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Slash denies reunion again

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If Slash were ever to look at his Caller ID and see Axl Rose's name, what would he do?

"Oh, I'd answer it," the former Guns N' Roses guitarist said recently. "But I know he would never call me. I've actually sent him Christmas cards, just to be cordial, but he never returns anything."

In other words, rumors from last month that Saul "Slash" Hudson would perform with Rose and his new GN'R in New York were just that (see "Guns N' Roses Live: No Reunion Of Classic Lineup, But Great Anyway"). In March, just two months before those gigs, Rose filed suit against his former bandmate to confirm his "ownership of his own creative works" in response to an action Slash and former GN'R bassist Duff McKagan had filed over royalties (see "Axl Files Suit Against Slash, Lashes Out At Ex-Bandmates").

"I don't know where [the rumors come] from, but I haven't dealt with Guns N' Roses any more than I have in the last 10 years," which is not much at all, Slash said. "So it's not really a thing with me. I have, in the foreseeable future, no re-involvement with that band whatsoever."

Instead, Slash is fully focused on his multiplatinum new band, Velvet Revolver, and their forthcoming second album, the follow-up to 2004's Contraband.

"We're in preproduction and it sounds amazing," Slash said. "I'm just really excited 'cause hopefully we'll get this thing out before the year's over. The material is amazing and ... we've grown so much as a band."

While frontman Scott Weiland has called the material a concept album and bassist McKagan said the band will record with a variety of producers (see "Velvet Revolver Bassist Promises 'Stinky' Pharrell Collabo"), all Slash would reveal is that the LP is coming together naturally, and "it's not phony in any way, shape or form, and the band's whole-heartedly into it."

Well, that and the album title.

"I don't want to say [anything specific about] the songs, but the name for the album is Libertad, which is Spanish for 'liberty,' " Slash said. "It's something that we feel strongly about: liberty, freedom, you know ..."

Slash did take a break from writing Velvet Revolver material to pen a song and score some music for the just-released movie "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift."

"It's one of those things where you don't really know what you're doing, but they feed you what you need to see, certain scenes," Slash said. "It's easy to [write rock material] when you're watching cars going on their sides at breakneck speeds."

In the end, Slash reported that he enjoyed watching the film's action scenes, but not quite as much as he enjoyed the footage he saw on TV of Rose getting into a fight with Tommy Hilfiger.

"I thought that was pretty funny," Slash said. "That sounds about right."

? Corey Moss, with additional reporting by Larry Carroll



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Nice interview. Was there footage of Axl and Tommy Hilfiger on tv?

Cool, Im pumped for Velvet's new album. Why cant Slash and Axl just get along  :'( Not make music or anything massive like that, but hell, return the dude's Xmas cards.

This,

and this,

to me, screams "I would do it, if he asked me and the terms were right...". At the very least, Slash holds no grudge towards Axl.

Slash generally is pretty tactful on the topic of Axl. I remember in the Behind the Music even when he was digging at Axl and the new band it was still pretty restrained. Slash has always appeared to me as a pretty chilled out, cool guy from the way he comes off in interviews. I think that deceives a lot of people into thinking a reunion will happen  :-\

Yes I think Slash respects Axl as a musician. And he seems to be able to work well with a vast number of performers and always comes across as a chilled out guy.

So i agree that just cos he doesn't bash axl doesn't mean he is jumping at the bit to get back in GNR, especially with VR around.

However...I've also never seen him say anything that would indicate he is anti a reunion in theory one day. Only that theres less than zero plans of it at the moment.

I think all it would need is a mutual appoligy and for both of them to see eye-2-eye on the future musical direction of the band. Thats the real problem isn't it?

Of course axl has spent lots of money now rebuilding GNR with his own guys. So that could be an issue too. I think i remember axl saying that in 02.

If you had a falling out with someone and that guy sues you (not once but twice!), wouldn't a Christmas card from that guy irritate the shit out of you? 

Not if he stuffed it with money.