Guitarist Slash on CNN's Talk Asia

Fifteen years after splitting from the hugely popular rock band "Guns N' Roses", guitarist Slash has established rock star status in his own right - through his bands "Slash's Snakepit" and "Velvet Revolver" and as a sought-after collaborator with the likes of Michael Jackson, Ozzy Osbourne and Iggy Pop.

Slash had a serious heroin addiction and used to drink up to half a gallon of vodka everyday. He opens up about his dark struggles and his time in rehab: "The main reason, my thinking at least, at the time for going to rehab was just to get away from everybody and just have a month where I could get my head straight. I got a firm grasp on what I needed to be doing and I was really done with that sort of

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