Slash has opened up about Velvet Revolver and what happened that made the band to split with lead singer Scott Weiland.  

Slash told Spinner "Velvet Revolver was intended to be a lot of fun and we started off having a great time, but I think that we all had a lot of chemical issues as that thing wore on.  I definitely went way down the fucking drain for a minute there after the 'Contraband' reco…

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Alter Bridge frontman Myles Kennedy will be Slash's vocalist at the G-Taranaki Festival in New Plymouth on Saturday 14th August.  

Kennedy performs on Slash's latest album where he lends his vocals for the track Starlight.  Earlier this year Slash commented on his Facebook page  "I want to announce that Myles Kennedy is going to be fronting the band for the upcoming tour. Something I'm really s…

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Slash has been confirmed as the headliner for this years 'G-Taranaki International Music Festival' in New Plymouth.  

Slash will perform in concert on Saturday 14th August at Taranaki's TSB Stadium.  He'll also perform a Saturday night midnight session at Puke Akiri.  

For more information on G-Taranaki click here.  Tickets go on sale from Ticketmaster on Monday 31st May.  

There has been …

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Slash wanted Thom Yorke to perform on his recently released Self Titled album, but was too scared to approach him.  

Originally Slash had wanted the Radiohead lead singer to feature on the track Saint is a Sinner Too.  

Slash told The Sun "The first calls I made were to the people I knew really well - like Iggy, Ozzy and Lemmy. I felt safe calling them. Then there were people like Kid Rock, wh…

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Slash has spoken out about Guns N' Roses latest album "Chinese Democracy" and has said Axl Rose is 'Phenomenal'. 

During an interview with the New York Post, Slash said of the album"It was the perfect Axl record - exactly what I would have expected from the final years of us working together, and seeing where he was headed musically. It's very heavy; sort of a dark, depressing record. He's fucki…

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