SLASH has been a great guest on many TV shows. He's done comedy shows, variety shows, and
even a cartoon show. Mostly he appears as himself and plays guitar or is interviewed. SLASH
is fun to watch and is said to be easy to work with and very professional. Let's hope he
does even more in the coming TV seasons. If you know of some shows that are missing, send the
information (TV show name, date of appearance (just year if you don't have the complete date),
and what he did. Send to SLASH Page. Thanks!
Volkswagen did some commercials of guitar players using special guitars
plugged into speakers made out of Volkswagen. One of the guitar players was the Spinal Tap guy.
The best one was SLASH in his all black and silver outfit with the black and silver VWs and
a black and silver guitar. You can see the commercial on-line at the Volkswagen web site. Click
here for the link. When you get there,
look for the SLASH thumbnail and click on that to see this great commercial.
SLASH appeared on this VH1 special in a section just about him. It was
a show about rock clothing designers, and SLASH showed off a pair of black leather pants that
had been made for him.
Teddy Zigzag played in GNR, was the vocalist/keyboardist in SLASH's Blues Ball, and just
generally has been a friend and fellow musician with SLASH. The Trading Spaces show came
out to Teddy's house to film a makeover. This show is where you trade houses with a neighbor
and change it all over using the ideas and help of the cast. SLASH dropped in to see what
was going on! He looked at the sewing and in general seemed to be in the way! It was a great
episode.
SLASH appeared on the 100th episode anniversary of the cartoon South Park.
The episode was called "I'm A Little Bit Country".
This show was about the tatoos that that various rockers have. He had a section all to himself
and showed all his cool tats. Right now (early 2005), he has the SLASH one on his right
bicep and the DTUD (drink till u drop) one on his left bicep. On his back, there is the
Snakepit logo on his left shoulder and his wife's lips smoking on his right shoulder. On his
tummy, he has a wacky cat to the right of his belly button and below it. Then he has his wife's
name Perla on his left arm and the two sons' names around his middle (London and Cash). Quite a
few!
SLASH appeared on this VH1 show. He had a section of the show all to himself. He appeared with
his snakes.
SLASH appeared with MJ at his tribute. They played some songs together and some with the
Jacksons. The venue was in New York City. This was the night before the World Trade Center bombings
and SLASH was still in the City at the time. He was uptown though and left by car shortly thereafter.
SLASH co-hosted the Jimmy Kimmel Live
show, and he did a great job. Other guests came and went during the
week including SLASH's friend, Robert Evans, but SLASH anchored the
couch. One evening he played with the studio band, and they rocked! A
great week for SLASH fans. To read all about it, go to the News sections
in the March 2003 archives.
SLASH is a great friend of legendary producer
Robert Evans (The Godfather, Rosemary's Baby, etc.). Evans had an idea
for a limited run comedy cartoon comedy series based on his adventures.
He called this "Kid Notorious", and one of the running characters is
his pal, SLASH. SLASH appears in cartoon version as himself and his own
voice is used in the series. For more information, see the October 2003
of the archived News.
"Space Ghost" is a really wacky 
cartoon show with a
Space Ghost cartoon followed by some funny interchanges between Host Space Ghost and
one or more guests. Many rockers have appeared on this show.
In the episode featuring SLASH, Hulk Hogan was another guest. SLASH was so funny! Click on Space Ghost below
for a transcript of
the SLASH part of the show:
"Tales From The Crypt" was a scary show featuring the
Cryptkeeper introducing each epispode. SLASH appeared in this episode as a
successful disc jockey.
He was dressed in his leather clothes and top hat. He didn't have too many lines, but
he spoke his very easily. He did a nice job and was very believable. And he didn't kill
anyone or become psychotic!
"The Drew Carey Show" is a
comedy show. Drew Carey likes
rock music, and sometimes he has rockers on as guests. In this show,
SLASH plays himself. Drew Carey is looking to put his old band
together from high school, but they need a lead guitarist.
He holds auditions, and all
kinds of guitar gods turn up! And one of them is SLASH. The verdict from the band
is to get rid of SLASH because he will make the rest of the band look
horrible. SLASH offers that he
can play show tunes, but the Drew Carey band decides to pass on SLASH.
Together since 1975, Penn and Teller's award-winning theater and magic
show has been a long
running hit on and off-Broadway. The duo keeps a busy touring schedule,
performing live more than 100 times this year alone. The pair’s most recent and most ambitious project is their weekly, Emmy
nominated variety series, Penn & Teller’s Sin City Spectacular,
is on the Fx Network.
