Slash added one of his “better one-off solos” to a Bob Dylan song, but it was never released. Find out why the Guns N’ Roses legend is OK with that.

Touring again with Van Halen has David Lee Roth ruminating on bands that continue on without most of their original members — Guns n’ Roses, in particular. He compares the practice to staging a Broadway revival You May Also Like: No related posts.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q8nvZb7uhY&w=500&h=305] Drummer Steven Adler has built a fair bit of legend in hard rock circles, but for all the wrong reasons. Adler, you may recall, was the guy who was kicked out of Guns n’ Roses because of his drug problem. That takes some real effort. You May AlsoRead More

After being less than impressed with Slash’s last solo album and its parade of guest stars, and being only a marginal fan of Velvet Revolver or Slash’s Snakepit, I didn’t go into Apocalyptic Love with my hopes too high. You May Also Like: Zakk Wylde – Book of Shadows IIRead More

Thinking about Guns n’ Roses in the wake of Axl Rose’s snub of the 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremonies (which given that institution’s history is perhaps well-deserved), I had an urge to write a little something on the music You May Also Like: Blackberry Smoke, “Waiting onRead More

I refuse to refer to the current lineup as Guns n’ Roses. It’s Axl Rose and Four or Five Other Guys.

Though Slash calls his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Gun n’ Roses “an honor,” he won’t be appearing with the band’s other founding members to celebrate the honor. You May Also Like: When John Frusciante Returned to Solo Work on ‘Shadows CollideRead More

The list of presenters at this year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame reads like, well, a hall of fame induction class: John Mellencamp, Motown legend Smokey Robinson, singer-songwriter Carole King, the Band’s Robbie Robertson and ZZ Top’s Billy F. Gibbons and Dusty Hill — each of them already membersRead More

Originally released as Humanary Stew: A Tribute to Alice Cooper on Deadline Records in 1998, this collection of covers has recently gotten a repackaging from Cleopatra Records with a few extra tunes from Iced Earth, Children of Bodom and Icarus Witch tossed in as a bonus. Though most of theRead More

The Rock n Roll AllStars — a group featuring members of Kiss, Def Leppard, Guns n’ Roses and Alice in Chains, among others — have confirmed the lineup for a series of shows You May Also Like: Kiss – Rock and Roll Over (1976): On Second Thought