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#591 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Slash @ Download Festival, Donington - 08/06/2012 » 750 weeks ago
Download 2012: Slash Review
Simon Gallagher
http://whatculture.com/music/download-2 … review.php
Rating: 4.5/5
In the past couple of years, it has become something of a golden goose/Holy Grail for music journalists to get behind shades of iconic former Guns N Roses and Velvet Revolver man Slash, with unveiled secrets some kind of vulgar currency that occasionally trumps what any words devoted to the living legend should be about. But live performances offer the perfect opportunity to focus solely on what matters – his music – and in that environment, Slash is still a king.
No matter how many skilled guitar-players you see at on live circuits or in studios, there are still few currently alive and working who offer anything like the effortless finesse that Slash manages every time he takes up his guitar. He makes his instrument purr, and though it sounds horribly cliched, his guitar genuinely feels like an extension of his body and his opportunity to say the only things that we as fans should want to hear from him. Fuck what drugs he took and fuck what he thinks of Axl Rose, because Slash makes mind-blowingly good music, and any danger of that being forgotten beneath a tabloid-level fascination with muck-raking is beyond intolerable.
A living legend in his own right, Slash wasn’t the only star of his set at this year’s Download, with now-regular collaborator Myles Kennedy once more proving exactly why Slash keeps coming back to him. Along with Chris Cornell (and perhaps Steven Tyler), the Alterbridge frontman is easily one of the finest rock vocalists currently performing, his soul-soaked voice suited to a variety of song types, packing emotion and power when required and utterly spell-binding. In him, Slash has undoubtedly discovered a singer capable of holding his own alongside his own technical ability, and in the wake of a resurgence in form from former ally Rose, it’s great to see Slash on stage with someone as strong as he was back in the day.
With Kennedy in front of him, Slash is free to prowl the stage, bouncing off his front-man, occasionally drawing focus away to remind us all who he is and just how much power he has, but equally at ease playing in the background with his excellent choice of back-up band – The Conspirators, who also played on brand new album Apocalyptic Love.
And though that album was only a week or so old by the time Slash took to the stage in front of a particularly muddy crowd who had braved the sludge to see an idol show his wares, to his credit Slash didn’t take the show as a chance to sell records, or push new single “You’re A Lie”. There was new material in there, and very welcome it was, but Slash knows exactly what crowds want, and he plainly recognises exactly where he has come from, painting a picture of his past, present and future in his song choices, and offering more to those in attendance than any cheap expose article you’ll ever find.
The Slash solo live show is now up to the very highest level, and it is a truly spell-binding experience to watch the great man swagger through old, iconic material like “Sweet Child O’ Mine”, “Slither” and “Paradise City” and captivating newer material like the wonderful “Star Light”, which is about the finest opportunity for Kennedy to show off his silver-lined vocals as possible.
Setlist
■One Last Thrill
■Nightrain
■Back From Cali
■Ghost
■Standing in the Sun
■Rocket Queen
■Halo
■Starlight
■Mr. Brownstone
■Anastasia
■You’re a Lie
■Sweet Child O’ Mine
■Slither
■Paradise City
#592 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Apocalyptic Love FAN reviews » 750 weeks ago
It's been years I enjoyed any new album as much as I like Slash N' Co's new stuff. Pretty great, any day I don't have time to listen it, I miss it.
#593 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Apocalyptic Love Press Reviews » 750 weeks ago
Slash - Apocalyptic Love Review
http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/music/revi … 43861.html
Rating: 5/5
Slash is one of rock and rolls greatest icons and this week he is back with his second solo album Apocalyptic Love.
First time round Slash collaborated with a string of artists but for this new record he sticks with the fantastic Myles Kennedy for the vocals.
And this album really doesn’t disappoint as it is rock and roll at it’s very best and there is no doubt that Slash and Kennedy make a super team.
This album is as much about the guitars as the vocals and opening track Apocalyptic Love is a perfect example as the guitar riff at the beginning of the track sets up the electric solo later on.
And by the end of this love song you are totally and utterly convinced that Kennedy and Slash are a rock and roll match made in heaven as the Alter Bridge front man can more than hold his own.
One Last Thrill and Standing In The Sun are two more gritty rock tracks that show off the true power and depth of Kennedy’s vocals - seriously if you have never seen this guy live then you really should check him.
Standing In The Sun mixes strong guitar riffs with an incredibly catchy chorus and it is one of the early stand out tracks on this album.
You’re A Lie is another fantastic track and is one of the more epic moments as Slash’s work on the guitar and Kennedy’s vocals really come together so seamlessly to produce a high powered rock track that will make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up.
Anastasia is a tracked not to be missed as Slash really does out-do himself when it comes to the solo on this track.
The song opens with a quiet acoustic guitar and you think you are about to get a ballad before the electric guitars kick in for another ball busting rock track.
The licks and the riffs that are on this track will make you want to punch the air with delight; it is my favourite song on the album.
But it’s not all about heavy rock and roll on Apocalyptic Love as Far and Away is the best ballad track on the record.
There is a real Blues feel on the track and the soulful lyrics that show a softer side of Kennedy’s vocal - which is pitch perfect. Far and Away is a song about lost love and it is the most emotional track on this album. This is not Guns N’ Roses and it is not Alter Bridge as Slash and Kennedy come together to create their own unique and awesome sound.
And while this is classed as a solo album from Slash this is no one man show as Kennedy, Brent Fitz and Todd Kerns are the missing pieces that help to bring this awesome to life.
