Slash: Life And Times Of A Guitar God

Special thanks to Linda of Slash’s official fan site snakepit.org for information used in this article.

Truly an inspiration to a generation of guitarists, a legend in his own right and an amazingly skilled guitarist. Slash has established himself as a guitar god, both for his heavy riffs and epic solos, along with a blues edged hard rock style based upon his biggest influences. But this six-string legend is not without his instantly recognisable image, or his rock n roll excessive lifestyle through time.

The story of this musical icon begins in 1965 in London. Slash was born by the name of Saul Hudson and raised in Stoke On Trent in England by his mother, an American clothes designer, and father, an English artist who worked on album covers. Slash moved to the USA when he was eleven years old. Living in L.A with his family and not quite fitting in at school, Slash lead a somewhat bohemian life at home.

The first real musical influences of Slash’s life really began at this time, with his parents being involved in fashion and music their friends would visit them in L.A. Their guests often included musicians such as David Bowie and Iggy pop.

During the 70’s Slash moved in with his grandmother when his parents separated. Slash was 15 years old when his grandmother gave him his first guitar as a gift. Playing along to his biggest influences and teaching himself to mimic the sounds of bands like Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin, guitar became a passion to Slash. Leaving his old hobby of BMX riding behind him and flunking out of school at the 11th grade Slash would devote 12 hours a day to playing guitar.

At this time Slash made two choices that changed his life, the first was to begin trying to piece together a way of making money from his guitar playing, the second to form a band called The Road Crew with a new friend, Steven Adler. While it became obvious they had potential they needed a singer. After meeting W. Axl Rose and Izzy Stradlin Guns ‘n’ Roses was born (I won’t go into much depth on this 1 because I already wrote an article about that).

During the unforgettable 6 or so years at the top with G’N’R Slash had a whole range of experiences. From the unforgettable anthems and sold out stadiums, he finally became recognised as the guitar legend he is today. But before Guns hit the big time and scored a record deal they were constantly involved in an endless 24-hour a day party. While this added to their reputation of the most dangerous band on earth it took a huge toll on all the band members.

Perhaps no other member felt the full effect of the drink and the drugs as much as Slash. Because of his drugged up condition, Axl once came close to ending G’N’R saying Slash needs to “stop dancing with Mr. brownstone”. And during the illusions tour Slash was once found in a hotel by an elevator passed out with no pulse. To this day slash still gives thanks to the paramedic who saved his life with a reviving adrenalin shot to the heart.

But the good times had in G’N’R fro Slash included playing to sold out arenas and venues across the whole world, this also helped to establish his iconic image. But the imagery of Guns and Slash really came across with their music videos. Particularly the over budget shoots for “November Rain” and “Estranged”. As usual slash had the recognisable black top hat, les paul guitar and curly black hair. But with this budget G’N’R were able to put an incredible look to their music, For example the solo’s in November rain and estranged, how many other guitarists can say they stood on the ocean and played a solo at sunset.

After the illusions tour Slash and the Guns decided to take a break, during which time Slash became a United States citizen. But with the new G’N’R album taking a long time to get off the ground, Slash decided to start another band as a side project. The result was Slash’s Snake Pit, the band released the album “its 5 o’clock somewhere” which achieved worldwide success. The new band also featured equally bored Gunners Matt Sourum and Gilby Clarke. The band hit the road for a tour of some small clubs and venues in support of the album. Slash was glad to finally get out of the commercial mega-budget Guns ‘N’ Roses tours and back to a close range with the audience.

While Axl took forever to re-kindle G’N’R and the Snake pit tour was over (though promised to return) Slash was asked to play a blues festival. He accepted the offer and saw it as a chance to return to the Aerosmith style blues routs in his playing. As with snake pit this started a new project for Slash. It was called blues ball and was for live shows only, the band were in popular demand even without releasing an album. They covered classic blues tracks, which were re-defined by Slash soulful guitar playing.

During both snake pit and blues ball Slash waited for the call from Axl, when it finally came G’N’R set about recording the spaghetti incident. This project was dubbed by critics as a way of making money from a band that couldn’t stand their singer. This impression was given off when Axl had little at all to do with the album. The result was Slash taking the reigns and producing/directing this album himself.

