Slash is a blues man, however in a brand new interview, the guitar legend named his present favourite steel bands.
The rocker has a brand new album popping out this month, Orgy of the Damned, which is a blues covers album. It options visitor vocals from AC/DC’s Brian Johnson, The Black Crowes’ Chris Robinson, Dorothy, nation singer Chris Stapleton, pop rocker Demi Lovato and a few others.
Even though his guitar taking part in has at all times been extra blues-focused, he is nonetheless a fan of a few heavy stuff. In an interview at the YouTube channel Espresso With Ola, he stated that almost all of what he is been taking note of in recent times is older bands who put out new albums, and a few of them are steel teams.
“AC/DC had a brand new report [Power Up, 2020]. That used to be actually excellent. Queens of the Stone Age’s were given a brand new report [In Times New Roman…, 2023]. I like Gojira, it is nice. The brand new Metallica [72 Seasons, 2023] is fucking wonderful. So there is numerous new stuff in that vein,” the guitarist stated, including that Grimy Honey are one of the most more moderen bands he is had his eyes on since they’ve an “old skool taste.”
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Slash used to be requested if there are every other steel bands he is been taking note of in recent times, to which he responded, “Yeah, neatly, Gojira’s one, Metallica’s one. The closing Megadeth report [The Sick, The Dying… and the Dead!, 2022] used to be cool. I feel that is about it for me at the present time.”
Take a look at the whole interview underneath.
Slash’s subsequent U.S. excursion leg kicks off July 5 in Montana and wraps up in mid-August in Texas. See the whole itinerary on his web page.
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