More Photos from the Reckless Road/Sessions Event!

The Guitar Center event and Reckless Road party at the Northridge store


The Reckless Road team, Jason Porath and Linnea Johnsson


Slash onstage during Sessions event


Slash played his favorite guitar solos


Marc Canter joined Slash onstage to talk about Reckless Road


The book signing - almost 450 books in 2 hours!


Slash and Steven Adler signing books


Slash and Marc Canter signing books

A Historic Night for Reckless Road at Guitar Center

This is the first in a series of posts about the Slash Sessions Event and Reckless Road launch party at Guitar Center.

Real Deal Media, Gibson and Guitar Center combined forces to produce a Sessions event in Northridge, CA with Slash that was off the hook. In addition to the Q&A and performance, Gibson and Epiphone unveiled their Slash Les Paul Goldtop series and Real Deal Media kicked off the Reckless Road launch party.

Slash and Artistdirect editor Rick Florino spoke for about an hour about a range of subjects including Slash's techniques, future plans for Velvet Revolver and, of course, Reckless Road. Marc Canter got up on stage and joined Slash for a few questions about their friendship and the book. Slash played some of his most famous riffs: Sweet Child O Mine, Welcome to the Jungle and Slither.

After the Sessions part of the evening, the Reckless Road launch party kicked off and included a book signing with nearly everyone we interviewed for the book who was a major part of GNR history. Fourteen of us sat down together to sign books for anyone who got in line. We ended up signing several hundred books. It was epic. Among the guests were Steven Adler, Mike Clink, Adriana "Rocket Queen" Smith and former Geffen A&R rep Tom Zutaut.

That's all for now - we're still recovering from that night. Check back in a bit for tons more behind-the-scenes photos, video and stories. A huge "Thank You" to all of the thousands of fans who came out and rocked with us. You are reason for everything we do. Send us your stories and pictures; we'd love to hear from you.

Slash on stage at Sessions Event

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The crowd inside at the signing

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Adriana "Rocket Queen" Smith and Steven Adler

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Calling all GNR fans in LA

Don't forget... tomorrow is the big Slash Sessions event at Guitar Center in Northridge. Following Slash's performance, he will be signing copies of Reckless Road. The event is free and open to the public, so get there early to secure your spot.

See you tomorrow!

Wednesday, September 3 @ 6 pm
@
Guitar Center Northridge
19510 Nordhoff St.
Northridge, CA 91324

Coupon Code for Reckless Road Store

As our way of saying thanks to all of the Gunners out there, and to help promote the new Guns N' Roses Prints available exclusively at the Reckless Road Store, we are offering a special coupon code for 15% off your entire purchase. Check out the new Prints, and pick up a Collector's Edition of the book, if you don't already have one. There aren't many left!

Go to www.recklessroad.com and click on Store. Once you get to your shopping cart, enter "GNR-15" and click Apply to get your discount.

Rock on!

New Products, Improved Website...

Today is the official launch of our newest Reckless Road product line: Exclusive Collectible Prints.

We are making available some of the best and historically relevant photographs from Reckless Road to collect and display. This collection represents important milestones in the band's history, including the first time the Appetite for Destruction line-up played together at the Troubadour in 1985 and several from the first time that legendary Appetite songs, like Sweet Child O' Mine, were ever played.

If you like the images from the book, these 11'' x 17'' will blow you away. They are printed on Enhanced Matte Paper, a bright white paper that is perfect for images that do not require gloss. The images are highly saturated and maintain excellent highlight and shadow detail. These images were digitized directly from Marc Canter's and Jack Lue's negatives from the mid-80's, then cleaned up and color corrected. They look beautiful.

The prints are available for an introductory price of $14.95 each, plus s&h. Don't forget about our book/print promotion as well - buy the book and get a special Limited Edition print free.

The official Reckless Road website is the only place to get them. Email us to let us know what you think.

Slash and Reckless Road Cast of Characters @Guitar Center for Sessions and Reckless Road book signing event

Well, our scrappy team pulled it off! This event started with a casual conversation with Dave Weiderman of the Hollywood Guitar Center who thought it would be cool to combine a Reckless Road launch party with a Sessions event. And he was right.

Guitar Center has gone above and beyond to make this Sessions event and the RR book signing the biggest one they've hosted. Moving the event from the Hollywood store to the Northridge store was a necessity due to the huge turnout we expect. Instead of waiting in a line in the summer heat during rush hour on Sunset Blvd hoping some security guy will let you in, the event has been moved outside, in a parking lot with huge hi-def screens so that everyone will be in on Slash's performance. Pre-show, there will be live music and a Guitar Center tent where you can purchase your copy of Reckless Road. Slash will be on hand to sign books after the show.

The outdoor lot can easily accommodate 2,000 or more, so don't be shy...come to the valley... and... remember... hydrate!

We have many special guests coming...think "Cast of Characters" from the book. Just to name a few... Duff McKagan, Steven Adler (if he can get out of rehab), Mike Clink, Tom Zutaut, Adriana "Rocket Queen" Durgan and more.

Marc Canter will be there. Be sure to thank him for the great work he did to put this book together.

If you want your book signed by Slash, we suggest picking up a copy at the event. Guitar Center will be selling copies at the event site and only people who have a book will be allowed inside for the signing. There will only be a few hundred copies available, so with an expected turnout of 1,500+, plan on getting there early to pick up your copy.

See you there!

The Reckless Road Team

Photos from BEA

Real Deal Media is at Book Expo America (BEA) representing Reckless Road. Here are some photos from the first day...


Slash hanging out in our booth (from left: Tom Moyer, Marc Canter, Slash, Jonas Mohr, Jason Porath):


The SuicideGirls came out to help hand out flyers:


Marc and Slash signing copies of Reckless Road:


Check out our Flickr page for more pics!

Reckless Road wins Silver at the IPPY Awards

We are excited to announce that Reckless Road: Guns N' Roses and the Making of Appetite for Destruction won the Silver award for Best Pop-Culture Book of 2008 at the Independent Publisher Awards. The IPPY awards recognize excellence in independent publishing and Reckless Road was selected from over 3,200 entries and 2,500 publishers in seven countries.

The awards ceremony was held in Los Angeles earlier this month during Book Expo America (BEA), the largest book trade show in the world and we were there, ready to rock as always. Slash came out to support us and signed over 300 books.

Congratulations to Marc Canter and the Reckless Road team!

About.com:Heavy Metal gives Reckless Road 4 stars

Chad Bower, About.com's Guide to Heavy Metal, gives Reckless Road 4 stars. Thanks, Chad!

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Brilliant review from Ray Van Horn, Jr. @ The Metal Minute

One of the most well-written reviews we've ever read. Thanks to Ray for the kind words.

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Link: The Metal Minute homepage