Slash's Solo Record 'Should Be Done Next Month'

Guitarist Slash, formerly of Guns N’ Roses and current guitarist for Velvet Revolver, has been teasing fans about a solo record for some time now and it appears he’s finally about to finish it.

The guitarist posted an update on his MySpace to let fans know how things are shaping up in the studio. He writes, "Hey all, what's happening? Everything's good on this end. It has been a pretty productive summer so far. My record should be done next month & the recording has gone smoothly & sounds fucking great."

"[Former Guns N’ Roses drummer] Steven Adler played on the 1st of the last 3 tracks yesterday, along with [Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist] Flea on bass. The song kicks ass & the drums & bass sound so recognizable & sound so fucking good," he adds. "Steven is staying clean, which is great, Flea is just amazing, period. Steven, Flea & I all lived & met in the same neighborhood in West Hollywood back in the day. Yesterday, we had a great time reminiscing about when we all 1st started playing Rock & Roll & how school didn't fit into the plan, we were like 15. Flea was the 1st one to join an ‘established’ band called "Anthem," I remember being envious. I had a band called ‘Tidus Sloan’ but we didn't have a singer. Sound familiar? Steven & I didn't really have a band together until a few years later when we joined [Motley Crue bassist] Nikki Sixx's old band "London" after Izzy [Stradlin, former Guns N’ Roses guitarist] left. Which, incidentally, was very short lived."

He continues, "Izzy came down & played on a track a couple weeks ago, that sounds great too. It was good to see him, it's been awhile. Our guitars together really do have a sound all their own. Besides having some friends of Eric Valentine's come down from Northern California & play cello & violin on a track, I haven't had any other guest musicians so far. Having Flea, Steven & Izzy play has been a real gas. There might be a couple more surprise musicians on this record I think."

Slash recently performed his first solo show at the Quart Festival in Norway on June 30. His band included the likes of John 5 on guitar and Jason Bonham on drums and included guest appearances by Ozzy Osbourne, Fergie, and Ronnie Wood. Ozzy, Fergie, and Ronnie have all been confirmed to be making appearances on the album.

Report by David Lowe-Bianco.

Comments

[blouchj]

that sounds great. flea on bass will be awesome. i love slash's playing. at least with this record hes actually able to do exactly what he wants, without any bigheaded vocalists to hold him back.

[chaos13]

awesome can't wait to hear this one

[hitl]

John 5 on guitar and Jason Bonham on drums...

holly cow!!

[WhiteRiot96]

i hope he doesn't pull an axel and release it ten years from now

[DimebagRob]

This is gonna be awesome.

[Shadow_Hawk]

this gets me so ****ing pumped its unbelievable.

[aaciseric]

Sounds great, can't wait for this one.

[shreducator]

I can't wait to hear this album.

[Johnny_Ibanez]

Fergie? WTF is that skankus doing on this record?

[Wells-Zeppelin]

Sweet looking forward to it!

[Jorge93]

WhiteRiot96 wrote:

i hope he doesn't pull an axel and release it ten years from now

u mean 15 years :P

[maximumrocker]

sweet i can wait to hear this

[jbridge90]

This should be awesome!!!

[Blue_Strat_06]

its great that him and steven and Izzy got together

[BlisteringDDj]

maximumrocker wrote:

sweet i can wait to hear this

lol...

Anyways, his performance at the Quart Festival was great!

[Laiho624]

sounds great
great concept

[| Lightning |]

u mean 15 years :P

you mean 20 years xD

[zAg1619]

Johnny_Ibanez wrote:

Fergie? WTF is that skankus doing on this record?

Who gives a damn? It's not like she is gonna be on every track. Think outside the box.

[MushroomBomb]

I was at the show on the Quart Festival, it was a pretty awesome cover-cavalcade. All the guests worked really well into the show, even Fergie

[ItsOnlyGNR]

Johnny_Ibanez wrote:

Fergie? WTF is that skankus doing on this record?

the two of them are really good friends i think... Slash has appeared in some of her live shows and they played Sweet Child O Mine. Granted, he could've done better with a female voice, but this album is still gonna kick ass.