Taped on location in Las Vegas, the show features appearances by top movie,
television and music stars, eclectic variety performers and new, never before seen
Penn & Teller magic tricks. SLASH has been on the show twice. His first appearance
was as part of the studio band. Penn & Teller were doing a magic trick right in front of the
band, so SLASH was easily seen.
Together since 1975, Penn and Teller's award-winning theater and magic
show has been a long
running hit on and off-Broadway. The duo keeps a busy touring schedule,
performing live more than 100 times this year alone. The pair’s most recent and most ambitious project is their weekly, Emmy
nominated variety series, Penn & Teller’s Sin City Spectacular,
is on the Fx Network.
Taped on location in Las Vegas, the show features appearances by top movie,
television and music stars, eclectic variety performers and new, never before seen
Penn & Teller magic tricks. SLASH has been on the show twice. In his second
appearance, SLASH had his own segment of the show and performed his famous "rat in the hat"
trick for Penn & Teller. Before and after the trick, SLASH did some of the best guitar
soloing we've heard! He seemed very relaxed doing his trick, and of course during his solo.
It was a thrill to see SLASH onstage alone, facing that sophisticated Vegas audience, and
seeing them all cheer when he finished. The show's guest list was:
Snake (with Alice Cooper), Long Twins (contortionists), Balloon of Blood, Andy
Dick's Salute to Tap Dancing, Slash (with a magic trick), Jimmy Pardo, Table Top
Theater, Space Hog, Forever Tango, Who's On First with Penn & Gilbert Gottfried.
"Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher" is first and foremost
a comedy show. The format is a four member group discussion of some topical issues.
Given the diversity of the guests, ranging from movie stars to politicians to
musicians to writers, the debate sometimes gets heated and often turns intelligently
funny. The term "politically incorrect" is used to mean "conservative", but Bill Maher
contends the term really means "honest". SLASH has appeared on the show twice. On
this show, he appeared with an athlete, the man who writes the best dressed list, and
a woman. SLASH was funny and made some interesting comments.
"Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher" is first and foremost
a comedy show. The format is a four member group discussion of some topical issues.
Given the diversity of the guests, ranging from movie stars to politicians to
musicians to writers, the debate sometimes gets heated and often turns intelligently
funny. The term "politically incorrect" is used to mean "conservative", but Bill Maher
contends the term really means "honest". SLASH has appeared on the show twice. On this
show, SLASH seemed in good spirits. He contributed to the discussion on "do we really
need to know this?" items in the news. SLASH told a story about his experiences with the
airlines when he became hostile during a flight. The discussion concerned the many
incidences of passenger hostility and violence and what could be done. SLASH said not
being able to smoke is a problem, but if they take away liquor (which other guests
suggested), people will dive out of the plane. He said he once had to be restrained on
a flight from Australia because it was so long and boring. Give him his guitar!!
ESPN had the idea of doing a short
sports feature before the 
Steeler game they would broadcast on
November 9 (Pittsburgh vs. Baltimore). This would feature
two cool guys who both play super well and are both
named SLASH! So guess which cool SLASH came to Pittsburgh?? SLASH was so great! He really rocked
Pittsburgh. Kordell "Slash" Stewart" had been playing three
positions for Pittsburgh: quarterback, running back and wide receiver. He did so well at
quarterback, that he was taken off the other positions and became the quarterback of this NFL
team.
The ESPN caption said "SLASH - formerly of
Guns N'Roses". And then they showed Kordell
Stewart and it said "Slash - formerly RB/WR".
DirecTV had
SLASH appear on a show called History of Pinball. His
section of the show was all SLASH - he knows the
machines and the game THAT well. He designed the Guns
N'Roses pinball game which is the loudest game ever made! Who do you
think came up with that idea!? SLASH talks about the GNR pinball game and
pinball itself. Interesting to see a SLASH hobby!
Later with Jools is a UK late night show similar to
Letterman and Leno in the US. SLASH and Blackstreet made an appearance on this show
and performed "Fix". SLASH worked on the remix of "Fix" with Blackstreet, and then
did a video with them which one the MTV Europe Video Award for best R&B video. SLASH
and Blackstreet were in Europe to claim the award at the Rotterdam ceremonies, and
they were able to stop in and do their big hit.
