Alice Cooper To Guest On Slash's Solo Album

Legendary rocker Alice Cooper has confirmed to Australia's Undercover News that he will guest on the forthcoming solo album from Velvet Revolver/ex-Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash.

"I just finished writing a couple of songs for Slash's new album that is going to be coming out," Alice tells Undercover News. "He is working with a bunch of lead singers. It is sort of a nice idea of Slash and Alice, Slash and Iggy, Slash and Meat Loaf or whoever is going to be on it. It is a great idea."

Alice previously sang on the Guns N' Roses song "The Garden" from the "Use Your Illusion". Slash guest-starred on the track "Vengeance Is Mine" from Alice's last CD, "Along Came A Spider".

Slash tracked his solo record with former Nine Inch Nails drummer Josh Freese and ex-Jane's Addiction bassist Chris Chaney. Other confirmed guest singers so far include Ozzy Osbourne and Avenged Sevenfold's M. Shadows. The CD was produced by Eric Valentine (Good Charlotte, Queens Of The Stone Age) and features additional appearances by ex-Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler and Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea. Freese told MusicRadar.com that Iggy Pop, Fergie (a.k.a. Stacy Ann Ferguson) of the Black Eyed Peas and Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Audioslave) will also appear on the LP. Working songtitles include "We're All Gonna Die", "These Last Words", "Crucify The Dead" and "Beautiful, Dangerous".

Slash left Guns N' Roses in the mid-'90s, forming Slash's Snakepit before later assembling Velvet Revolver with several other ex-members of Guns N' Roses and Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland (who was dismissed in April 2008).

Thanks to Blabbermouth.net for the news.

Comments

[the_hoodster]

I thought this was already confirmed :S

[not_dead_enough]

eww, why Alice, why?

[scithe37]

He's getting some big names, not a fan but i actually want a listen.

[Axl_Duff_Izzy]

Slash is the man.

[Death_To_Emo]

For some reason, I read "Slash To Guest On Slash's Solo Album"

[MetaShedda23]

sweeeet cant wait for the album

[Shaned]

this is going to be gnarly

[aaciseric]

Sounds cool, I hope Izzy sings a song aswell.

[James_Het_Rules]

Awesome. I've liked damn near everything Alice has done, should be cool. Looking forward to this album now.

[JFRules]

Alice is awesome. This album is gonna be sweet.

[xkingd117x]

Just saw Alice in concert. The guy's still got it.
...
Slash never had it in the first place though. Oh well, at least there will be some talent on his album, since Alice will be there.

[shreducator]

Alice Cooper is f*cking boss!

[FerretBob]

[quote="Death_To_Emo"]For some reason, I read "Slash To Guest On Slash's Solo Album"[/quote]
Heh, awesome.

I'd guest on my own album.

[shreducator]

xkingd117x wrote:

Just saw Alice in concert. The guy's still got it.
...
Slash never had it in the first place though. Oh well, at least there will be some talent on his album, since Alice will be there.

Slash never had it?.....I don't know where this guy has been for the last 20 some odd years in which Slash has been a rock guitarist juggernaut having sold over 100,000,000 albums with his name on them....

[Moving Pictures]

Awsome!

[godberry]

originally, i didn't care about this album. but now i'm really curious. i can't wait to hear it.

[GreenDayChris]

Now I've heard Iggy Pop is involved I suddenly find this album interesting

[Adam124]

I'm really excited to hear this album now.

[jimi-h]

awesome i love alice cooper not in a gay way

[Mix Master]

shreducator wrote:

xkingd117x wrote:

Just saw Alice in concert. The guy's still got it.
...
Slash never had it in the first place though. Oh well, at least there will be some talent on his album, since Alice will be there.

Slash never had it?.....I don't know where this guy has been for the last 20 some odd years in which Slash has been a rock guitarist juggernaut having sold over 100,000,000 albums with his name on them....

Success and raw talent are two different things

[Callum_29]

xkingd117x wrote:

Just saw Alice in concert. The guy's still got it.
...
Slash never had it in the first place though. Oh well, at least there will be some talent on his album, since Alice will be there.

Come back when you sell as many albums as this guy, He basically defined rock and roll for a generation of kids and Guns N Roses were probably the last "great rock band" IMO. You have no right to say the man is talentless when its your opinion....

[joshua029]

um... really? thats kinda bad isn't it?

