SLASH replies, "Poo, there are no real 'effects' on 'Knockin' On Heaven's
Door'. Just
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SLASH replies, "I might produce someone else's record way down the line,
but right now it's enough to get my own records done."
Don't forget the contest! We're having another contest here to give away five more of the CD singles,
"Been There Lately". These are promo CD singles with jewel cases, colored
CDs, artwork in the front and back liners. No charge to enter or win. Just
fill out these Slash Guest Appearances and send them in. Click here for
the rules, the questions and how to enter!
1. SLASH played on his album, Innocent Loser, and worked with him
in Blues Ball and Snakepit.
If you missed the VH-1 show VH-1 Presents the 80's, the show airs
again 11/8 at 10pm, 11/9 at 11am, 11/11 at 4pm, 5pm and 8pm. A show called
Top 80 of the 80's is on VH-1 also and GNR is listed as being part
of that show. This one is on 11/11 at 9:30am. Court TV is going to have two
shows that have some mention at least of Guns N'Roses. The first one is
called "Hollywood & Crime". It is on 11/8 at 6am. The second
is called "The Secret History of Rock 'n' Roll". Gene Simmons of Kiss hosts
this show. The listing says, "The Secret History of Rock 'n' Roll
travels through the history of rock `n' roll and maps the
intersections where crime and rock meet." This show
airs 12/4 at 10pm. All times are Eastern times.
The dates/times for this VH-1 show are: 11/5 at 1am, 11/5 at 11am, 11/5 at
10pm, and 11/6 at 11am. All times are ET.
SLASH replies, "Sarah, Jimi Hendrix and the Band of Gypsies".
Thank you SLASH and Sarah!
When the Snakepit tour ended,
it seems the fans weren't ready to let go of SLASH. Guess what? There are
two lucky cities that are getting an early holiday present! SLASH onstage
in December! One place has a huge SLASH fan base, and the other didn't
get on the tour schedule. Where? Well, if you live in or near London,
England or Dublin, Ireland, you lucked out! SLASH is going there in
December for a four show tour with Ronnie Wood. Ronnie Wood is an old
friend of SLASH's, and you know he is a member of the Rolling Stones. When
the Stones are in hiatus, Ronnie often does a solo album. His new one is
"Not For Beginners".
SLASH says three shows are scheduled right now with a fourth to be added.
The first show is December 8 at Vicar Street, 8:30pm, in Dublin. For tickets,
check www.vicarstreet.com. The second show will most likely be added after
this one, and it should be in Dublin, too. The first London show is December
11 at Sheperd's Bush Empire, 7pm. Tickets at www.ticketmaster.co.uk.
The
last show, a special one, is December 12 in London at the CC Club. Tickets at
Mark Butler & Assoc.
This show is called Ronnie Wood & Friends. Only 450 people will
get in to see Ronnie joined on stage throughout the evening by friends
performing a wide range of songs. The 450 includes many celebrities, and
this intimate aand memorable show promises to be the rock and roll experience
of a lifetime. The party starts at 7 and the free bar closes at 11 with
music continuing into the night. This is all for the CC Club show which is
clearly the one to try for first! Free champagne, open bar, buffet and
SLASH! This one is 225 pounds. The other shows are just regular shows with
normal prices, but we wanted to tell you a bit about this one.
SLASH said he hopes to see many of you in the audience. Let us know if you
get there. No more complaining that you missed him before! And if anyone
comes up with that fourth date, please let us know. Thanks! Now go get those
tickets!
You know Ronnie Wood is a great guitar player, but did you know he was
also an artist? He's done many prints of the Rolling Stones and other
artists which have been sold and are still selling well. Recently, he started
on a set of endangered species pictures to raise money for this cause.
Have you ever seen the SLASH picture he did? If you look around the net,
you'll see it for $1500 on up. The pictures are doublesigned by Ronnie
and SLASH. We are lucky enough to have print #1 of SLASH! And you can have
one, too. Here's where to go to see SLASH's picture. In real life, the reds
and browns are really striking, and it gives your room a rock and roll feel
to it - matted and framed, it is a great tribute to SLASH.
There's a SLASH mention in the 2000 book Guitar: Music, History, Players
by Richard Chapman. Chapman covers the history of the guitar in music from
3,000 years ago till now. 50 million people play guitar, and this book
provides a lot of history on the styles of music played, the great musicians
and so on. When you get way up to modern rock and pop (past page 200),
there's a picture of SLASH with some GNR information. It says that GNR
is based on blues-rock. "SLASH plays supple, melodic solos, as heard on
tracks such as 'November Rain'; one of his most popular pieces, 'Sweet
Child O' Mine' from Appetite for Destruction has an attractive
melodic figure." That's it, so don't buy this one for the SLASH mention,
but it is an excellent book if you are interested in the guitar and its
music and history.
Let's take a question for SLASH. This one is from July in LA, who asks,
"Hey SLASH my name is July. I'm from Los Angeles and am currently playing
lead in a metal band playing local venues, Whisky, Coconut Teaser, etc.
My question is, I am currently in a disagreement with the band. I want
to incorporate a more melodic sound and get out of the rut of playing the
same licks over an E5 for a hundred measures, but each time I venture
out of the typical 'shred' I get called on it. I am learning all these
cool things in theory class and no one else gets it. What should I do?"
SLASH replies with some advice you know he's given himself, "All you
can do is play from the heart and hope it sounds good. Don't listen to
what everybody else says."
Thanks, SLASH and July!
The latest issue of the Nightrain
Fanzine is out. Ian sent us a note from the UK about it. Issue 6 includes
GNR news, fan artwork, SLASH and Snakepit news, Matt Sorum news, letters
from fans and more. You can get a copy of Nightrain Fanzine in
regular postal mail. You'll need to check the website for information on
prices around the world. Highly recommended!
