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Slash Doesn't Miss Drama In New Band

May 2, 2012

Happily, there's no such drama in Slash's new band, which will showcase songs off an upcoming studio album on Monday, May 7, at Hard Rock Live. "Apocalyptic Love," due on May 22, showcases lead singer Myles Kennedy, known for his work with Orlando-based Creed spin-off Alter Bridge.

The studio album, a follow-up to Slash's self-titled 2010 solo release, also features bassist Todd Kerns and drummer Brent Fitz in an ensemble known as the Conspirators. The unit has been touring together for two years that have been blissfully lacking rock-star meltdowns.

"This has been really liberating for me," Slash said in a phone interview on a break from a tour rehearsal in Maryland. "The first solo album was the first time, really, that I was on my own to stretch my wings without the democratic, diplomatic situation you have to have in a band. That went right into working with these guys.

"It's nonconfrontational, nondramatic," he said. "I've never been in a situation like that where there's no reason to have an issue about anything. I haven't had this much fun in a band situation since Guns started."

Although Slash's soaring riffs in hits such as "Sweet Child O' Mine" and "Welcome to the Jungle" have been etched into Guns N' Roses' DNA since the band's formation in 1985, his relationship with Rose deteriorated into dysfunctionality. In 2009, Rose called the guitarist "a cancer."

And the prospects for a reunion: "If you haven't figured that one out after 17 years or however long it's been," Slash said, "you'll still be asking that no matter what I tell you."

By comparison, Slash and Kennedy became easy collaborators on the new album.

"We're both workaholics," Slash said. "We'd be working six nights a week, then get back to the hotel in middle of the night. I'd have ideas and MP3 them to Myles. There he'd be, sitting at his computer working."

"It's different when you're dealing with people who aren't looking to cause problems, who aren't so self-centered and screwed up that everything has to be a battle," Slash said. "I'm not saying that about any of the bands I've been in, per se. Rock and roll tends to breed a lot of idiosyncratic stuff, but I've been around to the point now that I don't have time for that."

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/os-slash-orlando-show-20120502,0,2944626.story

Bravo on the answer Slash, bravo!

It probably helps that he is the boss and has the final say. Wether thats what he has always wanted or something which is a nice change for him is something we wont know. I dont care as long as the music is good!

Seems to me like he just wants everything drama free. Who can blame him.

And I think the same goes for Duff, he seems really happy with Loaded, no drama just fun..

So essentially he likes it better when his "band" is a group of hired musicians and has a singer that just does as he's told, huh?  Shocker  :hihi:

What will be interesting to see though is rather or not it makes money. His last album wasn't a hit by any stretch and this one will lack of the star power of Fergie, Ozzy, etc. Myles doesn't have the best album sales record either. So even if this band makes him happy or feel in control, and he doesn't have to deal with anyone else's opinions, he may have to deal with the fact that it won't pay for itself.

You're A Lie is a top 10 single.

so it has a shot.

Slash reaps most of profit of album sales, so he'd have to sell a very small amount to recoup his money.

I don't know how well the last one did but it must have made money. Slash funded it 100% so I cannot imagine he would have done another one if he would have lost money. The last AB album must have done very well because they are already to record a new album also.

D, where is it a top ten single? I checked both iTunes and billboard and it's not on any chart.

Yep, which means Slash and Axl DO have something in common after all!  :P  All solo projects do have one guy in charge, so what's your issue?  That's why they're called a SOLO project.

I think someone has been calling Durden, Tyler Durden again.

There are people who understand & people who don?t, but those I can?t stand are the people who pretend, act and react not only as if they don?t understand, but as if they don?t even know at all, ?cause ok, everybody else doesn?t but those few, oh they do. & so well! So, I ?ve met Miss Drama, herself, the reason was probably Slash, & your amazing band for the day, Velvet Revolver, so I am not quite sure how much ammo was wasted there trying to kill a ghost. The ball?s never been to our court, I would love a few rounds of ping pong I must admit! I must have been nuts to even considered something like this from happening! We ve chosen to focus not on what we could have done better or easier for ourselves, but only to criticize and scrutiny what others made worst for us, just by being themselves! (If & whenever possible this can be! And acceptable! Should this not be inconvenient! doesn?t cause any massive hysteria! and cataclysmic chain reactions! of locomotives out trail! of no proportion! or logic! or point! from here to Salem lot trailer park! or major catastrophies etc which can be manipulated, sold and written on pretty much so many different versions and variations and degrees! Won?t do this ever again Kim, I promise! What did I know? Oh nothing! just a GnR fan, that?s all!!)

I am not quite sure if I am a qualified therapist of a mental institution, in the middle of the jungle, shananana knees, knees, we gathered & set up a kindergarden circus run, so, I done a lot of observation for years & I concluded that the most common type of reaction when there was a problem, was to sorda run to Mr. Media Teacher,Teacher! Rocker & Preacher! complaining how shitty others have been towards them or their Art for the day, let this be a solo, a song, an imaginary record deal or just a fart of the moment!   

