A Phil Brodie Band Info Page
SLASH
Formerly
of GUNS N' ROSES, SNAKEPIT, BLUES BALL and currently with VELVET REVOLVER
Slash picked his ultimate compilation guitar mix CD in the November
2004 issue of Q magazine.
The tracks he chose are as follows:
01.
JIMI HENDRIX - Machine
Gun
02. LED
ZEPPELIN - No Quarter
03. AEROSMITH - Nobody's
Fault
04. AEROSMITH/RUN
DMC - Walk This Way
05. JEFF BECK -
Cause We've Ended As Lovers
06. JEFF BECK -
I Ain't Superstitious
07. JEFF BECK -
Rock My Plimsoul
08. JIMI HENDRIX
- Purple Haze
09. JIMI HENDRIX
- All Along The Watchtower
10. VAN HALEN -
Runnin' With The Devil
11. CHEAP TRICK -
Gonna Raise Hell
12. ERIC CLAPTON
- Cocaine
13. DEREK
& THE DOMINOES - Layla
14. GARY MOORE -
Shapes Of Things
15. UFO - Rock
Bottom (Live)
16. SCORPIONS -
Fly To The Rainbow
17. BB KING - The
Thrill Is Gone
18. CHUCK BERRY -
Johnny B Goode
19. DEEP PURPLE -
Burn
20. RORY GALLAGHER
- Wheels Within Wheels
AWESOME COMPILATION!!
Slash is one of my personal favourite power guitarists.
Slash's early guitar influences were Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page
& Rory Gallagher. Band influence was Aerosmith. He was born Saul
Hudson, 1965 in Hamstead, London, bought up in Stoke on Trent, UK. His
Dad Anthony Hudson is a designer (album covers) for Geffen Records and
his Mum, Ola Hudson, is a very successful clothing designer. They moved
back to USA when Slash was 11 years old. He is a self taught guitarist,
his gran gave him his first guitar at 15 yrs. He devoted 12 hours a
day to playing his guitar!! Listening and copying all his favourites
... (school went out of the window!) After Guns 'n' Roses split he formed
his own band 'Snakepit' and plays lead guitar with Velvet Revolver.
He married Perla Ferrar on October 15, 2001, they have two little children,
London Emilio Hudson (born August 28th, 2002) and Cash Anthony Hudson
(born June 23rd, 2004).
A little story from the 80's:-
Mark
Stein says - "After Vanilla Fudge I decided to put my own band
together. The 80s was the hard rock and heavy metal decade. There was
Bobby Arechiga, one hell of a
drummer and myself. We had a couple of guitar players. Lanny Cordola
played with us for a while. Guns & Roses opened for Danger Zone
at the Roxy in L.A. one night!"
Speaking not long ago to my friend Bobby
Arechiga about this, he laughingly said to me " Ya it was awesome,
an awesome night, only trouble was Guns'n'Roses got signed,
we, Danger
Zone didn't!"
Wow
what a collection & they aren't even all there !!
SLASH started out with a one string acoustic.
His first electric was a copy of a Gibson Explorer. Later guitars included
a Memphis Les Paul copy, a B.C. Rich Mockingbird, a B.C. Rich Warlock,
a Fender Stratocaster, a Jackson Firebird copy and a Charvel. We ALL
know SLASH favors the Gibson Les Paul guitar, so you might be surprised
to see the assortment in his collection of 100+ guitars. As for
strings, SLASH uses Ernie Ball Slinky R.P.S. strings of gauge 11-48.
He likes to play with the heaviest picks he can find and prefers purple
Dunlop Tortex 1.14 mm picks. Most all of his live guitars are equipped
with Seymour Duncan Alnico II pro humbuckers. His guitar straps are
custom made. He is also well known for his Marshall amps.