FenixTx is a band to
watch. Shari from Black Velvet Magazine told us she may be interviewing
them next month. The guitar player, James, is a big SLASH fan! It's great
to know of some up and coming guitar players influenced by SLASH. These
guys were in the Warped Tour, so you may have seen them. Next month they
will be in the UK supporting New Found Glory. So check them out there or
at their website, www.fenixtx.com. If
Shari finds out more about the SLASH influence, she promises to let us
know. Thanks, Shari!
Did you see SLASH with Michael Jackson at the MJ tribute show? It was on
TV recently in the US. If you missed it, Bruno has found the two videos
on the net. We'll give you the link, but be advised that the quality is
not very good. The audio as well as the video portion suffer from that
high compression that distorts both at times. These are nothing like
seeing the CBS show. Still, you may want to have a look:
Jimmy sent this from a country that must already be dealing with cold weather,
Sweden! Jimmy's been reading the newspaper there, and Aftonbladet
has a list of the 20 hard rock records with the highest sales in Sweden.
Appetite for Destruction still goes up and down between 6 and 9 on
that list. Super! Thanks, Jimmy!
No one has figured out what that CDNOW Appetite really is. It is to
be released 12/11/01. Adam says that MTV's Kurt Loder interviewed Axl Rose
last year, and Axl said his new GNR band had re-recorded Appetite
to get familiar with the old songs and give himself some practice on them.
So, it's possible this is it although we would think there would be a lot
more publicity. Adam from the UK believes it is the gold CD once again
being released. More on this after December 11 no doubt.
Mike sent in this information on the Gibson Custom House SLASH signature
guitar. He said the SLASH models were made from 1996 to 1998. None are
made now by Gibson Custom Shop. A total of 73 were made! No wonder
they are hard to find. Actually, 75 were made when you count the two that
were given to SLASH. SLASH owns serial numbers 1 and 2. The man who did
the Snakepit carving on the top said that he is not doing it anymore.
The guitars retailed for about $8,000. Mike says he has bought them from
dealers anywhere from $4,800 to $5,500. (Mike is cornering the market?)
Mike says he has owned more of these than anyone else on the planet. He
called and asked Gibson where they shipped the first 50. Mike said he would
answer any other questions on this guitar; so if you have any, send them
along to SLASH Sig Guitar Questions.
We'll be putting this in the Equipment section. Thanks, Mike!
Here's some recent pictures of SLASH jamming at a Hollywood night club.
Lookin' so good!
Seems like a long time ago that he was touring around the
world. We're hoping for an early release date and tour on that new "SLASH"
solo album.
Remember that Duff and Slash were onstage together recently when Duff's
band Loaded played the House of Blues in LA. Slash came up for some jamming
on "It's So Easy" and "I Wanna Be Your Dog".
Bruno sent in some pictures taken by Lori
from this show! We'll show you a couple of these each day. The full set will
appear on the Loaded site. The first one
at left shows two favorite Gunners onstage and rockin' out. The second
at right shows Duffy doing his lead vocalist work! And there is SLASH
looking cool in his non-top hat, blue jeans and satin-looking top. Very
cool, SLASH!
Our SLASH Guest Appearances Contest is over, and we had so many correct entries that there was
a drawing for the five fans receiving the CD. Each has been sent an
email. We need to get each person's address. The winners are:
Laura (XxKoRnGrL1205xx), Jean-Francois (jfbeaulne), Camille, Audun (audunot)
and Adam (damn_the_man). Congratulations! If you had trouble with the
contest questions, click here to see the questions...now with the answers:
CDNOW has a confusing but interesting item on their site. It's Appetite
For Destruction which is expected to be released 12/11/01. No tracks
are listed, but the album costs almost $23. Anyone have an inside word on
what this could be? A remastered AFD which was just remastered in '97?
Axl's new GNR doing AFD? Axl's new album? Or just a mistake? So far, SLASH
hasn't come up with an answer.
Speaking of GNR, "Sweet Child O'Mine" has been getting good airplay in the
UK. Becky's been hearing it often on Radio 1. She says people are emailing
the station asking that it be played, but not all the DJs will! Becky has
been emailing them to play Snakepit, but she says they don't seem to have
the records. Why not? It seems to us that Koch was excited to sign SLASH,
but they let the ball drop after awhile and didn't take care of those
all-important promos to radio stations. Becky had another report. This
was on a Freddie Mercury documentary on BBC1. SLASH was on and commented
that Freddie was one of the greatest rock and roll showmen ever. True!
Becky also reports that SLASH looked really nice. Thanks, Becky, for that
UK report!
Adam gave a report on Appetite for Destruction coming in at #19
on VH-1's UK 100 Greatest Albums. Today he says he thought he had all
the SLASH mentions, but later on came Michael Jackson's Thriller
at #2. SLASH commented on this one, too! Adam says SLASH was wearing his
black hat, and it looked like his hair had been cut quite a bit. We believe
the #1 album was U2's Joshua Tree, a well-deserved selection.
Here's the TV schedule featuring Guns N'Roses where you might be able to
spot Slash. On 11/29 at 1:00pm ET is VH-1's "All Access". This next one is
the Court TV episode called "The Secret History of Rock 'N' Roll. The times
are 12/4 at 10:00pm ET, 12/5 at 2:00am ET and at 4:30am ET, 12/8 at
11:00pm ET and 12/10 at 1:00am ET. This is the show about rockers' problems
with the law including GNR, Beach Boys, Kiss, Poison and others.
Things are quiet with SLASH right now, so let's take a couple questions.
This first one is from a fan in a faraway land, Thailand. Poo asks,
"About 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door', I need to know about guitar
effect tuning in this song. Please tell me what guitar effect you used
in this song. Thank you very much for your help."
a Les Paul and a 1958 Gibson Flying V through a Marshall and
a little delay."
