Slash

It's Five O'Clock Somewhere
$13.98
There are a least 8 or 9 really strong tracks on this album. Well worth the purchase if you like slash or GNR.

Reckless Road: Guns N' Roses and the Making of Appetite for Destruction
$29.95
This book is all about the photography. The hundreds of shots here are priceless -- especially if you're interested in the underground glam roots of the band. There's a lot more teased hair and makeup in this book than fans of the band a few years later would recognize, but those of us who love that early, in-your-face, down-and-dirty Hollywood scene will just eat this up! Lots of great anecdotes and stories from the band and those who knew them (the groupie bits are great!). Definitely worth your $25 (or whatever it costs ya)!!

Slash
$15.99
I read a lot of "rock" autobiographies, if you will. Honestly, while some parts of the book are interesting, you have to question a lot of the events described in it. For the most part, there's a lot of "I was so *insert drug-related adjective* on *insert drug* that I can't really remember *insert famous incident, song writing session, video making, etc*". The entire book is like that. But yet, he sticks word-for-word mini stories and memories into the chapters, things that happened nearly twenty years ago, but can't remember anything else. Fishy? Yeah.
I already knew a lot about GNR, and this book didn't tell me anything new at all. I guess for a new fan it can be rather informative. But mostly, Slash's stories are either a) barely able to be recalled, b) trying to prove a point (goes out of his way to point out people he thought were screwing them over, people he thought were stupid, points out a lot of his possibly biased opinions - but does also go out of his way to thank specific people, or c) ...really boring. I just found the writing style very annoying. Half the things he can't even recall, and the other half he can recall clear as day, apparently. Also, a lot of the writing is VERY repetitive. But if you're a slow-paced reader, then it probably will turn out just fine.
But, if I got one thing out of this book, it's that the man just loves to play some rock and roll. He's all about the music, the guitar, the feeling of belonging on a stage. We can chalk this up to the fact that he really never gets any formal education so his mentality is basically that of a twelve year old, or we can call it being a true musician.
The sad thing is, I was a huge Slash fan before reading this book. As I read, I just generally got a little more bored and disgusted with it. But I was hoping it would get better, so I continued. But I read the other reviews and everyone seems to think this was a deep insight into the inner workings of GNR (obviously, none of these people knew anything about them before reading this) but it's really basic information. The only thing I learned that I never knew before was the synthesizer setup Axl had during the recording of Illusions.
If you already know that Slash and Duff are the reason for "7 second delay" on live programming, then you do not need this book. If you didn't know that, then pick up a copy...it might be more worth it.

Slash: The Autobiography
$11.63