sunset Strip, finishing late and heading to a nearby restaurant to grab a bite to eat. For decades the famed Canter’s Deli on Fairfax Avenue, four major streets south of the strip, has been a top choice for many if not most. For Marc, it’s the family business and as a young man he was exposed to all kinds of bands and musicians (he’s now the owner and general manager). Canter’s is open late and is considered to be one of the finest delis in the world, and yes, that includes New York City. It’s worth stopping by for the potato pancakes alone. Bring on the applesauce! Marc and Slash became good friends and Canter had the foresight to start shooting pictures and recording gigs. For his book, he decided to focus on their early shows beginning with their first one on June 6, 1985 and continuing to and through GNR getting signed by Geffen records. One of the coolest aspects of the book is its interactive nature. One can register their copy of the book to access a treasure trove of material, including archived video and audio clips, video interviews from the book and a whole lot more innovative and cool features. Slash’s book is truly tell all, nothing is left out from the women to the drugs to county jail and of course, the music and what great music they made. Speaking of which, we will have plenty of great songs to choose from. Musically alone, this is gonna be a killer show, count on it.
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