Thanks, SLASH and Poo! The next question is from Greg who asks, "Other
than your own albums, would you ever produce someone else's work? Have you
ever been asked to do so?"
Thanks, SLASH, and thanks, Greg, for that interesting question.
Tomorrow, November 22, is Thanksgiving Day in the U.S. It's a national
holiday for us, and the News is going on vacation, too. With relatives
here from out of town, things will be busy through the weekend. We will
resume publication on Monday, November 26. To all who celebrate this
holiday, Happy Thanksgiving to you and especially to SLASH. We are
thankful for our family and to have made friends with so many of you.
SLASH's fans are the best. And we're thankful for him, too!
MTV is offering a rerun of its show, "Testimony: 20 Years of Rock on
MTV" as an alternative to nonstop football. It will be on MTV Thanksgiving
Day at 4pm. GNR is featured. GNR also makes repeat performances on
11/24 at 2am on VH-1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock". "100 Greatest
Videos" reruns on 11/25 at 9am on VH-1. This program also has GNR in the
spotlight. And on 11/29 at 1pm is VH-1's "VH1: All Access" with GNR. Finish
up November with pie, coffee and the Gunners.
A couple of nights ago, SLASH called to say that he was going to jam with
Duff McKagan's band Loaded at the Sunset Strip House of Blues. Brian sent
us some information on how it went. Loaded played a 40 minute set, and
then SLASH was asked to come up and jam with the band. Brian says that
when SLASH came up, the place went nuts! They played GNR's "It's So Easy"
and Iggy Pop and The Stooges' "I Wanna Be Your Dog". Duff was sounding great
on vocals and looked really healthy. He is still off booze, drugs, cigarettes.
SLASH was sounding great. Instead of his top hat, he wore a bowler. Another
ex-Gunner in the audience was Gilby Clark who greeted fans. Sounds like
a great time! Thanks, Brian.
Jamie's from Australia. He was listening to the radio there, and the
station had an event called "Greatest Ever Rock Albums". The station
gives you the choice of two albums, usually by different bands, and you
have to vote for the best one. The winner gets to be played in its
entirety. Jamie said the two albums featured when he was listening were
Appetite for Destruction and GNR Lies. Both GNR! Lots of
people called in and gave opinions, and in the end Appetite won!
So the whole album was played on the radio. Great! Thanks, Jamie!
Here's some more information on that Court TV documentary, "The Secret
History of Rock 'n' Roll". LuAnn found this for us, and she says that
although it mentions GNR being part of this, she thinks it may just be
Axl. Here's what the article says, "Staying as busy in his retirement
as he ever did with Kiss, Simmons will also host the Court TV documentary
"The Secret History of Rock 'n' Roll. The show, which includes as its
subjects Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys, Suge Knight, Ricky Martin and
Guns N'Roses will air December 4th. "It doesn't just begin and end with
robbery or stolen copyrights and so on," says Simmons of the show. "It
really goes to murder, pedophilia and all sorts of things." We didn't
think the Gunners were into anything THAT bad.
A SLASH fan and an artist, Kat was checking out the Marvel site. It's a
good site with great pictures and so on. Kat found a picture of a guy
named Toad, and Kat thinks he looks a bit like SLASH with the cigarette,
long curly hair. Kat wants to know if SLASH modeled for this picture!
Check it out:
Here's a brief SLASH mention that was in Guitar Player back in June
2001. The article called "Buzz" discussed the recording of the guitar
sounds for the Time Bomb album by Buckcherry. Buckcherry says they
are a live band and write their music to be heard live. Guitarist
Keith Nelson said that he cranked his Marshall SLASH head dialed with
SLASH's live settings. He favors a Les Paul, too!
One of our favorite things are these Q and A with SLASH. Here's an
interesting one from Andrew in the UK. He asks SLASH, "Coming from
England, do you visit England often; and do you miss living there?"
SLASH replies, "Andrew, I visit England rarely just to visit. If I'm
in England, I'm usually playing and touring".
Thanks, SLASH and Andrew! Let's do another, and it comes from Tatiana
in Brazil. She asks, "A friend of mine told me once that you and
Richie Sambora have played together once, is that true!!? He said that
you played "Father Time" which is a song of the first solo album of
Richie, Stranger In This Town".
SLASH replies, "Your friend might be right, but I'm not really sure.
It would have had to have been a long time ago."
Thanks, SLASH and Tatiana!
Ryan sent a note that
Duff McKagan was interviewed on KNAC today. Among other things, he
mentioned that SLASH might join Loaded on stage tonight. Ryan, they
were right, and it's more than maybe. It's definite! SLASH will be at
the House of Blues on Sunset Strip in Hollywood tonight! He called this
evening just to let us know that he will be there with Duff tonight
jamming with Loaded. The show starts at 8pm. It is listed under Kings X.
If you are out in California, you have time to get there and see two of
the best Gunners together again at last! Thanks, Ryan and SLASH!
Louisa sent another update on Matt Sorum's new album. The album is
called Hollywood Zen, and the tentative release date is March
2002. Matt was going to release the album earlier but due to The Cult's
successful tour, he has pushed back touring with his own album. Thanks,
Louisa.
SLASH QUOTES: In the 7/28/01 issue of Billboard, there is an
article about the MTV 20th Anniversary. SLASH says, "MTV has twice as
much of an effect for artists than radio, because there's that visual
element. It's always a huge crapshoot for a new artist to have a hit, but
most struggling artists see heavy rotation on MTV as being one of the pinnacles
of success." Billboard goes on to say that Guns N'Roses videos
are ranked among the most popular MTV videos of all time. Canadian Press
at the same event quotes SLASH as saying, "It's actually an exciting event.
I'm glad to have reached some success in that genre...it's very cool to have
been there."
