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Slash Salutes Ozzy Osbourne With MTV Europe Music Awards Performance of ‘Crazy Train’

It was a big night for Ozzy Osbourne at the MTV Europe Music Awards over the weekend as the legendary rocker was saluted with the Global Icon honor. But the Osbourne love wasn’t just confined to dishing out a statue, as there was a musical tribute as well led by Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators.

The veteran rockers ripped through Osbourne’s classic ‘Crazy Train’ with the assistance of Biffy Clyro‘s Simon Neil, who lent guitars and vocals to the performance as well. All the while Ozzy and his wife, Sharon, watched the fiery rendition from the front row.

It appeared as though Osbourne was visibly moved by the performance as he and wife Sharon gave it a standing ovation, with Osbourne raising his hands high to offer applause to the rockers.

The timing was perfect for Osbourne to receive the honor as he’s been promoting his ‘Memoirs of a Madman‘ solo compilation this fall. Osbourne has already stated that he intends to do another album and tour with Black Sabbath, but the career-spanning solo set is meant to keep fans in the mindset that his solo career is still ongoing. It was also recently revealed that a new season of ‘The Osbournes’ is currently in the making.

Meanwhile, Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators have been showing their live chops on tour this summer and fall by promoting their new ‘World on Fire‘ album. Biffy Clyro are currently between albums, with ‘Opposites’ being released in 2013. Neil has stated that the band will likely start work on their next disc in 2015.

Remembering ‘Dimebag’ Darrell: Slash Praises Dime’s ‘Phenomenal’ Guitar Skills

Dec. 8, 2014 marks the 10th anniversary of Pantera / Damageplan guitarist ‘Dimebag’ Darrell Abbott‘s tragic death. In remembrance of the guitar phenom, we’ve spoken to rock and metal’s greatest musicians to gather stories and testimonies of admiration towards the immortal shredder.

First off, we’ve got the one-and-only Slash. In this clip, the top-hatted guitarist talks chilling with Dime and other musicians at the opening of the Hard Rock Cafe in Orlando, Fla. Slash also puts a huge emphasis on what “a phenomenal guitar player” the cowboy from hell truly was. “He had a great tone and a great original style and wrote very unique riffs … He was one of the best new guitar players that came out over a long period of time,” Slash declares.

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With his signature top hat, shock of black curls, and formidable talents, Saul Hudson, better known by his stage name of Slash, is one of rock’s most respected and recognizable hard rock guitarists. Born in England, on July 23, 1965, and raised in Los Angeles, Slash rose to fame as a member of the notorious Guns n’ Roses, which catapulted to global fame on the strength of 1987’s seminal ‘Appetite for Destruction’ album — then stayed there thanks to subsequent smashes like ’88’s ‘GnR Lies’ EP and 1991’s’s twin ‘Use Your Illusion’ double LPs. Throughout these years, both Slash and his bandmates indulged in assorted illegal substances and decadent behavior, as the pressures of stardom and punishing tours took their toll, until the band collapsed into a lengthy hiatus out of which it would not emerge intact. But even before this troublesome turn of events, Slash had proven himself a musical workaholic and serial collaborator, contributing his guitar playing to artists as diverse as Michael Jackson and Lenny Kravitz, before launching his own solo band, Slash’s Snakepit, via 1995’s ‘It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere’ album. Slash would carry on splitting his time between the Snakepit, other musical projects, and his various chemical dependencies throughout the ‘90s and beyond, but he finally kicked his bad habits after a serious health scare in 2005. Around this time, Slash also joined his former Guns bandmates Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum in a supergroup with Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland, which they dubbed Velvet Revolver. The group was warmly embraced by hard rock fans and produced two hit al-bums in 2004’s chart-topping ‘Contraband’ and ’07’s top five ‘Libertad,’ but inevitably ground to a halt in ’08 due to bickering egos and Weiland’s ongoing struggles with substance abuse. Yet the indefatigable Slash simply got back to work and has carried on making new music, releasing new albums, and touring largely under his own name.

