Posts Tagged ‘Slash’

TOM MORELLO – ” Comandante “

Posted: January 2, 2021 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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This five-song EP completely missed my radar until I began compiling what you’re currently reading. Coming out right before the election, I think it got swallowed up by the news. It kicks off with a scorching take on Hendrix’s “Voodoo Child” where he does all of his tricks of the trade while still honouring the original song and the absolute legend who made it. He then teams with Slash on “Interstate 80” which has the two of them going back and forth ripping solo after solo to see who could outdo who. It’s impossible not to smile as you hear the two of them pushing one another to go for broke. Morello then gives us a tribute to another guitar legend who has just passed with “Secretariat (For EVH)” and even throws some of Van Halen’s “Cathedral” in for good measure. He closes out the EP with “Suburban Guerilla” and “Cato Stedman & Neptune Frost” which again have him showing off his licks that let you know exactly who is playing the instrument. Morello is a singular voice on the instrument and I hope we are all able to enjoy the Rage Against the Machine reunion that was supposed to happen this year as soon as possible.

Tom Morello battles Slash in the guitar duel of the century in the new song “Interstate 80”, from Tom’s new EP “Comandante” out everywhere now

GUNS N’ ROSES ROCKS GREAT CLASSIFIEDS – Bass Player Wanted

Posted: February 26, 2015 in MUSIC
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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.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oB-l4t6Yiw