Andrew is from the UK, and he watched a program on UK TV channel E4 about
a month ago. This was the "Top Ten Stadium Bands" show featuring GNR at
Number 4. Thre were interviews with Matt and Duff. They talked about GNR
and showed clips of live Guns shows. Andrew called E4 to see if there might
be another screening. Apparently not on E4, but they only have the
broadcast rights for another two weeks, so it could pop up again in the
UK. Thanks, Andrew!
Here's a SLASH Q and A! This one is from Chaz. Chaz asks, "SLASH, why did
you pick a Gibson over a Fender? Have you ever played a Fender? What do you
think of Fenders?"
SLASH replies, "Chaz, I own a couple of Fenders, i.e. strats, teles,
acoustics. I use Fenders in the studio on occasion. I think Fenders
are looking and sounding hot, but I feel the most at home with a Les
Paul.
Thanks, SLASH and Chaz. You knew SLASH felt most at home with a Les Paul,
now didn't you?
That was great. Let's do another. Jeff from Oregon asks, "This is a question for SLASH.
I know he used to have an 'old' Corvette, like a '63-'67. Does he still
have it? What year is it? And does he want to sell it? (I'm thinking of
buying one.)
SLASH replies, "I have a black '66 vette which is currently in the shop,
but it's not for sale.
Thanks, SLASH and Jeff! Would you buy a used car from this man? We would, too.
SLASH has been out jamming with one of the best known names is music, Ray
Charles! SLASH has been helping out at The Blues Lab in Los Angeles.
Sparked in the Eighties by blind
Florida Blues musician and
educator Charles Atkins, the Sir
Charles Blues Lab is an
organization whose mission it is
to enrich the lives, minds and
spirits of young people by
providing them with access to
musical instruments and cultural
experiences in the tradition of the
Blues. Ray Charles, Terry Howard
and graduating Blues Labber
Michael Sheridan were recently
awarded the Blues Lab's Soldier
of Blues Award at a private
ceremony and Jam Session at
Ray's recording studio. High
School Blues Labbers from
Hollywood and Watts were
joined by Charles and former
Guns n' Roses guitarist Slash
at the exclusive session. The
ensemble performed an explosive
set of Ray's classics and Blues
favorites. Ray Charles and Blues
Lab students from Watts rock
"Hit the Road Jack." for a
handful of Hollywood High Blues
Labbers at Ray's studio near
Downtown LA - August 25th,
2001. SLASH said that quite recently he did a track with
Ray for a September 11 fundraiser album. The album is not certain yet, but
SLASH and Ray Charles have prepared and completed their song. The Blues Lab
and the work with poor children from Watts is something SLASH doesn't
usually talk about, but he enjoyed this so much, he wanted you to know about
it. If you would like to read more about The Blues Lab, maybe donate some
money, but a tshirt, mousepad or mug, we'll send you to their site to look
around. If you look at the Thoughts section, you'll see notes from all kinds
of musicians...Steve Vai, Mark Knopfler, Willie Nelson, Mike Fraser are four
of so many that have left notes on the sight. Here's what SLASH left as
his thought on The Blues Lab:
From: Slash - Los Angeles, CA
"It's really important that younger cats learn to appreciate the foundation of where modern music comes
from.
That's why the Blues Lab is so great... I wish I had been brought into a circle like that when I was younger.
And having Ray Charles as a mentor has got to be one of the healthiest things ever... I couldn't think of
anyone better for a teenager, or even me, to be around!"
The Blues Lab
We're having another contest here to give away five more of the CD singles,
"Been There Lately". These are promo CD singles with jewel cases, colored
CDs, artwork in the front and back liners. No charge to enter or win. Just
fill out these Slash Guest Appearances and send them in. Click here for
the rules and submitting your answers!
These are the last two of the exclusive pictures of SLASH and Perla's
wedding. As you can see, the sun is going down on their first day as
man and wife. They are taking a stroll on the beach, and soon they'll
have a multicourse meal in a private place on the beach. Thank you
for the romantic pictures, SLASH and Perla!
Milan sent us in part of an interview that Metal Sludge with Raging
Slab who opened the Illusion Warm Up shows in May of 1991. They said that
during soundcheck, Axl would make everyone leave the venue while he did his
vocal check - everyone including the rest of the Gunners. Slab was curious
so they hid behind cases one night and watched Axl led onto the stage. Axl
repositioned the teleprompters and yelled at the soundman. Then he trotted
around with a cordless mic "just wailing these phony-baloney blues scats
and then began singing 'Live and Let Die' ACCAPELLA!" Slab was discovered
because they were laughing so hard. Axl's people were not happy. Slab says
the idea for them to open was SLASH's idea, and "He always made damn sure
we felt right at home - and thanks to him - it was the only time we didn't
run out of backstage booze!" Good one, thanks, Milan! SLASH is always a
good host.
Did you see SLASH on the
Michael Jackson 30th Anniversary show? It was a little dull waiting for
SLASH to appear, but when he was on, he rocked the house. After seeing
so much hip hop, it was great to see and hear rock again. SLASH did some
amazing solos and did his signature SLASH moves. Great! And seeing him
up there before a huge audience on a big stage was like old times. The
show is to appear worldwide. Craig wrote from Melbourne, Australia to
say that it's coming up there! It will air on November 19th at 8:30pm.
He says the date and time could be different in other parts of Australia,
so Australian fans should check local listings. Thanks, Craig! SLASH
appears in the second hour which really is the much better show since the
Jackson 5 perform then also.
Another note on Michael and SLASH. MJ just released two of his videos on
DVD. The "Dangerous" release contains the videos for "Black or White"
and "Give In To Me" which SLASH appears in. The VHS format has been out
for several years. This is the DVD.
And Lucas sent in this news from Brazil. He said that he was watching
MTV when they announced that MJ will participate in a movie. They
showed SLASH! Then, they had an announcement about the European Music
Awards, and they showed a live performance by SLASH! SLASH did go to
the European Music Video Awards awhile back when Blackstreet was up
for an award. SLASH appeared in their video, "Fix". Blackstreet did win!
