According to TMZ.com, Slash and his longtime wife, Perla Hudson, who are splitting up after 13 years of marriage, did not sign a prenuptial agreement when they tied the knot in 2001. Sources close to Perla tell the site she has already hired a lawyer to figure out exactly how much money Slash ...
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Iconic guitarist Slash will receive the prestigious Les Paul Award during the 30th annual NAMM Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards, to be held Saturday, January 24, 2015 in Anaheim, California. Comedian Sinbad will provide the laughs as the evening's host. The NAMM TEC Awards honors individuals and companies across 30 categories, for outstanding achievement in ...
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Rock On The Range, America's premier hard rock festival, returns to central Ohio's Columbus Crew Stadium May 15, 16 and 17, 2015 for its ninth year with a stellar lineup of top rock bands led by multiplatinum band LINKIN PARK, global rock juggernauts SLIPKNOT and heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST — who are currently celebrating ...
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ALTER BRIDGE singer Myles Kennedy is currently pulling double duty, playing and touring with that group while also fronting the backing band for VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash. Asked by VH1 Classic "That Metal Show" co-host Eddie Trunk if he is concerned that Kennedy will at some point be forced to pick ...
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Slash and Myles Kennedy performed an acoustic version of the song "Bent To Fly" on the Norwegian-Swedish television talk show "Skavlan" on November 7. Watch video footage of the performance as well as an interview with Slash below. "Bent To Fly" is taken from "World On Fire", the third album to be made available under ...
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Ozzy Osbourne (pictured) was honored with the Global Icon Award at the the 2014 MTV EMA (MTV Europe Music Awards) on Sunday, November 9 at the SSE Hydro arena in Glasgow, Scotland. The BLACK SABBATH frontman collected the award from former GUNS N’ ROSES guitarist Slash, who later performed Ozzy's 1980 hit "Crazy Train" with ...
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In a brand new interview with Manchester Evening News, legendary guitarist Slash was asked if he thought rock and roll bands had become tamer since he first started out, in 1981 with his first band TIDUS SLOAN and 1985 with GUNS N' ROSES. "I do think rock and roll bands have become really ...
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Guitar Center and DirecTV announced a two-part documentary and live concert event examining the life and music of Grammy Award-winning guitarist Slash. With a world tour on the horizon and his new album, "World On Fire", debuting in the Top 10 and garnering worldwide critical acclaim, the iconic guitarist remains one of the leading influences ...
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In a brand new interview with The Rocktologist, CALIFORNIA BREED bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes was asked if drummer Jason Bonham will return to the band at some point in the future. "No, Jason won't be returning," Glenn replied. "His other commitments were getting in the way of his CALIFORNIA BREED schedule." He continued: "I ...
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LED ZEPPELIN guitarist Jimmy Page recently spoke to UK's Classic Rock magazine about the reissue of the band's "Led Zeppelin IV" album. Check out the clip below. The LED ZEPPELIN reissue campaign got off to a remarkable start in June as deluxe editions of "Led Zeppelin", "Led Zeppelin II" and "Led Zeppelin III" debuted in ...
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Guitar Center and DirecTV announced a two-part documentary and live concert event examining the life and music of Grammy Award-winning guitarist Slash. With a world tour on the horizon and his new album, "World On Fire", debuting in the Top 10 and garnering worldwide critical acclaim, the iconic guitarist remains one of the leading influences ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of CALIFORNIA BREED's October 12 performance at The Paramount in Huntington, New York can be seen below. CALIFORNIA BREED members Glenn Hughes and Andrew Watt recently chose Joey Castillo (QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, EAGLES OF DEATH METAL) to play drums for the band for all dates when it became clear that ...
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An alternate mix of LED ZEPPELIN's seminal classic "Rock And Roll", which features a different blend of guitars, can be streamed below, courtesy of RollingStone.com. "'Rock And Roll' has just got that cheeky energy about it," guitarist Jimmy Page tells RollingStone.com. "It's a party. 'It's been a long time since I rock and ...
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The LED ZEPPELIN reissue campaign got off to a remarkable start in June as deluxe editions of "Led Zeppelin", "Led Zeppelin II" and "Led Zeppelin III" debuted in the top 10 of The Billboard 200 chart. The albums achieved similar international success with debuts near the top of the charts in more than a dozen ...
