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Guns 'N' Roses Star Slash Files for Divorce

Perla Ferrar and Slash arrive at the 2nd annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards April 8, 2010 in Los Angeles. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) Frazer Harrison

NEW YORK (CBS) After nearly nine years of marriage, top-hat wearing rocker Slash has filed for divorce Monday from wife Perla Ferrar.

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The divorce petition filed in Los Angles Court seeks dissolution of marriage based on irreconcilable difference.

The former Guns 'N' Roses and Velvet Revolver lead guitarist is asking for joint physical and legal custody of the couple's two boys, London Emilio, 8, and Cash Anthony, 6, according to the court documents obtained by TMZ.

Slash, 45, whose real name is Saul Hudson, lists the date of separation as July 15, 2010.  He and Ferrar wed back in Oct. 2001. 

Slash's marriage to Ferrar is his second.  He was previously married to actress Renne Suran.  They ended their five-year union in 1997.

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