SLASH: More Details Of New Solo-Album

Mikkamakka

SLASH: More Details Of New Solo-Album Recording Sessions

Revealed - Nov. 30, 2011

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbe … mID=166702

Legendary guitarist Slash (GUNS N' ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER) recently completed the first recording session for his upcoming solo album at Barefoot Recording in Hollywood, California with producer Eric Valentine (QUEENS OF STONE AGE, THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS). Joining Slash in the studio were the members of his touring band: vocalist Myles Kennedy (ALTER BRIDGE), rhythm guitarist Bobby Schneck, bassist Todd Kerns (SIN CITY SINNERS, formerly of AGE OF ELECTRIC), and drummer Brent Fitz (formerly of THEORY OF A DEADMAN).

In a brand new update on his official blog, Kerns writes, "I'm back in L.A., two weeks or so into the second chapter of the new Slash record.

"The first three songs we did some time ago are recorded, mixed and mastered.

"'Bad Rain' is a sexy drop-D number with me on eight-string bass and squawking along with Mr. Kennedy.

"'Standing In The Sun' crept up from behind to be my favorite of the three, and if you're gonna listen to 'Halo', make sure you have your home insurance paid up 'cause it'll rip the roof off.

"All of these will be out into the public consciousness in the spring of 2012.

"Myles is out with ALTER BRIDGE tearing up the U.K. right now, so the 3 Amigos — Slash, Fizt and Dammit are hard at it. Yes, I misspelled Fitz on purpose. We call him Fizt as in Fist with a Z. I don't know why. Slash's tech, Jim Survis, named him that.

"Anyway, the three of us with our producer, the über-talented Eric Valentine, have been chipping away at a whole batch of new songs. We plan to record somewhere in the area of 15 songs and chip it back to about 12 for the CD. The extras will end up as B-sides somewhere."

Slash played three of the newly recorded songs — "Halo", "Standing In The Sun" and "Bad Rain" — for VH1 Classic "That Metal Show" co-host Eddie Trunk, who tweeted , "I can tell you the three songs I heard are heavy with killer riffs and vocals. It's the same band that he has been touring with last couple years on the album, and it sounds more cohesive because of it. Really strong!"

In a recent interview, Slash stated about the musicians in his band, "I was really fortunate. When I'd done the [first solo] record, I thought, 'I've gotta tour on this.' And I had to figure how I was gonna actually pull that off. And I set about auditioning musicians in L.A. and I just happened to meet Brent Fitz, who I'd never played before and who is not from Los Angeles; he was one of the guys I auditioned and he was great. And then he introduced me to Todd Kerns, who fit in perfectly. And it turned out to be a great band from the start — definitely worth going in and making a record with."

Valentine previously worked with Slash on the guitarist's self-titled solo album. But "the big difference," according to Slash, will be that Eric is "also gonna be mastering this one" in addition to recording and mixing the CD. "So it's like one-stop shopping, which is pretty cool," the axeman said.

Regarding the musicial direction of his new material and how it compares to last year's self-titled effort, Slash said, "This one's definitely a very focused… Very hard. Some of it's very heavy. It's got sort of a more unified sound to it, especially with one vocal all throughout."

monkeychow

So hanging out for this record.

I was thinking the other day, it makes me really happy that Slash is still out there doing stuff....I really enjoyed the last solo record..some of those tracks are very high on my most played lists at the moment...it's nice to see him back to being slash (he was a bit watered down in VR imo) and kicking ass.

Bono

Theory of a Deadman, Age of Electric.... what's with Slash and the generic Canadian rockers? Nah I like Todd Kerns and Brent Fitz did well to get out of Nickle.... errr... Theory of a Deadman. Man that band is awful. Cut from the exact same cloth as Nickelback. In fact Chad Kroger wrote some, most, maybe all their music, who knows it all sounds exactly the same

Jokes aside I'm excited for this.

metallex78

I think this album will be great, he's collaborating with some guys he has real chemistry with, and I think the results will be awesome!

monkeychow

Been thinking about it more...and the thing is I think he's now in his prime.

In the past he was badass but the drug use limited how good things can go. People say it makes you creative and whatever but at the end of the day if your #1 agenda for the day is the need to score then like that can't be a good thing for the hard work that goes into making a band kickass.

Not only is he clean now, but he's had 20 more years of growth and learning on the instrument...so he's not playing like a kid anymore...there's been a development to his style and his skills are so much more badass than before.

So he's old enough to have honed his craft - but still not so old that he's starting to loose speed or loose his edge....

