The Slash that exists in our mind’s eye is even more epic than the man, or character, himself: a genuine rock and roll superhero. Stardom, it turns out, was never really the central goal, even as Guns N’ Roses were rapidly emerging as LA’s biggest band. “If you remember when we talked back during the early Guns N’ Roses days,” Slash told Hit Parader in 2005, “I always said the important thing to me was having a long, successful career… not being famous. In 2002, Slash and his remaining GnR mates, sans Rose, joined up with the ill-fated ex-Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland to form Velvet Revolver. Instead, the guitarist found his way back to Axl Rose in 2015, as their 20-year feud was finally settled for the greater (financial) good of Guns N’ Roses’ legacy.