I hear ya, Sesh. The opener for Dave's "Diamond Dave" show kept calling us motherfuckers. I was ready to kill the bastard by the time they got off the stage.Originally Posted by Seshmeister
I hear ya, Sesh. The opener for Dave's "Diamond Dave" show kept calling us motherfuckers. I was ready to kill the bastard by the time they got off the stage.
"Ya know what they say about angels... An angel is a supernatural being or spirit, usually humanoid in form, found in various religions and mythologies. Plus Roth fan boards..."- ZahZoo April 2013
I was walking by the CD's in Best Buy yesterday, and I see the Slash featuring Myles Kennedy Live Made In Stoke 24/7/11 sitting there, so I bought it. Myles Kennedy sounds phenominal, as usual, and Slash and the band are terrific.
Im sorry but this flat out kicks ass...
Sorry for what ? Slash is an amazing guitarist. Myles is a great performer. What more do you want ? Fat Axhole ? I'll take this band. Slash has no interest in A Gun's reunion tour from what he said on Sterns show a few months ago. Thank god. His live album kicks ass from last year.
I'm glad Slash is out doing this, and I enjoy it. But for my money although he has great pipes Myles is just a bit too 'nice' to pull of the Guns songs..............
Still, it's better than nothing.
The Power Of The Riff Compels Me
I would agree that his emergence in the late 1980s was a bit refreshing inasmuch as it was a welcome respite from a half-decade deluge of Eddie Van Halen clones wanking off flash licks on Charvels...as was suggested, Slash was a throwback to a simpler, 1970s blues-based rock style.
Very little of what he's done post-Axl strikes me as memorable, though, and this includes Velvet Revolver. He's also managed to be a viable rock commodity far longer than many of his contemporaries, although most of this has been achieved through various areas (such as Guitar Hero) that represent the pussification of rock music to me...however, it is probably a bit churlish of me to fault the guy for finding a way to make a buck.
Overall, I wouldn't say he sucks, but I'd be hard-pressed to rank him among even my own top 50 list of favorite rock guitarists...MAYBE in the top 100 somewhere...
Scramby eggs and bacon.
Terry ...are you out of your mind? damn! I appreciate and read your comments but Fuck do I agree to disagree with this one...Slash is in my top 5 of all time when all considered
Now who`s that babe with the fab-u-lous shad-ow?
I can dig that. Music appreciation is all subjective, far as I can tell. While I generally detest ranking musicians (as if musicianship were some kind of sport), I would say that far as my own criteria of my favorite guitarists goes, versatility and innovation is a part of it. Hard blues rock licks played on a Les Paul through a Marshall amp might have fallen within those parameters in the 1960s or 1970s, but by the time Slash hit the scene his whole style and sound was something that was a bit too derivative of what had come before for me to really hurl accolades his way on any grand scale...
I mean, hey, the guy is no slouch. He contributed to some great stuff on those early GnR albums. He has a highly visible, iconic image. By many accounts he's a massive success in the rock music field. The fact that his playing doesn't do as much for me as it does for you is no biggie...one of the things I enjoy about music is the reaction factor: it's almost chemical for me. It either moves me or it doesn't. I appreciate that you like what he does...it's cool that his stuff is something that moves you.
all is good ... we're not talking Al di Meola or Allan Holsdworth...I consider presence, entertainement and originality in determining who will get my money for a ticket...I mean we all work for our money and when it comes to buy a concert ticket I need to have a party for me and my friends........I went to three concert this year VH, SLASH and RUSH...Had a blast at the VH and Slash show but not Rush...but like you said music appreciation is all subjective...Cheers!
The best album he did post-Guns was the 2nd Slash's Snakepit record - 'Ain't Life Grand' (I reviewed it in the 'Album Reviews' thread). That is one HELLUVA record....
Yea, it's down & dirty. And expensive on Ebay ! I don't think they stamped a ton of them.
Slash Announces Star-Studded Blues Covers LP 'Orgy of the Damned'
Out May 17
Slash, 'Orgy of the Damned' Track Listing
1. “The Pusher” feat. Chris Robinson (vocal and harmonica)
Written by Wayne Hoyt Axton
2. “Crossroads” feat. Gary Clark Jr. (vocal, rhythm guitar and solo)
Written by Robert Leroy Johnson
3. “Hoochie Coochie Man” feat. Billy F. Gibbons (vocal, rhythm guitar and solo)
Written by Willie Dixon
4. “Oh Well” feat. Chris Stapleton (vocal)
Written by Peter Alan Green
5. “Key to the Highway” feat. Dorothy (vocal)
Written by Charles Segar, William Broonzy
6. “Awful Dream” feat. Iggy Pop (vocal)
Written by Sam (Lightnin’) Hopkins, Clarence Lewis, C. Morgan Robinson
7. “Born Under a Bad Sign” feat. Paul Rodgers (vocal)
Written by William Bell and Booker T. Jones
8. “Papa Was a Rolling Stone” feat. Demi Lovato (vocal)
Written by Barrett Strong and Jesse Norman Whitfield
9. “Killing Floor” feat. Brian Johnson (vocal) - VIDEO below
Written by Chester Burnett (Howlin' Wolf)
*Special guest Steven Tyler on harmonica
10. “Living for the City” feat. Tash Neal (vocal)
Written by Stevie Wonder
*Special guest background vocals: Jenna Bell and Jessie Payo
11. “Stormy Monday” feat. Beth Hart (vocal)
Written by T-Bone Walker
12. “Metal Chestnut”
Written by Slash
Full story at:
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/slas...of-the-damned/
That version of Killing Floor was about as uninspired and generic as any I've ever heard.
