The interview is in Dutch -- here's a
rough translation and I'll post some of it in Dutch as well so maybe someone can verify that's what he says....
Slash finally doing his own thingMay 25, 2010
AMSTERDAM - Slash, former guitarist for Guns N 'Roses, has over fourteen years after he stepped out of the band made a solo album. NU.nl talked to the British-American guitarist about his new album.
"It's wonderful to finally be able to do my own thing. Working with a band has its own charms. "
"The workload is divided and you do not own to solve every fart, but you're also always tied to the musical tastes of a few others."
"This record is up to the last second just as I wanted."
Guest"The guitars were as hard as I wanted them, the shooting lasted as long as I liked. There was no one who spurred me to shoot, or just wanted me longer continued. Wonderful. And while I'm always a guest musician, I thought it was time for everyone now agrees was a guest on my record. "
With the statement that its project Slash's Snakepit also a disguised solo project was the guitarist disagree. "That was really a band. Everyone had to say as much about the music and wrote the songs. This album is one hundred percent Slash. "
FreedomWell, almost one hundred percent then, because the lyrics on the album were the guest singers themselves put forward. It gave them complete freedom Slash. "I follow all the artists who have done it a long time, I did not feel that I observed for textual big surprises would face."
"Also, I think it is true that the listener the text and the feelings that come with it automatically attributed to the one they hear singing. My name is hare anyway, haha. "
Jack WhiteSlash does anything to correct terms of guest vocalists. "There has often asked me recently what I like singers on the album had, but ultimately did not cooperate. I'd like to work with Jack White, but did not sing on the record. I respect that. "
"Dave Grohl drumming and not only wanted to sing. I understand that, but in some interviews it seems as if Jack is not liked, but it is not. He not only wanted to sing and as a guitarist, I did not need. A good guitarist, I of course already, haha. "
PumaAbout Guns N 'Roses were at the time the wildest stories. Slash was claimed to have a few dozen snakes in the house, and a cougar in his bed asleep. The guitarist laughs at the memory of his special pet.
"Curtis! Hey, nice to you about him starting. I had him early '90s rescued from someone who is not well made. He has until 1996 when I lived in the house, where they were free to roam, then he went to a reservation in Arizona. "
"That is better for such a beast. I'm going to occasionally look up sometimes. I feel that he recognizes me, too. I have children who are almost as dangerous, haha. "
FutureReally Slash plans for the future yet. "I've done music for a couple of movies that I'd want to do more. But I does not matter that I have a similar record as they do. Velvet Revolver is a new album next year in the planning. "
A true solo career, the guitarist does not sit. "I remain a bandman. A bit of squabbling over music in his time secretly good. "A possible reunion with Guns N 'Roses is not in it.
"With Axl, I think it is never good. Not with him personally, but not between him and me. I am still open to hear it, but I'm not so quick. Before Axl lives too much in the past. I do enjoy being here my own thing. "
http://www.nu.nl/muziek/2254227/slash-doet-eindelijk-eigen-ding.htmlToekomstEcht plannen voor de toekomst heeft Slash nog niet. ?Ik heb de muziek voor een paar films gedaan, dat zou ik wel meer willen doen. Maar ik sluit ook niet uit dat ik nog een vergelijkbare plaat als deze maak. Voor Velvet Revolver staat voor volgend jaar een nieuw album in de planning.?
Een echte solocarri?re ziet de gitarist niet zitten. ?Ik blijf een bandman. Een beetje bakkeleien over muziek op zijn tijd is stiekem wel lekker.? Een eventuele re?nie met Guns N? Roses zit er niet in.
?Met Axl komt het denk ik nooit meer goed. Niet met hem persoonlijk, maar ook niet tussen hem en mij. Ik sta er nog steeds wel voor open hoor, maar ik zie het niet zo snel gebeuren. Daarvoor leeft Axl iets te veel in het verleden. Ik doe voorlopig even lekker mijn eigen ding.?