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Slash<\/a> wasn\u2019t one to worry about his ego that much in Guns N\u2019 Roses. <\/p>\n He never liked the idea of being a rock star in that way, and it was much easier for him to play as fast as he could with his hair pulled down beneath his top hat than worry about rockstar shenanigans. But between being one of the biggest guitarists in the world, he also had to deal with some people who weren\u2019t as enthusiastic as everyone else.<\/p>\n Then again, Guns N\u2019 Roses was bound to be a hard pill for most people to swallow back in the late 1980s. The hair metal scene had become so glamorous that seeing a band that looked genuinely dangerous coming out of the woodwork was bound to be a breath of fresh air. But if you mix in a bunch of songs about drugs and more than a little bit of misogynistic lyrics in there, it\u2019s no shocker why parents weren\u2019t exactly going to be clamouring for Appetite for Destruction when it came out.<\/p>\n But that hardly stopped the rock fans of the world. After all, since when was anyone going to buy music strictly based on what their parents thought was okay? The whole appeal of the band was them being dangerous, and even if Slash didn\u2019t utter a single word when he was onstage, it felt like he lived the rockstar lifestyle firsthand every day of his life, usually with a guitar in one hand and a Jack Daniels bottle in the other.<\/p>\n When the band finally started gaining traction, though, the music world was bound to have some opinions. Elton John was enough of a fan to join the group onstage when they performed \u2018November Rain\u2019 when it came out, but looking at the other heavyhitters of the day, Slash remembered that Prince was far from impressed with what they were doing.<\/p>\n While it was always going to take a lot to wow \u2018The Purple One\u2019 onstage, it\u2019s not like he had reason to feel intimidated, either. There were hardly any musicians or public figures who could compete with his insane track record, but whereas most saw competition, Slash felt that Prince only treated them like a bunch of kids when they were accepting their first awards.<\/p>\n Compared to the likes of Aerosmith and The Rolling Stones, who seemed to be passing the torch to them in some respects, Slash felt that Prince looked down on them when they crossed paths at the American Music Awards, saying<\/a>, \u201cI met Lenny Kravitz, which was cool, but Prince blew us off. He and his entourage just ignored us when we walked by. He didn\u2019t say anything, and he probably didn\u2019t know who we were. I don\u2019t think we\u2019re what he\u2019d call good company, and I really didn\u2019t care.\u201d<\/p>\n