Late Night With Letterman is a US late night
show similar to Leno and others. SLASH had two appearances on the show. In the first
visit, he played with the studio band. It was great to see him there. Letterman gave
him a really hard time about smoking. Carole King came out and SLASH stood more with
Carole, just away from the studio band. Carole did "Locomotion", and SLASH was great!
Late Night With Letterman is a US late night
show similar to Leno and others. SLASH had two appearances on the show. In the second
visit, he played with the studio band. Near the end of the show, SLASH's Snakepit came
out, and SLASH went over and played with them. They rocked!
MTV Europe awarded Best Rhythm and Blues Video in 1997 to
"Fix", artist Blackstreet with special guests SLASH, Ol' Dirty Bastard, and others. Clips
from this video can be seen on the SLASH page, the SLASH Videos section. It's great!
Blackstreet invited SLASH to appear with them at the MTV Europe Video Awards and perform
"Fix". At left is a snip from the performance showing SLASH onstage with Blackstreet.
Michael did two huge benefit concerts in 1999.
Artists from several nations participated. The first concert was at the Olympic Stadium
in Korea, and the second was at the Olympic Stadium in Germany. The German show was
televised in some European countries. The show also appeared live on the internet.
Michael Jackson asked SLASH to do a couple of songs with him, and SLASH did a killer
lead guitar on "Black Or White" and "Earth Song".
Cabo Wabo is Sammy Hagar's club in
Mexico and the place that "A Fistful of Alice" was
recorded. SLASH was there along with Alice, Sammy, and Rob
Zombie. SLASH appeared doing the final number,
"Elected", with Rob Zombie and Alice on vocals. SLASH played some cool solo sections
despite confetti and
balloons raining down and a staged fight between some former presidents
on the floor beside him.
And to see a clip from the Elected video, check out
SLASH's video page by returning to the Main Menu and clicking on
SLASH Videos.
The Vibe Talk Show has gone off the air. The host was
Sinbad, producer Quincy Jones. The show was referred to as the hip-hop culture's
answer to late night talk shows. Blackstreet appeared on the show to do "Fix", and
they had SLASH come along to play the lead guitar part that helped them win fans and
awards. SLASH played with Blackstreet and then left the stage to loud applause.
This was a special performance
honoring Gibson's anniversary.
It was held in the UK. Gibson guitar players from all over came to play. SLASH played
with Paul Rodgers. There were many others off and on all night including Zakk Wylde who
kept trying to get SLASH to drink a beer while playing slide. SLASH was using the neck
from a beer bottle to play slide!
SLASH appeared on Pet Shop, a wonderful program on the
Animal Channel. Celebrities bring in their pets and talk about them. SLASH brought in
an albino boa. After talking awhile about the boa and his other pets, SLASH was asked
to jam with the studio band at the end of the show. The audience cheered! The host said
they had never had as much applause there as they had had for SLASH! At right is a
clip from the show with SLASH and a band member.
This series on the history of rock and roll has been
shown many times on TV. One episode is about guitar heroes, and SLASH appears in this
one.
Chic performed in concert in Japan in 1996, and the show was filmed for video. The
show appears on DVD video. SLASH appears on "Le Freak" with Chic.
In 1995, SLASH and Eric Dover did a promotional tour of
radio and tv stations in support of "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere". Typically, they did
an interview and then played two or three songs. This was always an acoustic set with
both playing guitar, and Eric singing. Below are some of the stops they made. If you
know anymore, please let us know:
Jon Stewart Show
Japanese TV - in a mall
Singapore TV - at the Hard Rock
Much Music's Start Me Up - Canada
Quebec - interview translated to French on camera
Howard Stern Show
Dutch TV - Lo Laa Musica
German TV
SLASH likes to jam with Brian May. You can see them together
in the "Concert For Life" video, too.
Brian May was appearing on the Tonight Show with Jay
Leno in Los Angeles. He invited Slash to come up for a guest appearance. They played "Tie
Your Mother Down", and Jay loved it. Afterward there was a brief interview with Jay on his
couch, and there performance was over. It was great! The song can be found on the single,
"Resurrection".
Matt Sorum was involved in making the soundtrack for an
indie film that was submitted to the Slamdance Indie Film Festival. He invited SLASH
and Duff to come to Utah for the festival and be part of the entertainment. Even with
snow, SLASH and Duff didn't hesitate. They blew the crowd away and started rumors flying
that these guys would team up again. MTV filmed the show and aired it. SLASH also did
a bit where the MTV crew followed him around all day and got some hilarious footage.
