Slash Working on Solo Album - Release Date April 6th

[FunkyMonkey]

Slash Working on Solo Album, Not Waiting on Velvet Revolver

Posted Jun 11th 2008 by Steve Baltin

While media and fans keep speculating on a new singer for Velvet Revolver, Slash isn't waiting around, but rather, keeping busy with solo project. "I'm working on it pretty aggressively right now while I have the time cause as soon as Velvet finds its singer, then it's going to be off the races with that," he tells Spinner. "I'm using this little period to be able to do as much on my solo record as possible. I'm not sure exactly when it will come out, but hopefully it will come out before the Velvet record."

"It'll be my first solo record," he" continues. All the other ones were just me putting other bands together and going out and just jamming. This will actually be a little bit more personal."

Slash was in a bit of a reflective mood when he spoke to Spinner as it was just after he was honored for his sobriety at a MusiCares event in L.A. There, Slash shared the stage with Steven Tyler, who presented him his award, fellow honoree Alice Cooper, Cheap Trick's Robin Zander and Camp Freddy. "When I was 14 years old, I was going to Cheap Trick, Aerosmith and Alice Cooper gigs," he says. "And if you told me, 'In the future, you're going to be jamming with Steven Tyler, Robin Zander and Alice Cooper,' I never would've believed it. That would've been an premise."

Slash recalls listening to Aersomith's 'Rocks,' which shaped his wild partying days. "One song in particular, which really represented who I was at 15, was the song called 'Nobody's Fault,'" he says. "Listening to it now, you can only imagine what a sort of slightly sleazy, bloodthirsty kind of kid that I was."

Like many artists who danced with 'Mr. Brownstone' and its ilk, Slash considers himself fortunate to now be sober and a family man. "The music was great and then to just really put the icing on the cake, you have booze, drugs and sex -- just this total freedom," he says. "But you're teetering on the edge if not dangling by one foot the whole time and you're lucky if you can come out the other end."

http://www.spinner.com/2008/06/11/slash-working-on-solo-album-not-waiting-on-velvet-revolver/

[Neemo]

i think this is gonna be a cool disk 

[FunkyMonkey]

So can we assume....

SEBASTIAN BACH Says He Has Spoken To SLASH About Collaborating On New Music - June 3, 2008

Bach: I have talked to Slash recently about collaborating on music, but not VELVET REVOLVER. I cannot say what the details are.....

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=98264

[Genesis]

Can't wait....

[oldgunsfan]

how does one get an award for sobriety when coming out of rehab recently

[Dr. Blutarsky]

how does one get an award for sobriety when coming out of rehab recently

I was wondering the same thing.

Also, diddn't Steven Tyler recently relapse?

[Fingers]

how does one get an award for sobriety when coming out of rehab recently

Several programs award people even out after 30 days with chips-sometimes 30 or 60 days for some people trying to stay sober is a major accomplishment

[Farid Bak]

how does one get an award for sobriety when coming out of rehab recently

im thinking you have never had an adiction?

[kobys]

how does one get an award for sobriety when coming out of rehab recently

It wasn't all that recent. Wasn't it like more than a year and a half ago? That's pretty good for someone who had the kind of addiction history Slash had. Hope he stays sober.

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

how does one get an award for sobriety when coming out of rehab recently

I was wondering the same thing.

Also, diddn't Steven Tyler recently relapse?

Nah dude, he's resting his feet! 

[fuckin crazy]

how does one get an award for sobriety when coming out of rehab recently

I was wondering the same thing.

Also, diddn't Steven Tyler recently relapse?

That is what I was thinking. It is kind of ironic.

[oldgunsfan]

how does one get an award for sobriety when coming out of rehab recently

im thinking you have never had an adiction?

my family and friends might say otherwise

[CheapJon]

ok.. so what songs would we people like singing on the songs.. if it were going to be different people singing each song anyone on this list would be fucking awesome: corey taylor, chester bennington, iggy pop, phil anselmo, steven tyler, x-tina aguilera, chris cornell, slash himself, lemmy, justin hawkins, eminem, baz, howlin' pelle almqvist, robert plant, mick jagger, david bowie, andre 3000, mike ness,

there's no way in hell he'd get half of those singers, but i think they all could bring some cool shit together.. i'm interrested to hear slash's own voice more actually

how does one get an award for sobriety when coming out of rehab recently

im thinking you have never had an adiction?

my family and friends might say otherwise

just lay of the porn

[Ines_rocks!]

i'm interrested to hear slash's own voice more actually

please no!! Slash sings sooo bad! lol... let him stick to the guitar 

[CheapJon]

i'm interrested to hear slash's own voice more actually

please no!! Slash sings sooo bad! lol... let him stick to the guitar 

i like his part on "just sixteen" the live version, and i think it's kinda good on "buick makane/big dumb sex" too.. don't think he'll sing on his record, but it would be cool IMO, at least one song

[Thorned Rose]

Damn, I don't really want a solo cd from Slash, I would rather take another VR record.

If it's something like Snakepit, which I don't think it's going to be... I would be okay with that.

Cool news, but not what I want.

[guns_n_motley]

actually, depending on whom he gets im more interested in a Slash solo disc than another VR record...be interesting to see who he gets...

I would assume this is what Sebastian Bach was talking about collaborating with slash on music for...

[Thorned Rose]

Yeah an album with Slash playing guitar 2 other guys and Bach singing would rock...

Slash and Bach could make a good record and it wouldn't be "doing VR".

[JDA]

Sorry guys but Bach is really not that good.  Really.

[slashisvr]

i wonder what effect it would have on bachs and axl's close relationship