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SLASH Sets Release Week Of Activities For First Solo Album - Mar. 23, 2010

One of the greatest rock stars of our time is celebrating the release of his new album in true rock star fashion ? by dominating the late night scene, late night television that is. Iconic musician Slash is known for trailblazing guitar work and the innovative, hard-rocking sounds of his new album will be showcased in a series of unique performances slated for release of his first true solo album. Featuring an all-star roster of guest musicians, "Slash" will be available April 6, 2010.

Anticipation has been building for the album since the recent release of the first single, "By The Sword", featuring Andrew Stockdale of WOLFMOTHER, which is currently in rotation at rock radio. To kick of his album release, Slash will be the featured performer at Revolver Golden Gods Awards, with several of his album collaborators making special guest appearances. Slash will also make a series of late-night performances with talk show hosts Jay Leno, George Lopez and Craig Ferguson.

Slash TV dates to watch (check local listings):

* Tuesday, April 6 - "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (NBC)
* Thursday, April 8 - "Lopez Tonight" with George Lopez (TBS)
* Thursday, April 8 - Revolver Golden Gods Awards ceremony from Hollywood (airs May 22 on VH1)
* Friday, April 8 - "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (CBS)

Slash will also be featured in two upcoming promotions with Monster Energy and Guitar Center:

Monster Energy Presents the Ultimate Slash Experience ? Visit MonsterEnergy.com on April 1 and learn how you can attend a private concert with Slash and be part of the exclusive backstage meet-and-greet. Some winners will also receive a limited edition "Gibson Appetite Les Paul" guitar, as well as other exclusive prizes. Fans are also encouraged to check their local retailers beginning on April 1 for the limited-edition Slash/Monster Energy multi-packs. The multi-pack will offer fans a bonus track not included on the album, plus additional music, downloads, and other exclusive content.

As part of the album release, Slash has partnered with Guitar Center on Guitar Center Presents Your Next Record with Slash. This is a first-of-its-kind, unsigned band competition that provides emerging artists the chance to win the ultimate career-altering opportunity: record a three-song EP with legendary producer Mike Clink (GUNS N' ROSES, M?TLEY CR?E, MEGADETH) and have Slash write, record and perform on the winning artists? single. Now through April 30, 2010 bands across the United States are invited to submit their music for a chance to win the aforementioned prize package, which also includes: A management development deal with The Collective (LINKIN PARK, SLASH, AVENGED SEVENFOLD); Feature of winning artists' single on iTunes; worldwide distribution of winning artists? music through Tunecore; $10,000 Guitar Center shopping spree; New gear and endorsement deals from Ernie Ball Music Man; An opening slot on Slash's Monster Energy Bash; An editorial feature on the winning band in Guitar World magazine.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=137277

wont be able to watch this "Revolver Golden Gods Awards ceremony from Hollywood (airs May 22 on VH1)" as I will be at the Borgata seeing the show LIVE :hihi:

Slash will be appearing with Andrew Stockdale on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno"

And from George Lopez:

Next Week 2 songs from @Slash from his new CD on Lopez Tonight .. Don't miss that it will be EPIC !!

Obviously they'll play "By The Sword" on Leno.  I wonder what 2 songs on Lopez?  Maybe keep Stockdale around and bring in Myles to do one of his songs, or do both songs with Myles?

My guess the other will be either Beautiful Dangerous or Back From Cali

should be interesting to see who shows up to sing at each appearance :hihi:
it seems he may have sveral options for each apearance

Cannot wait to see these songs done live with pro shot recording.

Another appearance:

SLASH To Guest On BRUCE DICKINSON's Radio Show - Apr. 3, 2010

Legendary guitarist Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES) will be IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's guests on Friday, April 23 during Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio program, dubbed "The Bruce Dickinson Friday Rock Show". Listen to the broadcast live via the Internet between 9:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. (midnight) U.K. time at BBC.co.uk.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=137916

Looks like Lemmy?

Slash   Rehearsing w/Andrew Stockdale & Lemmy today, fuck yes!
http://bit.ly/d0IL8y
about 3 hours ago via Facebook

Just a reminder:

NBC    Tue, Apr 6

11:35 PM   Tonight Show With Jay Leno New

Kirstie Alley; David Boreanaz. Also: Slash and Andrew Stockdale perform.