[Chaingarden]

xkingd117x wrote:

Just saw Alice in concert. The guy's still got it.
...
Slash never had it in the first place though. Oh well, at least there will be some talent on his album, since Alice will be there.

Excuse you? Slash has written some of the more memorable solos and guitar riffs of all time. Raw talent doesn't mean shit if you can't write a riff. Might as well say BB King "never had it in the first place." Or Brian May "never had it in the first place."

[frigginjerk]

i heard Alice himself announce this on his radio show about two weeks ago

[j-walk]

Duh slash never had it duh. Anyways, how about a song where axl,duff,izzy and steven guess star on it.? Hmm.

[Scarface88]

Slash never had it. Yeah right. Neither did Bruce Lee.

[KiaranSeanJay]

why oh why is slash getting fergie to sing on one of his songs, she is nothing but pure shit

[cochese69]

Mix Master wrote:

shreducator wrote:

xkingd117x wrote:

Just saw Alice in concert. The guy's still got it.
...
Slash never had it in the first place though. Oh well, at least there will be some talent on his album, since Alice will be there.

Slash never had it?.....I don't know where this guy has been for the last 20 some odd years in which Slash has been a rock guitarist juggernaut having sold over 100,000,000 albums with his name on them.... Success and raw talent are two different things

raw talent brings success

[/OOM]

Alice on Slash's album....
Is this only not suprising to me?
Slash loves alice and he loves slash they've been friends for years! Why's everyone acting so suprised?

[dylanfg]

yesSSSS

[bladedguitar66]

Awesome! Slash, Alice, and Ozzy!

[voodoochild23]

I can't wait for this album, purely because somehow his haters are under the impression that he's lost or never had the ability to write beautiful music and play extremely well

Just listened to his final paradise city solo again today, it blows me away. Hopefully he's finds a good balance between blues and heavy guitar work.

Can't wait to hear some of his solos.

[GuitarPro012]

'does anybody know that JIM MARSHALL AND JIMI HENDRIX WERE TOTALLY GAY WITH EACHOTHER

[Cesar763]

Ozzy!! Shadows!! Alice Cooper!! PWNAGE!!

[Ledforthehead]

Chris Cornell and Meatloaf makes me want to give this a listen.

[mynamesbetter]

I LOVE SLASH!!!

[Jamie_W]

This album really is gonna be absolutley ****ing massive isn't it?

[j-walk]

Jonas brothers are equally as good as gnr. They sell out way more venues and have way more top selling hits and will be remembered long after slash and the gang bite the dust.

[Wolfinator-x]

This is going to be the "greatestest" album to come out in years, with all these appearances, Ozzy, Matt Shadows, Flea, Steven Adler, Chris Cornell...

However, what is Fergie doing on that list?

[Auatarch]

lolololol I may have to sig that

j-walk wrote:

Jonas brothers are equally as good as gnr. They sell out way more venues and have way more top selling hits and will be remembered long after slash and the gang bite the dust.

[The^Unforgiven]

Oh hell yeah, the thought of Slash with Alice Cooper is just pure diamond, as the track 'Vengeance is Mine' off 'Along came a spider' kicks some serious ass!

[SnookM]

Did no one else hear "Slash and Meat Loaf" and suddenly get a hard-on thinking about what that would sound like?

[j-walk]

Auatarch wrote:

lolololol I may have to sig that
j-walk wrote:

Jonas brothers are equally as good as gnr. They sell out way more venues and have way more top selling hits and will be remembered long after slash and the gang bite the dust.

Ok ok im joking. But I am going to ask a dumb question. Is his solo album considered slashs snakepit?

[_person_]

pretty cool

[FretboardToAsh]

Meat Loaf? If he's still going that's awesome, I'll check that out.

[AlterEdge]

It'd be wicked if Myles Kennedy (Alter Bridge) was a guest singer too.

I know Slash originally wanted him for Velvet Revolver before Scott Weiland.

Anyways, that would be an interesting collaboration.

Though, I do prefer Mark Tremonti to Slash any day.

[slashrock94]

Izzy would be fantastic, those two are such an awesome combo.

And Meat Loaf would be really epic if that happened.

