“It makes sense that the bands first show took place in Seattle because as much as L. A. was our address, we had as much in common with the average "L. A." band as Seattle's weather has with Southern California.”

—  Slash (musician) , book Slash

Source: Slash (2007) by Anthony Bozza & Mason Segal,, p. 108.

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