By now you must have heard that Scott Weiland, lead singer for Velvet Revolver, has been dismissed from the band. SLASH cited personal differences as well as frequently erratic behavior by Scott onstage. Weiland is back to fronting Stone Temple Pilots, and Velvet Revolver is back to searching for a singer. Some fans have been speaking out, especially in a poll conducted by Rolling Stone online. Chris Cornell, who formerly fronted Soundgarden and Audioslave, came in as the #1 choice. As you might expect, fans named Buckcherry's frontman, Josh Todd second. This is highly unlikely as SLASH is not a great admirer of Todd. Bringing up the rest of the Top 5 were Sebastian Bach, Eric Dover of SLASH's Snakepit and Izzy Stradlin. You may recall that Bach was rejected last time around, and Izzy doesn't like to tour.

Obviously, the band wants a new singer asap. In fact, there is a gig at Vegas that was contracted for before the breakup took place. SLASH says they are going to do the gig with a cast of well-known singers...like a revolving door, as he puts it. He says the band doesn't know what they want yet; they're just listening till "they know it when they hear it".

Matt has been pushing to have the band set up an online audition hub in the next month or so. SLASH said they already had a singer in mind, but they may actually do this web site for auditions. This will be a very expensive proposition; it will be like a mini-uTube. SLASH said they had in mind before they left for the UK...that has fallen through.

In other news, SLASH's expensive signature guitars have come out from Gibson. Check the Gibson site for more information on this big sale. Get yours now because when they're gone, they're gone! Also, we have heard rumors of a SLASH solo album but so far, the Man hasn't confirmed or denied. Wouldn't that be GRAND? One final item we just learned about. Velvet Revolver was denied entry into Japan last November although they toured Japan in 2005 without indicent. Some say it's because Japan is taking a tougher stance on drugs, and is really looking into band members' recent drug problems.

As we told you awhile back, SLASH has been doing a monthly column called The Cat In The Hat in the magazine Guitar World. Sadly, we must let you know that the April issue of the magazine contains SLASH's last column. This is a super column filled with information and answers to fan questions. Hurry out and get this magazine from the newsstand if you are not a subscriber. We're sorry to see this one go!

Have you tried out your Guitar Hero III package yet? You'll be pleased to know there is an add-on for it already. Look for the "Velvet Revolver Pack". It includes "She Builds Quick Machines", "Slither" and "Messages". If you haven't heard of "Messages", that's because you don't own the Libertad Deluxe edition. It's not trivial to find these add-ons, but start with the store and be persistent!

Looking back at the Grammy's, we were disappointed that VR did not appear. Maybe next year if they get that third album in production. Not MAYBE, DEFINITELY! The one mention we did see was that two artists there wore top hats. One was, of course, SLASH. The other was Yoko Ono! We didn't see any pictures of the two together. Another missed photo op.

Q magazine reviewed SLASH's book, SLASH, and gave it 4 out of 5 stars. To quote their review, "A raw, no-holds-barred account of the Guns N'Roses guitarist's life that reveals the mental scars beneath that trademark top hat. He paints GN'R as the ultimate dysfunctional family with bruising candor."

Gibson Guitar recently announced the exclusive opportunity to "SHRED LIKE SLASH" on April 1, 2008. Gibson is coming out with some new series of SLASH sig guitars. Each model has been designed and produced in close cooperation with SLASH. The models will be available from Gibson Custom, Gibson USA and Epiphone. Each of these gives you the opportunity to own a guitar inspired by SLASH. Beginning at 5 pm, the guitars will go on sale. Once they are gone, they are gone. No more will be produced once they sell out. Read all about it at Epiphone News.

SLASH's autobiograpy, SLASH, came out at the end of October 2007. It's a large (over 400 pages) book that details the life of SLASH from birth to his lead guitar position in Velvet Revolver. There are many photos, some of which have never been published before. If you've kept up with your SLASH reading and interview-listening over the years, the book is a good summary. If you haven't, we guarantee you will be wide-eyed at some of the antics. Truly, as SLASH himself says, it's a wonder he is alive and clean now which means we should have him and the famous SLASH-sound for years to come! Not all of his friends did make it, and he talks about those who took the wild side and died. But the book is not a downer. SLASH revels in his past life and even when he did some crazy things, he was mostly enjoying his life and looks back with some wonder and a smile. Right now SLASH has been doing things most authors do. He has been at various bookstores doing book signings and appearing on TV shows like Letterman and Jimmy Kimmel plugging his book in his usual gentle style. The New York Times Sunday Book Review shows SLASH debuting at the #5 position in the best selling non-fiction list. The autobiography hung on for about 5 weeks in this hardback list, took a short break and came back on the list! Right now, the book is only available in hardback. If it comes out in paperback, we'll let you know.