[80smetalfreke]

holy crap man that gonna boost up singers he performed or did duets with lets see ozzy,alice cooper,daughtry,fergie,cypress hill,minister shadows,chris cornell,meat loaf,insane clown posse,scott weiland,axl rose and zakk wylde plus a few others i cant remember and im not gonna even try remembering all the musicians

[The Shroom420]

This is gonna be such a unique cd. I'm not an A7X fan, but Syn copies Slash enough, I wanna hear how it sounds with the real deal. Obviously, nobody likes Fergie, but I still think it'd be pretty cool having a pop artist be with a classic hard rock guitarist, especially if it had the typical GnR ballad on it. And of course, Iggy Pop is the sh**

[Serjem]

cooper's nice... but i'm not a fan of slash really.

[Legynd]

I was gonna buy this album the first day it would come out when slash announced it and that was when nobdody was starring on it yet but now im so god damn pumped for this sh**

[RANDUMB!]

Wow. The more I read about this album, the more interesting it becomes. But why is Fergie there? Seriously, how does that fit in? OZZY! SHADOWS! ALICE COOPER! fergie? Other than that that it looks very good.

[Mr. Chang]

shreducator wrote:

xkingd117x wrote:

Just saw Alice in concert. The guy's still got it.
...
Slash never had it in the first place though. Oh well, at least there will be some talent on his album, since Alice will be there.

Slash never had it?.....I don't know where this guy has been for the last 20 some odd years in which Slash has been a rock guitarist juggernaut having sold over 100,000,000 albums with his name on them....

Commercial success has absolutely nothing to do with anything. Why does that matter to you, as the listener, at all? When I listen to Slash I hear nothing but the most generic cliches of Rock guitar. Is the amount of albums he sold somehow supposed to make me reassess that opinion? I know what I'm hearing, pointless cultural anecdotes like album sales means nothing.

[Beerad1337]

Fergie might not be so bad if somebody else writes the song. Maybe he just wants her voice? :3

G, L, A, M, O, R, O U S.

Lolol.

Checked

[Ponchibego]

not_dead_enough wrote:

eww, why Alice, why?

I would guess its because they have a history together... Clearly stated in the article.

[RUSH is GOD2112]

kinda wanna hear it just for cornell...

[Rockwell92]

I got high hopes for this album

[MethLabForCutie]

Mr. Chang wrote:

shreducator wrote:

xkingd117x wrote:

Just saw Alice in concert. The guy's still got it.
...
Slash never had it in the first place though. Oh well, at least there will be some talent on his album, since Alice will be there.

Slash never had it?.....I don't know where this guy has been for the last 20 some odd years in which Slash has been a rock guitarist juggernaut having sold over 100,000,000 albums with his name on them....

Commercial success has absolutely nothing to do with anything. Why does that matter to you, as the listener, at all? When I listen to Slash I hear nothing but the most generic cliches of Rock guitar. Is the amount of albums he sold somehow supposed to make me reassess that opinion? I know what I'm hearing, pointless cultural anecdotes like album sales means nothing.

i think you're confusing slash for nickelback.. hes an amazing player with great feeling, and blends blues and hard rock together so well. the only reason that number is so high is because he collaborated with so many different acts. and GN'R were bigger than Jesus at one point

[PcaKes]

...so what about velvet reovolver? what happened to that slash?

[Td_Nights]

I just wish he would release the ****ing album. We don't need numerous updates on who's doing exactly what at any given time, maybe it'd be fun to surprise us?

This process shouldn't even have took this long.

[Frusciante_14]

j-walk wrote:

Duh slash never had it duh. Anyways, how about a song where axl,duff,izzy and steven guess star on it.? Hmm.

slash will never do anything with axl and axl wont do anything with slash. Theres way too much history behind them, theyre too self destructive when theyre together, plus slash is old school and axl isnt so it wouldnt work anymore. As for steven adler, hes just gone back to rehab and will never that fit to be in a GN'R band again.
If you read slashs biography youd understand why theyd never be back as the old band we all love

[BLUEkerl]

Ponchibego wrote:

80smetalfreke wrote:

holy crap man that gonna boost up singers he performed or did duets with lets see ozzy,alice cooper,daughtry,fergie,cypress hill,minister shadows,chris cornell,meat loaf,insane clown posse,scott weiland,axl rose and zakk wylde plus a few others i cant remember and im not gonna even try remembering all the musicians
Don't forget Michael Jackson.... Ohh wait.

oooo thats horribly funny

[riprandyrhoads]

ok now i keep hearin about peopl sayin slash suck, seriously. thats an uninformed comment. if you dont like his riffs, or you dont have the musical knowlegde to see that his riffs are incredibly original in sound, tone, feel etc, and how he fused blues and hard rock and hair metal all into one album, thats something no one has ever done or as far as im concerned will ever do again. an really, if you dont like him, why would you read the article and post a comment? do you really think that thats productive? do you think anything good will come from that? just let people groove and leave us alone. if you dont like him, fine. we dont care. just keep your unwanted opinion to yourself cause just about every other guitarist in the world digs the man, and your not gonna get any positive feedback.