So it's kind of the perfect moment for him to record his best ever album.

metallex78

Found this recent interview too:

http://www.revolvermag.com/news/slash-t … -cali.html

Now you are working on a new album.
Well, we recorded three songs already. And we did that before Myles took off [with Alter Bridge], just to sort of have some stuff in the can and be able to let the people that are gonna be distributing the record get some idea of what it sounds like. And those are killer, all right. So, now we’re in preproduction again doing the remaining 14, 15, 16 songs that we have until Myles gets back. And it’s a really fucking great record. Musically, it covers a lot of ground and it’s got a lot of depth. From a writing and player’s standpoint, it’s been probably my most adventurous record I’ve done to date. In some ways, in other ways it’s just so straight-ahead rock n’ roll, that it’s very simplistic. But it’s very diverse.

The last part kinda confused me.
So which one is it Slash? Diverse, or simplistic? It can't be both!

Still sounds REALLY promising!:mosh:

Mikkamakka

SLASH's Bassist TODD KERNS Checks In From The Studio - Dec. 22, 2011

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbe … mID=167566

Legendary guitarist Slash (GUNS N' ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER) recently re-entered Barefoot Recording in Hollywood, California with producer Eric Valentine (QUEENS OF STONE AGE, THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS) to resume recording Slash's upcoming solo album for a tentative April 2012 release. Joining Slash in the studio are the members of his touring band: vocalist Myles Kennedy (ALTER BRIDGE), rhythm guitarist Bobby Schneck, bassist Todd Kerns (SIN CITY SINNERS, formerly of AGE OF ELECTRIC), and drummer Brent Fitz (formerly of THEORY OF A DEADMAN).

In a brand new post on his official blog, Kerns writes about the latest recording sessions, "We are somewhere in the area of five songs in. I've lost track.

"We play the songs together live off the floor, capturing guitars, bass and drums all in one pass. If there's any glaring mistakes, they are repaired and we move on to the next.

"The pace has been about one song a day, though we've managed to fall off that pace here and there.

"The riffs are fat and huge and heavy.

"Slash plays solos live off the floor that are epic and as impressive as anything in his catalogue. And that's a formidable one.

"It's been fascinating working with Eric Valentine. Every day I come in and the drums are in a different part of the studio. He's big on different sounds for different songs. The kick drum sizes change, Myles and I change guitars and amps all the time dependent on the track. The only constant is Slash.

"Les Paul and Marshall. All you need is an American guitar and a British amplifier and you can take over the world.

"Slash has a very specific, distinctive sound and it would be a mistake to have him playing a Strat or a Tele. Slash needs to sound like Slash. The funny thing is I have a feeling that even if he did have a completely different set up going, it would still sound very much like him."

In a recent interview, Slash stated about the musicians in his band, "I was really fortunate. When I'd done the [first solo] record, I thought, 'I've gotta tour on this.' And I had to figure how I was gonna actually pull that off. And I set about auditioning musicians in L.A. and I just happened to meet Brent Fitz, who I'd never played before and who is not from Los Angeles; he was one of the guys I auditioned and he was great. And then he introduced me to Todd Kerns, who fit in perfectly. And it turned out to be a great band from the start — definitely worth going in and making a record with."

Valentine previously worked with Slash on the guitarist's self-titled solo album. But "the big difference," according to Slash, will be that Eric is "also gonna be mastering this one" in addition to recording and mixing the CD. "So it's like one-stop shopping, which is pretty cool," the axeman said.

Regarding the musical direction of his new material and how it compares to last year's self-titled effort, Slash said, "This one's definitely a very focused… Very hard. Some of it's very heavy. It's got sort of a more unified sound to it, especially with one vocal all throughout."

monkeychow

Could be interesting Slash recording live like that...i've often thought he plays better live than on the studio tracks...although I guess that's more about the interaction from the audience than just the band directly...but it could still work.

Axlin16

I agree. Sometimes Slash seems a bit neutered in a studio setting.

He has a much rawer sound live, however I think his off the path improvising, can be a bit off if not focused. Guys like Bucket seem to have this amazing ability to fuck around with a song live, and bring it back to the original, yet somehow it flows.

I've heard Slash do the same thing, and if he's not incredibly focused on going off the mark, the soloing can get lost.

So is long as I think he knows where he's going with it, then cuts it in a live manner, he should be fine.

Smoking Guns

When they say "live", it's still rehearsed to a point... It won't just be an impromptu jam session, but will be live as in he won't be in some booth, but with the band. He will have an idea for the solos....

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