A music video game is also known as a music game or rhythm game. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock is the third installment of the Guitar Heroes series. The game is published by Activision and RedOctane with Neversoft as the developer for the PlayStation 3, the most popular vehicle for playing the game. The player uses a guitar-shaped controller to simulate the playing of music by playing in-time with the music. Guitar Hero III features over 60 songs and is the first game in the series to feature online playing. The best thing for us is that the game features SLASH as an in-game character. SLASH is one of the bosses and an "unlockable" playable character in the game. SLASH did motion capture to record his movements for the game, and by beating him in a one-on-one competition (playing an original composition of his), he will be unlocked as a playable character. The master track of "Welcome to the Jungle" appears as an encore song which is playable with SLASH. Needless to say, the game offers many levels and the challenger has to get through all of these. It's a great game and a real challenge to "get your ya ya's out". A PlayStation3 goes for under $400 and Guitar Hero III for under $100. So, for under $500, you get one of the best guitar games going. Being a very good guitar player on your own may not be a big help. SLASH says he has a very hard time with it because he is used to playing a real guitar! Get to your electronics or game store and get with it!

SLASH is becoming quite the author! He is writing a monthly column for the magazine Guitar World where he tells you what he is doing guitar-wise and gives many tips on how to play VR songs. Excellent help from the man himself. Get yourself a subscription so you don't miss a single, full page column. The current has Jack White of White Stripes on the cover and is the August issue.

SLASH's autobiography is coming out October 30 and is available right now for pre-order at the various book sellers on the net. The book is hardcover and was co-written with author Anthony Bozza who co-wrote the Nikki Sixx Book The Heroin Diaries which recently came out. SLASH's book title is SLASH. At Amazon.com, the price is $18.45. Amazon.com gives a good description of the book..."From one of the greatest rock guitarists of our era comes a memoir that redefines sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll." It follows SLASH's life from some of his childhood to the early seventies when he got his first guitar. Then, there is said to be a description of the formation and travails of Guns N'Roses and on to Velvet Revolver. SLASH has said there will be "previously unrevealed" details of his life, so this sounds like a book all of us SLASH fans will want to get and read. Look for it in the bookstore on October 30 or order online.

Important Announcement! SLASH will be on the Ellen DeGeneres show on Friday, September 28 between 10 and 11 am on NBC. A snippet from the show was shown today. Ellen said she got to go to SLASH's home and hang with him. She also got to sing and play some riffs. SLASH played for her when she hang. We're told that it was funny, so try to tune in!

In August and September there were quite a few magazines with cover stories about SLASH. Try to pick up some of these! Q magazine has a great full page picture of SLASH and a one page interview. SLASH revealed that his wife, Perla, had been in rehab for a couple of months, and he went on a two-month hardcore drug binge. He says that he then went to rehab and has been clean for ten months. Sounds like they need to get back on the road! SLASH says he gets into trouble when he is not working. During the interview, he only had a glass of iced tea. They asked him since he had just had a birthday if he would ever be too old to rock. He said he never would be too old and just be a session musician. He says he will always be out there, making it work, one way or the other. The August 9 issue of Rolling Stone features a cover picture which is one from 20 years ago. Appetite For Destruction turned 20 years old, there are articles about the band and how they came together. It's a good review for those of us who have followed Guns over the years and great for the younger set who missed all that angst and glory. They also have news of the members now and lots of good pictures. This one is a keeper and great for collectors. Another one to pick up is the issue of Classic Rock with Axl and SLASH on the cover. Another old picture with the two joined by a nice logo of "20 Years of Appetite. Then, GNR, the power and sex games at the heart of Appetite. Also included is a free CD with a cover similar to The Spaghetti Incident called Sons of Guns II: 17 more new bands with an appetite for destruction. Inside are articles about Velvet Revolver, Axl vs. Velvets and Guns N'Roses. If you don't read any other article, be sure to read the Velvet Revolver article which gives loads of insight into the making of Libertad. These articles are all pretty much a look back at GNR. Guitar magazine also has several great old pictures. They did find out from SLASH that he is writing his autobiography with the co-writer of Nikki Sixx's autobiography. SLASH feels that it is just the right time to do this, doing a book on the GNR part of his life now that he has moved on to VR. He says it goes from his childhood all the way up to Velvet Revolver, so that should be a good one. He also said that it won't be just a rehash, but it will be things we've never heard him tell anyone before, "a snapshot of the last 40 years". Another good magazine is Guitarist, but this issue only has a small pic of SLASH on the front and a small mention of the European tour accompanied by a pic of SLASH and Duff.