[element4433]

Checked.

[FRACTUREDx2]

WhiteRiot96 wrote:

i hope he doesn't pull an axel and release it ten years from now

Slash would never lower himself to axels level

[FlyingPirahna]

Maybe he'll have at least one decent riff and solo on it. That's not too much to hope for from him these days, is it?

[tomo542]

fergie smells of trying too hard, going out of style old bacon.

[maniac-stevo]

WOOO Slash!

[wicked_hobbit]

Wow look at that line-up. Gonna be kickass!

[Nilpferdkoenig]

FlyingPirahna wrote:

Maybe he'll have at least one decent riff and solo on it. That's not too much to hope for from him these days, is it?

I have to admit that his best riff/solo days are over but maybe, just maybe it'll be awesome.

[flashmdg]

any vocals?

[36mikeyb36]

^Hope so.

[36mikeyb36]

Nilpferdkoenig wrote:

FlyingPirahna wrote:

Maybe he'll have at least one decent riff and solo on it. That's not too much to hope for from him these days, is it?

I have to admit that his best riff/solo days are over but maybe, just maybe it'll be awesome.

Hope that sry

[Its So Easy]

That is so cool Steven and Izzy played on it. I can't wait!

[12-string]

Slash is a wonderful human being with a heart of gold, and I expect this album will be a thing of greatness. I am happy to see that Slash has included some of the boys from back in the glory days of the late 1980's when G n' R were the most dangerous band in the world. I know that Slash has written a song about his life and I really like the emotion in some of his playing and this makes me wet. Grand.

X

[jorisboschmans]

this is going to be sooooo awesome!!!

Rock on!!!

[perilouspete]

this is going to be an all-star, kick ass album. any song that ozzy sings in usually interests me no matter what so i can't wait to hear that one. i also really want to hear the song with fergie, i'm thinking that will be really cool judging by how she sang those gn'r songs on stage last year.

[PuddleJumper11]

This is gonna be sweet... Can't wait.

[NightEmbers]

Thats crazy that all these huge musicians played in little bands way back when... ha, WEll i thought josh freese was gonna do slashs record, i woulda preferred that

[\m/[-_-]\m/]

heck yes...

[JamesxHetfield]

Yay..I cant wait.

[BTBAM_7]

cool. i can't wait to hear this next decade.

[kirkom45]

please be good please be good please be good please be good please be good please be good please be good please be good please be good please be good please be good please be good

[TheUnholy]

Check Avenged Sevefold's MySpace - singer M. Shadows says he's going to be appearing on the album.

This is the exact quote: "Since we've been home I've been working on a song with Slash for his solo album. It's a killer track and he plays some of the most technical stuff I've ever heard from him.
But since it's his record and not mine, more updates will have to come from him"

[sav46e]

oh yes. Im looking forward to this. I actually have no music in my collection just now that I wanna just turn on sit down and listen to, this will give me some inspiration and axcitement again

[boston1992]

cant wait, slash is the reason i picked up a guitar. though i think itll get set back a little, but not like axel did. and as for everyone who sais he cant riff anymore, or his solos arent good anymore, you guys obviously havent taken the time to actually listen to his playing.

[gerardk]

"There might be a couple more surprise musicians on this record I this record i think!"

Could he be talking about Axl?

[AndyVR92]

this will be amazing!!!
i doubt it will be axl.

[Bluesrocker5150]

flashmdg wrote:

any vocals?

seeing as its says in the article that three particular vocalist have been confirmed to be on the album, I would say yes.

[ironmaiden_98]

WhiteRiot96 wrote:

i hope he doesn't pull an axel and release it ten years from now

also i heard that M. Shadows was going to be this album

[jerm138]

Could he be talking about Axl?

