10 Best Supergroups In Hard Rock And Metal

Once everyone promptly dumped Axl Rose's sorry ass during the mid '90s, it felt like any potential future for Guns N Roses was officially dead. It would seem that time has proven that correct as well, since Axl spent the better part of a decade in seclusion working on Chinese Democracy only to have it meet somewhat of a deaf ear by the time it actually came out. No, if you want to hear where that magic went, just check out what Slash was doing with his Snakepit lineup from around the same time.

Being head and shoulders above any of the other hard rock at the time, the riffs on Snakepit's first few albums felt like the more natural extension of the Appetite for Destruction era, with Slash getting much more aggressive in his playing rather than the restrained nature he had on the Illusion records.

This isn't just Slash's vehicle either though, enlisting the help of some old friends from GNR like Gilby Clarke and Mat Sorum while also bringing in Mike Inez from Alice in Chains. Though the band had some difficulty with singers in the early days, the addition of Eric Dover from Jellyfish was a match made in heaven, giving them a more melodic edge that many people wondered if Axl had lost after his ego trip. While GNR has patched things up and Slash has his own thing going on with the Conspirators and Myles Kennedy, this is still a fun as hell experiment to come out of a dark time in hard rock history.