Aside from being a complete legend on guitar. We showed you the video of Slash and Betty White for the L.A zoo as well, so here is a bit more info on what Slash likes to do when he turns off his amp.
Reptiles
"Basically
I am a self-taught zookeeper and I definitely relate to the animals
I've lived with better than to most of the humauns I've known." (Slash)
As a child, Slash was fascinated by dinosaurs and reptiles. He started
caring for and keeping snakes as pets when he moved from England to
California. Until 2008, he had about one hundred snakes, lizards and
crocodiles in his house. Since several years, Slash is also a staunch
supporter of the Los Angeles Zoo and an advocate for zoos all around the
world. In 2011, he received the Tom Mankiewicz Leadership Award for his
involvement in the causes of wildlife and environment protection.Famous pets: Mickey (black-and-white rat), Jack (Jackson's chameleon), Clyde and Sam (anacondas), Pandora (boa constrictor which appears in "Patience" music video), Jacob (another boa that Slash gave to the Los Angeles Zoo), Adrianna (Burmese python which appears in "Patience" music video) and Curtis (mountain lion).
Pinball
"My
ex-wife, her family lives in the suburbs of Chicago, and I went there
to visit for the first time - I never played pinball as a kid - so I was
bored. there was nothing to do except drive into the city and get
fucked up and never be able to find my way back. But they had a basement
- those are real popular in Chicago - and they had pinball machines
down there. So I played pinball every night for a week." (Slash)
Slash discovered pinball machines in the early 1990s. He still quotes
Funhouse, Party Zone, The Addams Family and Jurassic Park as his
favourite ones. In 1994, Data East asked him to participate in the
conception of a Guns N' Roses machine: playing to bring band members on
stage. The soundtrack featured the song "Ain't Goin' Down", a Use Your
Illusion outtake that signs the only official release of the song. A few
years later, Slash contributed to the Viper Night Drivin' machine
produced by Sega. You can hear "Speed Parade" from Slash's Snakepit
during the game and Slash made a few cameos. He also recorded a song
dedicated to his love of pinball machines: "Be The Ball" features on the
1995 Slash's Snakepit album It's Five O'Clock Somewhere.
BMX
"By
1978 we were riding bicycle motocross. The tricks that he performed
were ahead of the time. Slash was a star. Calera flashes would go off
when he took his jumps. He approached bicycle motocross with the same
style and flash as he did everything else." (Marc Canter)
Before learning to play guitar, Slash had a passion for BMX and bicycle
races. He was listed in a couple of magazines as an up-and-coming rider
in the thirteen to fourteen age category.
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