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Slash and will.i.am To Release Version of The Who's "My Generation" for Haiti

8:31 a.m. · January 27, 2010 · by Nick Neyland

The Haiti disaster has caused numerous major players in the music industry to run to the nearest recording studio to help out. While their intentions are honorable, the results aren’t always easy on the ear, as Jay-Z, Rihanna and U2 proved with their performance last Friday (Jan. 22).

Now, Slash has teamed up with Will.I.Am to remix a version of the Who’s “My Generation,” which will be available to download in the iTunes store immediately after the aging rockers play the half-time show at the Super Bowl on Feb. 7. All proceeds from the song will go to help victims of the earthquake in Haiti.

“It's the Who, their song, and then I altered the lyric to fit my generation now and then have Slash on it,” said will.i.am, striking fear into the hearts of anyone who has ever enjoyed the track. "It was awesome,” he continued. “I loved that song way before this even came up.”

[via Gigwise]