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The almighty fret shredder, Slash, says that he wants to make nice with Axl Rose before they are inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

He said, “When I see footage of Guns N’ Roses, I see that f***ing hunger and attitude. You could not f**k with those five guys. It was just raw. It was this lean, hungry thing on its way up. It was as sincere as any rock ‘n’ roll that I’ve ever heard, and I’m proud of that. The split between Axl and I was a quiet one. But because there was so much attention on the break-up – and are we going to get back together – it got built up into this monster that led to a kind of animosity that wasn’t the focus for me. Neither one of us wants to be down each other’s throats for no reason. At this point, I’m trying to put it to rest.”

The two haven’t talked to each other for years but Slash is willing to make up for it. This would be amazing if they where to join up at the induction ceremony and play a song.

Do you think they would actually get along? Do you want to see them get back together?

Rocker Slash has just filed for divorce from his wife of nine years, Perla Ferrar.

According to the legal papers, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Slash cites the reason for the divorce as irreconcilable differences.

He is seeking joint physical and legal custody of the couple’s two children, London Emilio and Cash Anthony. Slash is willing to pay spousal support and the couple did not have a prenuptial agreement in place.

They were married in October, 2001.

Axl Rose misinterpreted a Twitter message from Slash, when referring to a benefit concert he [Slash] planned to benefit Haiti.

On the 13th, Slash tweeted, “Looking into organizing a big fund raiser concert for Haiti.” Apparently, in Axl language, he must’ve thought that Slash was looking for a way to get the band back together, so he responded with, “On a side note, pretty low n’ selfish usin’ the devastation in Haiti 2 start (false) reunion rumors. R hearts n’ prayers go out to the Haitian people.”

But do you know how huge that would be if GNR reformed to benefit the Haitians? Side note: Axl needs to learn how to read.

Slash spoke to “GQ”, where he confirmed that him and another former member of Guns N’ Roses turned down over $100 million to reunite. Axl anyone?

He said, “Things were so abrasive by the time I left. I’ve never thought, ‘Oh, wouldn’t it be nice to get back together.’ Because I know it wouldn’t! One of the two of us will die before a reunion.”

When asked specifically how much they were offered, he said, “I can’t remember exact numbers, but excessive. Seven, eight-digit kinds of things.” Afterward, he confirmed that it was over $100 million.

According to GigWise, Slash is sad that the world will never see the original lineup. He added, “It’s sad that something so good doesn’t exist anymore, even though we’re both still alive and on the same planet. When we were on stage we were a real force together. But it got to a point off stage where it was impossible for us to even be in the same room together and create any music.”

Just last week, I posted the collaboration between Slash, Fergie, and Cypress Hill for the Guns N’ Roses hit, “Paradise City”. It seems that I wasn’t the only one upset that he’s allowing the butchering of classics.

He has defended his decision to bring her on as part of his upcoming album. He took to his Twitter page to say, “Until now, not too many people have heard Fergie sing Rock & Roll but she sings it better tha most dudes I know. She’s a screamer at heart.”

I’m not buying it, dude. Leave the classics in the eighties, please. There will never be another Axl Rose, even though you don’t like him. His vocals were classic and unique and you can’t even begin to replace that, especially with the likes of Fergie.

Slash hooked up with Cypress Hill and Fergie to do a remake of the famous Guns ‘N Roses song, “Paradise City” and you can listen to it right here!

Surely, as you may know, we do not own the rights to this song, but you can listen to the butchering of a classic, after the jump! (continue reading…)

Slash has donated a personalized top hat, a book, and photo for a charity that will benefit homeless youth.

Slash tweeted, “If you want to bid for a personallised top hat, book & photo to help fund homeless teens, click on.”

Check out the auction and bid here. The current bid is at $485.00 and is quickly rising.

Lindsay Lohan says that she wants legendary guitarist Slash to teach her how to play the guitar. She says, “Can you maybe give me guitar lessons? I’ve lost any sort of magic touch I’ve ever had.”

She had previously taken guitar classes for her role in “Freaky Friday”.

We haven’t heard word yet as to whether or not he’ll take her up on the offer, but stay tuned. Think he should do it?

What is taking so long with Velvet Revolver coming out with some new music already?!?? I saw them in concert and the whole freaking thing was electric, all the way down from Slash’s guitar skills to Scott Weiland’s singing into a megaphone.

The band says that they are in no hurry to make anything new, insisting they will regroup “when it is supposed to happen.” So I guess they want a singer to just fall from the sky?

Bassist Duff McKagan said, “Either you’ve got the guy or you’ve not and we’ve worked with some really talented guys. The trick is getting the chemistry right. Slash is making his solo record, which he’s desperately needed to do for years, so I’ll keep working with my other band Loaded, he’ll do that and music will happen when it’s supposed to happen. The right guy will fall into our laps when he is supposed to and maybe that’s why it hasn’t happened yet.”

How about them all working together to give Axl Rose another try? Is that reaching?

Slash’s mother, Ola Hudson, has passed away in Los Angeles after suffering a battle with lung cancer.

Hudson passed away at Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica on Friday evening. She was only 62-years-old.

About five hours ago, Slash twittered, “Back in the studio today but I’m having a hard time concentrating.”

She is survived by sons Slash, 43, Albion, 38, and ex-husband, Anthony Hudson.

Our best wishes go out to Slash and his family in this tough time. May she rest in peace.

It was Rat Pack Standards night on American Idol last night, with Jamie Foxx mentoring the wannabe singers.

Matt Giraud sang “My Funny Valentine” and even though he was saved by the first judges veto in American Idol history, he was given the boot.

