Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators review – boisterous, blues-soaked rock’n’roll
Kennedy’s powerhouse vocals are a perfect match for Slash’s devil-may-care riffs – and it’s mesmerising to watch the legendary guitarist in full flow
July 2023
The Breach review – Slash’s cosmic creepy-cabin horror screeches in from the 80s
The Guns N’ Roses guitarist co-produces this retro chiller that serves up a corpse, alternate dimensions and an implausible plot
January 2021
The fandom that made me
Guns N' Roses: how they soundtracked my last gasp of pre-teen freedom
In the first of a new series on the artists who had a formative influence on our writers, Rebecca Nicholson celebrates the hysterical melodrama of Axl Rose and co
June 2019
Download festival review – fire, fury and hymns to the dark side
Headliners Slipknot and Def Leppard lead the way on a long weekend of big riffs and shouting
February 2019
My songbook
Slash on his greatest hits: ‘John Lennon had his lost weekend. I had a lost decade’
The hard rock guitarist picks the best of his back catalogue, from his ‘feral’ Guns N’ Roses heyday to Velvet Revolver and collaborations with Bob Dylan and Lemmy
October 2018
Def Leppard, Tool and Slipknot to headline Download festival 2019
Metal band Slipknot and prog-rock group Tool will also headline next year’s event in Leicestershire
September 2018
Slash feat Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators: Living the Dream review – more careful than feral
In dangerous territory here, compared to his former rock-god self, Slash comes up short on this fourth solo offering, sadly
November 2014
Music blog
The MTV Europe music awards 2014: 10 things we learned
From host Nicki Minaj’s cheesy Scottish references to Ozzy Osbourne as a global icon – 10 things we learned
February 2014
Axe meets hacks as Slash launches music hackathon for SXSW developers
Slashathon invites hackers to come up with ideas to promote former Guns’n’Roses guitarist’s next album. By Stuart Dredge
June 2013
Slash and David Attenborough join Brian May in pro-badger supergroup
Artful Badger and Friends campaign against this summer's badger culls with the release of a song called Badger Swagger
July 2012
Readers' panel
What's the best ever guitar solo?
Readers make their case for their favourite fancy fretwork
June 2012
Slash: Apocalyptic Love – review
The outstanding guitar work on Slash's second solo outing is undermined by quite appalling lyrics, writes Phil Mongredien
Slash: Apocalyptic Love – review
Slash's ever-terrific guitar playing is elevated by a replacement Axl on vocals, but it's still no Guns N' Roses, writes Michael Hann
Apps blog
Apps Rush: Songkick, Final Fantasy, Kytephone, Slash 360, Disney's GnomeTown, Soho Stories and more
Download festival – review
Slash – review
May 2012
Music festivals guide 2012
Q&A: Slash
Music blog
Have you ever seen a less fitting support than Slash's pick for his London show?
Music blog
Slash: Apocalyptic Love – exclusive album stream
Scott Weiland rejoins Velvet Revolver. That's news to Slash