Haha! I think he'd have a better chance of getting Jimi Hendrix to sing on this album.

Who wants Axl there anyway?

Looking forwad to the album. I'm surprised there aren't a bunch of nay-sayers and bashers on here (like any time Kirk Hammett gets mentioned)

[drewpdee]

IT DEFINATELY WONT BE AXL!!!!!

[drewpdee]

Slash plus izzy equals awesome... throw flea into the mix and holy shit!! plus ozzy!!! oh my god this is gonna be good...

[maidenfan15]

gerardk wrote:

"There might be a couple more surprise musicians on this record I this record i think!"

Could he be talking about Axl?

You're kidding right? He hates Axl as much as Axl hates him. I wish they would play together, but it will NEVER happen.

He should just stay with Izzy permanently. Izzy was the best part of GNR.

[..SLASH..]

Its gonna be a ****ing sweet album! I cant wait to get it, Slash is the man!

[MTVget0FFtheAIR]

damn, this sounds pretty big

[3dd_bggst_fan]

finally

[GrungeJunkie]

kirkom45 wrote:

please be good please be good please be good please be good please be good please be good please be good please be good please be good please be good please be good please be good

this. I really don't want it to be a letdown like Chinese Democracy... actually, I didn't expect much from Chinese Democracy to start with. I'm really excited for this though

[azisnomarsa]

Steven, Izzy, Flea. Come on, this will be THE BEST ****ing record since Sgt Peppers lonely heart club band.

[Abidz]

NightEmbers wrote:

Thats crazy that all these huge musicians played in little bands way back when... ha, WEll i thought josh freese was gonna do slashs record, i woulda preferred that

Josh Freese does play drums on the album; on all the songs there isn't a guest drummer playing on

[Slooj]

Hope it will be good.
It will be awesome if it plays like the Snakepit days.

[Lemoninfluence]

checked

[urkittenpoo]

Johnny_Ibanez wrote:

Fergie? WTF is that skankus doing on this record?

studio eye candy lol

[lurch_276]

yay

[LifesSweetDrug]

This will be awesome. I think he should get the snakepit vocalists on some of the tracks

[WesBizarre]

hopefully this makes good sales so maybe he will make another solo record
what if there's a huge surpirse and Axl Rose is singing one of the songs? haha

[Fera_rawr]

WOOT FLEA DD

[E-bay777]

Flea! I will have to check this albulm out

[the_bear_shark]

John 5 playing with Slash? That's just fucking awesome.

[Carl6661]

I'll definantly be checking this out

Also - they listed Fergie twice;

Fergie, and Ronnie Wood. Ozzy, Fergie, and Ronnie have all been confirmed to be making appearances on the album.

[Carl6661]

Sorry for the double post, I read that bit above wrong, haha. (Y)

[Dumpster510]

I can't be the only one who thinks Slash is insanely overrated. I'm not trying to start shit or bash him I'm just saying he gets wayy too much credit for the way he plays (compared to other greats). I love GnR but I never listened to them and thought, "wow what a great guitar player!". Anyways I realize this is just an article on his album and surely I'll listen to some tracks when it comes out. Maybe I'll be impressed (or not) :P

[guitarsftw]

I can't sat I'm extremely excited, but I am somewhat interested in this album.

[yngwie.jnr]

tomo542 wrote:

fergie smells of trying too hard, going out of style old bacon.

i lol'd.....wtf?

[beelaal85]

thank god next month, i thought it wouldn't be out until 2010...

[jax113]

can't wait for it...

[Beerad1337]

zAg1619 wrote:

Johnny_Ibanez wrote:

Fergie? WTF is that skankus doing on this record?

Who gives a damn? It's not like she is gonna be on every track. Think outside the box.

The track would still be better without her. That's one more song I would enjoy. So I give a damn.

[shut_up_n00b]

He should really have a rapper on the album.

