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SLASH And Wife Solicit Holiday Donations For Needy Foster Families

This holiday season, VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash and his wife Perla Hudson are working in tandem with the Los Angeles County Department of Children's Services and reaching out to the public for help meeting the needs of foster families. Slash and Perla have "adopted" various fam...

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SLASH Discusses His 'Greener' Lifestyle

Christina Fuoco-Karasinski of LiveDaily recently conducted an interview with guitarist Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N' ROSES). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: LiveDaily: I've seen a few stories about your book signings, and all of them seem to focus on you living a greener lifestyle. S...

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DARKANE To Enter Studio In January

Guitarist Christofer Malmström of the Swedish thrashers DARKANE has issued the following update: "How's it going? One week left 'till Christmas. Did you tell Santa about all the DARKANE CDs that you want? "To me he came pretty early this year. I got myself another Ibanez guitar a few days ago. This...

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SLASH To Guest On VASCO ROSSI's New Album

Italian news blog Musica Metal reports that VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash will make a guest appearance on the new album from Italian pop-rock songwriter/superstar Vasco Rossi, tentatively titled "Disco Volante". Vasco describes the song featuring Slash as "a real bomb," and says that he got in tou...

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VELVET REVOLVER Confirmed For DUBAI DESERT ROCK FEST

According to Phride.com, VELVET REVOLVER has been confirmed for next year's Dubai Desert Rock Fest, set to take place March 7-8, 2008 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. VELVET REVOLVER — which consists of former GUNS N' ROSES legends Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum, along with former STONE TEMPLE PI...

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SPIDERS & SNAKES Making New Moves As 2007 Comes To A Close

Los Angeles glitter and glam rock heroes SPIDERS & SNAKES are celebrating the release of their new "Melodrama" album on Corporate Punishment Records (distributed by Koch Entertainment) by making a few waves to close out 2007 and kick the new year off in grand style. The band has three songs — "F...

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VELVET REVOLVER Schedules UK/Ireland Dates

VELVET REVOLVER has scheduled the following dates in UK/Ireland in March 2008: Mar. 12 - Ambassador Theatre, Dublin Mar. 15 - University, Liverpool Mar. 16 - University, Leeds Mar. 17 - Apollo, Manchester Mar. 19 - Carling Academy, Newcastle Mar. 20 - Apollo, Glasgow Mar. 22 - Wolverhampton Civic Ha...

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ALLHELLUJA: New Album Title Announced

ALLHELLUJA, the Danish/Italian project featuring HATESPHERE frontman Jacob Bredahl and Stefano Longhi from Scarlet Records, is working on material for its third full-length album, titled "Breath Your Soul". The new CD will contain 15 songs for a total of 70 minutes of new music, including cover vers...

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SLASH: New Signature EPIPHONE Guitar To Debut At NAMM

Epiphone Guitar announced today the introduction of the new Slash signature Les Paul Standard Plus Top electric guitar. Designed and produced in close cooperation with Slash, this new Epiphone combines all the great design features that have made the Les Paul guitar "the" rock guitar while Slash's o...

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SLASH's Co-Author Launches MySpace Blog

The co-author of VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash's self-titled memoir Anthony Bozza has teamed up with MySpace to post an exclusive blog titled "The Soundtrack" in which he gives his suggested tracks by Slash to listen to while reading the book. Here is an excerpt from the blog: "It...

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SLASH Talks 'Guitar Hero'

Switched conducted an interview with VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Switched: So what made you decide to write a book now? Slash: I put the book out to sort of set the record straight on a lot of the story having to do with ...

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ALLHELLUJA Parts Ways With Guitarist

ALLHELLUJA, the Danish/Italian project featuring HATESPHERE frontman Jacob Bredahl and Stefano Longhi from Scarlet Records, has parted ways with guitarist Massimo Gajer due to "personal reasons." "What we can say is that ALLHELLUJA now is stronger than before, with more energy and a fuckin' heavy vi...

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SLASH On GUNS N' ROSES, Dating Porn Stars And Playing With MICHAEL JACKSON

Metro.co.uk recently conducted an interview with VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metro.co.uk: What was the high point of your time in GUNS N' ROSES? Slash: The whole thing was a high point. It was the best thing I could have got involved w...

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VELVET REVOLVER: Australian Tour Postponed

News.com.au reports that VELVET REVOLVER has postponed next week's Australian tour citing "health issues." The band, formed by former STONE TEMPLE PILOTS singer Scott Weiland with GUNS N' ROSES legends Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum, had five Australian dates scheduled between December 4 and Dec...

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SLASH Talks 'Guitar Hero'; Video Available

Former GUNS N' ROSES and current VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash recently spoke to the Artisan News Service about his involvement with Guitar Hero III. "I think it's a huge honor to be a part of this game," he said. "It's like I actually represent electric guitar to a legion of kids that are ...