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Slash (who was born Saul Hudson) made his name as the guitarist in Guns N’ Roses, the band that saved rock ‘n’ roll in the late ’80s. The original group made only a handful of records together, and Slash, along with other members, left by the mid-’90s for a solo career. In 2004, along with ex-GNR bandmates Duff Mckagen and Matt Sorum and Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland, Slash formed Velvet Revolver, and immediately scored a No. 1 album with ‘Contraband.’ The band is now on hiatus, and Slash has filled his time by releasing a solo records and working with a new band called the Conspirators, fronted by singer Myles Kennedy.

• Born: July 23, 1965
• Related Artists: Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver
• Selected Discography: 'It's Five O'Clock Somewhere' (1995), 'Apocalyptic Love' (2012), 'World on Fire' (2014)
• Further Reading: Slash Shares a Real-Life Spinal Tap Story, Top 10 Post-Guns N' Roses Slash Son
  
  gs, 5 Songs You Must Hear From 'World on Fire'

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2014 INDUCTEE:

SLASH

A man of many talents, Slash has amassed album sales of more than 100 million copies, garnered a GRAMMY® Award and seven GRAMMY® nominations, and is an inductee of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In addition, Time magazine named Slash as #2, behind Jimi Hendrix, on its list of the “Ten Best Electric Guitar Players of All-Time.”

As Guns N’ Roses’ lead guitarist, Slash helped to create signature guitar riffs on their #1 hits, “Sweet Child o’ Mine” and “Welcome to the Jungle.” After leaving the band, he went on to critical acclaim with Slash’s Snakepit and achieved global success with the super-group Velvet Revolver. His self-titled biography was critically well-received, climbing the bestseller list in both the U.S. and U.K., and hitting #8 on the New York Times Bestsellers List.

Slash also landed on the top of the music charts with his first solo album, Slash (2010), which featured Ozzy Osbourne and Fergie, among others. Slash and his band (featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators) released the critically acclaimed Apocalyptic Love in 2012, storming the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart at #4 as the top rock debut and producing his first-ever #1 solo hits, “You’re a Lie” and “Standing in the Sun.”

In 2013, Slash released Nothing Left to Fear, the first-ever motion picture co-produced by Slasher Films, his film/TV production company. In September of 2014, Slash and his band unleashed their new album, World on Fire, to worldwide acclaim. It was his third straight solo album to debut in the Top 10 and achieved more than a dozen Top 10 debuts around the world. His band is currently in the midst of its European tour.

A passionate music advocate, Slash vigorously supports efforts to revitalize music education programs in public schools and is an honorary board member of Little Kids Rock.

Slash Nikmati Proses Pembuatan Album Terbaru

Slash, gitaris legendaris dari band Guns N' Roses baru-baru ini berbicara tentang perkembangan album terbaru miliknya.

Seperti yang dilansir dari Loudwire baru-baru ini, Slash sangat menikmati proses pembuatan album terbarunya. Di album terbarunya ini Slash bekerjasama dengan vokalis Alter Bridge, Myles Kennedy, dan band The Conspirators.Via akun Twitter pribadinya, sang gitaris tersebut menyampaikan perkembangan terkini mengenai proses rekaman mereka. Ia mengumumkan bahwa segala proses telah berjalan cepat dan apa yang sedang mereka kerjakan akan menghasilkan album yang “sangat berat”.Ia juga mengunggah beberapa video singkat lewat situs Vine yang memberikan beberapa cuplikan proses rekaman di studio.Melalui salah satu kicauannya, Slash mengumumkan bahwa materi yang sudah diselesaikan cukup banyak dan mereka akan menghadapi kesulitan dalam proses pemilihan lagu yang akan dimasukan ke dalam album.“16 lagu telah direkam dan lengkap. + instrumental? Sulit menentukan lagu apa yang bakal masuk ke album, apa yang akan menjadi lagu bonus. Semuanya keren," tulis Slash di Twitter.Setelah mengalami kesuksesan di 2012 dengan Apocalyptic Love, Slash dan Kennedy menghabiskan sebagian besar waktu di 2013 secara terpisah. Kennedy kembali bergabung dengan Alter Bridge untuk album terbaru mereka, Fortress, sementara Slash menyibukkan diri dengan menciptakan musik untuk film Nothing Left to Fear.

Meskipun Slash dan kawan-kawan sudah terlihat sibuk dalam proses pembuatan album, namun hingga kini tanggal peluncuran resmi album tersebut belum juga diumumkan. (Ars)