At the end of August, VR performed a special charity event in Minneapolis in addition to headlining a gig there. In honor of Matt Sorum's brother Daniel who passed away earlier this year at the age of 11 from brain stem cancer, the fundraising event was held at Fine Line Music Cafe. Proceeds went to benefit students at the school Daniel attended, The Wilmar Community Christian School. A Scholarship Fund has been set up in Daniel's name.

Did you get a chance to be involved in the VR all-request live webcast? The event was on July 31 and VR used My Space IM to take requests from fans lave and in-studio. To be in the studio, you had to answer the question "who is the song 'Dirty Little Thing' about? Hmm. We guessed Paris Hilton, but we never did hear the answer. Watch for more of these cool events in the future.

Have you heard about the Rock n'Roll Fantasy Camp? You send in your $9,000 and for this you get the chance to come to the LA camp and work with a working, famous musician for 5 days and nights. SLASH will be there as a performing artist. He will not be a counselor working with the amateurs, but he will be there to perform for an hour one evening. This is the ultimate music experience for musicians at all levels playing all sorts of instruments or producing, soundboard and other related things. If you're interested, and who isn't, check out the camp site, and if you go, say hi to SLASH for us.

Here we are heading toward the end of July and there is a lot of SLASH and Velvet Revolver activity. For Velvet Revolver tour and ticket information, go to the Velvet Revolver site where you'll find all the dates and pre-sales information. There's even information on a contest you can enter to win a trip to see the band in NYC.

We managed to score not just the US version of Libertad, but also the Japanese version as well as the Australian single and the UK album. The US, UK and Japanese versions all contain a cool country/ western track, "Don't Drop That Dime". On the US and UK versions, it is on track 13 following the song "Gravedancer". On the Japanese version, it is hidden on the 14th track following the bonus track "Gas & A Dollar Laugh". There is one cover on the album, "I Can't Get It Out of My Head" which was originally recorded by the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). The UK version has a bonus DVD from the VR tour. This documentary DVD is called "Tierra Roja, Sangre Roja".

The single is titled Melody and Tyranny in its Australian release. The first single off the new album is "She Builds Quick Machines". There is a cover on this Australian single, "Psycho Killer" which was originally recorded by Talking Heads. Lyrics from all tracks can be found on Velvet Revolver Lyrics. Libertad charted on Billboard a couple of weeks ago at #5, then dropped to #19 and then fell out of the top 20. So, if you haven't gotten your copy, get out there and get one. We have seen them at record stores all over, so you should have no trouble getting one at the store or online.

Another item we wanted to mention to you that today, July 23, 2007, is SLASH's 42nd birthday. So if you see him, wish him a happy birthday. No word on a celebration. SLASH says he likes to low key his birthday as he doesn't like to be in the spotlight unless he's on stage. The Hard Rock web site mentioned it and gave SLASH this write-up: "07.23: On this day in 1965, SLASH of Guns N' Roses fame was born, forever redefining the top hat industry." Interestingly, Mick Jagger was born on the same day in 1943.

Rolling Stone had some news for all who are anticipating the release of Guitar Hero III. SLASH will be a character in the game! It will not be easy to get to him, though. In order to "unlock" SLASH, (who donned a motion-capture suit so game makers could track his every pluck), players will have to face him in a one-on-one shredding dueld after completing all the songs in the game. Rolling Stone said they had no word which SLASH it would be: the Appetite-era SLASH, the SLASH's Snakepit leader, or the Velvet Revolver lead guitarist. The game itself is the third official installment in the Guitar Hero video game series. In May 2006, RedOctane, the publisher of I and II was purchased by Activision. Because of this, III will be published by Activision. The game uses a guitar controller to play songs. The release will go from March 2007 to March 2008 depending on the platform. For more information, google Guitar Hero III and be sure to check the Wikipedia site on this also.

