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Slash - Guitars
Former members: PHOTOS / LYRICS / LINKS Slash has never been one to sit around doing nothing, so when Guns got off the Use Your Illusion tour and "The Spaghetti Incident?" was finished, Slash started working on new material. This turned out to be not what Axl had in mind for the next Guns N' Roses album, so Slash took the material back and started working on it with Matt Sorum and Gilby Clarke throughout 1994. Eventually Alice In Chains bassist Mike Inez got involved and the project got a little more serious. A singer was found in Eric Dover, and Slash's Snakepit's (as the band's name became) album "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" was released by Geffen Records in February of 1995. After that they went on a world tour that would last till August. Matt and Mike had to leave due to commitments to their original bands. Matt felt he didn't want to further divide GN'R, so he stayed home. They were replaced with Brian Tichy and James Lomenzo (both of Pride & Glory). After the tour Slash returned to GN'R to try and work again.
After leaving GN'R in October 1996, Slash spent 1997 playing with his cover band Slash's Blues Ball, mostly at small clubs around the US. However, he had no intention of making this a permanent band, and in 1998 it gradually evolved into the second Snakepit band. "You know what? We've been doing this to kill time. I need to do Snakepit now. I have to start getting this rolling."1 1 Irie (1999) Slash Burns On New Snakepit Album, Player Magazine - Dec, 1999 2 Classic Rock - Jan, 2002 SOURCES
Turman (1995) Coiled And Ready, Rolling Stone - April, 1995 Henderson (1995) Guns N' Roses: It It All Over? Does Anyone Care?, Metal Hammer - Nov, 1995 Irie (1999) Slash Burns On New Snakepit Album, Player Magazine - Dec, 1999 Turner (2000) A Serpent's Tale, Guitar One - April, 2000 Total Guitar - Aug, 2001 Classic Rock - Jan, 2002 |