SLASH BANDS
VELVET
REVOLVER
Dave
Kushner [guitars], Duff McKagan [bass], Scott Weiland [vocals],
Slash [guitars] & Matt Sorum [drums]
MEMBERS OF VELVET REVOLVER
Slash - Guitar (ex-Guns N' Roses, Slash's Snakepit, Blues Ball)
Scott Weiland - Vocals (ex-Stone Temple Pilots)
Dave Kushner - Rhythm guitar (ex Dave Navarro, Wasted Youth)
Duff McKagan - Bass (ex-Guns N' Roses, Neurotic Outsiders)
Matt Sorum - Drums (ex-The Cult, Guns N' Roses, Neurotic Outsiders)
VELVET REVOLVER
ALBUMS
2004 "Slither"
2004 "Fall to Pieces"
2005 "Dirty Little Thing"
2005 "Come On, Come In"
VELVET REVOLVER TOUR/APPEARANCES
12.31.05 Starland
Ballroom, South Amboy, NJ
SLASH'S "SNAKEPIT"
FIRST LINE-UP ~
1994 – 1996
Slash - guitar
Matt Sorum - drums
Dizzy Reed - keyboards
Mike Inez - bass
Eric Dover - lead vocals
Gilby Clarke - rhythm guitars
Teddy Andreadis - harmonica (appearences)
SECOND LINE-UP ~ 1998 - 2001
Slash - guitar
Rod Jackson - vocals
Johnny Griparic - bass
Matt Laug - drums
Ryan
Roxie - guitar
later replaced by Keri Kelli
Teddy
Andreadis - keyboard
(appearences)
Slash has recently announced that he will
not be reforming Snakepit unless Velvet Revolver disband.
ALBUMS
It's Five O'Clock Somewhere (1995)
Ain't Life Grand (2000)
SLASH'S "BLUES BALL"
MEMBERS
~ 1996 - 1998
Slash -lead guitar
Johnny Griparic - bass
Alvino Bennet - drums
Bobby Schneck - rhythm guitar
Dave McLaurin - sax
Teddy Andreadis - lead vocals, harmonica, keyboard
Slash formed this power blues touring band in
between the gap of Snakepit's two line ups. The band did blues cover
tracks such as Stone Free, Born Under A Bad Sign, Hootchie Cootchie
Man, Suspicious, covered a few Snakepit songs and the Dylan song "Knockin'
On Heaven's Door" was always popular. They continually toured US
and internationally for two years, but never bought an album out. Slash
is said to have enjoyed the rest from the bigger venues and enjoyed
time with his fans before and after the gigs.
GUNS 'N' ROSES
MEMBERS
over the years
· Slash - guitar (1985-1996)
· Axl Rose - vocals, piano (1985-present)
·
Duff McKagan - bass (1985-1998)
· Steven Adler - drums (1985-1990)
·
Izzy Stradlin - guitar (1985-1991)
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
· Rob Gardner - drums (1985)
· Tracii Guns - guitar (1985)
·
Matt Sorum - drums (1990-1997)
· Dizzy Reed - keyboards (1990-present)
·
Gilby Clarke - guitar (1991-1994)
·
Paul Tobias - guitar (1994-2002)
·
Josh Freese - drums (1997-2000)
· Robin Finck - lead guitar (1997-present)
·
Chris Pitman - keyboards (1998-present) (unofficial member)
· Tommy Stinson - bass (1998-present)
· Buckethead - guitar (2000-2004)
· Brian Mantia - drums (2000-present)
· Richard Fortus - rhythm guitar (2002-present)
G'n'R ALBUMS
Appetite for Destruction (1987) - 18 Million (15x platinum)
G N' R Lies (1988) - 4.7 Million (5x platinum)
Use Your Illusion I (1991) - 5,355,985 (7x platinum)
Use Your Illusion II (1991) - 5,435,447 (7x platinum)
Use Your Illusion I & II (1998) - 430,912
The Spaghetti Incident? (1993) - 1,290,849 (1x platinum)
Live Era '87-'93 (double album) (1999) - 729,370 (Gold)
Greatest Hits (2004) - 2,419,000 (2x platinum)
Chinese Democracy (rumoured to be released
in early 2006)