16 years later, I hope (& pray to Matt who believes in God I gather, so he can pass the prayer higher above for me) that divorce will be accepted, cause VR didn?t work either. Slash decided to leave when I was 15? I am now 32. I got over it. Nothing lasts forever, even the milking of a cow, especially when it has been raining cats and dogs from time to time but given the circumstances, maybe I neglected to remind to myself how much we had shared, BEFORE I open my mouth AGAIN, spewing. So I had to back off, although I could belittle & hurt, I had to find the strength to see the bigger picture, and that was bigger than saving face. 

I could have not imagined, how much effort would have needed to dedicate towards something I had the impression it mattered as the ball's never been to our Court, wasn?t like anyone was taking the left liberal ball of the elephant man, it must weigh few tones worth for distortion by now, and doing a sudden hit and run of positivity by being hypocritical over what we were just been praised for, while slaying any other part, at any given time with so much ease? No, not at all. By any means.
 

I have been 'away' for a really long time but from what I gather, Slash & co would have been happy if Axl was 6 feet under the ground. Well, didnt happen. But you cant just say that you didnt try, hey! You can feel great nowdays towards yourselves. And maybe in 10 years from now, the children may also join lets bitch towards Axl champaigne! U spewed some much hatred and BULLSHIT, woohoo, 16 years after, Slash still stays strong! "I cant handle the Q by the media! I cant put them back to their place, I have psychological problems to solve , I decided to divorce and 166 years after, I still can hear her complain! " Yep, keep wasting ammo. Plus he smiles so differently nowdays, which is PRICELESS ha ha !! 


Here to some REAL drama every day awards, fuck Hollywood bullshit!      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOINSUWOqyo 
 

 If the Concete receives,  Viva La Fuckin' Marlboro Revolucion!    : ok:   effortless. You ll never know!  : ok:

Am I alone in hoping that a certain number of these posts results in a ban?

No.  Enough already.

Its a mix of crazy drunken rambling, some sentences inpsired by GnR song lyrics, and a strange language runned through google translater ... :hihi:

Why is it that people on this section are so hung up on money? I think slash makes enough money every day when Guns songs are played on the radio countless times all over the world

Because Slash is as well?

Isn't this the guy who decided to record his guitar parts for Contraband in a cheaper studio, only to complain that he didn't like the experience and didn't feel inspired enough to play solos....

All in the name of saving money.




/jarmo

Also I heard Slash was responsible for the financial markets crashing and may be a made member of the Taliban.  ::)

Never heard that - what's the source?

His book.




/jarmo

Slash is the only musician around who cares about money, didn't you realize that?  ::)

http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=255606

#5 on mainstream rock
#9 on Active rock

This is the industry trade publication, and is the most accurate thing out there.

Billboard is  a combo chart of Alternative,Mainstream,Triple A

Slash obviously is getting no play on Alternative stations, so that puts him behind the 8 ball on a billboard chart although it is number 23 there

but the charts i posted are most accurate.

True enough, it's on pages 440-441.  Although his exact words were "I wanted to go into a smaller studio to save the band some money", not himself personally.  He didn't realize until after the fact that it didn't work for his preferred recording setup, which resulted in his playing on Contraband to be "pretty reserved" by his standards.

Yeah, he wanted to save them some money... His idea.




/jarmo

Turning a profit on an album is important-there is another band I like that spent 13 million dollars on an album which resulted in years of delays-Good or bad, Slash is getting ready to put out an album he's  involved in as a group or solo for the 5th time in the last 12 years.

Will he miss the drama of VR if this album doesn't reach the expectations?

Right now a VR tour/album seems like a bad idea. He can do as he wishes with his own band. But what if this doesn't go as planned? Back to VR? How do you explain going back to that kind of situation after saying you don't miss it? The "we're a gang/brothers" line or the "the world needs a real rock n' roll band" line?  ;)





/jarmo

I think if things don't go exactly as Slash wants, he'll release a statement (or 2) under the guise of virtue lightly shrouding a self serving agenda his blindly loyal Top Hatted fanbase will take as a true act of integrity on the same week of his new records release. ;)

I don't think Slash has a plan after this album yet. He never intended that there would be a follow up solo album it just happened. It will not matter if it does well or not. He and Myles started writing the album coming out this month 2 years ago before he knew how the first one would sell. If he continues to work with Myles they will start writing on the bus, they could already be doing so for all we know.

If he goes back to VR the singer chosen will have to meet his expectations, he has made it very clear he will not put up with drama. But that is probably the same attitude Duff will take also. His band LOADED is drama free that is one of the reasons he loves it so much.

It is JMO I don't think Slash will ever work in a band situation without Myles again.

Hindsight is 20/20, because you make a sacrafice to save money does not make you hung up on money,I went to the store could have bought a good stereo for $300 but decided to save money and went with the cheaper stereo for $150, only to hear the difference in quality later. That doesn't make me hung up on money where every decision is dictated by that. I don't hear Slash talking about money and merchandising frequently like members of KISS do, that would be a band hung up on money. What I ment was that very frequently people on this board will judge a decision of any Past or present guns members based on money. When we have no concrete proof that they are infact doing a venture just for money. It seems like the posters (and i'm not pointing the finger at any one poster particularly) are very hung up for money themselves and if they were in the situation of the Guns members, or any prominent musician they would be acting on accordance with their desire form money and not for the music, so they feel a subconcious guilt and take it out on here under the guise of a message board

I really hope that's not the case. Myles just doesn't do much for me.