Ok
It's a hot, very hot summer night back before Christmas in 1988.
Possibly 89,
I'm a bit sketchy on the year.
It was very late and every one in the house was asleep.
It was hot as hell and I couldn't sleep
I was about 11 or 12 at the time.
I was into music. At that point in time I'd only really knew top 40 stuff
I was into inxs, the kick album
Bon Jovi slippery when wet album
Terrance Trent Darby
That kind of thing.
I was your topical kid at that time
Mostly into skateboards and riding my bmx and playing sports.
Anyway, back to the story,
I couldn't sleep, so I got up snuck out to the lounge room and put the tv on.
Lol I still remember the late night sex phone ads haha, one got my attention lol.
Anyway, MTV was on
Special edition
Guns n roses live at the Ritz was on.
I'd never seen anything like it before
Like bon jovi was like heavy metal to me haha.
I instantly loved what I was watching and hit record on the vhs player.
I taped over what ever was in the player haha.
Anyway I was instantly drawn to Slash.
Big hair, killer guitar sound, No shirt, smoking big hat,
I just thought he was cool as hell.
Anyway, that night I decided I wanted to be like him and learn guitar.
Lucky for me, my dad was into electronics and use to make guitar amps.
Up in the shed were old amps he had made, all by hand.
He had an old guitar that he used to test the amps with,
So I grabbed the biggest amp I could find in the shed, and grabbed the guitar.
Dad changed a few valves in the amp cleaned up a few knobs and I was on my way.
Since that day I have been playing guitar
Since that day I have wanted a gibson les Paul still don't have it.
Since that day I have wanted to be a rock star,
I'm still not haha.
But I love guitar and everything about it.
It's a real passion