Bass player needed for band influenced by Aerosmith, Alice Cooper. Call Slash
In his 2007 autobiography, Slash recalls getting a few calls answering the ad he and drummer Steve Adler placed in “The Recycler”, circa 1983. But the only prospect they wanted to meet was some dude named Duff McKagan who’d recently relocated to Los Angeles from Seattle. Duff “sounded cool on the phone,” so Slash had the bassist meet him and Steve Adler and their girlfriends at Canter’s.
When Duff showed up, neither party was exactly what the other was expecting, looks-wise. Duff skewed punk, Slash blues-metal. But Slash and Duff vibed together. “The five of us went upstairs, piled into the bathroom, and broke out the vodka,” Slash wrote in his book. The trio of musicians immediately formed a band. They named it Road Crew, after the excellent Motorhead track “(We Are) The Road Crew.” Slash, Duff and Adler spent the next month or so looking for a frontman — but couldn’t find the right fit and soon went their separate ways. At least for the time being. Still, Slash’s ad connected three-fifths of what eventually formed Guns N’ Roses’ quintessential lineup, once they joined forces with the Janis-Joplin-caught-in-a-meat-grinder-voiced singer Axl Rose and Keef-esque guitarist Izzy Stradlin. During the Road Crew period, Slash and co. also created the main riff for the now-classic Guns track “Rocket Queen.”
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