Louisa sent in some Matt Sorum information. SLASH confirmed that he does
make an appearance on Matt's forthcoming solo album. The album will be on
the Conspiracy label. Louisa says this is a very small label, and Matt is
the biggest name there. Dad's Porno Mag will also be on it. We don't know
if Keri Kelli was with Dad's at that time or not. However, the drummer is
Mike Fasano who was Matt's old drum tech. Louisa says the album should be
released in the spring, and Matt is targeting March at this point. Thanks,
Louisa!
LuAnn found a an article/review of Snakepit in The Michigan Daily online.
The article is a very favorable
summary and review. We don't agree that Rod stole the show from SLASH, but
our focus is more narrow than most people! Check it out at:
Vicki found some magazine mentions. Guitar World Acoustic, No.48
(Allman Brothers on the cover) has a SLASH article on page 38 titled
"Obsession Confession". There's a full page SLASH color picture at the
beginning and there's also a picture of SLASH with his Dobro. The contents
page has a SLASH picture with a headshot of SLASH in front of the tour bus
on his bike. There's a transcript for "Used to Love Her" also. Vicki also
found the January 2002 issue of Metal Edge. It has SLASH's words
on September 11 that are on slashssnakepit.com site in an article called
"United We Stand".
And just to finish off today's news in a romantic way, we have another
picture of SLASH and Perla's wedding. This is exclusive to this site,
and we thank the newlyweds for making all the pictures available. The wedding was
in Maui, October 15. Four other pictures can be found below in the news.
This color picture was after the ceremony. They really look happy.
Tonight's the night to see
SLASH's appearance on the CBS program "Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary
Celebration".
It airs from 9pm - 11pm. SLASH is on during the second hour. Here's what
TV Guide has to say about his performance:
"Hot-shot guitarist Slash (formerly of Guns N'
Roses) then hits the stage for rip-roarious renditions of
Jackson's "Black or White" and "Beat It," the latter featuring
re-creation of the classic video."
Perla and SLASH shared some beautiful pictures of their wedding day with us.
The first two were in the 11/11 news below. Here are another two exclusive to
this site. (CLICK!) This photograph was taken after the wedding ceremony. Look
closely - the bride and groom are in their bare feet. This is a tradition of
wedding ceremonies on Maui. The bride and groom share a kiss on the stairway.
(CLICK!) The second photograph is also after the wedding ceremony with SLASH
getting a kiss on the ear (mostly hair) from his new bride, Perla. Look at SLASH's eyes
sliding over to check this out. They make a terrific couple!
We're having another contest to give away 5 more copies of the single,
"Been There Lately". It's a one track, promo, cd single with artwork on
the front and back liners. The cd is in a jewel case. Send the answers to the
questions below to webmaster@snakepit.org.
The subject should be CONTEST. In case of more than 5 winners, a drawing will be held to determine the
5 fans to receive the CD single. The contest begins today, November 13 and will
end at midnight, Saturday, November 24. The questions this time relate to
SLASH's musical guest appearances. Take a chance! It cost nothing to enter and
no charge for shipping if you win. The answers (numbered, please) are all
that needs to be sent. Here they are!
2. A beauty from Spain who sang on a SLASH track for the Curdled
movie soundtrack.
3. SLASH guested on Believe In Me, an album by this GNR buddy.
4. SLASH is on Dangerous and HIStory with the King of Pop.
That's ?
5. British icon vocalist who started with The Faces and eventually recorded
an album with SLASH called Human. Who's this famous singer?
6. This singer has a club called Cabo Wabo and did an album called Marching
to Mars where SLASH played on "Little White Lies". Name the singer.
7. Terrific GNR songwriter whose first solo album was done with a band
called the JuJu Hounds. SLASH did some work on this album for ?
8. "Hey, Stoopid" is a track SLASH did for a close friend. It's about
a drug user. Who's the vocalist?
9. Name the friend who worked with SLASH on The Coneheads soundtrack.
10.This friend went to school with SLASH. The two wrote and produced this
song together, "Always on the Run". Who is he?
Good luck!
Here's a Q and A with SLASH! The question is from J. Lopez of Amsterdam.
He asks, "I have a question. Have you ever flirted with other guitar styles?
I mean, like flamenco, or is that like a no-go area for rock guitarists?
What's your opinion on flamenco? Are you interested in it or just admire it
or doesn't it do much for you at all?"
SLASH replies, "J. Lopez, I like a lot of different guitar styles. Flamenco,
some jazz, blues, funk, classical, etc. I subconsciously incorporate them into
my style a lot. I played flamenco style for a while when I was first
learning how to play guitar."
Thanks, SLASH and J. Lopez! Questions where SLASH gives away a little more
of himself are always welcome. If you're thinking you missed your chance to
send SLASH a question, not true! Another batch will be sent soon. Send your
SLASH question to webmaster@snakepit.org.
Please put ASK SLASH in the subject. No personal questions are permitted.
Thanks!
Today is Veteran's Day
in the United States, and many companies are observing the day tomorrow. So
enjoy the day of lighter traffic on the web. For all the vets out there,
we never forget. Thank you for the sacrifices you have made for our
country.
As promised, here are the first two exclusive pictures of SLASH and Perla
on their wedding day. They were married in Maui which is just a wonderful,
romantic place to exchange vows. The pictures are very large so that you
can really see the details. In the first picture (CLICK!), SLASH and Perla
are exchanging their wedding vows. On the ground is a circle of flowers. It
is a windy day, and SLASH has his hair down, but the camera caught him here
with the hair off his face. SLASH is paying close attention, and Perla is
smiling in a beautiful wedding gown with white roses as her bouquet.
