https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTlHIiASs7g It's the thing that only comes from an artist that's at one with his instrument; that sense of pure mind-through-body execution where the what you're seeing is the perfect execution of talent channelled through - in this case - a beautiful golden Les Paul guitar. This is the 'zone' we were talking about before, except this time round GnR were on top of the world, having had Appetite for Destruction catch on and catapult them into every venue across the country. At many points in the various sets the spotlight would turn over to Slash, and it's here we've always seen some displays of jaw-dropping musicianship. From playing with a talkbox and seeing if his mouth can keep up with the notes to effortlessly going into his version of The Godfather theme, the '92 'Tokyo gig' is still being pulled apart to this day just to see how many different riffs and licks we can learn from it.
10. The Self-Titled Album Was A Genius Idea
In a move that saw Slash wanting to break away and show what he was capable of in terms of songwriting, his first solo album would feature a different vocalist on every track - aside from future frontman Myles Kennedy, who Slash liked so much he managed to get two. It's a magnificent body of work, running the gamut from incredibly soft ballads with the help of Rocco de Luca through to the Lemmy-voiced Motörhead-style rager Doctor Alibi, and Slash's first shot at a metal track in the M. Shadows' accompanied Nothing To Say that sees him lay down one of the tightest riffs of his career. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUeW7yuhFro Lyrically there were some gems too, as partnering up with Ozzy Osbourne for the phenomenal 'Crucify the Dead' it featured a reference to Guns n' Roses' history and Axl as "a loaded gun jammed by a rose", as well as on the flip-side a totally ridiculous balls-out punk song with Iggy Pop called We're All Gonna Die. All round it was a very unique body of work, and although the 'Slash feat. Myles' era is now, at some point in the future we'd love to see a followup to this way of constructing an album.
