Slash & Friends w/Ozzy, Duff McKagan, Steven Adler, Avalon Theater 11/22

[FunkyMonkey]

More from Steven Adler:

in the studio rehearsing today for the big show this sunday !   

 am soooo excited! Slash invited me to get up and jam a song with him at the LAYN fundraiser Sunday the 22Nd! GONNA BE AWESOME! 

[FunkyMonkey]

STEVEN ADLER To Perform With SLASH At 'LAYN Rocks' Benefit Concert - Nov. 19, 2009

Erin Broadley of L.A. Weekly recently conducted an interview with Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES) about his upcoming concert on November 22 at the Avalon in Hollywood, California. The show, billed "Slash & Friends", will be a fundraiser for the Los Angeles Youth Network (LAYN) is a non-profit organization providing services to homeless and runaway youth. An excerpt from the chat follows below.

L.A. Weekly: Do you find that these kids relate to you because of how open you've been about the shit you've gone through?

Slash: Yeah, I definitely feel a bond with these kids. Even though I wasn't abused or anything, I chose to hang out on the streets from a very young age so I've seen a lot of the same stuff they're going through first hand. I've been through it and can just totally relate. So, yeah, I hadn't even really thought about that ... [laughs] that's probably why I was so attracted to the [organization]. I can understand how violated some of them feel because I've seen kids go down the same paths who weren't lucky enough to have an organization like this to help them get out. When I was in junior high school, in seventh grade, we had girls that were prostitutes in Hollywood. I remember running in to one of them in Griffith Park doing these three guys in a burned out old car and it turned out she was turning tricks for money because she didn't have any parents. She was lucky to be in school. I saw all sorts of weird shit like that.

L.A. Weekly: The LAYN Rocks benefit has a pretty big lineup.

Slash: Yeah, this will be the first "Slash & Friends" gig I've ever done in L.A. We did one in Vegas recently and I did one in Norway a while back. I try and get as many cool people as possible but this is unique because I've [performed] with Ozzy before, Ozzy's great, but then all these other cats I haven't really worked with in this capacity: Andrew Stockdale from WOLFMOTHER; Billy Idol who I'm friends with but have never done one of these gigs with; Chester [Bennington] and Perry Farrell I have; Dave Navarro which is great; and Travis Barker who I've never jammed with before either. Then there's Chris Chaney who played bass on my record which is coming out next year ... and Frankie Perez who's the house band vocalist. He's fuckin' killer. It's just going to be one of these rocking gigs. Steve Adler's coming up for one song. Tom Morello's coming up as well. It's going to be rad. We've managed to sell a lot of tickets so I'm glad we've been able to come through for LAYN. We want to sell it out.

Read the entire interview from L.A. Weekly.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=130666

Video: Slash On Youth Homelessness and the LAYN Rocks! Benefit Concert

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI1T_JMkgCA&feature=player_embedded

[FunkyMonkey]

Slash On Youth Homelessness And The LAYN Rocks! Benefit Concert

http://www.causecast.org/news_items/9287-slash-on-youth-homelessness-and-the-layn-rocks-benefit-concert

[Smoking Guns]

Slash On Youth Homelessness And The LAYN Rocks! Benefit Concert

http://www.causecast.org/news_items/9287-slash-on-youth-homelessness-and-the-layn-rocks-benefit-concert

That was really cool.  Its good to see those that have money step up and do stuff like this.  Good for all involved.

[FunkyMonkey]

From an interview with Slash at NoiseCreep:

As important and worthy as the cause is, Sunday night also promises to be a great rock show. "All the different artists usually perform at least one or more songs of that artist from their catalog and there'll be some [Guns 'N Roses] in there and some Velvet Revolver, from my catalog," he says. "Then there are also some cover songs, whatever anybody just really wants to play. And it's very loose and fun and no pressure, so it makes it for a really, really entertaining gig."

Continue reading here: http://www.noisecreep.com/2009/11/20/slash-gives-back-layn/

[lynn1961]

This might raise a few hairs around here.  Photo posted by dave navarro on twitpic, I believe from rehearsals for Sunday:

http://twitpic.com/qbc8u

[Smoking Guns]

This might raise a few hairs around here.  Photo posted by dave navarro on twitpic, I believe from rehearsals for Sunday:

http://twitpic.com/qbc8u

Great find Lynn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Looks awesome!  What do you know, Navarro has his shirt off!!!!!  HA!

[D]

This might raise a few hairs around here.  Photo posted by dave navarro on twitpic, I believe from rehearsals for Sunday:

http://twitpic.com/qbc8u

WOW, gave me goosebumps

[Smoking Guns]

Lynn deserves Karma for that find!  +1 to Lynn.

[FunkyMonkey]

This might raise a few hairs around here.  Photo posted by dave navarro on twitpic, I believe from rehearsals for Sunday:

http://twitpic.com/qbc8u

Yes, nice find.  And Steven Adler said that he was at rehearsals with Slash...but he didn't say anything about Duff.

[+Rocker+]

What a nice picture. Steve, Duff and Slash.....Guns n' Roses 

[jarmo]

What a nice picture. Steve, Duff and Slash.....Guns n' Roses 

Guns N' Roses is playing in Taipei in less than three weeks.



/jarmo

[chineseblues]

What a nice picture. Steve, Duff and Slash.....Guns n' Roses 

I think you are mistaken. No one with those names are in Guns N' Roses.

[Jim Bob]

What a nice picture. Steve, Duff and Slash.....Guns n' Roses 

delusional

WOW, gave me goosebumps

WOW, why?

[FunkyMonkey]

Slash and Steven Adler made it seem as though Steven would be playing for just one song.  I wonder with Duff there, if that will change.

[D]

What a nice picture. Steve, Duff and Slash.....Guns n' Roses 

delusional

WOW, gave me goosebumps

WOW, why?

duh cause 3 of my fave musicians who made up one of the greatest albums of all time are back onstage together? Shit throw Izzy up there also and I'll really freak.

[Jim Bob]

its not the first time those three have done something together.   dont see what the fuss is about.  i can see why you think its cool, but goose bumps? 

no goose bumps here.

[FunkyMonkey]

From Steven Adler:

Another great rehearsal today with old friends....FAMILY! We will be jamming at the LAYN benefit Sunday nite. Come support LA's youth!

just gone rehearsing with slash, duff and dave navarro. it was really great hangin and playing with those guys!

From Slash:

Tomorrow is going to kick fuckin ass. Only a few tix left, all this promo has paid off. Remaining tix are available at laynrocks.com   

about 1 hour ago   from UberTwitter   

[lynn1961]

its not the first time those three have done something together.   dont see what the fuss is about.  i can see why you think its cool, but goose bumps? 

no goose bumps here.

Well...that may be true, but for some of us it's kind of cool.  I can totally see why some might have the whole goose bumps thing.   

[mrlee]

With Dave Navarro there also. That just makes it uber cool.

I hope this show gets bootlegged. Some artists i think are the shit, all playing rock n roll together. Good fuckin times!