Another article we spotted was in the Rolling Stone news. They said that the Hard Rock in Vegas recently had a recent ceremony honoring Velvet Revolver on July 14. SLASH presented the Hard Rock with a guitar he had taken from its Florida cafe explaining that he had taken it from a dressing room in Orlando. He didn't know why it was there, so he took it. All these years he has been playing it! Another SLASH sighting was Velvet Revolver playing on the Jay Leno show a couple of weeks back. They did their single, "She Builds Quick Machines". Jay has VR on quite often. Did you catch SLASH and Duff with their wives, Perla and Susan on the E! Entertainment show, "True Hollywood Story: Rock Star Wives". E! tends to repeat a lot of their shows, so watch for this one in the TV listings.

Velvet Revolver's sophomore album, Libertad, was released on Tuesday, July 3 in the U.S. We managed to score both the US and the Japanese albums. The album is great! The band is doing a U.S. tour (see Velvet Revolver's site), and there are pre-sale tickets and VIP tickets available there. As you can see by the marquee at the theater in Seattle at left, the show was sold out. Don't get locked out! Hurry over and order your tickets.

There has been so much coverage now that Libertad is out. Velvet Revolver appeared on Jay Leno last week to do "She Builds Quick Machines", and they looked and sounded fantastic. We went to the local newsstand at Border's and bought $50 worth of magazines featuring SLASH. The UK magazine, Mojo reviewed Libertad and gave it three out of four stars. They were especially complimentary to SLASH (although not so much to Scott Weiland). Rolling Stone in their June 14 issue did an interview with SLASH while mentioning that Velvet Revolver would be on tour August 4 - October with opener Alice in Chains. SLASH talked about his ipod which has replaced the stereo he used to carry on tour. He says he has everything from ZZ Top to Disney soundtracks on it. And just a reminder from Rolling Stone and us, SLASH is having his 42nd birthday on July 23. He said he doesn't like to celebrate on the road and pretends it's not happening. He says he doesn't like to have a lot of attention unless he's on stage. Happy Birthday early to SLASH! The other magazines we bought were guitar magazines. We'll give you some information on those as soon as we make our way through them, but you can just go to any well-stocked newsstand and look for The Man! Sometimes you have to peek inside. Rolling Stone on June 28 had a great picture of SLASH and Scott inside the front cover labeled "Smoking Revolvers" with some commentary from Scott on the new tracks. SLASH looked cool in his black leathers and top hat.

We went to the Velvet Revolver Seattle show and had a great time. They really rocked the sold-out house. A special treat were the Pink Floyd and GNR songs. We texted SLASH before the show and met up with him in the alley he was using to get to the hotel(see picture at left) from soundcheck. He was looking good in jogging pants and a t-shirt. He put us on his guest list, so later we went back before Velvet Revolver came on at 10 pm. What a show! Being on the guest list got us some VIP patches and the staff at the Showbox Theater couldn't have been nicer. We met up with the band in a corridor outside the dressing room. We did get a chance to say hello to all five, but we spent most of our time with SLASH. He said the seven European shows that were cancelled were cancelled due to the fact that when you figured in the travel expenses, they would not be money makers. He didn't know what they would be doing instead as they know they want to get to Japan, Australia and back to the US. It was good to see him and we are hoping they will tour the East Coast next time.

Velvet Revolver has announced that their sophomore album, Libertadwill be released July 3 on RCA records. Right now the band has finished their South American tour and are going to hit the U.S. with the tour. This will be a short, promotional tour. Then the band heads off to Europe for a month-long tour, then back to the United States, then off to Japan and Australia. So, if they get anywhere near you, you'd better get out and see them, even if it takes a long road trip. They are really moving fast. Once again, we want to remind you to visit the Velvet Revolver web site where there are tour dates and a very, very interesting blog. Check it out so you don't miss anything!

Velvet Revolver is now on tour as of April 10, 2007! The tour begins in South America with shows in Chile, Brazil and Argentina. Then the band comes to the U.S. for shows in California, Washington, Illinois, Michigan before they move up to Canada for a show in Toronto. Then back to the U.S. for shows in D.C., Massachusetts, New Jersey, NYC. Off to Europe then for 17 shows there till July 2. On August 5, Velvet Revolver is scheduled for the V Festival at Pimlico Park in Baltimore. To get the complete list of dates and buy tickets, go to Velvet Revolver Home Page. While you're there, you can also join the fan club, sign up for the VR newsletter and visit the store to order t-shirts and posters.

SLASH says he still doesn't have a date for Libertad to come out. The record company is thinking June, but the band is thinking May. Even if you don't have the album before the show in your area, it's bound to be great! We've heard some reports from South America, and the shows have been really cool. Stay in touch with the band via their web site as they may be adding more shows as time goes on.

