Slash: New song not about Axl

Mikkamakka

By JANE STEVENSON, QMI Agency
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On Slash'™s self-titled solo debut, in stores Tuesday, the legendary guitarist of Guns N'™ Roses and Velvet Revolver fame appears to have included a new song about his former GN'™R bandmate Axl Rose.

But appearances can be deceiving.

It was actually Ozzy Osbourne, Slash'™s collaborator on the track, Crucify The Dead, who penned and sang the lyrics that seem to reference Rose: 'A loaded gun jammed by a rose, the thorns are not around your head, your ego cut you '™til you bled.ï¿½ï¿½

'It was an Ozzy thing,ï¿½ï¿½ said Slash, 44, during a recent interview during Canadian Music Week.

'He said the song represents the situation he'™s had in his relationships with other musicians. Yes, there were some key lines in there that were very suggestive of my experience. But he said, '˜No, this is just an overall picture of the issues.'™ ï¿½ï¿½

Still, Slash admits there remains some 'bad bloodï¿½ï¿½ in his relationship with Rose, who he hasn'™t spoken to in 15 years after officially quitting GN'™R in 1996.

But at this point, he'™d really love it if everyone else moved on, like he has.

'Axl'™s the way he is and I sort of appreciate that, only because that'™s why he'™s so phenomenal,ï¿½ï¿½ Slash said. 'But at the same time it makes it very difficult to co-exist with him in a professional situation. So obviously I got to a point where he really forced my hand and I had to leave.

'But you know, that said, 15 years later, I can'™t really sort of sit here and just be bitter about it. So I sort of accept him for who he is and I moved on a long time ago.ï¿½ï¿½

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