“Exactly. Don’t make this worse than it already is, Laisa,” I tried. “I’m not the one turning the atmosphere tense and unbearable. Fred was. And you still stuck with him until the end. I’m not part of 4 Nipes. And damn it, I love this band. But my vibe has always been different from yours. I just want to play my guitar doing covers of the greatest guitarists in history—starting with Slash himself, who’s my son’s idol. And… I want to go solo, with a different sound from ...