Slash makes a small comment on Chinese Democracy

Smoking Guns

Imagine is one of the greatest songs ever written.

I am so happy with the Slash album, still listen to it daily, I love it.

Intercourse

Slash intentionally overexposed himself, in order to gain that notority.

You can only get overexposed if there is interest in the media in putting you up there in the first place.

At this point, I think younger people just remember him as the guy with the top hat who plays guitar, rather than Guns N' Roses.

That makes no sense. How did you get into music as a kid? To assume a kid would play the game, listen to the songs and not put two and two together and use the web to find out more about Slash and his place in GNR is just not realistic. Half the excitement when you are young is getting into bands and especially older generation bands as there is a 'coolness factor' associated. I mean, how did discover Led Zep etc?? Kids are into Slash and GNR because of the game. The end justifies the means.

Slash's situation is VERY UNIQUE to him, considering the stature of Guns N' Roses at the time it dissolved.

That doesn't mean his success was in any way assured. He used his legacy to stay current and has managed to have a few Number 1s since.

The last guitar hero left? Well I agree with you, but these lameoid punk kids these days think that Radiohead is Pink Floyd, and Kurt Cobain was Paul McCartney

But Slash still remains huge news; that's my point, he has transended the generation gap reagrdless of how screwed up the kids are, many still lap up his work.

So does Slash. Slash was not the best of his era. Eddie was better, Vai was better, Bucket was better (started in the early 90's), Paul Gilbert was with Mr. Big which no one took seriously, and was better.

who said anything about being the best? You're confusing my point about Slash's style rather than his chops.

Slash only has that icon thing to go on.

How does one become an icon? From setting a unique global standard in your chosen craft. Slash has done that. He's been out there for 25 years earning that cliched title. The quality of his work is what keeps people coming back. He gave them his best of stuff in the 80's and 90's but came back in '04 and '10 with more and huge amounts of people are still digging it. Maybe not as much as the past but again as I said before, for a lone guitar player who can't get a singer to settle, its a hell of a run.

if anything he was the Steven Tyler of his era. But Freddie Mercury was better.

I would have said Axl was a bigger icon that Tyler - he was truly a global fascination. I have to 100% agree with you about Mercury though. Outrageous showman, singer and songwriter. A once in a generation front man.

Maybe the reality is that the stakes are so much higher for singers as there have been so many hugely talented icons over the years. Weiland has a huge career but gets panned constantly when compared to the greats..bum deal for the average guy done well!!!:peace:

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