But wait, you say...Slash got a couple of black guys to play on the track, so it sounds WAY authentic...
Nope.
If I walked into a bar and heard the exact same thing played by a bunch of local geezers, it wouldn't even cross my mind that I was hearing anything worth remembering much less exceptional.
In all fairness, Tyler's harmonica solo is adequate and at least Brian Johnson isn't trying to sing it in his AC/DC Back In Black guttural warble.
Plus, Myles Kennedy is still a ball sucking poser, albeit with a decent rock voice.
After a couple listens I'll agree that it's not groundbreaking but it does have a certain kinda funky
vibe that grabs me and I already added it to my Spotify playlist.
Am looking forward to some of the other tracks.
Yeah, I like how Tyler sneaked in some howls during the harp parts.
My first listen it sorta sounded like Tom Jones vocals.
Slash On Why He Asked Brian Johnson Not To Use ‘AC/DC Voice’ On ‘Killing Floor’ Cover
https://rockcelebrities.net/slash-on...g-floor-cover/
Yay! Nothing but cover songs. Slash is a joke.
I met Slash at the Sundance Film Festival. The guy had ZERO of that celebrity bullshit. He was just a regular guy. I had to explain Utah drinking laws to him. I go here you don’t buy a drink. You buy a drunk. You have to bring your own hard liquor but you can come into this place with a fifth of Jack Daniel's and nobody will care. He’s like really? He goes shit, you can’t even do that in Hollywood.
No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!
Is Slash a great guitarist? No. He understood the game. He came up with a cool look that made him stand out and he was in a band that could create some songs people liked. He’s been quite adept at marketing his image.
There’s lots of talented musicians who can’t market for shit. Only a few nerds care about how good you really are. The general public want something cool. They want to be entertained.
If you can’t play Link Wray’s Rumble and have everyone talk about how cool you were become an accountant.
Come on Slash, give us some fucking Rock and Roll riffs and solos! I grew up on classic G&R. If I want to hear this shit, I’ll play some Zepp, Cream, and Allman Bros Band.
Isn’t there a video of Slash and John Mayer jamming the blues, and John Mayer mops the floor with Slash’s hair?!
Actually, the joke is on you!
Slash has made a career and a name for himself.
I wouldn't deny the enduring quality of Slash's commercial success...it'd be retarded to even try.
Yeah, but that Killing Floor version is shit.Actually, the joke is on you!
Slash has made a career and a name for himself.
Mick Jagger and David Bowie made careers and names for themselves. Didn't make their cover of Dancing In The Streets any less lame. Nobody bats 1000.
Ah Slash is using different amps and they don’t sound as good as the Marshall’s but what the hell, he’s made his mark already but anyone who thinks he’s in the top ten of guitar players is a dumb ass. He’s going through an experimental phase because he can.
He is the most boring guitar player ever. Well....maybe next to his guy:Actually, the joke is on you!
Slash has made a career and a name for himself.
He looked cool with the top hat and low slung Les Paul and got with some guys who managed to get one album full of songs people liked out at a time people were getting sick of the spandex show. Also having a few videos on MTV didn’t hurt. The band popped its load pretty quick but Slash rode the image the longest.
The Rose Gun blasted hard and Slash was the sperm that wouldn’t die.
I’m not sure who that isHe is the most boring guitar player ever. Well....maybe next to his guy:
Can't disagree with most of that.
Guns had one truly awesome album. Still holds up.
Always thought the top hat looked a bit dumb, but at least it wasn't yet another dude with hair extensions wearing spandex and playing a Charvel. Slash's look did prove to be iconic.
Guns worked best for me with that Appetite lineup. Visually, doubtless Rose and Slash were the standouts. Far as the record, I dug what everybody was doing. Even Adler's drumming. Slash had some good, straight-up lead guitar stuff on the album but Izzy had plenty of good stuff on there as well.
