Saul Hudson
(born July 23, 1965),
known professionally as
is a
British and American musician,
best known as
the lead guitarist
of the hard rock band
Guns N' Roses,
with whom he
achieved worldwide success
in the late 1980s
and mid-1990s.
Slash has received
critical acclaim
and is considered one
of the greatest
guitarists in history.
Born in Hampstead, London,
Slash moved to
Los Angeles
with his father
when he was six years old.
His parents were both
active in the
entertainment industry,
and he was
given the nickname
Slash
as a child
by actor
Seymour Cassel.
In 1983
he joined the
glam metal band
Hollywood Rose,
then in 1985
he joined
Guns N' Roses
which then was composed of
former members of
Hollywood Rose
and
L.A. Guns
replacing founding member
Tracii Guns.
In 1994,
amid growing tensions
within
Guns N' Roses,
Slash formed the supergroup
Slash's Snakepit,
and in 1996,
after growing tensions with
Axl Rose,
he left
Guns N' Roses.
In 2002,
he co-founded
the supergroup
Velvet Revolver
with vocalist
Scott Weiland,
which re-established Slash
as a mainstream performer
in the mid- to late 2000s.
Slash has released
two solo albums:
Slash
(2010)
and
and
Orgy of the Damned
(2024)
featuring a variety of
guest singers,
and
Apocalyptic Love
(2012),
World on Fire
(2014),
Living the Dream
(2018)
and
4
(2022)
with
Myles Kennedy
and
the Conspirators.
He returned to
Guns N' Roses
in 2016.
Time magazine
named him
runner-up
(to Jimi Hendrix)
on their list of
"The 10 Best Electric Guitar Players"
in 2009,
while
Rolling Stone placed him
at number 65
on their list of
"The 100 Greatest Guitarists
of All Time"
in 2011.
Guitar World
ranked his guitar solo in
"November Rain"
number 6
on their list of
"The 100 Greatest Guitar Solos"
in 2008,
and
Total Guitar
placed his riff in
"Sweet Child o' Mine"
at number 1
on their list of
"The 100 Greatest Riffs"
in 2004.
Gibson Guitar Corporation
ranked Slash
as number 34
on their
"Top 50 Guitarists of All Time",
while their readers
landed him number 9
on Gibson's
"Top 25 Guitarists of All Time"
. In 2012,
he was inducted into
the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame
as a member of
Guns N' Roses'
classic lineup.
Slash
is the debut
solo
studio album
by American
rock and roll musician
Slash
best known as
the lead guitarist of
Guns N' Roses.
Released in 2010,
the album was
produced by
Eric Valentine
and features
multiple musicians,
including four
of the five members
of the
Appetite for Destruction-era
Guns N' Roses
lineup:
Slash himself,
Izzy Stradlin,
Duff McKagan
and
Steven Adler.
History and Recording
In his 2007
autobiography,
Slash mentioned
he was planning a
solo album,
and listed some
of the
vocalists
with whom
he would
like to work with
He stated that the album
would be called
Slash & Friends
(although & Friends was later dropped from the title).
Slash's Then wife Perla
mentioned in a
2008 interview
that the album would
include
"everyone from Ozzy Osbourne to Fergie".
The song
"Crazy"
featuring
Chester Bennington
was recorded for the album
but was blocked
to avoid conflict with
a pending release by
Bennington's group
Linkin Park;
A Thousand Suns
was released
a few months later
after Slash's album
was issued.
Slash re-rerecorded the song
with Lemmy
on vocals as
"Doctor Alibi".
Slash reported rights to
"Crazy"
were owned by
Bennington's family
after his 2017 suicide,
with any
possible release
of the song
needing their approval.
On November 11, 2009,
preceding the
release of the album,
Slash released the
Japan-only single
"Sahara",
featuring
Japanese vocalist
Koshi Inaba
(from B'z)
who contributed
Japanese and English lyrics.
It charted at number four
on the Oricon
Singles Chart,
as well number six
on the
Billboard Japan
Hot 100
and number four
on the
Top Singles Sales chart.
It has been
awarded Western
"Single of the Year"
award at the
24th Japan
Gold Disc Award
by RIAJ.
On January 16,
The album was made available
in the United States via EMI,
and in the U.K.
via Roadrunner.
The cover art was produced
from a painting by
Ron English,
a prominent
Pop Surrealist artist
and friend of Slash.
Best Buy released an
exclusive version
including the album
and a Slash T-shirt.
Best Buy also sells an
exclusive digital version
of the album that includes
two bonus tracks:
"Baby Can't Drive"
featuring Alice Cooper/
Nicole Scherzinger/
Steven Adler/Flea
and a cover of
Guns N' Roses'
"Paradise City"
(featuring
Fergie/Cypress Hill).
As of April 18, 2010,
the album has gone gold
in Australia.
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