When the time came for a follow up tour there was never any chance of Axl being interested. As a result Slash and the other members became frustrated. When work began on another album Slash could stand no more of Axl’s dominance. Although critics dismissed this as a popularity stunt, Slash only had two things to say. “When Axl is ready to make a rock n’ roll album I’ll come back” and “I’ll never walk onto a stage with a band pretending to be the original G’N’R”.

While Slash remained positive he could work with Rose, if they settled their differences. Axl was final in his decision, he said he couldn’t work with Slash because Slash only wanted to make a rock album. Rose said G’N’R needed a new direction and Slash wasn’t part of it. In my opinion that’s the biggest mistake Axl will ever make.

Though Axl never managed to release anything after the departure of Slash, the guitar legend didn’t just give up. As he had said in the past snake pit were back. And this time with a new group of undiscovered talent on his side Slash recorded the album aint life grand. The new snake pit group hit the road in support of ACDC and their album on a US tour. And while they did do smaller venues as well Slash still enjoyed the arena tour with ACDC, and never lost the incredible stage presence for a second.

After the snake pit reunion finished Slash was unsure of what to do next. He did consider a new snake pit album but then decided to accept an offer from long-term friend and fellow rocker Alice Cooper. Slash hit the road with Alice on a tour as a stage guest, during the tour he would come onto the stage for re-written and guitar loaded versions of Cooper classics. The songs Slash played included “Hey Stoopid”, “Poison”, “Only Women Bleed” and “Under My Wheels”. Slash also did guest tracks on a couple of Alice Cooper albums. This included the track “Lost In America” on the album “The Last Temptation” and also the “Raise Your Fist And Yell” album’s single “Freedom”.

For his next solo project Slash wanted to do something different. His original idea was to write music for an album and use guest musicians to fill in the gaps, different people from all over the world playing with Slash. For this album he wanted t do a track with former band mates Duff and Matt. This was what led to the beginning of the new super group for the ex-G’N’R members.

The project soon became known as Velvet Revolver. The chemistry was still strong between Slash, Matt and Duff, but they needed more band members one of which had to be a unique front man. While the musical side of the tracks were strong, Slash decided he would want to play with a rhythm guitarist. He soon found the perfect guitarist in the form of an old friend from junior high, Dave Knusher.

With Dave on board, Slash’s search for a singer took an “old style” turn. He decided to throw the coveted band membership open for audition and demos from anyone. The result was a time consuming closed session of song writing and listening to demo discs. In total this search took 6 months at least. Finally Duff came across a CD that showed enough promise to warrant a live audition. With the call made the un-known English singer did some work with the music VR already had recorded writing his own lyrics to the tracks.

The result got mixed responses from the band, Duff was more forgiving where as Matt was unimpressed. Slash decided to make the call and inform the singer that VR was going to carry on looking for a front man. After endless auditions and poor demo tapes they got a second hope in the form of an American singer, also un-known to the music industry.

While this new singer had more writing experience Slash and VR were still not happy with the work he did, so once again the call was made and they continued looking. Slash then discovered that Scott Weiland was taking an extended break from the Stone Temple Pilots.

“When Scott came in for the audition it just seemed to fit” satisfied with Weiland's performance, Slash decided to see if Scott and VR could work together creatively. The result was a showcase to the “industry” which convinced Scott to leave the Stone Temple Pilots permanently and commit to VR. This session also landed the group with the sound track to the movie “The Hulk”.

Scott decided after the “Song Set Me Free” was recorded to enter rehab. Slash and VR decided to back Weiland up on his decision having been there themselves. When Scott was released from rehab VR made their public debut at a press conference. Critics were fast to throw Scott to the fire with headlines like “use your delusion”. However Scott’s newfound self-belief led to him coming to terms with his past and writing a few songs about it with Slash. The result of this was an incredible anthem track on the album called “Fall To Pieces”.