Just saw him on Leno-about what you would expect I guess, it was good-first time I watched Leno in a while

Good performance, that song has an awesome Slash-eque solo.

I posted the reminder then forgot to set my TiVo.  :hihi:

Was he also interviewed?

No interview, just a great performance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_wJnvROGNo
Slash by the sword on Leno

Outstanding!  Stockdales voice is insane, wish the rest of Slash's album was this good. I nominate him for VR's new lead singer! :beer:

cool performance!  funny how Stockdale only plays the guitar for like 5 seconds!

Slash wore a "I'm with CoCo" pin  ;D



coolest thing he have done personally in a while i must say! I was wondering how he could go on Leno when he was friends with Conan, nice kick in tha jaw on jay there :P that is also probably why they barely show him in the youtube clip but if you look at 3.03 you can see it on his guitar strap

That is AWESOME!  I did have a slight problem with Slash going on The Tonight Show with Leno after all that crap he pulled.  But that makes up for it.  I didn't notice it though, I'll have to go back and look again.

Still can't see the pin

the performance however was amazing! Absolutely flawless  well cept for Andrew's voice crackin after the solo! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I found this on TMZ scroll down and there is a pic. Lets see if Leno gets even tonight?

Slash Sneaks Conan O'Brien Onto Leno Show
Posted Apr 7th 2010 2:55PM

Slash pulled off the ultimate act of defiance on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" last night -- dude rocked a Team Coco pin on the air during his performance at the end of the show!


Though it appears NBC tried to edit around the Conan O'Brien support symbol, a few shots of the pin still managed to make air.

No word if Jay even noticed.




Read more: http://www.tmz.com/#ixzz0kT4rcKcB

it's high on the guitar strap, you can only see it for a short moment at 3.03

a pin with this picture:
(http://image3.examiner.com/images/blog/EXID11969/images/resized_imwithcoco.jpg)

http://www.tmz.com/2010/04/07/slash-conan-obrien-pin-tonight-show-jay-leno-team-coco-nbc/

Jay wont mention it tonight.  its embarrassing, doubt he will want to draw attention to it.  His public image has already taken a shot for dickin Conan out of a job, its not smart to point out that guests of his own show are disrespecting him right in front of his face.

Absolutely, Leno won't make mention of it.  It'd actually be funny if he did and might show he's human, but he won't do it.  He could wear a pin saying "I'm with Axl",  :hihi:.  Big props to Slash for doing that.  More celebrities should follow suit.  I've noticed the guests on his show have been pretty bad lately, aside from some hot chicks.  I mean, last night with Slash you had Kirstie Allie and some guy I don't know.  Seriously?  That's just bad.

He got a lot of press from wearing that pin, more than for the performance...

Slash Is With Coco ... Even While on Leno

Slash was on the Tonight Show last night promoting his new solo album, and so it seemed strange that during his performance of "By the Sword," there were hardly any close-ups of the top-hatted guitarist (there were more of the singer, Andrew Stockdale, and his weirdly morphed hair-beard). But then we noticed something on Slash's guitar strap, and squinting, we could just make out a pin ... no, it couldn't be ... not on Leno's show!

Yes, folks, Slash had an "I'm with Coco" pin affixed to his guitar strap while performing on Jay Leno's stage, which elevates Slash's awesomeness to higher than it was, which was already really, really high. Watching the performance, you can see the cameras do anything they can not to get a close-up of the traitorous pin, which must have been a huge embarrassment to Leno, who seems to be grimacing as he introduces the song. Considering that many of the shots selected are so sloppy (catching other cameras in the shot), it seems likely that the show was edited to expunge all glimpses of Conan's martyred head. (Though around 40:11 in the video below you can get a glimpse of it.) We called the Tonight Show, however, and a spokesperson responded, "We did not edit anything out of the performance," and Slash's reps didn't respond to calls for comment. You be the judge.

