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...
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...
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