The best thing about the 90s and 2000s is that the idiotic and entitled cancel culture crowd didn’t exist. With no outlet for their faux outrage, entertainers, comedians, actors, and athletes could do what they do best—their job. If people had a problem with their personal choices, they could choose not to pay attention to them. Social media and progressivism changed all that, which means icons like Slash of Guns N’ Roses would not have had the career they did.
The lead guitar player for the group, fronted by Axl Rose, did an interview with Yahoo Entertainment to promote the new coffee table book he has featuring photos of his gun collection. Slash was a realist, basically saying, “um, yeah, the snowflakes on social media these days wouldn’t have been able to handle the chaos we created back in the day.”
Here’s his exact quote to Yahoo.
“To be honest, I haven’t really thought about all that [controversies] that much recently. But now that you mention it, most of everything that we did would’ve gotten us canceled in this day and age.”
Slash specifically pointed to his band’s song “One In A Million,” which took heat because of its lyrics.
“We would not have fared well in this environment, for sure, on so many different levels. But I mean, a lot of things from back then would not be what you consider acceptable at this moment in time.”
It’s not like the craziness of life back then was a random occurrence — he made it clear it was how they rolled in general.
“I’m just glad that we didn’t have the internet back then! It would’ve been a different world altogether. But anyway, I don’t dwell on all that stuff. It just is what it is.”
Imagine if bands like Guns N’ Roses were canceled before they hit their stride — what a waste of talent and a loss of great music.
Oh, by the way, one other thing this interview with Yahoo revealed is Slash’s real name: Saul Hudson.
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