Fragments of the party band Van Halen accepted induction induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Monday night. Only Van Halen's second lead singer, Sammy Hagar, and ex-bass player Michael Anthony turned up for the ceremony. Guitarist Eddie Van Halen has just gone into rehab and original lead singer Diamond David Lee Rothe walked away in a tiff over what he would perform. "It's hard for Mike and I to do this, but you couldn't have kept me away with a shotgun," Hagar said. The fragment of Van Halen said they would love to do a tour and vaguely explained Roth's absence. Velvet Revolver's Scott Weiland and SLASH were both smoking cigarettes backstage, a no-no in NY. Weiland explained that all parties handled the Roth contretemps in a very adult fashion. Basically, the VR guys didn't want to sing this song, and Roth didn't want to sing that song. VR offered a tribute. Hagar and Anthony joined VR to sing "Why Can't This Be Love." If you missed the induction, it will be shown this Saturday, March 17 at 9 pm on VH1.

The funeral and interment of celebrity Anna Nicole Smith is over although the cause of death has yet to be announced. On March 2, mourners came to the Bahamian church for a memorial service, and SLASH and wife Perla were there. TMZ staff reported that SLASH was easily identified with "his trademark long curls and hoop earrings". Entertainment online (etonline.com) reported that 100 celebrities were there to celebrate Anna's life including "rocker SLASH". Many wore black and pink, Anna's favorite colors. See the photo here with SLASH and wife Perla in black.

Gibson Guitars just love SLASH and rightly so! They are celebrating Black History Month in February 2007, and SLASH is the cover story. There's a really nice picture, shown here, and a great write up, especially if you don't know a lot about SLASH's history. Click here to visit the Gibson site and scroll down to find the SLASH picture to lead you to the SLASH article.

With the Grammy Awards coming up on Sunday, February 11, we asked SLASH if he was planning to attend. Velvet Revolver is not nominated this year as they were last year, but we thought he might attend in the audience. He said that he is not going to the Awards ceremony, but he will be attending some of the parties! Another thing SLASH told us was that he recently had his first time skiing at Big Bear! Now that would have been great to see. With his good balance, we're sure he did fine and had fun. SLASH also told us that he was playing guitar on a song for world peace on Sunday, the 11th. It's like "We Are the World" with lots of celebrity singers getting together. There will be a concert this summer where it will be televised throughout the world. There was a quick SLASH mention at the Grammys. There is to be a charity auction, and SLASH had donated something to it. We'll try to find out exactly what it was and where the charity is for those of us who'd like to bid.

During the week of January 21, 2007, Rolling Stone reported that "VELVET REVOLVER may not have gained much from their sessions with RICK RUBIN, but the group still plans to release its sophomore effort, Liberated, May 15th (thanks, we suppose, to PEARL JAM/AUDIOSLAVE producer BRENDAN O'BRIEN, who took over behind the boards)..." We checked this out with SLASH and he confirmed all of it including the race for May 15! Only three and a half months from now, the album and the tour!

Take a look at this photo of SLASH! On January 17 at 7 pm, SLASH was inducted into the Rockwalk. The Rockwalk is located at 7425 Suset Boulevard in Hollywood. SLASH says there are about 500 big name musicians with their hands and signatures on the 'walk. He said he was very flattered especially since he will be right next to Jimmy Page. Isn't that great!?! It's more than time that SLASH was honored here. They also have memorabilia from the inductees. If you go to the Rockwalk Web Site, you can take virtual tours of the handprints as well as the memorabilia. You can see a great video featuring some of the inductees. It's just great. The video was made well before 2007, but see if you can spot SLASH in the background behind an inductee as the camera goes by. We're very proud of him, he's flattered and all in all, it was a great night for rock and roll and SLASH.

SLASH was at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in January 2007. The CES is where everyone who likes the latest electronic gizmos wants to be. Gibson had a booth and SLASH manned the booth on Day 3. He was there to sign autographs and have photos taken with his mob of fans. Here are some pictures of SLASH at CES. The captions come from the Gibson web site. They say that the first one is with Gibson Guitar Chairman and CEO Henry Juszkiewics. The chairman and CEO is with the iconic rocker, SLASH who made a very special appearance. The house was packed for a chance to meet SLASH. SLASH is shown with his Gibson Signature Les Paul model. The second photo shows Velvet Revolver's SLASH autographing his signature guitar for an upcoming Music Rising auction to be held in NYC in March 2007. Music Rising is a charity to raise money for replacement instruments for musicians of the Gulf Coast. See Music Rising to find out how you can get involved.

