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Real name: Saul Hudson

Place / Date of Birth: Hampstead (London), July 23, 1965

Free Style: Blues & Hard Rock

Group Band: Velvet Revolver, Slash's Snakepit, Gun's N 'Roses, Hollywood Rose

Musical Influence: Aerosmith, Led Zeppelline, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton

Guitar Used: Gibson Les Paul, Gibson Flying-V, BC Rich Mockingbird, B.C. Rich Warlock, Fender Stratocaster, Fender Telecaster, 1952, etc..

Favorite Album: Aerosmith - Rocks, Cheap Trick: Live at Budokan, and UFO - Strangers in the Night.

Which rocker do not know Slash? His name is so well known around the world since the orbit with one of the world's biggest rock band, Gun's N 'Roses. His figure is easily recognizable, with long hair, curly, long-wearing hat / hat trick, with carrying Gibson Les Paul and do not forget to stick a cigarette Marlboro dibibir Slash is a very familiar style.

Slash was born in Hampstead (London), England on July 23, 1965. His father was a white British, American citizen and his mother black. Her mother is a stage designer David Bowie, and his father worked as a record album cover designer. At the age of 11 years Slash moved to Los Angeles. From the first she had a lifestyle that is anti-socialist. For children age, performed by using a leather jacket, creased jeans, and long hair is seen tilted by the community. 70'an mid Slash started playing BMX motocross.He even had time to get awards and money from this sport.

At the age of 15, he obtained a first guitar from his grandmother. Finally he started learning to play guitar with a lot of listening to the songs of Led Zeppelline, Eric Clapton, Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, and Neil Young. He decided to quit the sport to his BMX and guitar. Every day he practiced for 12 hours. Due to busy playing guitar every day, he was expelled from school while in level 11. He is also getting increasing interaction with young musicians and do a jam session. Inspiration from Aerosmith greatly affect musical skills. Soon after she met Steven Adler and formed the band Road Crew. Only a guitarist and drummer make them and then looking for vocalists. A bass player named Duff McKagan Slash answered advertisements in newspapers. Later they agreed to change the name of his band with a new name Hollywood Roses. While continuing to play from pub to pub and had time to record a demo album, by chance Slash et al met with 2 band LA Guns, Izzy Stradlin and Axl Rose. After doing a jam session, they admired each other for their musical ability with each other. Finally join the band and take the name of Gun's N 'Roses.

At first they released a mini album Live: Like A Suicide. Slash et al feel quite satisfied with the album that is this inducement, the article they then get a recording contract with Geffen Records label. Year 1987 debut album released with the title of the album Appetite For Destruction. Beyond expectations, the debut single hits Sweet Child O'Mine managed to become champions ditangga the Billboard charts and radio. Intro song that shows the ability of Slash playing guitar directly into an inspiration for young people around the world. Followed later by a single Welcome To The Jungle is also used as a soundtrack to the film Dead Pool. This album catapulted the name of Slash as a guitarist best newcomer. Within one year, this album has managed to sell 20 million albums worldwide.

In 1989, the G N 'R released a second album, Lies. But album sales not as successful as the first album. 2 years later the album Use Your Illusion I and II was released to the market. The album was re-raising names as the best guitarist Slash. On this album he is capable of displaying games and touching a harmonious melody. Anyone not going to deny how beautiful the game Slash solo in the song November Rain and Do not Cry.And a game that is equally apiknya in numbers Estranged, Live and Let Die and You Could Be Mine song that became the soundtrack movie box office, Terminator 2. In these times of Slash with his band reached the top of glory where they also held a world tour. Finally, GNR designation as The Dangerous Band In The World. Even judged popularitasnyabisa exceed the Beatles when continue to produce an album like this.

Spaghetti Incident album released in 1993 to his last album with the GNR, the article of the internal conflicts within the band's own body. Slash Axl does not agree to a vision that began to change colors GNR in the direction of techno music. Remove and set up Slash Slash's Snakepit. Together with this new band he had released 2 albums namely IT'S FIVE O'Clock Somewhere in 1995 and Is not Life Grand in 2000. Unfortunately the albums are not as successful during GNR was still together. After 2 years later he decided to quit from the project Slash 'Snakepit and form a new band consisting of almost all my ex-GNR personnel. Duff on bass, Matt Sorum on drums, a new guitarist Dave Kushner and lead singer Scott Weiland (ex Stone Temple Pillots vocalists). Debut album Contraband was released in 2004. This album immediately perched at the top of the Billboard Charts. This is because the fans longing GNR GNR on its own which, according to rumors will release a new album but it never arrived. Finally, the longing to Velvet Revolver shed most of its personnel are the main pillars of the GNR in the past.Slither debut single managed to become a promising debut.

Besides busy with his own band, Slash also turned out once a guitarist for the other world musicians like Michael Jackson. Even in 2001, when Michael Jackson celebrates 30 years of his musical career, Slash was the star guest by filling out the guitar part and a duet on stage at the song Black Or White and Beat It. Slash also repeatedly chosen as the Best Guitarist Of The Year from music magazines. It is also a cause Gibson to sign a Gibson endorser and artist. Now, even his guitar collection has exceeded the number 100 and there will likely continue to grow.

