On May 17, Slash will release his latest solo project, Orgy of the Damned, a 12-track record that is almost entirely made up of covers of blues songs. Ahead of the official announcement of the album — ...

"It was when I turned 15, because I picked up the guitar on my birthday. It was that summer." "At that time it was all a huge new discovery thing for me. All these new bands and all these records that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It really was very spontaneous. In the back of my mind, I’ve been wanting to do that for years. I had a blues band way back in ...

Slash is all good with technology. But he's seen the negative side of it creeping into how albums are made these days. "You've got a lot of bands that don't even actually go to the studio to record a ...

It might not be immediately apparent from songs like “Sweet Child o’ Mine” or “November Rain,” but Slash‘s roots are in the blues. “Everybody knows me as a rock & roll guitar player,” he tells Rolling ...

The legendary guitarist, whose unforgettable 1988 riff was voted the greatest of all time, celebrates his 61st birthday.