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- The appearance of Death, the main antagonist of the film Six-String Samurai, seems to have been influenced by Slash. Death is a heavy metal-playing, top hat-wearing, leather-clad rocker attempting to claim the title "King of Lost Vegas" after Elvis' passing. Death is the personification of heavy metal, while the protagonist, Buddy (meant to resemble Buddy Holly), is the personification of rock 'n' roll. He is also Jewish.
- A teenaged Slash makes a minor appearance in Penelope Spheeris' 1984 cult film, Suburbia. Slash's scene comes approximately 12 min. and 20 seconds into the film, during a concert at a suburban punk rock club. He's wearing a white shirt and a yellow/blue bandana over his head, and gives the finger to the announcer on stage for cutting-short the band's set.
- In the 1991 Alice Cooper home video documentary Prime Cuts, Slash states that Cooper's Welcome To My Nightmare is "one of my all-time favorite motherfucking albums".
- In 1992, Slash was signed as official promoter of Black Death Vodka. The bottles came in a black coffin-shaped box, featuring graphics including a skeleton wearing a top hat.
- He voices himself in the cartoon Kid Notorious, featuring Robert Evans (The Godfather) as the main character.
- Slash has said in interviews that when he came up with the signature riff to "Sweet Child o' Mine," he was only joking. Axl liked it and would not back down, so they recorded the song despite his dislike of that riff.
- It is widely thought that Slash is the influence of The Simpsons character Otto. There are also numerous references in the show of Otto and him liking snakes. Slash in real life is an avid snake collector.
- In an interview for NME, Slash stated that he would like to meet Robbie Williams, a fellow Stoke-on-Trent native. "He's a pop guy, so I'm not real familiar with him, but I guess we're both from Stoke. It would be interesting to meet him sometime to see if we can compare Stoke-On-Trent stories or some shit." Slash & Robbie did meet in 2004 when they both joined Camp Freddy on stage for a rendition of The Who's "My Generation".
- Slash has a bracelet for charity.
- Slash scrounged his top hat from a local street shop by first stealing the belt and then returning later for the hat. He cut the belt in half and wore around the hat.
- Slash often wore Rolling Stones and Motörhead t-shirts in concert.
- Slash is featured in the song "What I Want" by Daughtry, in their self-titled album.
- Slash had a black tongue at one time, and has cited alcohol as the problem.
- Slash played the National Anthem at the Toronto Blue Jays 2005 Home Opener.
- The cover for the second volume of the American DVD release of the anime, Pani Poni Dash!, features the main character Rebecca Miyamoto dressed up as Slash. The subtitle for the DVD, "Girls N' Roses", also pays homeage to the band of which Slash was a member.
- In 1998, Slash played guitar on a track entitled "Bayangan" by female Malaysian queen of rock Ella.
- In the animated series Metalocalypse, one-time character Antonio 'Tony' DiMarco Thunderbottom shows similar characteristics to Slash, such as constantly wearing a top hat, always having a cigarette, and being a heavy drinker. Antonio is the bassist of Snakes N'Barrels (a play on Guns N'Roses), a fictional band in the show.
- In the episode of South Park, "I'm a little bit country," there is a guitarist that resembles Slash, save for the hair (it was red).
- Slash makes a cameo in an episode of Tales From the Crypt as a radio dj.
- Performed in an 'All Star Supergroup' with Rob Zombie (vocals), Gilby Clarke (rhythm guitar), Scott Ian (bass), Tommy Lee (drums) and Ace Frehley (co-lead guitar with Slash) for a cover of the Kiss song, God of Thunder
- In the first episode of Lil' Bush on Comedy Central, Bush and his friends do a rock show dressed as the guys from GNR, and Lil' Condi resembles Slash, with a nose ring, top hat, and Slash-ish hair.
- In the guitar solo of the music video of Anchang's (Sex Machinegun) - Cobra Twist, Anchang resembles slash complete with Slash's trademark Gibson Les Paul
- At a gig in Wales on 7th June 2007, Slash caused controversy after lighting up a cigarette on stage after the welsh smoking ban had been put in to place.
- Slash does not own a MySpace page but believes in order to really sell records that's the avenue a band needs to go down to connect with the kids.
- Joe Trohman of the emo band Fall Out Boy cites Slash as the inspiration for his costume in the music video for This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race, where he is seen playing guitar on top of a coffin.
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