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ALTER BRIDGE singer Myles Kennedy, who is currently pulling double duty, playing and touring with that group while also fronting the backing band for VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash, was asked by Lisa Martineau of NewHampshire.com if he sometimes forgets whom he is on stage with. "I definitely forget what month it ...
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In a brand new interview with Ronan McGreevy of The Irish Times, Slash has once again responded to KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons' recent comment that "rock is dead." Simmons told Esquire magazine earlier in the month — in an interview conducted by his son Nick — that "rock did not die ...
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According to The Pulse Of Radio, legendary axeman Slash admitted in a new interview with Classic Rock that he still gets guitar lessons once in a while — from his own lead singer, Myles Kennedy. The guitar icon explained, "Myles teaches me stuff. Technically he's much more proficient than I am. He knows way more ...
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"World On Fire", the third album to be made available under the Slash solo banner, sold around 29,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 10 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD arrived in stores on September 16 via Slash's own label Dik Hayd International ...
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Ernie Ball, one of the world's leading manufacturers of guitar strings and musical instrument accessories, will present "Real To Reel With Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators", a documentary featuring the iconic Grammy-winning guitarist Slash and his band. The hour-long special documents the entire in-studio recording process of the band's new album, "World On ...
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Germany's EMP Rock Invasion recently conducted an interview with Lou (vocals) and Pete Koller (guitar) of New York hardcore legends SICK OF IT ALL. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how the U.S. mainstream media is owned directly by large multinational corporations, which are connected ...
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"World On Fire", the third album to be made available under the Slash solo banner, is likely to sell between 25,000 and 28,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to industry web site Hits Daily Double. The estimate was based on one-day sales reports compiled after the record arrived ...
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This week, Slash released "World On Fire", his latest solo album with his backing band MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS. He has already put out a pretty intense lyric video for the title track, so VH1 Radio Network's Dave Basner asked him if fans can expect more visuals for songs on the record. "We have ...
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Slash's third solo album, "World On Fire", can be streamed in its entirety using the SoundCloud widget below (courtesy of USAToday.com). The disc is the second to feature Slash's regular backing band, MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS, and follows up 2012's "Apocalyptic Love". Although the album's title sounds like a political or social ...
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SiriusXM announced today that world-renowned musician and songwriter Slash and his band, featuring MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS will perform an exclusive invitation-only concert for SiriusXM listeners on Monday, September 15 at Santos Party House in New York City. The performance will air live on SiriusXM's Octane channel at 8:00 pm ET. In addition to ...
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Video footage of Slash and Myles Kennedy performing acoustically for the listeners of Detroit, Michigan's WRIF 101.1 FM radio station can be seen below. Slash's third album, "World On Fire", will be released on September 15. Slash and MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS recorded 17 songs for the follow-up to 2012's "Apocalyptic Love". Among the ...
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Video footage of Slash and Myles Kennedy talking about surprises on Slash's third album, "World On Fire", can be seen below. "World On Fire" will be released on September 15. Slash and MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS recorded 17 songs for the follow-up to 2012's "Apocalyptic Love". Among the tracks on the record are "Shadow ...
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A track-by-track breakdown of Slash's third album, "World On Fire", can be seen below (courtesy of UK's Total Guitar magazine). "World On Fire" will be released on September 15. Slash and MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS recorded 17 songs for the follow-up to 2012's "Apocalyptic Love". Among the tracks on the record are "Shadow Life", ...
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Dave "Higgo" Higgins of Australia's long-running rock station Triple M recently conducted an interview with legendary guitarist Slash. You can now listen to the full chat in two parts below. Slash will release his new album, "World On Fire", on September 15. The former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist and his backing band, MYLES KENNEDY & ...
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Lorenzo Gandolfi of Italy's Chitarre magazine recently conducted an interview with legendary guitarist Slash. You can now watch the chat in two parts below. Asked if his current group, SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS, should be considered a solo project or if it's more a of a "real band" situation, Slash said: "It's ...
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According to Women's Wear Daily, METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich accompanied his fiancée, model Jessica Miller, Thursday night (September 4) to a party hosted by Purple magazine at Narcissa during New York Fashion Week. "She's traveled all over the world with me for the last three years," he told the site. "So I'll follow ...
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