Miss this album at your peril as it is one of the best rock and roll records of 2012 so far and it shows that Slash is still well and truly the king
Slash - Apocalyptic Love is out now
FemaleFirst Helen Earnshaw
#594 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Apocalyptic Love Press Reviews » 750 weeks ago
Album of the week: Slash - Apocalyptic Love
http://www.scotsman.com/scotland-on-sun … -1-2359293
Published on Sunday 17 June 2012 00:00
AS THE title might suggest, this new album by the erstwhile Guns N’ Roses guitarist is generic rock that does not stray far from the metal template.
The excessively hirsute son of Stoke reels off face-melting solo after solo, his note-bending prowess seemingly undiminished.
Is there a song worthy of the name buried beneath the bluster? Bluntly no, and as much as the big chap tries to embellish the mediocre with talk box effects and the rest, on the likes of Carolina there is no real tune trying to escape the technical trickery.
Crazy Life attempts to evolve Led Zeppelin but only succeeds in regressing them back to the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal and beyond. The title song is possibly the best thing here, which being the opening track means that it’s all downhill from there.
This is still superior to whatever Axl Rose is dragging around in the dust after him in the name of Guns, particularly when stripped down to the short and sharp basics. One Last Thrill nearly summons up the spirit of Bob Seger’s Get Out Of Denver, before dissolving into a pool of rock cliché.
Colin Somerville
Download this: Standing In The Sun, One Last Thrill
Rating: **
Not a GN'R fan, I guess 
#595 Re: Guns N' Roses » When's Album? » 750 weeks ago
plus, if he gets dropped from the label, we may actually get more music.
I think the opposite. Axl needs labels to fund his extremely expensive recordings. Knowing his working habits and preferences, no way he could afford (or would want) to pay from his own pocket for his albums. He missed the enormous marketing campaign so much after CD - he could have paid for it, if it was so important for him, but he chose not to.
Axl is not an indie artist. He wants money and fame and huge labels to serve him - but he hates it when he'd need to do even a little thing in exchange. That's where a lot of his problems are coming from.
#596 Re: Guns N' Roses » Guns N' Roses Appetite for Destruction 25th Anniversary Fan Pack » 751 weeks ago
Aussie wrote:The above is what most disappoints me about the Slash vs Axl feud. We are never gonna get anything other than the shit above from the early days. We are gonna have to wait until they are dead before we get anything cool.
Shame because I am a fan of the music, not of any one side. I just wanna hear and see cool music. I want remixes, remasters, demos, video etc. why don't these fuckers wanna take my money from me by milking this shit? Because of some petty fucken feud. Very sad!
ALL of this.
I saw the title of this thread when I logged in and said "Goddamnit!" out loud. I just knew if was going to be some bullshit that once again makes the GN'R brand look stupid.
This is the kind of thing, happening more regularly now, that takes ALL of the steam out of anyone's argument that this band will ever move forward again.
I don't think it'd imply it, although I'm sure that there will be no new album for a couple of years.
In this case it's only Universal, that want to capitalize on the GN'R brand. They know that the 25th anniversary of AFD is big, but they don't have more to offer. So they put together this bullshit 'Fan Pack' from what they had in stock. That's it. Nothing more, nothing less.
#597 Re: Guns N' Roses » Guns N' Roses Appetite for Destruction 25th Anniversary Fan Pack » 751 weeks ago
Aussie wrote:The above is what most disappoints me about the Slash vs Axl feud. We are never gonna get anything other than the shit above from the early days. We are gonna have to wait until they are dead before we get anything cool.
Shame because I am a fan of the music, not of any one side. I just wanna hear and see cool music. I want remixes, remasters, demos, video etc. why don't these fuckers wanna take my money from me by milking this shit? Because of some petty fucken feud. Very sad!
they're fucking asshole's.
the two of them are ruining it for everyone.
As far as I know only Axl is blocking the releases. Past, present and future.
#598 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Slash named the best guitarist of all time By Sweden's biggest newspap » 751 weeks ago
Above Brian May, Hendrix, Gilmour, and Page?! That's a load of crap! Slash is a great player and one of my favorites like the rest of you have mentioned but the other players mentioned blow him out of the water in terms of technique and quality in their playing. Just saying.
No, I think he's technically superior to all the four legends you mentioned. I also think that he's done more memorable stuff than May or Gilmour, and even Hendrix is up to debate.
But I wouldn't rate any guitarist higher than Jimmy Page, although Slash's my favourite player.
#599 Re: Guns N' Roses » When's Album? » 751 weeks ago
Mikkamakka wrote:Without the Guns N' Roses brand, Axl would be playing in night clubs, sometime around closing time. Name sells. Period.
that is utterly ridiculous....stop being a dick. You have valid points every now and then but posts like this make you look like an idiot.
That's my last post on here for awhile. This place is a smaller version of MyGnr at this point.
Well, he wouldn't be playing in night clubs. He wouldn't be playing anywhere at all, except maybe his living room. Cause without the name, he could only do clubs, but that doesn't grant him enough money and, on the other hand, his ego would never let that happen.
Oooops, we're talking about a man who doesn't care about money and fame. Yes, he does. A lot.
#600 Re: Guns N' Roses » When's Album? » 751 weeks ago
How am I avoiding the point? You don't have a point, only a butt-hurt opinion. It's his band, he never ventured into solo territory, I understand why he kept the name, that it means much more to him than you and me combined, he started it and everything... It's his name, not my place to tell him what he should or shouldn't do with it. You disagree, fine.
Mikka, you are a joke. Period. Your zealot over-reaction says everything about YOU. You have my sympathies.
Go and find a decent psychiatrist. 
