Quote: (01-05-2015 01:22 PM)monster Wrote:
FWIY, from what I heard Perla was a huge influence on Slash. She got him clean, got him involved in all his side projects, managed his daily affairs. She was like Sharon Osbourne to Ozzy. Without her Slash would likely have been dead od'd in some alleyway in Hollywood.
A lot of talented artistic types have no grounding in reality and are codependent on a strong woman to sort of guide their careers in reality. Slash (and Ozzy) were extremely lucky to have found business-oriented women like Sharon and Perla, otherwise Slash would have been a used up has-been like every other 80s musician (including axl). And lord knows these women would have exerted a much more positive influence than a male business manager because artists see business manager as "evil" simply because they're business, which they feel is antagonistic to talent and creativity.
If this is true, I don't think it's right that she should not be entitled to anything.
That's a little dramatic and inaccurate - Rich people rarely OD, there are too many people with a vested interest looking out for them. And if I had to choose to between 5 million dollars, drugs, and dozens of dimepiece groupies or 40 million dollars while having to be married to Sharon Osborne, I would choose the 5 million every time. Heck, I would take 5 years of it and an OD in alley over having to listen to Sharon Osborne every minute of every day for the rest of my life. What's the point of being rich if you still have to deal with that? What's the point of living a long time if it's a long time with her?
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FWIY, from what I heard Perla was a huge influence on Slash. She got him clean, got him involved in all his side projects, managed his daily affairs. She was like Sharon Osbourne to Ozzy. Without her Slash would likely have been dead od'd in some alleyway in Hollywood.
A lot of talented artistic types have no grounding in reality and are codependent on a strong woman to sort of guide their careers in reality. Slash (and Ozzy) were extremely lucky to have found business-oriented women like Sharon and Perla...
This is a bullshit hustle. If you think these girls can do a better job than guys like Ubermensch music manager Shep Gordon, you're out of your mind. And these superagents charge a lot less than 50%. These women insert themselves into running the daily lives of these guys so they can control them better. They make a few basic business moves to keep the mealticket earning (it's their money after all) and then try to take credit for a genius artists income. This is the hustle they're selling.