When contraband was finished and recorded Slash decided the band needed to do one more thing, which was of course to play live together. And when they hit the stage with Scott for the first time Slash could see the chemistry was complete. “We have been waiting a long time to unleash this animal, everyone may be waiting for Scott to fail but we know he will pull through, this will be one hell of an album”.

Slash wasn’t far wrong, contraband and the first single “Slither” achieved critical acclaim and worldwide success. For fans of the guitar god it was great to hear that solo in “slither” the great soloist was truly back. VR erupted into a frenzy of an American tour with fans embracing the new and true gritty hard rock band they were so short of before.

The second single chosen by Slash and Scott was “fall to pieces”. Even though the video had to fight off a band because of its graphic nature with Scott’s former drug habit the singe was a huge success. Slash and the Band hit the road for a world tour that has seemingly never ended since. As soon as they finished their own tour they snapped up another film soundtrack for the “Fantastic 4”, shot a video for their 2 singles “Come On Come In” and “Dirty Little Thing”, then they joined the 2005 Ozzfest.

Slash has recently said the band is writing material every spare moment they get, it has been rumoured that they have enough material for 6 albums! They are currently waiting for their tour to end and the album, yet to be titled, is expected to be released in March 2006.

With all the records and all the legendry solos he has put out there Slash is one guitarist who has earned worldwide respect. But with all his friends in the music industry and his in demand playing you never know what he will do next. But with all that’s past Slash will defiantly go down in history.

So that’s it lol my second article let me know what you think

Peace Out

-Raven

Comments

[Thedarkwolf]

Pretty good man ^,very informative

[teej]

sweet
legend

[ownlittleworld]

I liked it, a lot of good information

[slashtobe]

Not bad... Slash is a cool bastard i agree.

..Last of the guitar gods.

[neox the cow]

He's not a god, by far not a god. Good article though.

[Rikifeld]

Legend... Technical - hmm... not the best, but surely one
of the most emotional guitarists!

[Strummin4him]

awesome article

[ooba_farz]

slash is a deemon!!!.. he is THE guitar god, nice article keep it up.

[hmmm_de_hum]

nice article slash is one of the most influential players around

[ixque]

ik ben geil

[Voldragon]

Nice article. Slash had a big influence on me, it turned me onto litening to guitaring. Which led to me playing guitar.

[x_themetalfan_x]

I was waiting for an article about this God among guitarists (okay, maybe a little bit of an axageration, but he is great!). 5 stars for sure.

[rudders999]

very good article slash is a true guitar legend

[punkextremest]

Brilliant article, by far one of the best ive ever read. well done.

[appetite]

Yet again another awesome article by you BlackRaven, i hope to see more of the like in the future by you, and im also betting that you wrote this article while sober lol.

Personally for me slash is the best guitar player still playing today. His blues-rock solos are just fantastic, as a guitarist, he is probably my biggest influence. Cheers.

[Mr Fevpump]

Yea slash was my reason for getting into guitar... He is one of the most underrated guitarist ever... l8r

[istandalone]

great article and slash is one of the best he is the last guitar god

[Pulsaris]

how many articles of slash do you need in UG?

[floyd_rose]

Great Article dude! Really much info, glad you didn't write out the whole "how Guns N' Roses met" theory...

[bhadya]

Mr Fevpump:
Yea slash was my reason for getting into guitar... He is one of the most underrated guitarist ever... l8r


what? slash? underrated?

good article...

[Tarzan_man]

Nice, I liked it alot. Could of had more on his guitar and skills though.

[BLACKRAVEN]

Thanks for the feedback as usual its helpfull early on, before the weird critisisms lol. I did write this 1 sober so that why it's hopefully better.
I'm thinkin about doing the history of ozzy next lol

peace out
RAVEN

[liam177lewis]

liked it... spelling's a lil annoying, but it was good so that made up for it.

[reckless_life]

nothing i didnt know, but at least it was competent unlike most articles on here. 4 stars baby.

[Lacquer_Head]

good article, but i find slash a bit overrated..

[GNR's Fan]

Great Slash is the most emotionel player around !!!.. A True Guitar Hero

[SlashRules]

very very good article. indeed like the other two before me, slash was the reason i picked up a guitar.

[Kadaj]

Great, Slash is one of my main inspirations.

