Slash is great to his fans, absolutely. I do hear some "new" things in his playing here, which is nice. I say new, but I haven't heard every solo song he's released or guest spot, so some of these riffs and tricks are pretty cool to me.

My issue always has been, he's gotta be the most talented guitarist on the planet who's never really taken a significant risk. Everything feels so safe and packaged and ready for the masses and designed to be a "hit."

Just fucking go into a studio and cut an instrumental album and drop it unannounced. I'd shit myself. I bet he could do an instrumental album that would rival Satriani or Bucket or Vai. Why doesn't he do it?

No matter how good it is, I won’t be the best “4.” That goes to Foreigner. Zep, of course, with the best “IV”

They’ve been using that setup since the Obama years. Trump too.

I saw them in August 1994 on the Voodoo Lounge tour. It was pretty awesome. I was covering the concert for our college newspaper, and I was in the photo pit for the first few songs. I was so close I could feel the heat from the pyro. At one point, Keith came over and struck a pose right in front of me. Stood on one leg and played through a solo during Tumbling Dice.

I can't believe at the time I thought "I"m glad I saw them. They aren't going to be doing this much longer."