Anthony Bozza

Por primera vez, la historia de Guns N? Roses contada desde dentro: su creación, sus grandes éxitos, el camino hacia la autodestrucción que al final acabó con ellos y la resurrección de Slash con Snakepit y Velvet Revolver. Puede parecer excesivo, pero eso no significa que no sucediera.Nacio en Inglaterra, pero crecio en Los Angeles, en el vibrante hervidero de musica y cultura que fueron los primeros años setenta. Su adolescencia la paso en las calles, descubriendo la bebida, las drogas, la musica rock y las mujeres, a la vez que adquiria un notable prestigio como corredor de bicicross. Pero todo su mundo cambio el dia que sostuvo por primera vez la baqueteada guitarra con una sola cuerda que encontro escondida en el armario de su abuela. Ahora, tras haber vendido mas de 100 millones de discos con Guns N? Roses y tras haberse ganado a pulso la fama de ser uno de los mejores guitarristas del mundo, Slash ha decidido contar, por primera vez, la historia del grupo desde dentro: su formacion, los años de penurias, la creacion de las canciones que definieron una era, la locura del exito y, en ultima instancia, el tortuoso y desquiciado camino hacia la autodestruccion que termino acabando con ellos. Pero esta no es solo la historia de Guns N? Roses, sino tambien una cronica personal llena de triunfos y tragedia...

From one of the greatest rock guitarists of our era comes a memoir that redefines sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll He was born in England but reared in L.A., surrounded by the leading artists of the day amidst the vibrant hotbed of music and culture that was the early seventies. Slash spent his adolescence on the streets of Hollywood, discovering drugs, drinking, rock music, and girls, all while achieving notable status as a BMX rider. But everything changed in his world the day he first held the beat-up one-string guitar his grandmother had discarded in a closet. The instrument became his voice and it triggered a lifelong passion that made everything else irrelevant. As soon as he could string chords and a solo together, Slash wanted to be in a band and sought out friends with similar interests. His closest friend, Steven Adler, proved to be a conspirator for the long haul. As hairmetal bands exploded onto the L.A. scene and topped the charts, Slash sought his niche and a band that suited his raw and gritty sensibility. He found salvation in the form of four young men of equal mind: Axl Rose, Izzy Stradlin, Steven Adler, and Duff McKagan. Together they became Guns N' Roses, one of the greatest rock 'n' roll bands of all time. Dirty, volatile, and as authentic as the streets that weaned them, they fought their way to the top with groundbreaking albums such as the iconic Appetite for Destruction and Use Your Illusion I and II. Here, for the first time ever, Slash tells the tale that has yet to be told from the inside: how the band came together, how they wrote the music that defined an era, how they survived insane, never-ending tours, how they survived themselves, and, ultimately, how it all fell apart. This is a window onto the world of the notoriously private guitarist and a seat on the roller-coaster ride that was one of history's greatest rock 'n' roll machines, always on the edge of self-destruction, even at the pinnacle of its success. This is a candid recollection and reflection of Slash's friendships past and present, from easygoing Izzy to ever-steady Duff to wild-child Steven and complicated Axl. It is also an intensely personal account of struggle and triumph: as Guns N' Roses journeyed to the top, Slash battled his demons, escaping the overwhelming reality with women, heroin, coke, crack, vodka, and whatever else came along. He survived it all: lawsuits, rehab, riots,

does eminem matter? On assignment for his first cover story for Rolling Stone, the very first national cover story on Eminem, Anthony Bozza met a young blond kid, a rapper who would soon take the country by storm. But back in 1999, Eminem was just beginning to make waves among suburban white teenagers as his first single, "My Name Is," went into heavy rotation on MTV. Who could have predicted that in a mere two years, Eminem would become the most reviled and controversial hip-hop figure ever? Or that twelve months after that, Eminem would sit firmly at the pinnacle of American celebrity, a Grammy winner many times over and the recipient of an Oscar. did eminem change or did america finally figure him out? (...)

Por fin la biografía definitiva de Eminem: el hombre, el artista de hip-hop y el icono de la cultura popular americana contemporánea.Desde los tiempos de Kurt Cobain y Nirvana, ninguna otra figura del panorama musical ha alcanzado la trascendencia conseguida por Eminem. Paradójicamente, él, un artista blanco, ha triunfado gracias al hip-hop, un mundo dominado hasta su llegada por los cantantes de color.El periodista Anthony Bozza describe no sólo el fulminante ascenso al estrellato del controvertido rapero, sino que, además, realiza un completo perfil de su personalidad, de su obra y de la repercusión solcial de ambas.

Por fin, la biografía definitiva de Eminem: el hombre, el artista de hip-hop y el icono de la cultura popular americana contemporánea.Eminem, un artista blanco, ha triunfado gracias al hip-hop, hasta su llegada un mundo dominado por los cantantes de color. Esta demostración del triunfo del talento en un mundo hostil, tras superar una infancia y adolescencia especialmente problemáticas, ha convertido al controvertido rapero en un ídolo para los adolescentes de medio mundo. Sus canciones, llenas de rabia y violencia, le han hecho ganar innumerables discos de platino, varios premios Grammy y hasta un Oscar.

Eminem is currently the world's biggest and most controversial music star. He has been blasted for what many of his critics regards as overtly homophobic and misogynistic lyrics, and resented both for his record-breaking commercial success and being a white man in a black genre. But Eminem's sheer talent has transcended such condemnation and established him as the most important figure to come out of popular music since Kurt Cobain. Whatever You Say I Am - based on exclusive interviews with members of Eminem's family, key figures in the music business, sociologists and reviewers and featuring previously unpublished photographs - is the first book to reveal the man behind the controversy. Most crucially, Anthony Bozza's unprecedented access to Eminem himself makes him uniquely qualified to answer the big question - why does Eminem matter? The answer is found in Eminem's unlikely life story, in his extraordinary ascent to super-stardom and in an analysis of his music and lyrics. Whatever You Say I Am will keep Eminem's legions of fans riveted, and will enlighten his critics.