Hits: November Rain, Do not Cry, Mr. Brownstone, voodoo chile intro

King Crimson - The Most Prog Of The Prog

If you want to hear music in the future, listen to King Crimson 
" Bill Bruford, drummer for King Crimson" 1972-1974, 1981-1984 and 1994-1999.
King Crimson is a progressive rock band formed in England in 1969 by Robert Fripp and Michael Giles, to resume their previous projects namely Giles, Giles and Fripp with Peter Giles, who broke up in the same year. They rarely penetrate the mainstream market but have a row of fans 'one of the terloyal and fanatics that ever existed' and highly influential on rock music scene.
King Crimson's first lineup (1969-1970) consisted of Fripp (guitar), Giles (drums), Ian McDonald (multi instrumentalist), Greg Lake (bass, vocals), and Peter Sinfield (lyrics).They spawned the album In The Court of the Crimson King: An Observation By King Crimson, abbreviated ITCOTCK, which is the album's most successful and influential progressive rock scene at that time.
But even at that time, the split occurred between Fripp, McDonald and Giles are different opinions about the musical direction KC. So McDonald and Giles left the band.Lake had become uneasy with the situation, and partly because Keith Emerson invited to create supergroups (later will be ELP), the Lake decided to exit. But Fripp was desperate and begged Lake and Giles to remain until the next album, and the bass position was replaced by Peter Giles. Fripp recruited 2 people again, Mel Collins and Keith Tippett to replace McDonald. They released the album In The Wake Of Poseidon (1970), which is not so much criticized for its behavior and his voice is very similar to ITCOTCK.
Lake and Giles (both) was finally out, and the position of bass / vocals replaced by Gordon Haskell, with Andy McCullough on drums. They released the album Lizards in December 1970. But confusion persists in the band, with a failed or canceled tours and have trouble finding their musical direction. So Haskell and McCullough decided to get out. Fripp then recruit Boz Burrell at the position bass / vocals and Ian Wallace on drums. Sinfield understand the situation and begin using synthesizers. They meriis album Islands in 1971. This is the last album that influenced / similar to ITCOTCK.
Sinfield was fed up with the chaos and was unhappy with the direction of the target band, and he was fired by Fripp. King Crimson was finally disbanded at once, because Fripp's decision to only include homemade songs on the album. Fripp decided to recruit re-member band from the beginning, and in 1972 he hired James Muir (percussion) and then pull Bill Bruford (drums) from Yes, and John Wetton (bass / vocals) and David Cross (violin / keyboards). They move quickly and released the album Larks' Tongues In Aspic (1972) with lyrics by Richard Palmer-James. They experienced a very significant change in sound, with Fripp find 'distinctive voice' his guitar, and sometimes leads to heavy metal, free jazz, and Vaughan Williams and Bela Bartok. James Muir decided to leave the band after the tour that year as well.
Fripp decided to stay on the line-up and spawn King Crimson Starless and Bible Black (1973) that transmit sound from previous albums, plus the influence of Miles Davis and his White Album The Beatles. But Cross frustrated with the noise made by Bruford and Wetton when the concert, which forced him to divert his violin, so he's out.
The remaining trio decided to release the album Red (1974). This album, although not sold in the UK but very influential and famous, and even inspired Kurt Cobain of Nirvana 25 years later. Although the prospects are very open with a concert band that is fully charged, but Fripp experiencing a spiritual crisis and loss of spirit, so decided to liquidate King Crimson.
They had formed again in 1980, with Adrian Belew (vocals / guitar) and Tony Levin (bass) replaced Wetton, who was busy with Asia. They released 3 albums, Discipline (1981), Beat (1982), and Three Of A Perfect Pair (1984), which is affected by the movement of New Wave and gamelan (yes!). They again disbanded in 1984.
They returned in 1994, with the concept of "double trio" and adding Trey Gunn (bass) and Pat Mastellotto (drums). They released the EP Vroom (1994) and Thrak (1995) which prove the greatness and strange experiments conducted "double trio". But this project is quite expensive to run. But rather than dismiss the band, Fripp issued a new idea of ​​dividing the band into four "ProjeKCts" which Fripp called "FraKCtalization". In this way, King Crimson can run the project with ease.
With the formation of "projeKCts" is, they released a compilation of The ProjeKCts in 1999, before Fripp decided to end this concept in 2000, which marked the release of the band Bruford and Levin. They released The ConstruKCtion of Light (2000). This album is their heaviest album, and one that is not liked, even by some of their fans. They decided to go ahead, released an EP Level Five (2001) and Happy With What You Have To Be Happy With (2002). Only in 2003 they released the album The Power to Believe, their latest album, much praised and well known among lovers of prog. They then decided to vacuum (hiatus), while in 2004.
They came back in 2007, with Gunn replaced again by Levin (bass) and Gavin Harrison of Porcupine Tree is added as a second drummer. To date they have not released a new album.