The first lineup of the band consisted of Slash, two of his Guns N ' Roses band mates — drummer Matt Sorum and guitarist Gilby Clarke — as well as Alice in Chains bassist Mike Inez and former Jellyfish live guitarist Eric Dover on lead vocals.

Slash decided to record the Snakepit demos with Sorum, Clarke and Inez, later adding former Jellyfish live guitarist Eric Dover as lead vocalist.

The decision to record with Dover led to a disagreement between Slash and Sorum, due to Slash not seeking Sorum's approval before hiring Dover.

The band were also often described as Slash's solo or side project though Slash maintained that they were a band, stating " everybody wrote, everybody had equal input even though I had my name on it.

Rodgers wrote the title track and was backed by guitarists Brian May, Gary Moore, David Gilmour, Jeff Beck, Steve Miller, Buddy Guy, Richie Sambora, Brian Setzer, Slash and Trevor Rabin.

At that time, he also wrote for the West Coast fanzines Search and Destroy, BOMP and Slash ( fanzine ).

# " My Baby Wants to Rock and Roll " ( lyrics: Pop, music: Slash ) – 4: 46

Slash fiction, like other fan fiction, sometimes borrows the MPAA film rating system to indicate the amount of sexual content in the story. Not all slash fiction has explicit sexual content – the interaction between two characters can be as innocent as holding hands or a chaste kiss, or even contain nothing but unfulfilled yearning ; stories may be labeled " UST " for " unresolved sexual tension ".

Though often described as a solo or side project, Slash stated that Snakepit was a band, with equal contributions by all members.

They recorded the album at Conway Recording Studios and The Record Plant with Mike Clink and Slash co-producing and Steven Thompson and Michael Barbiero mixing, all of whom had worked with Guns N ' Roses on their debut album Appetite for Destruction.

In his 2007 autobiography, Guns N ' Roses guitarist Slash revealed that the casting director hired all five members of Guns N ' Roses as extras for a club scene, having coincidentally scouted them in different locations without their knowledge.

Slash, McKagan, and Sorum all contributed to the song " Kissed It " for the Macy Gray album The Sellout, which was released on June 22, 2011.

The Los Angeles shows were all sold out in less than half an hour, and the audience included future Guns N ' Roses members Duff McKagan and Slash.

Allen recorded with them on all of their albums ( excepting the Rollin ' Rock debut ) from their second and all subsequent releases on Slash / Warner Bros.

Thus " Slash " became a universal term to describe all homosexual themed fan works.

Throughout his journey, Buddy is stalked by his greatest foe: a sinister Slash look-alike who is the personification of the Grim Reaper, and his grungy group of guitarists / archers ; Death's goal is to eliminate all the King-wannabes and the conquest of Vegas.

Released in late 2009 the Traxxas Slash 4x4, a 4WD 1 / 10th scale short-course electric race truck and it features Traxxas ' first all new 1 / 10th scale platform since the Jato was introduced in 2005.

In February 2010 all versions of VXL systems were sold as waterproof, however the Slash 4x4 does not bear the VXL moniker like Traxxas ' other Velineon powered models.

" Slash also commented saying " Thanks for all the R & RHF mentions, It's quite an honor to be inducted.

On April 14, 2012, former Guns N ' Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan, Gilby Clarke, Steven Adler and Matt Sorum all reunited at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Wild Gift, like their debut album, was released on Slash records, and was similar in musical style, although Wild Gift featured shorter, faster songs ; arguably their most stereotypically punk-sounding record.

In 1990, McKagan — along with his Guns N ' Roses band mate Slash — co-wrote and played several songs on Iggy Pop's Brick by Brick.

Slash and McKagan were particularly opposed to the drift to symphonic ballads, and felt their choice of more direct rock songs were being overlooked by Rose.

" Riff Raff " is frequently played on Guns N ' Roses / Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash's iheartradio channel, " Slash FM ", citing it as one of his favorite AC / DC songs.