[Slash16]

great article lot's of information

[rockinlewis]

like it dude

[RIP GnR]

Great article, someone told me slash was half jewish instead of english. I didn't know much about his childhood. However, if you're the guy who wrote the GnR article before, you should have listened to our comments and corrected your spelling.

[Blueruski]

I like it very much, BUT, about the video's you say "For example the solo?s in November rain and estranged, how many other guitarists can say they stood on the ocean", but that was just a stand in for slash, he didn't stood there himself. But it's a very nice article indeed.

[Waterboy799]

slash is my insparation and a guitar god. Good work.

[nish]

Slash is far from great. He's so overrated. He isn't exactly that good after practising 12 hours a day, is he? Or maybe he was practicing air guitar.

[DaveGilmour1189]

nish look at some gnr tabs, that shit is pretty tough. Ill agree that he isn't a god, more like a guitar hercules

[farcry]

nish:
Slash is far from great. He's so overrated. He isn't exactly that good after practising 12 hours a day, is he? Or maybe he was practicing air guitar.

ohhh you mean sold out arenas, chart toppers and classic mindbending solos. yeah yeah he sucks balls

[Krazy_Munkey]

Yeah, Slash blows. Look at some real guitarists (Clapton, Hendrix, Page, Beck, Gilmour, etc.). Hair Metal sux0rz. He is like guitar Cain.

[atc228]

this was a good article, nice use of the recources on snakepit.org, i love that site, i just hope they will be able to host all those videos again and not just swap around between 2 or 3.

another thing, i think we should get a "guitar legend" series or something going, with other articles (good ones) on some other legends like Page, Hendrix, Clapton, etc.
anyone else think so?

[molly's_lips54]

hey great article..well spelling and grammar was a little annoying but no ones perfect..slash is a huge inspiration, article didnt have much i didnt know but good job man

[GNRobsessed013]

nish:
Slash is far from great. He's so overrated. He isn't exactly that good after practising 12 hours a day, is he? Or maybe he was practicing air guitar.
[POSTED: 20 September 2005 - 16:49]|

Dude, I don't care if you don't like him, that's your choice but he is pretty damn good, I mean yeah there are people better than him but the point is he is an amazing guitarist when it comes to writing and performing riffs, see Velvet Revolver live if you don't believe me.

Krazy_Munkey:
Yeah, Slash blows. Look at some real guitarists (Clapton, Hendrix, Page, Beck, Gilmour, etc.). Hair Metal sux0rz. He is like guitar Cain.

Hair metal doesn't suck, it's just cheesy, but while in GN'R they emerged from the hair metal scene but didn't perform cheesy songs.
He doesn't blow though, feel free to find him and challenge him to a riff off though, I'll be sure to watch.

[LordoftheDorks]

ya dudes, i dont think hes the last of the guitar gods though cuz most of the teenager rockers i know are fed up with all this bullshit and we're all spending like 6 hours a day playing... give us 10 years

[Punk as atticus]

i'd say the only thing wrong is slash left GNR cause axl wanted to take the band in a more industrial direction, while slash wanted to stick w/blues based hard rock. so slash left and he hasn't talked to him since.

[black_sabbath85]

good job.....good article

[ChurchNSkate]

He isn't a god. He is good...but NOT a god.

[rollingstones]

slash f****ng rules
till next time
rock on dudeds \M/

[ELEVEN]

anybody know that the person on the in utero cd is actually a guy in drag? NIRVANA open for GNR my ass. sorry, had to say it. i hate axl, but i saw some slash interviews and i respect him. good article.

[Mattman22255577]

good article...kinda jumpy but its ok...I'd like to read the ozzy one when i comes out

[|MartyFriedman|]

ohh he's a god!!

[ibanez-gnr14]

and people say the guy from zeppelin is better?

[metal_classic]

ibanez-gnr14:
and people say the guy from zeppelin is better?

the guy??? ur talking about the hammer of the gods jimmy page. the guy? hahaha slash is a god and 1 of my personal favorites, but jimmy cannot be beat, he is the best, always has been and always will be. "and god came down and went into human form, his name was now Jimmy Page" - the bible

[metal_classic]

and guns n roses wasnt ***ing hair metal, read a ***n bio man, they emerged when hair metal was at its peak but they said *** this cheesy shit, and made some kick ass metal, some of you people comment without knowing shit man, common.