The second
picture (CLICK), shows the newly married couple.
What beautiful smiles! They look so happy! We hope that
the happiness all of us see and share today will be with them forever. Thanks,
Perla and SLASH for sharing these with all of your net fans. We love you!
Thanks to SlashAdmirer who sent in a short note from Ted Casablanca's
column on E! Online. He reports that SLASH and Perla are looking for a
new house. (The house they are in now is a rental.) Casablanca refers to
Perla as SLASH's "nubile new wifey-poo". He says it was not hard to
recognize the Guns N'Roses (?!-our comment) guy with his trademark
frizzed-out coif. Let's wish them luck...they also have to house all the
snakes and lizards. No word on SLASH's plan to build a new studio.
Did anyone succeed in seeing the Court TV episode which was to have a
segment on GNR? When we watched at the given time, an infomercial came
on about hunger in Africa. There are some upcoming reruns on VH-1 in
case you missed these: "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock" on 11/14
at 2am ET. "VH-1 Presents the 80's" on 11/19 at 11am ET, 12pm ET and
3pm ET. Court TV's "The Secret History of Rock N Roll" is 12/4 at 10pm ET.
The big TV show will be this Tuesday, November 13 at 9pm ET when CBS airs
the Michael Jackson Tribute show. Footage from the two shows in New York
will be used, and SLASH is on! This is a 2 hour show, and we haven't come
across a schedule to indicate when SLASH will be on. At the live shows,
he was on near the end with Michael. No word yet on the international
showing.
There's an article in an old Billboard magazine from 3/15/97 about SLASH
teaming up with Spaniard Marta Sanchez on her single "Moja Mi Corazon" (Moisten My
Heart). You'll recall that this is the second venture by these two; the
first being "Obsession" (electric version) on the Curdled soundtrack.
The article is from Madrid and said the two were there to make a video for
that single! That's one that has not made its way to the US. Slash was asked
how the two got together, and he said that he'd written "Obsession" for
the Quentin Tarantino movie Curdled and sent it off to Nile Rogers,
the founding member of Chic. SLASH says it was very different from his usual
work, but Nile loved it and recommended Marta Sanchez for vocals. SLASH
didn't know her, but he like what she did with his song, and they recorded it.
He says when she asked him to do this single, he didn't think twice. As for
the video, SLASH said he had more fun making that with Marta than he did on the
last GNR video re things moved so slowly. He said he would work again with
Marta anytime.
The latest news we have is that next week the SLASH Fan Club should
be ready to sign you up as a member! The plans they are discussing and
the membership benefits make this a great idea for all of us. In
addition, Snakepit tour merchandise will be available for purchase. As
soon as we have the word that everything is ready for shoppers, we'll let
you know. Just in time for Christmas!
Getting back to our normal SLASH news, Feres from Sweden had some
surprising news. He was watching "10 of the Best With Bryan Adams" in
which the artist chooses his Top 10 songs and videos. Feres changed the
channel when he didn't care for Bryan's choices but changed back in
time to see the "Sweet Child O' Mine" video. Feres would like to know
what Adams had to say about the track and band; so if anyone tuned in,
let us know.
"Sweet Child O' Mine" must be one of the most popular GNR songs ever.
XxKornGrl sent in that while watching "MTV Diary of Pink" this evening,
"SCOM" got some airplay! Pink was driving around at the beginning of the
show in her car, and "SCOM" was playing in the background. Pink was banging
her head and pretending to play guitar like SLASH and sing like Axl Rose.
The show will be on again 11/9 at 5:30pm and 10:30pm. Thanks!
Here's another interesting bit. MJ saw the show "Sledgehammer" awhile ago
on VH-1. The story was that this guy wants to be a famous rockstar, so he
dresses up like SLASH and smashes a guitar. A brief clip of "Welcome to
the Jungle" was shown while the guy did his parody. Thanks!
Tina has a tiny GNR mention for us. MSN.com pops up every time she closes
Hotmail. It has top 10 lists, and one this week is a Top 10 Power Ballad
list. "November Rain" is on the list! If you want to see it, Tina sends
the URL:
From time to time, fans write in wanting to buy Guns N'Roses merchandise
from the band SLASH was part of. If you are looking for something cool,
maybe you'd like a GNR poster. This one is
from The Spaghetti Incident with spaghetti all over it and band
pictures lying on the top. This old, out of print poster is available
at www.pushposters.com. They are in no way affiliated with SLASH or GNR
but they have a knack for locating posters that are a little more rare. The
GNR calendar for next year is there as well as several other GNR posters.
One of SLASH's best longtime friends is Teddy "Zigzag" Andreadis. We got
a recent note that Teddy has a temporary web site now while his new
site is being built. We'll be adding this one to the SLASH's Snakepit
band bio as well as our links section, but we thought some of you might
like to see it now. Thanks, Lisa!
Finally, we're getting some
news on SLASH's new solo album! Brian discovered that in the latest
Acoustic Guitar magazine, there is an interview with SLASH that
covers this interesting topic. Brian says that SLASH mostly talks about
his acoustic guitars and his preferences. There's also something about
which songs on Appetite for Destruction have an acoustic track.
About the new record, SLASH says he will explore musical styles such
as Asian, Chinese, Indian and African. It will also include the typical
styles you would expect to hear from SLASH. Thanks, Brian, that is Big
News!
Keri Kelli held a chat recently on his site www.kerikellionline.com.When
asked about SLASH, the new album and Snakepit, Keri confirmed that SLASH
is doing a solo SLASH album now, but that he, Keri, is thinking positive
that next year Snakepit will be together writing and recording together.
