* He was a huge influence on Slash, who after hearing Rocks decided to take up the guitar rather than race BMX.

After performing at a benefit gig for Randy Castillo in 2002, former Guns N ' Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum decided to form a new band after recognizing that their musical relationship was still very much intact.

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.

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.

At the insistence of the record label, the album was released under the name Slash's Snakepit, instead of The Snakepit, despite Slash not wanting his name used.

Cornell sang one song ( which he co-wrote ) on Slash, Slash's solo record released in April 2010.

Securing a record deal on Slash Records division Ruby, the group released their debut album, Fire of Love in 1981.

** Slash ( album ), a record by Slash

* Slash Records, a punk record label

In 1992, Failure signed with Slash Records ( an LA-based independent label whose releases were manufactured and distributed by Warner Bros. in the United States ), and went to Minnesota to record their debut album with notorious producer Steve Albini at Pachyderm Studio that summer.

Slash Records is a record label in Los Angeles, originally specializing in local and punk rock bands.

Ruby Records was a record label subsidiary of Slash Records, started in 1981.

In 1990, the band were signed to a worldwide record deal with the their music appearing on the Warner Brothers imprint Slash Records in North America.

Andrews was born in Seattle, Washington, and attended film school in Los Angeles before his band Failure received a record deal from Slash Records.

The fanzine also gave birth to Slash Records, an important punk record label.

Slash's Snakepit were an American rock supergroup from Los Angeles, California, formed by then-Guns N ' Roses guitarist Slash in 1993.

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

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.

After a tour in 1997, Slash approached Blues Ball bassist Johnny Griparic about forming a new lineup of Slash's Snakepit.

However, after the final show, Slash disbanded Slash's Snakepit due to a lack of commitment from his band members.

Following a tour in 1997, Slash approached Griparic about forming a new lineup of Slash's Snakepit They began looking for a singer, receiving over 300 audition tapes from mostly unknown singers.

Following the tour, feeling that his band was unprofessional and his band mates were not fully committed, Slash disbanded Slash's Snakepit in an announcement made in early 2002.

Following the breakup of Slash's Snakepit, Slash announced he was to begin working on a solo album.

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Following their departures, the trio focused on separate projects with Slash reforming Slash's Snakepit and McKagan reforming 10 Minute Warning, as well as recording his second solo album while Sorum rejoined The Cult.

In 1995 with Slash and Gilby Clarke he formed Slash's Snakepit and drummed on their debut album It's Five O ' Clock Somewhere.

In 1995, he collaborated with Slash on his solo project Slash's Snakepit ; he co-wrote " Beggars and Hangers-On " off their album It's Five O ' Clock Somewhere, which he played live during a Snakepit show in May of that year.

Some of the other bands he has played in include: Slash's Snakepit ( Also featuring Slash from Guns N ' Roses ), Skid Row, Vince Neil Band, Ratt, Warrant, L. A.

Since then he has kept working as an engineer and producer, reuniting with Aerosmith for three more albums and producing albums for artists such as Supertramp, Zebra, Clutch, Local H, Slash's Snakepit ( solo-project of ex-Guns N ' Roses guitarist Slash ) and in 2006 the return of the New York Dolls.

* Epiphone's Slash " Snakepit " Les Paul Standard ( 1999 )

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

Slash played the demos for Guns N ' Roses singer Axl Rose who rejected the material, though he would later want to use them for the next Guns N ' Roses album.

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.

Slash and Dover wrote the lyrics to all twelve songs with Slash using the songwriting to vent his frustrations at Guns N ' Roses singer Rose.

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.

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.