[GuitarJunkie]

slash is ***ing awesome...period

[Lint]

imformative...work on your writing style seems a bit amateurish, and yes guns n roses was hair meatl....and it was good accept the facts dude ^

[dreamnaspire]

Informative! Great effort put in there! How abt more articles, wad say you!? :P

[GuitarDesperado]

Krazy_Munkey:
Yeah, Slash blows. Look at some real guitarists (Clapton, Hendrix, Page, Beck, Gilmour, etc.). Hair Metal sux0rz. He is like guitar Cain.

OK.. For one.. Slash does not in any way blow at the guitar. And I do not know why people call GnR hair metal.. they are not metal. He may have practiced a lot, but do you see anything about him getting major lessons from any guitar teacher? He's excellent in my opinion for not having much chops taught to him like a lot of guitarists. He does not tap, why? Because in Guitar World's Guitar Legends' issue of Slash he spoke about tapping being Van Halen's personal statement and he hated seeing people trying to rip him (Eddie) off. Wow.. lets see you go up against Slash in a guitar battle, ya? He, along with the members of the band, are there for a reason.. they got their label contract for a reason.

About the article.. good, but I'd enjoy seeing a lot of articles on the styles and techinques of some guitar greats.

[The Lost Within]

i read all of it, nice article

[Dead_Can_Dance]

Slash can suck my bum

[gunsn'pjs]

yea great job...i saw vr a month ago and i was ten feet away from them...awesome show.
slash is one of my guitar idols.

[GuitarGodJames]

Slash is f**kin awesome. I don't really listen to Guns n Roses or Velvet Revolver, but playing guitar 12 hours a day when he was a kid, thats pure f**king devotion to music.

[howaceisjoe]

We get a Slash Bio once a week.
Fantasic.

[killtrix]

He wrote a few solid riffs " Sweet child o mine"and his solo's are good. Playing 12 hours a day? I figured he would be much better at his trade.

Don't get me wrong i do like Slash and GnR, but i guess if your a big fan of his you will put the dude on a pedestal.

[dalla]

If I were a chick..... actually, don't get me started...

Fucking guitar god.

[Chinga Tu Madre]

I heard GnR are getting bak togther to make an albulm

BTW Mean article i liked it slash is on of my idols

[Max_Backman]

Why do people bring in techniqual aspects all the time? Drop it, music\\\\

[xolax]

slash is too overated, but good article though

[GNRobsessed013]

dalla:
If I were a chick..... actually, don't get me started...

Fucking guitar god.

LMAO, I am a chick and I know exactly what you're thinking.

[BLACKRAVEN]

Slash never ever had a guitar lesson in his life so i wouldn't call him over rated.
thanks for the comments again, the ozzy article is in the wroks when i get some time between sessions. oh and i'll try to get the spelling right next time lol

[Triiibe]

he didnt actually play 12 hours a day, i read an interview with him and he said he was in an environment 12 hours a day where he could pick up his guitar and play when he wanted to.

oh, drop the crap, slash eats yngwie and every other goddamn shredder for breakfast

[apocalypse13]

oh, drop the crap, slash eats yngwie and every other goddamn shredder for breakfast

No. Dumbass. Slash is awesome and I like GnR, but he could not outplay one shredder.

[GnRrelease_it]

Excellent article...huge improvement from the last one..well done mate.
*tips top hat*

[nakki]

That's pretty good. Slash is my god

[Triiibe]

"No. Dumbass. Slash is awesome and I like GnR, but he could not outplay one shredder."

not everything is about speed, fool

[Scorpio420]

For all you flammers out there that think this guy is overrated, until you can make your guitar sing, scream, moan and groan like this guy can...keep practising. I might just be a crazy fan of Slash/G'n'r/VR but I think he's the best thing since sliced bread...oh, and Raven...nice article but if you need a spellcheck I'll send you one

[John Kimble]

Guitar god my ass, more like sloppy pentatonic wanker.

