AMAZING Photo Alert!!

This is a party I would LOVE to be invited to:

Tommy Lee, Slash, Scott Ian, Rob Zombie, Ace Frehley, and Gilby Clarke. DAMN, I wanna be there. One person doesn't belong, who do you think?

Slash at Terminal 5 - 9/15/2010

Not many acts can haul my ass over to Manhattan's west side venue Terminal 5.   The venue is a former night club (anyone remember Exit?) and the massive main floor and 3 tiers of balcony do not foster the right environment for a show.  BUT, when the act playing T5, it's time to suck it up and make the trek over. Slash hit the stage to a jam packed crowd; the floor was packed from front to back (I peeped Samantha Ronson rocking out in the balcony). The touring lineup of the band consisted of Bobby Schneck on rhythm guitar, Todd Kerns on bass, Brent Fitz on drums, and Myles Kennedy of Alter Bridge fame behind the mic. Not being an Alter Bridge fan myself, I really didn't know much about Myles other than the few songs he sings on Slashs solo album. Well, I was blown away. He managed to morph his voice in such a unique way that he successfully sang material from Slash's Snakepit, GnR, and Velvet Revolver. This is not even to mention that Slashs solo album features a diverse group of vocalist who Myles all nailed. They opened up with Slash's "Ghost" (sung by Ian Astbury on the album), and then switched gears into a slew of GnR songs including an awesome version of Civil War. As the set went and and flipped from Velvet Revolver song to Slash song and back, I couldnt help but to be really impressed with Myles the whole way through.
OH, and then on top of that, there was Slash to enjoy. Hidden behind his classic top hat and glasses Slash does 'Slash' like no one else. The man is cartoon character of mystery and talent and at Terminal 5 he was both. Highlights of Slash's personal performances for me included his outstanding guitar-work on "Rocket Queen" and a bad ass guitar solo that was about 10 minutes long and somehow not boring. The show concluded with "My Michelle" and "Paradise City" and left everyone wanting more.  I have to admit the venue actually didn't seem as bad (the sound quality was a lot higher than I had heard it at past shows) and overall Slash's solo show proved to be one of my tops for 2010.

Todd Kerns

Todd, Bobby, Slash and Myles respectively

The man of the hour

1.Ghost
2.Mean Bone (Slash's Snakepit)
3.Nightrain (Guns N' Roses)
4.Sucker Train Blues (Velvet Revolver)
5.Back From Cali
6.Civil War (Guns N' Roses)
7.Rocket Queen (Guns N' Roses)
8.Do It For The Kids (Velvet Revolver)
9.We're All Gonna Die (With Todd Kerns on vocals.  On album, Iggy Pop sings.)
10.Nothing To Say 11.Starlight
12.Just Like Anything (Slash's Snakepit)
13.Guitar Solo
14.Godfather Theme
15.Sweet Child O' Mine (Guns N' Roses)
16.Rise Today (Alter Bridge)
17.Slither (Velvet Revolver) Encore:
18.By The Sword
19.My Michelle (Guns N' Roses)
20.Paradise City (Guns N' Roses)

Ozzy and Slash team up for a brief tour

Ozzy and Slash have quietly announced some tour dates together for the start of 2011.  Slash will open the show up playing an abbreviated set of his last solo tour that featured Myles Kennedy killing it behind the mic.   Never being an Alter Bridge fan myself, I was shocked after seeing him nail songs from GNR, Velvet Revolver, and Slash's Snakepit, all while covering the various vocals performed off of Slash's solo album.  He was a large part in making the Slash show one of my favorites of the year.  Then there is Ozzy;  vocally, he's not quite there anymore.  The man is legend, but it will still be interesting to see how he steps up after such a tight opener.