The film's soundtrack album includes songs by Bourbon Tabernacle Choir, Rita Chiarelli, Nash the Slash, Acid Test, Jellyfishbabies and Tom Jones.

It features interviews with friends, peers, and admirers such as Dave Grohl, Slash, Ozzy Osbourne, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, and Robert Trujillo of Metallica, David Ellefson of Megadeth, Scott Ian of Anthrax, Alice Cooper, Peter Hook of Joy Division / New Order, Dee Snider, Nikki Sixx, Mick Jones of The Clash, Kat Von D, Henry Rollins, Lars Frederiksen of Rancid, Jim Heath of Reverend Horton Heat, Slim Jim Phantom of The Stray Cats, Mike Inez, Joan Jett, pro skateboarder Geoff Rowley, pro wrestler Triple H, Fast Eddie Clarke, Jarvis Cocker, Marky Ramone, former Hawkwind

In 1993, Slash Records released The Germs: Complete Anthology ( MIA ), with liner notes by Pleasant Gehman.

The second half of the concert featured the three remaining Queen members-John Deacon ( on bass ), Brian May ( on guitar ) and Roger Taylor ( on drums )-along with guest singers and guitarists, including Elton John, Roger Daltrey ( of The Who ), Tony Iommi ( of Black Sabbath ), David Bowie, Mick Ronson ( of Spiders from Mars ), James Hetfield ( of Metallica ), George Michael, Seal, Paul Young, Annie Lennox, Lisa Stansfield, Robert Plant ( of Led Zeppelin ), Joe Elliott and Phil Collen ( of Def Leppard ), Axl Rose and Slash ( of Guns N ' Roses ), Liza Minnelli, and others.

He announced his retirement from touring with a series of sell-out concerts at Wembley Arena in April 1981, supported by experimental musician Nash the Slash and Shock, a rock / mime / burlesque troupe whose members included Barbie Wilde, Tik and Tok and Carole Caplin.

Producers like Slash Major, who introduced the Trap in Spain, works with F. L. Y.

* O ' Reilly interview with the Slash ' EM development team

Weiland first became associated with former Guns N ' Roses members Slash ( guitar ), Matt Sorum ( drums ), and Duff McKagan ( bass ) and former Wasted Youth guitarist Dave Kushner in 2002, who were looking for a singer to start a band.

The band Muse had taken some of the heat for this with the invention of BellDom, where they have the drummer ( Dominic Howard ) and the guitarist ( Matt Bellamy, who once declared that " MuseSlash " sounded so interesting that he would definitely check out what it was about ) in a relationship, there are many other forms of Muse Slash but BellDom became the most famous one.

Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein | Doyle performing with the Misfits at the 9: 30 Club in Washington, D. C. in 1983. Walk Among Us was released in March 1982 through Ruby and Slash Records.

Within a year, the band signed up with Slash Records, and in 1987 their second album Introduce Yourself was released.

They played shows in the US, Europe, Japan and Australia before Geffen Records pulled their financial support for the tour, with Slash returning to Guns N ' Roses and Slash's Snakepit disbanding.

Slash worked on the demos with Guns N ' Roses band mate and drummer Matt Sorum.

They toured the US, Europe, Japan and Australia with Slash stating that " for the first time in years, touring was easy, band mates were loads of fun and low on drama, and every gig was about playing rock and roll.

Following his departure, Slash toured Japan for two weeks with Chic, and worked on the soundtrack to the film Curdled.

Jon Stevens of Noiseworks, who had been recording with Slash, was seen as a potential singer in early 1998.

However, when Slash was informed by Geffen, who had folded into Interscope Records, that the album was not the type of music the label produced, he bought the album back and signed a deal with Koch Records.

Slash later revealed in his self-titled biography that he had actually suffered cardiac myopathy caused by years of alcohol and drug abuse, with his heart swelling to the point of rupture.