SLASH wished us a Happy New Year and told us the new album from Velvet Revolver should be out in spring, about April. He said it sounds amazing! He has also made a couple more guest appearances. One was on Sarah Kelly's album, Where the Past Meets Todsy. SLASH is on two tracks on that album, "Still Breathing" and "Out of Reach". The second guest appearance we learned about from SLASH is on Chris Daughtry's album Daughtry where SLASH plays on "What I Want". We bought both of these albums, and you should, too!

We told you about that SLASH commercial that he did for Volkswagen, and we hope you had a chance to see it. If you didn't, you can see it right now on Volkswagen's web site. When you get to the link they gave us, just look for a small SLASH as a thumbnail which will say "Stacked" if you mouse over it. Enjoy! Click here to get there.

There was a Guns N'Roses mention in, of all places, the Sunday, October 8, New York Times on the Best Seller page. They sometimes have a few short pieces about some of the books there. Comedian Bob Newhart said that his first book is a memoir titled I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This! One funny bit there has Newhart recalling his Billboard success in the early '60s with a pair of albums, The Button Down Mind and The Button Down Mind Strikes Back at numbers 1 and 2. It was quite a feat till Guns N'Roses came along in 1999 with the Use Your Illusionalbums. These two knocked Newhart's albums off the top two slots. Newhart deadpans,"You hate to lose a record, especially when you don't know it, but at least it went to a friend!" That's Newhart humor!

Thursday, October 5...be on the alert for another SLASH appearance! He will be on Jay Leno with the Camp Freddy supergroup. They will be covering Cheap Trick's "Surrender". Camp Freddy did this song on the soundtrack of the album Employee of the Month. SLASH didn't play on the album, but Scott sang on the album. SLASH will definitely will be on Leno with the Camp Freddy gang. As for the album, Camp Freddy does a second song on there: Twentieth Century Boy. Also, in related news, Velvet Revolver covered "Surrender" as b-side for international release. If you want to hear a snippet of Camp Freddy doing "Surrender", go to Jay Leno's web site and follow the links to musical guests this week. You'll see Camp Freddy listed for Thursday with option to listen to 30 seconds or to buy that album.

If you were lucky enough to be watching the new"Law and Order: Criminal Intent" on channel NBC on Tuesday, October 3 around 9:30 EST, you would have seen SLASH's new commercial for Volkswagen. It is a killer! All black and white. Through the miracle of cgi, they have stacks of VW's playing SLASH's music just like stacks of amps. SLASH is in his all black leather playing a beautiful black and silver guitar. The ad says that for a limited time if you buy a VW, you can get this guitar and then you can play like SLASH. They hasten to add...if you ARE SLASH. His solo is so cool. So, watch for that ad on the new TV shows this fall. The web site for VW is www.vdubsrock.com, and we're told that this commercial will be put up there sometime, so keep checking for it. It's a cool site with a battle of the bands going on now, so you'll like this site. Fans have been reporting that the super commercial is not just on NBC, so keep your eyes open for this! It's been too long since we've seen Our Man!

SLASH says he is going to be a guest host on the "Tommy Lee Show" this fall. Gilby Clark should be on, too. If you haven't seen Tommy Lee's show, you're really missing a rock and roll show. SLASH said he wasn't positive of when he'd be on, but it looked like September and December.

SLASH has been looking at sports cars, and he's most likely going to get an Astin Martin, all black. He did look at others like the Ferrari but thought they were too flashy. He tried out the Martin and really had it at top speed! SLASH also has a Hummer.

We asked SLASH what he was working on right now, and it's the new album. There will be about 12 songs on it, and it will not be a concept album. The title will be Libertas You may have already seen the VH1 program where he was on to talk about Kiss. He's also been working on a TV cartoon. And he says he's been approached by someone who wants to write the story of his life. Cool!

As you know, SLASH's birthday is July 23 when he will be 41. Asked what he'd like, he said it would be a 1959 Les Paul in good condition. He said one would cost about $250,000. If you know where he can get one, let him know. His new fan address is:

Ventura Blvd. Sherman Oaks, CA 91423

Finally, he worked with Billy Idol on the song "In the Summertime" and they also did a video for that one. He just finished working with Paulina Rubio, too. She is a very beautiful and talented Latina artist. You can order her albums from amazon.com, but Slash was not sure which one his song would appear on.

It was good to hear from SLASH, and we're happy to bring you the news.

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