[sophos24]

cant wait to hear the track him and M. Shadows did.

[chaoticfables]

flashmdg wrote:

any vocals?

I heard Slash was actually singing in some of the tracks.

[aof-ftw]

Dumpster510 wrote:

I can't be the only one who thinks Slash is insanely overrated. I'm not trying to start shit or bash him I'm just saying he gets wayy too much credit for the way he plays (compared to other greats). I love GnR but I never listened to them and thought, "wow what a great guitar player!". Anyways I realize this is just an article on his album and surely I'll listen to some tracks when it comes out. Maybe I'll be impressed (or not) :P

agreed, slash is pretty good, but gets way too much attention. but i still wanna see how this turns out, especially the song with ozzy

[royalewcheese35]

I hope he includes the song he recorded for Bruno.

[TheXBlackening]

yusssss!

[koikomoru]

i think my head just exploded with excitement

[milwaukeerocker]

Wow, this is really cool. But, does anyone know who's doing the majority of the vocals? I know Ozzy and Fergie are in, but anyone know who else? Not idiot Axl for sure. I've also hear comments that Slash's skills are overrated, i tend to slightly disagree. Any guitar great would comment on Slash's overall tone and ease at which he plays great licks and soaring solos, it's not so much what he plays, it's how he plays and the sound he has created that is so original. Just listen to Chinese Democracy (if you can bare it), they are totally trying to rip off Slash's tone. Even he would admit that he couldn't write riffs like he once did, but then again, who could? That's why he's considered so great, and, well, he is. Don't forget that it's nice to see a good honest musician still working hard on making good records. See y'all in Milwaukee if he shows up there!

[KeetarPlaya123]

Flea on bass?! Omg i cant wait for this...did flea as a guest just get announced?

[BigB-head]

Matt Shadows from Avenged Sevenfold is one of the guests on the album.

He stated on his Myspace that it was some of the most technical stuff he'd heard Slash play, so i have high hopes for this album

[TSngRemainTSame]

royalewcheese35 wrote:

I hope he includes the song he recorded for Bruno.

That'd be f***** hilarious.

[rhoadrunner]

slash is a great guitarist and all (not great like satch, page or gilbert but still pretty good, overated but good) but hes turning into a diva, hes got ozzy (sellout) and fergie (diva) doing records he had that prop 8 thing on youtube, and makes tons of appearences everywhere, it just seems that all the tv show appearences and the solo record with all these famous ppl is just a way to earn more fame and make himself a household name. I wouldnt be surprised if he comes out with a tv sereies next.

on another note, im totally exited about the knew album it gonna be awesome

[7revor]

blouchj wrote:

that sounds great. flea on bass will be awesome. i love slash's playing. at least with this record hes actually able to do exactly what he wants, without any bigheaded vocalists to hold him back.

Yea I never thought about it like that (big-headed vocalists). Wow this is gonna kick ass.

[McAngusYoung]

Honestly I loved the Snakepit and Velvet Revolver but I think Slash should have done this when GNR first broke up....I think it would have been good for him back then...but at least he finally decided to do one.....it's going to be so good I hope Axel gets really pised because this will out sell Chinese Democracy like a joke, which it was.....

[Cheesepuff]

He should get Dio

[MonsterOfRock]

blouchj wrote:

that sounds great. flea on bass will be awesome. i love slash's playing. at least with this record hes actually able to do exactly what he wants, without any bigheaded vocalists to hold him back.

I think Ozzy is playing in this album :P

[queenslander47]

maidenfan15 wrote:

gerardk wrote:

"There might be a couple more surprise musicians on this record I this record i think!"

Could he be talking about Axl?

You're kidding right? He hates Axl as much as Axl hates him. I wish they would play together, but it will NEVER happen.

