Saul Hudson (born 23 July 1965, Stoke, England), better known by his stage name Slash, is a British-American musician. He is the former lead guitarist of the American hard rock band Guns N’ Roses, with whom he performed and recorded between 1985 and 1996. He later formed Slash’s Snakepit and co-founded Velvet Revolver with his former bandmates Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum; and his debut solo album, Slash , was released in April 2010. In 2011 he wrote and featured on Kick It Up A Notch, the end credit song for The Disney Channel Original Movie Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension. (Kick It Up a Notch Songfacts). He has written a self titled autobiography which was put to print in 2007.
Slash joined his first
band, Tidus Sloan, in 1981. In 1983, he formed the band Road Crew—named for the
Motörhead song “(We Are) The Road Crew”—with his childhood friend Steven Adler,
who by then had learned to play drums. He placed an advertisement in a
newspaper looking for a bassist, and received a response from Duff McKagan.
They auditioned a number of singers, including one-time Black Flag vocalist Ron
Reyes, and worked on material that included the main riff of what would become
the Guns N’ Roses song “Rocket Queen.” Slash disbanded the group the following
year due to them not being able to find a singer, as well as Adler’s lack of
work ethic compared to himself and McKagan. He, along with Adler, then joined a
local band known as Hollywood Rose, which featured singer Axl Rose and
guitarist Izzy Stradlin. Following his time with Hollywood Rose, Slash played
in a band called Black Sheep and unsuccessfully auditioned for Poison, a glam
metal band that he would later openly deride.
Legendary guitarist Slash (VELVET REVOLVER,
GUNS N' ROSES) played an ultra-rare acoustic show in August in Sydney,
Australia that was filmed for Foxtel's "Max Sessions".
According to
Australia's long-running rock station Triple M, Slash and singer Myles Kennedy
(ALTER BRIDGE) performed a stripped-back seven-song set, featuring a mix of
Slash's solo material and GN'R and VELVET REVOLVER favorites.
The intimate gig
happened at the Seymour Centre in the inner-city of Sydney and Triple M's
Alexis Savaidis was one of the 300 lucky fans to witness the magic.
"It was a
flawless performance," stated Alexis. "Myles blew everyone away with
an impressive vocal range hitting insanely high notes. And, of course, Slash
was unreal! Doing those solos on an acoustic guitar is really only one for the
masters and he did it so well."
She also said that
Slash answered questions from fans during the set which revealed a lighter side
to the guitar legend.
The setlist was as
follows:
01. Patience
02. Back From Cali
03. Fall To Pieces
04. Starlight
05. By The Sword
06. Sweet Child O'
Mine
07. Civil War
Slash & Myles Kennedy - Max Sessions Acoustic Gig, Sydney, Australia 08-15-2010
