Former Guns N’ Roses guitar madman Slash is preparing to embark on a short tour of England.  If you weren’t aware, Slash grew up in Stoke-on-Trent in Britain until the age of 6.  Slash released a live album in 2011 which was called Made In Stoke 24/7/11. The former GNR member has a wild and long history of living the rock star lifestyle to its fullest.  He was known for pushing the limits to the edge, including more than enough…

Ok so maybe this isn’t ‘technically’ guitar news but I liked it and I’m writing this article so there you have it.  I was browsing Gibson’s website and got stuck looking at the Gibson Guitar: Artist Model Series.  Obviously everyone pretty much knows a Gibson on sight.  It’s a classic line of Guitars and I was just looking through all the different models.  There are so many different models that I wanted but I would have to sell everything I…

Slash finally came home to Stoke-on-Trent to play his first gig in the city where he lived as a young boy. Tickets were hard to come by. When they went on sale, all 1,500 were snapped up in less than two hours and the line/queue, included fans from the USA and Japan, three generations of one family, and a heavily pregnant woman who said she was hoping the guitar playing would induce birth. “I’ve been wanting to do this for…

Slash took to twitter to congratulate his hometown soccer team, Stoke City, after their convincing win over Bolton Wanderers at Wembley on Sunday 17 April. His tweet read, “I got up to find that the Satellite channel the match was on I don’t subscribe to! But I hear Stoke won 5/zip!!”. He later went on to confirm that he’s not going to be able to attend the final in May but will be performing a homecoming show later this year,…

Slash estimates that he owns at least 100 guitars and now plans to sell off 14 of them, including the Guild acoustic, which he used to record the single ‘Patience’. He decided to hold the sale because a recent house move made him realise he has a “bad habit of collecting stuff that I don’t necessarily use”. Along with the guitars Slash will also sell two of his trademark top hats and a selection of jackets, T-shirts, jewellery and a…

Ryan Murphy, the creator of “Glee” has tossed his toys out of the pram and called Kings Of Leon “assholes” for not letting him use their music on the show. Speaking to the Hollywoodreporter.com, Murphy said: “Fuck you, Kings Of Leon. They are self-centred assholes and they missed the big picture.” Along with Kings Of Leon, Slash also refused to have his music featured on the glossy karaoke fest, and came in for harsh words from Mr Murphy. “Usually I…

In an interview with Entertainment weekly Slash explained that he has turned down a request from the makers of Glee to feature a song in the show. He goes on to comment that he tries “…to be more optimistic than negative because it’s really easy to get negative about it, but I draw the line at Glee. Glee is worse than Grease and Grease is bad enough”. Source: NME

Campaigners in Stoke-on-Trent have handed in a petition to have statues of former Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash and Motorhead frontman Lemmy erected in the city. Slash was born in London but lived in Stoke until he was six years old, while Lemmy was born and raised in nearby Burslem. A spokesman for the campaigners has written to the committee, saying: “We firmly believe it could be a landmark that is really quite individual and exclusive to the area, and…

Axl Rose is not even a fan of an animated version of Slash. He is suing the makers of Guitar Hero for $20m (£12.6m), asserting that they “spun a web of lies and deception” by including an animated Slash in the video-game version of his band. According to his claim, Rose licensed Welcome to the Jungle to Guitar Hero III on the condition that any reference to the departed guitarist or his new band, Velvet Revolver, would be omitted. But…

Dave Grohl, Slash and Metallica are set to appear in a new documentary movie about Motorhead’s Lemmy. The film, entitled Lemmy, follows the singer across the world over a three-year period. Shot by Greg Olliver and Wes Orshoski, the film also includes extensive interviews with the star. “When it comes to rock n roll you need something to believe in. Integrity means everything,” Grohl said. “To me, more than any other rock musician, Lemmy is the baddest motherf*cker in the…