[Sugar man]

hey i can say the same about you

[2ndslash]

oh yeah slash is definitely why i started to play guitar cool article. why do some people hate slash so much though? he rules

[2ndslash]

by the way well said farcry

[whatamidoinhere]

Why hate Slash?! He is such an amazing guitarist, not just his playing, but his general aura of "Holy Shit!", saying Slash is no good is just sheer ignorance, whether you like him or not

[PurpleHazer]

Awesome I share my first name with Slash!

[20sacksam]

Hell, i didn't even know he was born in England. Slash is cool...

[bontypunky]

Good info. i never knew slash was born in England.
Great article.

[JB2500]

jam packed article, liked it

[TheAbacus]

John Kimble wrote:

Guitar god my ass, more like sloppy pentatonic wanker.

Before you judge Slash, listen to GnR classics like Paradise City (amazing intro and kick ass riff, with a murderous shred as the outro), November Rain (soulful and deep solos, first two being melodius, the outro using every possible soloing technique), Patience (acoustic delight), Welcome To The Jungle (amazing riff with some nice effects before the "You know where you are? You're in the jungle, baby!" bit)

At this point I realize I'm getting carried away, but then Slash is worth all the fuss. Anyone who disagrees can attempt to sound close to what he does and subsequently, quit running his mouth...

[hard_as_a__rock]

Nice Article. So was your GNR one. Slash is not the god of all music...but he is not as shit as everyone says he is. He is just a guy with a guitar and cool ass haircut.

[watchurback]

Slash rocks beyond hard

[angelcommand]

====> Slash is ****en sick Velvet Revolver is the future

[angelcommand]

sick (in a good way)

[info2new]

Slash is a Great Guitarist and almost every guitar player can notice his Beautiful heartfelt solos - He is one cool Guitar Hero, I like everything about him

[Mad-Croc]

...i like....

[TheNewYngwie]

John Kimble:
Guitar god my ass, more like sloppy pentatonic wanker.

Listen hard, you ****ing dumbass. YOU'RE THE WANKER! Slash is undoubtedly one of the best guitarists ever, and you come out with that. Fucking twat.

[TheNewYngwie]

Awesome article by the way.

[TheNewYngwie]

TheNewYngwie:
Awesome article by the way.

[ENDOFHEARTACHE]

if anyone cares at all....the first guitar slash had only 1 string on it...i dont know i just think thats pretty cool

[gnr_revolver]

Slash is a major hero of any true rock fan. If you say you love rock and you've never heard of slash then you seriously need to bet a life. By the way very well written.

[gnr_revolver]

also to all the people that hate slash, not to name any names, John Kimble, have you ever even heard a song by gnr or vr? You dont have any room to talk about somebody sucking, because honestly, have you ever sold out hundreds of arenas world wide? I would like to see you even try do do everything that he has done without 1 guitar lesson.

[hard_as_a__rock]

TheNewYngwie:

John Kimble:
Guitar god my ass, more like sloppy pentatonic wanker.


Listen hard, you ****ing dumbass. YOU'RE THE WANKER! Slash is undoubtedly one of the best guitarists ever, and you come out with that. Fucking twat.

Shut up fag, he's good but he's not the best. Hendrix played melody,bass and chords all at the same time on the same guitar! I'm not sayin Slash is shit but he's just not the best. He's pretty dam close, but not the best.

[slashlover]

ixque wrote:

ik ben geil

das lekker voorje, mede- hollander

[slashlover]

hard_as_a__rock
wrote:

TheNewYngwie:


John Kimble:
Guitar god my ass, more like sloppy pentatonic wanker.


Listen hard, you ****ing dumbass. YOU'RE THE WANKER! Slash is undoubtedly one of the best guitarists ever, and you come out with that. Fucking twat.


Shut up fag, he's good but he's not the best. Hendrix played melody,bass and chords all at the same time on the same guitar! I'm not sayin Slash is shit but he's just not the best. He's pretty dam close, but not the best.

he said ONE OF THE BEST, not that hes the greatest or somtin'. I aint sayin hes the best too, but i like his style n additude

[gnr_fan_17]

John Kimble:
Guitar god my ass, more like sloppy pentatonic wanker.