He should just stay with Izzy permanently. Izzy was the best part of GNR.

correction; izzy together with slash was the best part of guns. neither is quite as strong without the other

[cjhoubre]

boner* =D

[3 days grace14]

sweet

[VolumePast10]

tight but the old slash was cooler

[GoldenBlues]

rhoadrunner wrote:

slash is a great guitarist and all (not great like satch, page or gilbert but still pretty good, overated but good) but hes turning into a diva, hes got ozzy (sellout) and fergie (diva) doing records he had that prop 8 thing on youtube, and makes tons of appearences everywhere, it just seems that all the tv show appearences and the solo record with all these famous ppl is just a way to earn more fame and make himself a household name. I wouldnt be surprised if he comes out with a tv sereies next.

on another note, im totally exited about the knew album it gonna be awesome

Yeah, I agree. He's not as bad as Tommy Lee or Dave Navarro, but did start selling out when he appeared on guitar hero.

[ollyd122]

royalewcheese35 wrote:

I hope he includes the song he recorded for Bruno.

I was hoping for excatly the same thing

[Jamie_W]

That solo show does sound pretty amazing.

[pattslash]

koikomoru wrote:

i think my head just exploded with excitement

i lol'd hard.
im mega excited about this record o.O

[Crizzle]

Whoever mentioned that the surprise musician up there might be Axl, as cool as that would be I just odn't see it happening. I'm looking forward to this.

[spunkeymonkey36]

I wonder if Michael Jackson did a track with Slash on this record. Afterall Slash did do a fair share of work with Jackson. Its a longshot but hopefully more than just wishful thinking.

[kfong03]

sweet news.... can't wait to hear this

[Lemoninfluence]

checked.

[ggggtarded]

this sounds awesome.

[HammettFTW]

r u kidding? izzy is very good but there was no doubt that slash and axl were the ones that made gnr, gaddamn u must be retarted to think that izzy was thestandout, even if he is good

maidenfan15 wrote:

gerardk wrote:

"There might be a couple more surprise musicians on this record I this record i think!"

Could he be talking about Axl?

You're kidding right? He hates Axl as much as Axl hates him. I wish they would play together, but it will NEVER happen.

He should just stay with Izzy permanently. Izzy was the best part of GNR.

[synyster_A7X]

he made a song with Matt shadows ;D

[Feel bad inc.]

i wish he would take off the top hat and sunglasses and finally realize its not 'iconic' just stupid

[javiplasma]

I wanna hear it now, it's awesome!

[Ridder Lugtepik]

I wonder how awful this is gonna sound, no offense fan boys.

[Steeze]

Slash is amazing.

Guns N Roses was amazing with him.

god i jizz my pants every time i listen to old GNR.

Appetite for Destruction is just pure SEX. How could an album be so perfect?

but back on topic.....i hope this turns out great and i hope he does alot more solo stuff.

[jerm138]

i wish he would take off the top hat and sunglasses and finally realize its not 'iconic' just stupid

Careful what you wish for.
Remember when KISS took off the makeup?

izzy is very good but there was no doubt that slash and axl were the ones that made gnr, gaddamn u must be retarted to think that izzy was thestandout, even if he is good

I don't think he was saying that Izzy was the standout. Axl and Slash obviously played that role. But Izzy was a much bigger part of their sound than many people realize. Appetite for Destruction is one of the best rock albums out there, and it never would have been if not for Izzy's contribution. It also wouldn't have been if not for any one of the other guys, either. The original GNR was one of the greatest rock bands ever. Too bad they only put out one album.

[jerm138]

Two albums, if you count Lies

[MoonlightGuitar]

Wow, great news! ;D I'm so freakin' excited about his solo record, I can't wait! This will be AWESOME!

[Supamario132]

boston1992 :
cant wait, slash is the reason i picked up a guitar. though i think itll get set back a little, but not like axel did. and as for everyone who sais he cant riff anymore, or his solos arent good anymore, you guys obviously havent taken the time to actually listen to his playing.

same here i cant wait to here this its probably gonna be pretty awesome