Keri says, "Snakepit will rule this planet!" Keri also said that he himself
is thinking of doing a solo album. Fans requesting Snakepit tour information
were told to hang on till next year. Keri reported that he will do the end
of the Alice Cooper tour in the U.S. playing alongside his old friend Ryan
Roxie. When asked if the music he is writing now could end up on SLASH's
solo album, he said he would love to be on the album. The only band member
he has jammed with recently is Johnny G. He said everyone's schedule is so
hectic that they can't all get together for a beer! About playing with SLASH,
Keri says SLASH is just killer. He loves playing with SLASH, and it feels
very natural to play together with him. Keri says that Rod is at home doing
session work right now. A guy named Emil claimed to have 45 Snakepit shows!
In capital letters, Keri said to make these available to other fans. Please!
It was a really good chat with lots of good questions. Hope there will be another
soon. Keri was thinking of doing one for Europe so that they would get a
decent time for theirs.
Before we leave Halloween completely behind, Zane wanted to share his
Halloween pictures with everyone. He says that they had a Halloween
party at his house, and he came in second place in the costume contest.
Zane played some solos during the party (keeping in character): "Welcome
to the Jungle", "November Rain" and "Sweet Child O' Mine". Zane says that
all but one partygoer knew who he was dressed as and the kid was 13. Hey,
this kid needs a pic of Slash and a copy of AFD. Thanks, Zane!
Going back to Snakepit 95, we have some sad news for friends and fans
of Eric Dover. Eric's mother passed away in a hospital in Alabama on
Saturday. Eric and his mom were very close, so he is leaving the Alice
Cooper tour early, and Keri Kelli will be filling in for him. Our
sympathies to Eric and his family.
Another Snakepit 95 message, a happier one: Brian Tichy's Ball will play
the final show of 2001 on Friday, November 9 at the Key Club at 9pm.
Did you know that Brian got to play with Billy Idol's band at Neil
Young's Bridge School Benefit October 19-21 in San Jose? This has
traditionally been a stand out show. They covered Buffalo Springfield's
"For What It's Worth". Neil Young played lead on the original. He watched
the Idol band the first night, and the second he came up and played with
them! Brian says he never dreamed he would get to jam with Neil Young
let alone in front of 20,000 people. A night to remember! Brian says that they (Billy Idol's
band) are now demoing some new ideas with producer Don Was. Great to see
Brian doing so well.
We managed to get the last copy of US Magazine that had the tiny
wedding picture of SLASH and Perla. Obviously, they have had lots more
taken which are totally gorgeous. They'll be letting us put up a couple
as soon as they get their press release finalized. SLASH looked so handsome
and loving. Perla has the biggest smile and seemed to be giggling at things
SLASH was saying. They look very, very happy. If you've sent a card, know
that it will be appreciated and put in their album. If you'd like to send
an email of congratulations, send them to webmaster@snakepit.org;
and we'll see that SLASH and Perla get them. Thanks!
Did you see the Emmy's last night? At least twice they
had a terrific commercial on for the coming broadcast of Michael Jackson's
Tribute Show. SLASH played two songs with Michael at the shows in early
September. The commercial starts with a blank screen, then you see SLASH and
Michael performing! The broadcast in the US will be on November 13 at 9pm ET
on CBS. Great commercial! The show was said to be aired worldwide, but so
far we don't have any word on international times. Let us know if you hear
when it will be shown outside the US!
More SLASH on TV!
Joe alerted us that
VH-1 is starting a new series,
VH-1 Presents the Eighties. The episode for GNR and SLASH is called
Heavy Metal.
Joe says the radio ad talks about NEW interviews with SLASH, Bret Michaels,
CC DeVille, Dee Snider and Dave Navarro.
In the series, VH-1 plans to look at how videos changed the
music business, alternative rock earned a toe-hold, and hip-hop became a
pop commonplace. There will be first hand opinions from the artists. Ads
on VH-1 indicate SLASH will be there. For some reason, VH-1's mention of
GNR is pretty negative: "Vomited from a diet of Jack Daniels and backstage
sex, this was perfect L.A. rock: disgusted with itself, yet bent on
leeching off signature riffs from the past two decades." Strange. But if you
go to their site, you can find part of the "Live and Let Die" video, and it's
really great to see that again. Here's where it is:
There's yet another GNR show on TV. We aren't sure if SLASH is part of
this one or not. From the description it is Axl Rose. It says, "Guns N Roses was one of
the original 'tough guy' bands. It seems that lead singer Axl Rose
was as eager to jump into the audience to start a fight as he was to
perform a song. Then his aggressive style put him in trouble with
the law." Court TV has the episode called "About
Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll." It airs 11/7 at 6pm, 11/8 at 6am. These are
Eastern times.
On the subject of GNR and SLASH merchandise, we heard from Michele. She
found a place that has a nice selection of GNR posters with one of SLASH and
one with SLASH and some GNR guys. If you're interested, have a look. You can
buy them framed or unframed. Thanks, Michele!:
How about some words from our musical leader? This question comes from Sam.
Sam asks, "SLASH, I am a massive fan of your style and tone and I know
you use the cry baby Wah Wah pedal, but during your live Use Your Illusion
concert performances, what did you use to get the distortion at the start
of 'Sweet Child O' Mine' and during the solo to 'Estranged'?
SLASH replies, "Sam, the distortion in my sound is always there, but sometimes
I use the rhythm pickup and turn the tone down for certain intros and solos,
i.e. 'Sweet Child O' Mine' or 'Estranged'.
Thanks, SLASH and Sam!
SLASH and Perla were married on October 15 in Maui. The two have been
engaged almost a year and have known each other about 14 years. They
began dating seriously after SLASH's divorce in 1995, and here they are
a brand new married couple. Breaking with the usual rock exhibitionism,
the two wore traditional wedding clothes. Perla wore a beautiful white
strapless, pleated wedding dress and carried a lovely floral bouquet that
matched the flower garland in her long dark hair.
SLASH wore new black leather pants, a white shirt and his black leather
jacket. He wore a floral lei matching the flowers in Perla's bouquet.
