10 Best Metal Live Performances You Can Watch On YouTube Right Now
5. Slash, Feat. Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators (Sydney Entertainment Centre, 2012)
Mixing covers of old-school Guns n' Roses hits with new cuts from his solo career, Slash's show in the land down under in 2012 with Alter Bridge singer Myles Kennedy is two-and-a-half hours of classic rock that you have no excuse to not experience.
Filmed at the Sydney Entertainment Centre by YouTubers Moshcam (if you're not subscribed to them, what are you doing with your life?), this video's star is a red hot Aussie crowd lapping up every note that comes out of Slash's vintage Les Paul. Myles Kennedy, the hyper-talented frontman that he is, lays out a perfect performance once more, nailing both new and old material, and carrying his own charisma with him the entire time. He doesn't exactly have the dangerous swagger that Axl Rose had when he was belting out Sweet Child o' Mine and Nightrain in the late '80s but, then again, in 2012, not even Axl Rose had the Axl Rose swagger.
Proving he can still shred 25 years after putting his pioneering riffs to tape on Appetite for Destruction (1987), Slash lays out an absolute powerhouse in this generously lengthy set that sums up his career excellently.