What do you think? Was he given a raw deal or was it meant to be?

Oh yeah, Slash is mentoring next week’s show for ROCK WEEK. I may actually watch this one.

Here’s the low-down on what’s happening with one of my favorite guitarists, Slash. Apparently, him and his wife purchased a house in 2006 and sold it in 2007. They say that they were duped into thinking that they could throw insanely huge parties there, but was misinformed.

They’re suing the brokers who sold them the house, because it’s not suitable for parties. They’re claiming that the real estate agent and Sotheby’s misrepresented the house, saying that it was an ideal location for parties.

They say that the home was smaller than advertised and is located on a street with parking restrictions. They’re suing for more than $1 million and punitive damages.

Think they should get it? I do, especially if they can prove that their intent for purchasing the house was to party hard.

Only one thing comes to mind now:

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Slash’s signature Les Paul Goldtop guitar was stolen when thieves raided his studio. Now, he’s asked the fine people at Gibson to recreate the guitar so that he can achieve the sound he made on Guns N’ Roses hits Sweet Child O’ Mine and November Rain.

He says, “I asked Gibson to make me a reissue of the 1991 Les Paul Goldtop that I had been using on tour for Sweet Child O’ Mine, November Rain and Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door. This was probably the best guitar that I ever heard for playing those kinds of solos. In 1998, I had my studio ripped off and all my guitars were stolen. Slowly but surely I got them all back, but the one I didn’t get back was that particular Goldtop.”

They’ve made him the guitar and he has said that he’s very impressed with the sound. I’m sure he’d love it even more to get back the first incarnation of that guitar, though. Somebody out there still has it.

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Slash has recently got the chance to listen to the new GNR album, Chinese Democracy. Here’s what he had to say about the album:

“At first I thought that I would never listen to it until it’s released, but someone handed it to me and I was in my car and I was like, ‘Okay, let’s give it a try.’ So I listened to it: It’s a really good record. It’s very different from what the original Guns N’ Roses sounded like, but it’s a great statement by Axl. Now you understand where he was heading all this time. It’s a record that the original Guns N’ Roses could never possibly make. And at the same time it just shows you how brilliant Axl is. So it was a relief for me to actually hear it.”

Slash sucks. After he lambasted that dude at Antiquiet for posting 9 tracks from the album, I’ve lost respect for him. I’m also losing interest in waiting another 14 years to hear that crap. So they both can suck it.

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Newly reformed Stone Temple Pilots played for the first time in eight years last night. They only played a 30 minute, six song set in the Hollywood Hills…..I’m sure it rocked.

Even though STP didn’t really get a whole lot of attention in the 90′s, they’re set to blow up this time around. Especially after Scott Weiland and Slash really rocked out Velvet Revolver. And they rocked in concert, too.

If he can bring the same energy back to STP, I’ll go and see them live.

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According to sources, Scott Weiland told fans recently that he planned to reunite the Stone Temple Pilots to do a summer tour.

The official news was released by Velvet Revolver axeman, Slash. We haven’t heard of the deets on the reunion yet, but we’re hoping that they come to our neck of the woods! That would be rockin’!

And don’t think that because he’s doing stuff with STP, that Scott Weiland plans to leave Velvet Revolver any time soon. That’s not happening.

I saw VR in Cleveland a year or so ago and they rocked the house HARD, so it’d be a shame to walk away from that type of electricity on stage.

Tour deets to come upon availability.

Slash talks candidly about his drinking problem, heart problem, and getting healthy.

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Slash has gone on the record to basically say that his ex-bandmate, Axl Rose is a mental case. Slash says that Axl once fell asleep on his mother’s couch and his grandmother had nowhere to sit. He tried to speak on the situation, but Axl hopped out of the car at 35-40mph.

Rocker SLASH had to treat his GUNS N’ ROSES bandmate AXL ROSE with “kid gloves” or risk the singer jumping out of moving vehicles. The guitarist learned early on that volatile Rose wasn’t a fan of criticism – when he threw himself out of a car after Slash reprimanded him for being rude to his mother. Rose was living with Slash in the mid-1980s and upset the guitarist’s family after taking offence to a polite request to move off a sofa he had fallen asleep on. Slash recalls, “One morning, I took off to work, and in the afternoon I guess he woke up and passed out on my grandmother’s couch. “I came home from work and my mom said, `You know, that guy Axl, I came home and he was asleep on the couch and grandma had nowhere to sit.’ “I told him he had to get up and whatnot, so he went downstairs.’ I thought I had to confront this issue. “So we got in the car and I very delicately put it that that was sort of rude. His reaction was to jump out of the car at about 35, 40 miles per hour on Santa Monica Boulevard. I realised what I’d said to him had offended him.”

Sounds like a nutjob to me.

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Slash has gone on record to say that Axl Rose will release the long, longggggg awaited album, Chinese Democracy, when he’s ready. Haven’t fans of Guns N Roses waited long enough? The album has been ten years in the making already.

Apparently the singer “works in a different time zone”, as Slash explained: “It’ll get done, and it’ll come out when he feels comfortable with putting it out”. “And Axl works in a different time zone than I do. So what may seem like a long time to other people is a tick of the clock to him.”

And he’s blaming it on Axl being in a different time zone?!?! Wha?

Slash, guitar virtuoso for Velvet Revolver, was caught speeding and he’s blaming Megadeth’s new album, United Abominations:

The rocker was caught speeding by police as he blasted United Abominations from his car’s sound system – forgetting he wasn’t behind the wheel of a rocket.

United Abominations must be rockin’. When you get that kind of publicity, it has to be great. Megadeth should pay for the ticket that Slash got, just because they’re friends.