[Mailbox Guitar]

Mr. Chang:When I listen to Slash I hear nothing but the most generic cliches of Rock guitar.

See, the reason you hear those "Rock Guitar Cliches" isn't because Slash is copying the crowd- it's because the crowd copied him (and his contemporary guitarists, of course).

[guitarrocks123]

^^^^^
Truesay

[jimishred]

should be good my why M shadows and egie on it? isnt it meant to be a rock album? but with Alice Cooper on it is going going to be sick as!!

[Mr. Chang]

Mailbox Guitar wrote:

See, the reason you hear those "Rock Guitar Cliches" isn't because Slash is copying the crowd- it's because the crowd copied him (and his contemporary guitarists, of course).

I'm pretty sure by 1987 the Blues influenced Hard Rock thing had been well established for over twenty years. You may like that sound, nothing wrong with that, but don't try to pass it off as anything close to original.

[mrcr0wley]

This is smart marketting, not only will Slash sell to all of his fans but he draws additional interest and appeals to the fans of Ozzy, Alice, Fergi(mayb?) and all the other singers on the album.

i cant wait, specially if The Loaf is on it

[Fireballz 1077]

Freakin sweet...can't wait to hear it!

[ozzynator]

Not a Slash fan but intrested to hear what Ozzy and Alice will contribute.

[FalseXHope]

a7x.

[astonhemmings]

Slash gets Alice.. well derr

[jables1138]

He can get just about the entire music industry to sing on his solo album yet VR sits with no vocalist. In a way it's comical.

[tgregory2010]

maybe shadows will bring a new sound when he teams up with slash

[Reighnart]

I must just be missing something. I don't get why there's these people who don't like Slash. I was under the distinct impression that it was of everybody's well-informed opinion that Slash was amazing, is amazing and will, until the end of life, rock, the universe and everything, continue to be amazing, and not just because he was with some sweet bands, not because his name was on an @$$-ton of music and he made a load of money, and not because he may or may not have sold a redoodilously high number of records, but because he's hardcore, melodic, musically creative, and caresses the guitar neck in such a way so as to create a plethora of soundwave-ical deliciousness that we may, as hard-rocking subjects, lap up from the bowel of exaltation that Slash has so graciously presented before us, so that we may further our understanding of what it is to be Man, and inch ever-closer the realization of human harmonic connection.

(But, hey, maybe that's just me, I tend to go a little overboard sometimes... )

[Auatarch]

jables1138 wrote:

He can get just about the entire music industry to sing on his solo album yet VR sits with no vocalist. In a way it's comical.

Well getting an artist to sing for one song is different than getting someone to learn all of velvet revolvers songs, contribute to a new album and tour...

Checked.

[Ironpriest]

Seeing Alice Thursday night. YEAH!!

[kevintimmers]

Fergie and Slash is like Zakk Wylde on acoustic with Shania Twain...no comment.

Oh ya just to let you know Wylde and Twain is just an example about Fergie and Slash. IMO they dont go togeter and I could be wrong, but i dont know..let see what happens

on the other hand, Alice and Slash, PLEASE BRING ROCK AND ROLL BACK!!

[SlashKirkSynG]

Fergie and Slash should be aight.
why is everyone so crazy about that fact.
i mean slash got her to sing on his album for a reason. She's got a good voice and he wrote the song so it should probably be a pretty good song.

[guitarrocks123]

this albums gonna so sick with all the awesome guest singers, cant wait to get it.

[eetfuk58]

Mix Master wrote:

shreducator wrote:

xkingd117x wrote:

Just saw Alice in concert. The guy's still got it.
...
Slash never had it in the first place though. Oh well, at least there will be some talent on his album, since Alice will be there.

Slash never had it?.....I don't know where this guy has been for the last 20 some odd years in which Slash has been a rock guitarist juggernaut having sold over 100,000,000 albums with his name on them.... Success and raw talent are two different things

thank you. slash is way overrated. guess who else sold 100000s of albums? britany spears. are you saying shes good?

i dont see why everyone thinks he is so good. two years of playing guitar i could play any song of his. im drawn to people with real skill who push me on my instrument AND have the same amount of emotion in their playing. Laiho. Loomis. Morton. Gelotte.