-01/16 - @ Qwest Center (Omaha, NE)
-01/22 - @ Sprint Center (Kansas City, MO)
-02/01 - @ Gibson Amphitheatre (Universal City, CA)
-02/03 - @ HP Pavilion (San Jose, CA)
-02/05 - @ Tacoma Dome (Tacoma, WA)
-02/14 - @ i wireless Center (Moline, IL)

This is really delayed....

...but I never caught wind of this anti-Prop 8 video done by Slash and Perla.  

Good for them.  More recently, in an interview with The Quietus, Slash said the following about gay marriage:

The thing was that they wanted to pass a law so that one way or the other it was either going to be legal to have gay marriage in California, or illegal. You had to vote on it, and that was Proposition 8 — if you voted for it, it meant that it would become illegal, and if you voted against it meant that gays could get married. Now, I've been in Los Angeles for a lot of years and with West Hollywood being very close — and having lived in West Hollywood — I have a lot of gay friends; my wife especially has a lot of gay friends and when that was all going on we just felt that we should be supportive. At this point it's ridiculous that two people, regardless of their sex, can't get married. It just seems stupid.

Some Grammy pictures (Paul Stanley will make you chuckle)

       

Linkin 'N Roses

At a benefit concert in Los Angeles last night Slash took the stage with Duff McKagan AND Steven Adler to perform 'Paradise City'.  This is the largest amount of Guns N Roses members together on one stage in one hell of a long time.  Unfortunately they had Chester Bennington from Linkin Park take the vocals.  Still, it's pretty cool to see this and it most likely wont happen again for a long time:

Slash's solo album has some unlikely collaborations

Some Slash news.... I think everyone knows by now that a GNR reunion isn't right around the corner (although I still think I will see it in the next 10 years), and Velvet Revolver seems to have thrown in the towel as well.  It's time for Slash to move on, and he has.  On November 11th he has a 2 track cd single being released where everyone is famous in Japan.  The first track 'Sahara' is a new song that features Koshi Inaba from Japan's very own B'Z on vocals.  The second track is a remake of 'Paradise City' with Fergie Ferg from the Black Eyed Peas doin' guest vocals.  I am not sure how necessary that is, but I guess Slash likes working with the pop princesses since he is also going to be featured on the song 'Rockstar 101' (cheesiest name ever) off of Rihanna's new album Rated R(she must be a QOTSA fan?)

Slash has a solo album album coming out soon simply titled Slash.  It seems like it might be similar to the Tony Iommi solo album in that it features a different singer on each song, and all the songs are pretty radically different from one other.  So far its been released that NIN's Josh Freese is on drums and some of the vocalists include Ozzy , M. Shadows, Eric Valentine, and Chris Cornell.  Interesting.... it will do do well in Japan.

Poor Slash

This is one of my favorite type of birthday blogs- awkward birthday connections!  Today Slash turns 44.  Only slightly younger than him, Stephanie Seymour turns 41 today.  I am just trying to imagine them celebrating their birthdays together back in the day when Seymour dated Axl.  I wonder if Axl threw them joint birthday parties...

Jews in metal

Today is Ann Franks birthday.  Let's celebrate by listing some Jews in metal.  Scott Ian (Anthrax),  Gene Simmons (KISS), Dee Snider (Twisted Sister) and David Lee Roth (Van Halen) are the obvious ones.  Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater), Chuck Schuldiner(Death) and Marty Friedman (Megadeth) are a bit less obvious.  And Stryper are obviously not.

Slash is only half jew.

Drunkards

Woke up today more hungover again, so I thought 'Gee golly, how can I top Slashs drunkenness in yesterday's Daily Metal for todays?'   Right away this clip of Chris Holmes from my old VHS of Decline Of The Western Civilization Part 2 came into my mind.  I was nice enough to find it on youtube for you.   No matter how much of a lush you are this will make you feel straight edge:

Drunks

It's friday and I woke up with a massive hangover.  Today I dedicate to Slash, who used to hire a bodyguard that was strong enough to lift him, so that when he passed out drunk in places that werent home he could be brought home.  I want one of those men right now.