The wedding was a quiet one with just a few people invited. The couple
wanted a solemn and religious ceremony. Now that they are back home in
Los Angeles, SLASH pronounces himself "ecstatic" when asked how he feels
about being married. Perla is the love of his life, and he is thrilled
that they are starting out this new life together. They have bought a new
home, and this one will be theirs..not one that belonged to SLASH and not
a rental. They will remain residents of California and hopefully there will
be little Hudsons coming along. Both would like to have a family. SLASH is
legally Saul Hudson, so Perla is Mrs. Saul Hudson.
Personally, we have
known Perla for quite awhile. She is one of the most vivacious people we
have ever met! A very intelligent woman, she helps out often with many of
SLASH's business projects. She is concerned about the fans, and we have
spent many hours talking about fans, what they want and how to help them
get it. We hope you will get to meet her at a show sometime. It's not too
late to send a wedding card or gift! Here's the address:
SLASH and Perla Hudson
8033 Sunset Blvd.
Suite 994
Hollywood, CA 90046
Congratulations, SLASH and Perla from all of the SLASH fans everywhere!
We love you and best wishes for a wonderful married life! Hopefully they
will send us a picture soon.
SLASH has been doing some work in the studio himself and working on
another guest appearance. It's not certain yet, so he'll let us know
the details on that if/when it comes together. He also answered a question
of ours on that pet picture from Pets and Their Celebrities. This
picture is shown here and the photographer labeled it "some other pet". As
many of you wrote, it was not a real animal! This was put together by a
friend of SLASH's and it looks like it is coming out of the wall when it is
hung up. SLASH's home must be a cheery place! Thanks, SLASH!
Looking back at Halloween, SLASH got a mention on last week's "Rock Show"
according to Justin. Justin said the poll for the week was who would you
most like to dress up for on Halloween. One of the choices was SLASH.
Justin said SLASH finished third with about 12% of the votes. He thinks
one of the Iron Maiden guys was the big winner. Justin was planning on
being SLASH for Halloween himself! And here's another fan who did dress
up as SLASH.
Pictured here is Aaron who's 18 and really does play guitar.
He says SLASH has been a big influence on him. He wants you to note that
the beautiful (our word) black hair you see is not a wig. The guitar
Aaron was using here was a Red Gibson Studio with a handmade Snakepit
insignia. Aaron's been playing about 5 years, and he says he's really good
at it. His dream is to play on stage with SLASH! Thanks, Aaron, you look
like a young version of SLASH for sure.
If you haven't gotten the latest edition of Hit Parader magazine,
they chose the Top 100 Greatest Metal Bands of all time. Those
badass Guns N'Roses came in at #4 behind Led Zeppelin, AC/DC and Black
Sabbath. Not bad company there either! Eric sent this in. Thanks! This
was definitely good news.
How was Halloween for you?
For SLASH fan "Harry Callahan" there was a bonus in going to the Halloween
carnival in Hollywood. SLASH was there! He was hanging out with what
Harry said was "some hot chick" which we hope was the fiancee/wife or
whatever. No word on what disguise SLASH may have worn.
Greetz Jan from the Netherlands found a video interview on the web that
we don't think we've seen before. It's from way back before SLASH's Snakepit
went out to play their first show for AC/DC. There are 3 interview files and
each has about 3 different topics. SLASH speaks on opening for AC/DC,
Technology, Attitude, The Set, What Everyone Else Is Doing, Be Yourself
and Figure Things Out Along the Way. He's wearing a black tshirt with
red lips. It's very interesting although there is not anything new at
this point, but it's a good review of where he was at during that time in
his life. Check it out! And thanks very much to Greetz Jan! Mysteriously
our PC made a copy in TEMP so we
managed to hang on to these three. Still, we'll send you to the site so
you get the best copy you can.
With the weekend looming ahead, don't forget the chat with Keri Kelli this
Sunday, November 4 at 10am PT (1pm ET, 6pm GMT, 7pm CET). Keri will be in
the chatroom at www.kerikellionline.com ready to answer questions. We're not
sure how long the chat will go on...probably an hour or till Keri gets
exhausted. He will be typing his own responses, so be patient and keep the
pace slowed down. If you get a question asked and answered, let some others
have a turn. That's all the rules. See you there!
We found a couple of interviews with Doro Pesch where she talked about
working with SLASH. In 2000 Doro released the album Calling the Wild
and SLASH did a guest appearance on the track "Now or Never". During an
interview, they noted that Doro also has snakes, and she was asked if
she and SLASH had swapped snake stories. She laughed and said she had met
SLASH just that one day, and they went to some clubs. They exchanged stories
but nothing about snakes. Doro says she forgot to ask him. She said at the
time SLASH was doing his track, she still wasn't sure about an album cover.
She was thinking of snakes because if it is a cool snake then it's adorable.
Each snake is different though and like every animal it has its own vibe or
character. (sounds like SLASH and Doro could have spent hours talking snakes)
Then in the second interview she explained how SLASH got involved in her
project. SLASH was in New York although Doro was not there yet. A guy from
her band was hanging out with SLASH and told him Doro was coming in two
days and asked him to surprise her and play the solo. And SLASH said, "Yeah man,
let me do it". SLASH came to the studio with a big bottle of vodka and 10 packs
of cigarettes! He laid down what Doro called "this massive solo", and when
she got to New York, there was the solo and she was thrilled. She said she
had met SLASH in Germany when Snakepit was touring there. She said she loved
the album and the singer! She says that SLASH deserves to be successful.
Doro seems like a very nice woman who also can belt out those metalhead
songs.
Now SLASH speaks! Here's a Q and A with SLASH. By the way, he has returned
the next 25 questions! Sarah asks, "SLASH, we all know who your musical
influences are, but what CD or tape do you have in your player right now?"