[Playa923]

I can't believe noone's said anything about Josh FUCKING Freese on the drums! I'm totally gonna listen to this when it comes out now!
Slash = rock
Josh Freese = FUCKING METAL!
hahaha :P

[TOMMYB22]

eetfuk58 wrote:

Mix Master wrote:

shreducator wrote:

xkingd117x wrote:

Just saw Alice in concert. The guy's still got it.
...
Slash never had it in the first place though. Oh well, at least there will be some talent on his album, since Alice will be there.

Slash never had it?.....I don't know where this guy has been for the last 20 some odd years in which Slash has been a rock guitarist juggernaut having sold over 100,000,000 albums with his name on them.... Success and raw talent are two different things

thank you. slash is way overrated. guess who else sold 100000s of albums? britany spears. are you saying shes good?

i dont see why everyone thinks he is so good. two years of playing guitar i could play any song of his. im drawn to people with real skill who push me on my instrument AND have the same amount of emotion in their playing. Laiho. Loomis. Morton. Gelotte.

You are retarded, those people that you mentioned may have speed but not even close to the feeling and melodic sensibility that Slash has. You also don't realise that record sales do count for something as he influences everyone of them. The reason his playing is considered cliche is because of his style and iconic image which causes him to be emulated by millions of guitarists. Also the fact that you can learn to play his music doesn't mean shit. I'm sure in all his years of playing and experience he could play much faster and cleaner than you. Anyone can learn his music but no one (especially not you) could have written some of his works.

Stop being such a retard

[joe_pete7]

this is going to be epic. so many great musicians on one album

[DesertEagle]

Slash kicked ****ing ass before Guitar Hero 3 and he kicks ass after it theres just no doubt that the guy is hugely talented, the music he writes doesn't require lightning speed but an intense melodic ability, i personally get much more out of the feel and groove of his sleazy, balls to the wall blues style than i get from playing blisteringly fast, i find that songs like that are often empty and tedious. Plus Izzy and Steven Adler are playing on some songs along with Ozzy, Alice,Flea and Ronnie wood so it should be pretty epic.

ps i only mention GH3 because some people are under the impression that it made him a sell out or undeservedly overrated thats not my opinion but there are some out there that would argue....each to his own i guess

[HammettFTW]

Frusciante_14 wrote:

j-walk wrote:

Duh slash never had it duh. Anyways, how about a song where axl,duff,izzy and steven guess star on it.? Hmm.

slash will never do anything with axl and axl wont do anything with slash. Theres way too much history behind them, theyre too self destructive when theyre together, plus slash is old school and axl isnt so it wouldnt work anymore. As for steven adler, hes just gone back to rehab and will never that fit to be in a GN'R band again.
If you read slashs biography youd understand why theyd never be back as the old band we all love

wow dude, it was a joke, you took it way too seriously

this sounds so good thihs album, was i correct in hearing that that chris cornell will be on the album?

[reder677]

j-walk wrote:

Duh slash never had it duh. Anyways, how about a song where axl,duff,izzy and steven guess star on it.? Hmm.

remembring that axl and slash had that huge fall out what with axl being an arse

[j-walk]

Frusciante_14 wrote:

j-walk wrote:

Duh slash never had it duh. Anyways, how about a song where axl,duff,izzy and steven guess star on it.? Hmm.

slash will never do anything with axl and axl wont do anything with slash. Theres way too much history behind them, theyre too self destructive when theyre together, plus slash is old school and axl isnt so it wouldnt work anymore. As for steven adler, hes just gone back to rehab and will never that fit to be in a GN'R band again.
If you read slashs biography youd understand why theyd never be back as the old band we all love

I know bud it was only a joke ive been a guns fan since befor illusions came out. I also read slash's book which was some sweet reading and i read the unofficial axl biography.

[FearOfTheDuck]

This is sounding pretty good! I don't see why people think Slash is so overated, lets see you make a riff like Sweet Child O Mine! Didn't think so...

[Rab13]

This is gonna be an amazing album, can't wait 2 get it.

[perla14tx]

Fergie sucks!
but everybody else is awesome!

[datzach]

That is gonna be awesome

[datzach]

not_dead_enough wrote:

eww, why Alice, why?

How dare you say that