Proof of it was once that Appetite lineup or formula or whatever started to get altered, it was never quite as good. Really, it was never quite as good once the band tasted the massive success of Appetite. It was amusing at the time to see and hear the band go over the top via the bloated Use Your Illusions records...it was a very "rock and roll, man!" thing for them to do, but I could barely get through listening to those records at the time and wouldn't even bother trying today. Too many filler tracks between the two records, and even the best of both Illusions albums isn't quite as good as Appetite. Not quite the Boston/Tom Scholtz syndrome where that band or that guy (didn't Scholtz basically play virtually all the instruments on the first album?) only had one really great album in him, but Guns were reminiscent of Boston in that the first album is clearly and by far their best.
The vast bulk of what Slash has done after Illusions - even including Velvet Revolver - is utterly disposable to my ears in that none of what I have heard of that stuff ever made me want to hear it twice.
Slash wasted time and energy trying to recreate something that didn’t need to be done.
I was 14 when Jagger and Bowie did Dancing In the Streets. I already knew VH made the definitive version. I was too immature to really know what gay or queer was. Today, the Jagger and Bowie collaboration is about cringey gay as it comes.
Guns hit hard because they were different. I never got why everyone thought Slash was something special but I think I know why he's liked. Like I said, I met him and he's likable. Slash is just there and has no attitude. Sometimes not selling sells. There's a cool factor to him people dig. Anyways he's doing something right, he lives in Holmby Hills which is the rich part of Beverly Hills. Slash is selling something. Property tax ain't cheap where he lives.
It always amazed me you could have someone extremely talented and had the look and moves and everything and they go down in flames and you can have a mediocre talent and they do great and have a long career. Sammy Hagar being a good example of the latter.
Property tax? What are you talking about he's sold over 100 million fucking albums.
Looking back for a band of 'crazy out of control people' it's kind of suspicious how many good decisions they made business wise. Also I knew a fair number of people who did drink a bottle of JD every day like Slash claimed to and I've done similar myself but none of them had a six pack like he did. More recently of course we were all begging someone to tell him to put a shirt on. When Use Your Illusion came out we were all thinking there is maybe one very good album in here not 2 double albums but of course it was business genius because they made 4 times as much money. There was no point in holding back that material for later releases because they were never going to last a long time before imploding.
The taxes on that kind of property a year are substantial. Many people are selling because of California taxes. You have to have a decent cash flow to stay there. Appetite for Destruction was a long time ago and as you know it’s all how the contract is written. You have to have some damn good royalties to live in a major property in Holmby Hills. Most rock stars don’t live there because of the expense. You live there if you own oil or are a major shareholder in something. The only other musician I know who lived there was Rod Stewart and he’s selling. People are getting out of California because of the taxes.Property tax? What are you talking about he's sold over 100 million fucking albums.
Fact check
Slash moved out of the Holmby Hills to Encino 14 miles away after selling his house to a rapper 7 years ago when he was getting divorced.
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/slash-encino-mansion/
The annual property tax on the $6.25 million house is @ 0.77% so around $48k a year.
Since he was divorced then we know how much he was making at that point or more likely the minimum he could show he was making which was $345k per month.
https://www.alternativenation.net/gu...oogle_vignette
Since then his income will have gone up massively with the GNR tour grossing $500 million!
He has to pay $100k a month alimony to his ex wife I don't think property tax was ever even a minor fucking conncern for Slash...
The real congratulations must go to the ex wife Perla who somehow bagged a $3 million house, $6.6 million in cash as well as $100,000 per month in spousal support and $39,000 per month in child support. Even in her prime back in the day she was no oil painting, an amazing achievement.
Last edited by Seshmeister; 03-11-2024 at 07:01 AM.
Slash never impressed me much as a guitar player... Had he and G&R come along in the early to mid-70's, they would have been a top act among hard rock bands. Their writing and composition styles perfectly fit within that era. Good and solid hard rock...
The same era Eddie Van Halen turned upside down sideways in 78...
To me, G&R and Slash seemed like a bunch of really competent cover band musicians who made an album 10 years after the era of that popular genre had past...
"If you want to be a monk... you gotta cook a lot of rice...”
Yeah, well, one might be tempted to buy into the 'fucked up 24/7 on booze and drugs for years and years on end' image perpetrated by various rock stars over the last 50 years when one was young enough and impressionable enough to believe in the myths of stardom, primary among them the belief that one could actually BE fucked up and out of control all day every day for years and years on end.
Doubtless some of them WERE that way...for a while.
Slash's booze consumption I always kinda suspected was to a degree part of the show...the JD bottle being carried around like a prop.
https://beverlyhillscourier.com/2023...s-perspective/
There’s some new taxes since then but yeah divorce in California can be expensive. It’s not like Saudi Arabia where you can just say get the fuck out.
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