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AC/DC appear to have replaced drummer Phil Rudd for their upcoming Power Trip performance, but bassist Cliff Williams is coming out of retirement
By Stuart Williams published
The revelation was made via band-shared audio of rehearsal footage

Is Slash’s ‘Hunter Burst’ Les Paul the next million dollar guitar? It is headed to the auction block – and Elvis’s Blue Hawaii J-45 is joining it too
By Jonathan Horsley published
The so-called ‘Hunter Burst’ was in at the ground floor when Guns N’ Roses were making their bones in mid-80s LA rock scene and writing Appetite For Destruction

Slash teases a new signature Les Paul based on his main Guns N' Roses stage guitar – the “factory second” plain-top named Jessica
By Jonathan Horsley published
“Potential new model?” suggests Slash, but you might have to add your own cigarette burns to the top if you want to make it look exactly like the original Jessica

Richard Fortus defends Slash following Nuno Bettencourt's Rihanna gig comments – and the Extreme guitarist fires back to clarify his views
By Rob Laing published
"I'm sure you're a decent player, but did you really need to repost a headline that made me look like I am badmouthing a fellow player, Slash"

Slash is planning a new solo album featuring Demi Lovato and an all-star cast of vocalists
By Jonathan Horsley published
The album is described as being a little like the Guns N’ Roses guitarist’s 2010 solo debut but “more blues-oriented”

Slash teams up with Ryan Gosling for Barbie soundtrack power ballad I’m Just Ken – and Wolfgang Van Halen is on it too
By Jonathan Horsley published
Because you can’t spell Kenergy without GNR...

Watch Tom Morello and Slash battle for six-string supremacy as they perform Interstate 80 live for the first time
By Jonathan Horsley published
Morello welcomed the Guns N' Roses rock icon onstage at Graspop, and pitched his Shining Path Telecaster against Slash's custom-ordered Les Paul Custom

NAMM 2023: Give your electric guitar the ultimate GNR pickup upgrade with Seymour Duncan’s new Slash 2.0 humbucker set
By Jonathan Horsley published
Slash's APH-2 'buckers have been been given a hotter wind while maintaining the clarity and tone profile

Ex-GNR manager Alan Niven explains why Slash is a guitar god: “Great players revere the space between their notes”
By Jonathan Horsley published
Niven had a ringside seat for the ascent of Slash and GNR, and recalls a player who was solely focused on creating a musical identity, but maybe someone you would not lend a Gibson SG to...
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