SLASH Approached For 'Rock Week' On 'American Idol'

April 28, 2009

According to The Pulse of Radio, Slash revealed on his Twitter account that he has been approached to mentor contestants during an upcoming "Rock Week" on "American Idol". The VELVET REVOLVER guitarist simply wrote, "'American Idol' has asked me to do the mentor bit for 'Rock Week'," with no mention of whether he would actually agree to do it or when it would air. Previous stars who have mentored hopefuls on the show include Mariah Carey and Neil Diamond, while Jon Bon Jovi has mentored Rock Week.

Just don't expect Slash to look for the new VELVET REVOLVER singer during his stint. The guitarist has told The Pulse of Radio before that finding a new vocalist through an "Idol"-type tryout or a reality series is out of the question. "If we wanted to make a quick buck, that would be the way to go," he said. "There's such a huge lack of integrity in that process, be it putting a band together or finding a relationship or finding a new best friend, whatever the premise is. It's just a cheap way of doing things and I don't think that you can actually find the individual or the character or the quality or whatever it is that's important."

VELVET REVOLVER has yet to hire a replacement for singer Scott Weiland, who was dismissed in April 2008.

In other news, Slash has posted a new update on his solo album, which he is in the process of recording with various guest vocalists appearing on different tracks. He wrote, "We are six tracks into it and it sounds really great — great playing and super killer tones, not to mention stellar vocals so far. I'm still not at liberty to publicly divulge any singers' names, but trust me, they're amazing. I know a lot of you out there know who at least some of them are."

Ozzy Osbourne and AVENGED SEVENFOLD frontman M. Shadows are two of the vocalists confirmed to appear on Slash's record.

The guitarist said there are eight songs still to record, and also posted some working song titles, including "We're All Gonna Die", "These Last Words", "Crucify The Dead" and "Beautiful, Dangerous".

Slash has recruited ex-NINE INCH NAILS drummer Josh Freese and former JANE'S ADDICTION bassist Chris Chaney to play on the record.

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