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/04/slash_is_with_cocoeven_while_o.html

So both Myles and Andrew Stockdale were at the taping of George Lopez:

BRUCE KULICK Attends Taping Of SLASH's Appearance On 'Lopez Tonight' - Apr. 8, 2010

Former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick has issued the following update:

"I was honored to be a guest at the Slash performance on the George Lopez show ['Lopez Tonight'] taped in Burbank last night. I got there early enough to say hello to the band, hang out in the green room, and chat with both of Slash's singers that taped for the show.

"Everyone knows Slash's new CD has many guests, and Andrew Stockdale from WOLFMOTHER is one of them. He is from Australia and we got a chance to talk about my visits to his town of Brisbane in the past. Great guy and a unique singer.

"I think Andrew's band really has one foot in the past and one in the present, and he told me that they will be doing some shows with KISS in Europe very soon. Myles Kennedy, the singer for ALTER BRIDGE was also there, and he was extremely cool to chat with as well. We have mutual guitar buddy friends and we caught up about his band and the fact he got to sing two songs on Slash's new disc. (Which is great, by the way; go get it!)

"I gave Slash my 'BK3' disc, and after thanking me he joked about the fact my dear friend Brent Fitz, who is drumming for him, didn't have a mention on the special guest sticker on the CD. I said with a smile on my face, 'Well, after touring the world with you he will!'

"Brent and I have a long history (UNION, and of course all my solo discs) so I was very proud to see him jamming with Slash. Todd Kerns, who I have jammed with many times in Vegas and who appeared live with me for my 'BK3' release party along with Brent, is now playing bass for Slash and I was happy to see him rocking out on the show.

"After the taping, I spoke shop with Slash, guitars and amps, of course.

"Slash admitted in his interview with George that he has been sober and healthy, and he really looks like he's in great shape.

"With a strong CD and band to support him this year, it is very cool to see him out there being a true guitar hero.

"Funniest moment came when I spoke to George Lopez, who is quite personable and a huge KISS fan who loves guitars. He remembered meeting me seven years ago when I was asked to jam with him and give him some guitar tips in his trailer back when he had his sitcom show. He said, 'Didn't you get shot on Sunset the week after meeting me?' He was right, and we spoke about that night and then talked about his new opening song for his amazing house band, ROCK N ROLL ALL NITE. Yes, George could be the leader of the KISS Army, as he was convinced after Gene's [Simmons] appearance a few weeks ago that the KISS anthem sets the mood for the crowd on his show.

"How awesome is that!

"I want to thank Pete Merluzzi, Slash's tour manager, and, of course, Slash and the guys in the band for a great evening."

Slash's appearance on "Lopez Tonight" will air tonight (Thursday, April 8).

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=138197

They only played by the Sword, that song is pretty damn cool.

Yeah, I thought they were supposed to play "Back From Cali" too?  Wonder what happened?  Ran out of time maybe?  No guitar for Stockdale tonight.

Here is Slash's interview and performance on Lopez Tonight last night:

"By The Sword" Lopez Tonight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkw4VkfF3kU

Interview with Slash

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClsimBS3yE0

Some cool shit that!

From Matt Sorum:

Saw Slash on Lopez Good sound. Andrew Stockdale sings hi. Led Zeppelin should get him, kid can sing

about 9 hours ago via UberTwitter

double standards right there, he don't think axl should call his band GNR but thinks zeppelin could use stockdale and still be zeppelin

I prefer wolfmother anyway (even though I'm actually listening to black dog)

Zeppelin is majority original members.....

nope that would be 50% and not a majority : ok:

The original Guitarist and Bassist with the offspring of the original drummer compared to original lead singer is a difference  : ok:

From Slash:

Our performance of "Back From Cali" will air on Lopez Tonight Monday April 12th.

about 2 hours ago via Facebook

Without Robert Plant there is no Zeppelin full stop.

agreed.  No lead singer, no band, ask Aerosmith.  They finally came to their senses.  Auditions my ass. 

Craig Fergeson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owTpE16d0dY

Nice!

Back from cali is gonna be Monday Night I think.

Maybe Slash will get to make an appearance on Conan's NEW show.  TBS will be the new home for Conan come November.  Just in time for Slash touring the US?

just got done seeing it. Was good to hear Myles sing live since i couldnt really hear him that good in the youtube videos.

