Once paramedics arrived on the scene, they injected adrenaline straight into the guitarist’s heart and ultimately revived him.
When asked if he had any recollection of the incident, Slash claimed, “I remember everything up to that moment. And everything after that was just waking up with the paramedics, and I was still in the hotel. I mean, that happened in the hallway of the hotel…So, up into that point, I remember blacking out, and I remember…there’s a thing that happens when paramedics wake you up out of death like that, where it’s just, like, this huge shock of energy and lights, voices, and pandemonium, and it’s an unmistakable feeling. I’ve had it a few times, and I remember that.”
In 2001, Slash was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy due to addiction. However, the star has been proudly sober since 2006, writing in his autobiography, Slash, “Early in the morning of July 3, 2006, I checked into rehab. I did a full thirty days, I fully surrendered…I learned more about myself than I ever thought was possible. And I’ve been sober ever since.”