Like you can do any better? Have even heard any of the old GNR songs? Those things are pretty damn impressive. Slash may not be as good as Hendrix or Page but he truly deserves to be up there with those guys.

Oh, and nice review, very informative.

[gnr_fan_17]

Oh, and when I said old GNR songs, I meant songs like Sweet Child O Mine, Welcome to the Jungle and Paradise City.

[Metal_Mania_89]

Fuck Slash!!! Hammett is a god, Hendrix is a legend Period.

[Metal_Mania_89]

I admit, he does have talent, but he is no god!!!

[dimebag7]

slash is amazing definatley one of the best guitars to walk on the earth, hes one of the reasons why i picked up guitar! he can shred.

[Terminology]

hammet can't even bend in tune, and his vibrato is weedy...slash can shred, u heard the paradise city outro solo an the sweet child o mine solo!?!? listen to "dont damn me" from "use your illusion I", and the michael jackson track "give in to me" on his album "Dangerous" for some of slashs best playing, it might not seem like he could shred, to many people but he was wasted, an on drugs most of the time an cud still rip solos out of his ass!!

[distilledspirit]

Good job Slash rocks

[crazyfool91]

slash is an awesome guitarist, but you need to go back to english class and get your facts straight.

[Yassine]

Triiibe wrote:

"No. Dumbass. Slash is awesome and I like GnR, but he could not outplay one shredder."

not everything is about speed, fool

true bt he was amazing at speed... sweet child o mine!

[thefoldarsoldar]

some of that material was taken from snakepit.org, but it was good nonetheless.

[koirala]

now thats an article baby his life makes sense he was one of the reasons i started playing the six string

[info2new]

Yassine wrote:

Triiibe wrote:

"No. Dumbass. Slash is awesome and I like GnR, but he could not outplay one shredder."

not everything is about speed, fool

true bt he was amazing at speed... sweet child o mine!

I can do Sweetchild o' Mine :-/ but i agree Slash is God, i'm one of his big Fans out there!!!!! and proud of it, GnR & VR Rocks!!

[haotehmao]

Slash has the emotion and he doesn't have to play really fast to make the solo sound great. And if he wants, he can shred really well. But he's certainly not a guitar God because there are better shredders than him. (Herman Li, Steve Vai)For me, i would rather call him a guitar Hero.

[Dreaming-V]

that's right! Slash is the best!
i'm so happy someone wrote this article

[gnrboi]

THere are tons of great guitarist out there and slash is deffinitally one of them. Each guitarist has his own style and sound and they are all gods at what they do. Slash is deffinatley one of the best still living. Hendrix was a King and STV was great too, and someone said earlier that slash isnt as fast yngwie or other shredders that is not true like yngwie holds the record but slash deffinatly has speed and thats a fact. He plays with tons of emmotion in his solos too I love him, he is prolly my biggest guitar influence! Him or Eddie

[gnrboi]

Forgot good article
p.s. I cant spell deffinatly lol

[nirvana_62]

Slash is awesome

[warthogdriver]

Slash is realy the last guitar-god on earth!

So thats MY opinion!!!

[revoan]

I read this and gosh, I have just one word.

Great.

[@ir_pele]

What can I say...I love u Slash!Keep Rockin...

[HellBlazer]

Slash has been a influence on me to start playing the guitar he's a guitar hero

[slashno1fan]

slash is the greatest god eva

[Mr E]

Its not about who can play the fastest, the longest or the most technical. Its about believing in yourself, in what you do, and what you think and playing from the heart. I'm not a fan of Slash, but for me to sit here and say he's shit would be out of order. I'd give anything to be half as good as he is, but his style is just not for me. We all need to accept the fact that everyone is different, and every guitarist is unique.

[Mr E]

Good article, by the way!

[PhoenixLivesInP]

Great article... I really enyoied reading it..
Thx for it and keep writing, man!

[PhoenixLivesInP]

Sry.. "enjoied", of course..

[Destroying Ange]

good job