Slash &  Myles Kennedy "Back From Cali" Lopez Tonight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrNsgfAPhQM

wow that was much better then the clips from the roxy, now you can actually hear myles voice, i had mistaken his voice for the bassists back up vocals

Excelent Promotion Of SLASH... Congratulations

 :peace:

Back from Cali is so underrated, awesome tune.

I seen some people bitching about the setlist at the Roxy but I cant blame Slash for playing old songs.  He must be so happy to have a singer that can sing anything well.  Myles rocks.

why would people bitch about the setlist?


I question anyone who doesn't want to see Slash perform some of his old GNR shit. see Bodhi's signature.

I'd bitch because a) I don't think anyone else should sing those songs, and b) what's the point of releasing new music if 90% of your set is going to be made up of songs from bands you haven't been in for years? It annoyed me when I saw Chris Cornell in Hyde Park play a set entirely made up of Soundgarden/Audioslave material, and if Slash does what he did at the Roxy when I see him at Download, I'd be pissed off then. Playing one or two songs from previous bands is fair enough, but when it makes up the majority of the set, it's just annoying. After all, he's supposed to be promoting his new music... I'd expect to hear more from it.

I would get ready to be pissed off then, because even in a shortened set he will for surely close with Paradise City, play SCOM, and probably Nightrain. The world wants to see him play those songs, and people go wild whenever he does. New album or not people would be pissed if he didn't play GNR stuff. Hell, it was at the request of fans he brought Civil War back from the dead because he understands how much people still love GNR, so he is throwing fans a bone.

But Myles is more than capable so its the first time Slash can play this shit in years. 
And of course, i hate to bring it up, but other people also play them songs.

And also, its just the first show but i am expecting a similar setlist. maybe some more new songs.

That's a matter of opinion. I think he's fine in the lower registers, but whenever he goes for those high notes that he insists on going for, he annoys the fuck out of me. And considering GN'R songs require more high notes than most other tracks, him singing those songs is excruciating.

I guess slash feels the majority of his fans would want to hear him play some of his better know work from previuos bands; though I could do with out some of the Snakepit stuff

And I agree with him. Was just saying that it shouldn't make up the majority of the set.

I think the set list will be similar to this most nights.  I think Slash is happy he finally has someone with the ability to sing these songs.  (i know you disagree).

Id like:

3 VR,  4 or 5 GNR, 6 new songs, 1 snakepit, 1 cover, 1 myles song.  and the Godfather theme as solo.

This list should include Slither, Do it for the Kids, Dirty Little Thing, nightrain, PC, SCOM, Civil War, OTGM, Mean Bone, By the Sword, Nothing to Say, Back from Cali, Starlight, Doctor Alibi, one more solo song, maybe throw in a cover or a Myles song.

Dude, it's one show. They did a AB song and Wolfmtoher song; figure Woman will be dropped and another added; plus, they had only been playing 13 days together, how many songs could they have rehearsed and worked out?

I hope Slash comes out and plays the "Use Your Illusion" records in their entirety.  30 songs, almost 3 hours.  Although "My World" would be interesting.  :hihi:
No im just kidding obviously but in all seriousness I hope Slash plays some stuff off of the "Illusions".  The "Illusions" are GNR's best album/albums IMO, and those songs have been ignored for almost 15 years.  Give me some Civil War, Double Talkin Jive, Locomotive, Yesterdays, Pretty Tied up etc.....

That would be my wish too.  I know it's not up to me, but I could care less about hearing Slash playing any of the songs that Axl has been playing (ie, AFD tracks).  Breaking out some UYI tracks would be perfect.

Of course, if I was there in person I'm sure it'd be awesome regardless.  But that would be my preference.

Doing an interview with Mark & Brian on 95.5 KLOS at 9am PT this morning

SLASH: Video Footage From Hollywood Signing Session Available - Apr. 18, 2010

Legendary guitarist Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES) celebrated the release of his first true solo album, "Slash", with a signing session on Saturday, April 17 at Amoeba Music in Hollywood, California.

Check out video footage of his appearance below (courtesy of Christy Borgman).

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=138703

TMZ: Slash's Wife -- Coco Pin Was My Doing

Guitar God Slash had the balls to go team Coco while performing on Jay Leno's show -- but according to his wife Perla, she's was the mastermind behind the entire prank.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R23DfeNuM4