i don't know if i'd keep my composure if i ever met slash. my first casette tape was a gnr mix tape my big sister gave me when i was maybe...7? die hard gnr fan from then on. i always wanted to play an instrument and figured i'd never be able to play guitar so i tried other stuff i thought would be simpler, never went anywhere. one day my friend's mother sold me a suzuki for $20 and i practiced the clean riff from metallica's One. once that popped out it was eight hours a day of metallica for the next three years. i really played nothing but metallica songs and i became kirk hammett. i eventually realized and started playin other stuff. i recently sent a friend some of my own songs and got the best compliment i've ever recieved: "you've been on repeat all day."

keep an eye open for the the scrap yard medley thread.