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SLASH: AXL ROSE Has Always Been One Of The Best Frontmen/Lyricists In Rock And Roll

January 17, 2011

Dan Snierson of Entertainment Weekly recently conducted an interview with legendary guitarist Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.

Entertainment Weekly: What's the timeline for making a decision on the new singer for VELVET REVOLVER?

Slash: There's a short list of people we're looking at right now but we haven't made any decisions…. A decision will be made one way or another I would imagine in the coming weeks.

Entertainment Weekly: How many people have you narrowed it down to?

Slash: There's a couple people and I can't tell you who they are but they're all good. Pretty much everybody has been really, really good. It's just trying to find the right fit and the right style, and somebody who just gets it.

Entertainment Weekly: Are there names we know?

Slash: There's one guy that's definitely pretty well-known.

Entertainment Weekly: Did you see that MusicRadar.com poll in which Axl was voted the greatest lead singer of all time?

Slash: I did. I thought that was actually pretty fucking cool.

Entertainment Weekly: You did?

Slash: Yeah. All things considered, we may have had our differences and this and that and the other, but I will never undermine the fact that I thought GUNS N' ROSES, when it was originally together, was one of the best rock bands, and Axl has always in my mind been one of the best frontmen/lyricists in rock and roll, period.

Entertainment Weekly: Would that have been your vote?

Slash: It might have been. I never stop to even think about it — there's him, Roger Daltrey, Steven Tyler, Robert Plant, Mick Jagger…. I'd probably say Mick Jagger, only because Mick has been doing it for so long and he's one of the most charismatic frontmen of all time. But if I had a Top 5, Axl would be in there. And John Lennon…

Read the entire interview from Entertainment Weekly.

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