Michael entertained at the MTV Video Awards in 1997
in New York. SLASH was there, and he was interviewed by Kurt Loder before the show.
Michael and SLASH did "Give In To Me" during Michael's medley of his big hits.
MIDEM is one of the biggest trade shows in the music
industry, and shows are held in the Americas and in Europe.
Live music, concerts, trade show and conference, embracing all styles of music,
delivering contacts, products, showcases, new talent are all part of MIDEM.
In 1998 SLASH appeared at the MIDEM show in Cannes playing classic guitar with other
players. The show was seen on French television.
SLASH did a guest appearance on Insane Clown Posse's
first album, "The Great Milenko". The album was put out by a subsidiary of Disney which
objected to its language and had the album pulled. SLASH was asked to comment on the
album on both the MTV News and the MTV Week in Rock.
Rock of the North is a six week TV
series shown in northern England. Rockers who were born in Northern
England were interviewed about growing up there as well as their career and
plans for the future. SLASH was born in Stoke-On-Trent and lived there
till his early teens. He comments on his career, life in England, his
feelings on Axl Rose, and his plans for Snakepit. Snakepit 95 and GNR
videos are shown.
NetAid is an organization that uses the
internet to improve development and alleviate extreme poverty world wide.
Concerts were held in Geneva, London and New Jersey to spread the word
about the organization and raise money for the various causes. SLASH
was invited to play with Puff Daddy on one of his songs.
The Benjamins
is a slow, hip hop tune; but SLASH turned it into a rocker! Puff Daddy
was really pleased with the results. There was even a solo section added
for SLASH. SLASH had a chance to donate his time to this charity and to
work with someone new. Puff's set was on next to last, just before Bono,
so SLASH and Puff Daddy had one of the premier slots. An excellent,
rocking job by SLASH and Puff Daddy.
Rock Show airs at 12:30am Eastern Time. SLASH
appeared on the show to debut the new Guns N'Roses video, "Welcome to the
Jungle". He stayed on the air playing videos from bands he likes such as
AC/DC, Kid Rock, and Jane's Addiction. The show was taped, and this was the premier.
SLASH appeared on the show Pinnacle Europe on CNN Europe. The
show was about Jim Marshall and his famous Marshall amps. A camera crew
visited SLASH at his Snakepit studio. The SLASH's Snakepit were all there.
SLASH was interviewed about Marshall amps and why he uses them exclusively.
Sam Kinison was a brilliant comedian
who died an untimely death in a car crash returning from his honeymoon.
Sam was a raw, hilarious comedian who made many friends among the
L.A. rockers. One such friend was SLASH. SLASH appeared as a guest on
two of Sam's albums, and SLASH was also in Sam's "Wild Thing" video
(see SLASH Discography). In this one hour special on Sam's life and
death, SLASH makes some appearances to talk about his friend. Clips
of the "Wild Thing" video are shown, and you can see SLASH and his guitar
rocking out in the background.
MTV had a 5 day long show running the
Top 100 Videos of all time. The picture at left is SLASH in the "Welcome
to the Jungle" video which was named (along with Sweet Child O'Mine and
November Rain) as one of these videos. SLASH appeared on the program's
every episode as one of the hosts introducing the videos and cutting away
to the commercials. SLASH looked very well dressed and handsome and spoke
in his usual quiet, professional way.
SLASH played in the America's Millenium Program on New Year's Eve 1999.
SLASH played the finale from the front row with Tom Jones. The first
song was "Midnight Hour", then "One Hand", then "This Land is Your Land".
"Midnight Hour" was made into an online video and is on the SLASH page
in the Video section. SLASH did a really fine job and played solos.
The finale was actually played about 12:50 which was January 1, 2000.
SLASH appeared on MTV's show, Loveline
which also had a psychologist and host. There was a studio audience.
The show consisted of psychologist or host giving some information, and
then there were questions from the studio audience and call-ins. SLASH
was his usual funny self. One question he was asked was should you make
love in a bathtum of green jello if it irritates your partner's vaginal
area. SLASH replied no, you don't hurt your partner. SLASH told a funny
story about making love in weird places, such as on a lawn where the
sprinkler came on.
Italian TV had a 3 hour special on Guns N'Roses
tonight. They showed videos and live performances of many of the band's
song. There were interviews with Matt, Duff and Gilby from 1992. SLASH
appeared in a 1989 interview. The show ended with a shortened version of
"Coma" from Live Era supported by a videocollage.
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