Slash!! (Page 3 of 4)

A bit of info that was new to me,from last night's Top Gear - Slash was born in my neck of the woods, Hampstead, cool! then moved to Stoke-on-Trent ...hmmmm, not soooo cool. ..come on, just kidding!
A good show last night.

Live Nation Presale Thursday 9.00am

http://www.livenation.co.uk/artist/slash-tickets

This spring, the U.K.'s biggest radio network, BBC Radio 2, goes rock for six weeks with one of the most iconic guitarists of all time, Slash.

From April 12, rock music legend, solo artist, and former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash presents six episodes of the music that changed his life and inspired him to pick up a Les Paul.

From AC/DC and AEROSMITH to METALLICA and MOTÖRHEAD, Slash presents an hour of heavy riffs, screaming solos, crunching guitars, soaring vocals and some of the most essential hard rock ever recorded. Interspersed with stories of rock 'n' roll decadence, anecdotes from the back of the tour bus and an infectious genuine love of the genre, Slash explains how these artists and songs changed his life and fuelled the soundtrack to his world. Expect to hear classic and rare tracks from LED ZEPPELIN, ROSE TATTOO, DEEP PURPLE, RAINBOW, IRON MAIDEN, QUEEN, MEGADETH, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, tracks from his solo projects, and much, much more.

This is Slash's second stint behind the microphone for BBC Radio 2, having presented a two-hour rock special for the network as part of its Christmas schedule in 2010. Called "Slash's Guitar Heroes", it was a countdown of the VELVET REVOLVER axeman's favorite guitarists of all-time.

In this new series, Slash picks up where he left off, returning to bring the rock back to Radio 2.

The BBC Radio 2 series runs as follows:

April 12 @ 22.03-23.00
April 19 @ 22.03-23.00
April 26 @ 22.03-23.00
May 03 @ 22.03-23.00
May 10 @ 22.03-23.00
May 17 @ 22.03-23.00

Listen in throughout the UK on 88 – 91 FM, on SKY (0102), DAB (12B), Freeview (702), Freesat (702), Virgin Media (902), Talk Talk TV (602), UPC Ireland (908) or globally at www.bbc.co.uk/radio2. You can also "listen again" to the shows on the BBC's web site for up to 7 days after each broadcast.

Wow loved it! Thanks!

That's so cool...wish I could see him but with Uni coming up I definitely can't afford it </3 .... wanting a new guitar might have something to do with it too

Thought the new album was quite dull...very standard tunes.
Lots of melodies ripped from Myles' Alter Bridge band too...no coincidence...tut tut..

Slash came at a time where the world needed a good, basic guitarist to contrast from all the whing whangy stuntmen of that era, he filled that gap. Was simply the right place at the right time, I'm personally not a massive fan but I can appreciate the significance of his appearance. I think he has the talent of playing memorable phrases in his solos, but I also think he can tend to play a lot of bullshit too. If he was a new muso today, he wouldn't make it to anywhere near where he is now, he's not a talent player in the same way Joe is.

I saw him on Jimmy Fallon Monday/early AM Tuesday, but I was still groovin' on Joe's appearance on Letterman. As a consequence Slash & Co. didn't exactly move me, not bad though.

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