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Outside of his successful music career, Slash is a film buff and has had small parts in numerous films and TV series. G&R then embarked on an ambitious three-and-a-half-year world reunion tour, spanning from April 2016-November 2019. In 2016, Guns N' Roses reunited during the band's secret gig at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. He is widely regarded as one of the best guitar players of all time and has been lauded by critics, fans, and fellow musicians over the course of his career. Slash has continued to collaborate, contribute, and play with other artists in the studio and on tracks.
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In 2004 after reuniting with Stradlin, McKagan, and Matt Sorum, the super-group Velvet Revolver released their first album "Contraband." Slash finally released his first solo album of the same name in 2010. Solo CareerĪfter leaving the band in 1996, Slash began focusing on his solo career, as well as studio work for many successful artists, including Michael Jackson and Quentin Tarantino's soundtrack to Jackie Brown. Slash played his last live show with G&R in July 1993. In May 1991, the band embarked on a two and a half year Use Your Illusion Tour, during this time they released the two long-awaited albums of the same name, which both debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts. Axl Rose threatened to leave the band during a show where they were the opening act for the Rolling Stones in 1989, citing the rampant heroin use amongst band members. In 1988, the band released "G'N'R Lies", which sold over five million copies in the U.S.Īs G&R's success grew, so did personal tensions between band members. It was during this period that the band wrote most of their famous hits, including "Welcome to the Jungle" and "Paradise City." In 1988, Guns N' Roses had their first #1 hit, "Sweet Child of Mine." As a result of their rebellious and rowdy nature, the band received the moniker "The Most Dangerous Band in the World". The album was the best-selling debut album of all time in the United States. A few months later Slash and Axl Rose teamed up with Duff McKagan and Izzy Stradlin to form the band Guns N' Roses, with Slash acting as their lead guitarist.īetween 1985 and 86 the band had several hits, and their album "Appetite for Destruction" sold over 28 million copies. In 1984, Slash met Axl Rose and the two quickly became friends. Slash soon joined another band called Black Sheep, which played with a popular band Hollywood Rose. In 1983 he formed a Motorhead tribute band, which broke up in 1984. Slash joined his first band in 1981, Tidus Sloan. Slash attended Beverly Hills High School, where he was a classmate of Lenny Kravitz. His nickname, Slash, was given to him by actor Seymour Cassel when he visited his mother on a set. Following his parents' separation in 1974 (Slash detailed to NME in 2012 that he once caught his mother and David Bowie naked together), Slash became a self-described "problem child." He chose to live with his mother but was often sent to live with his grandmother when his mother had to travel. He moved from England to Los Angeles at an early age for his parents' careers, and took music lessons as a child. His father Anthony Hudson is an artist who created album covers for musicians such as Neil Young and Joni Mitchell. Hudson, designed costumes for David Bowie, Ringo Starr, and Janis Joplin.
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Slash was born Saul Hudson in Hampstead, London on July 23, 1965.