Slash Slash

• Ghost (feat. Ian Astbury of The Cult & Izzy Stradlin)
• Beautiful Dangerous (feat. Fergie of Black Eyed Peas)
• Nothing to Say (feat. M Shadows of Avenged Sevenfold)
• Crucify the Dead (feat. Ozzy Osbourne)
• Promise (feat. Chris Cornell of Soundgarden)
• By the Sword (feat. Andrew Stockdale of Wolfmother)
• Doctor Alibi (feat. Lemmy of Motörhead)
• Saint is a Sinner Too (feat. Rocco DeLuca of Rocco DeLuca and the Burden)
• Watch This (feat. Dave Grohl & Duff McKagan)
• I Hold On (feat. Kid Rock)
• Gotten (feat. Adam Levine of Maroon 5)
• We're All Gonna Die (feat. Iggy Pop)
• Starlight (feat. Myles Kennedy of Alter Bridge)

With Velvet Revolver out of commission and Guns N' Roses a distant memory, the time was right for Slash to put together his first solo album (not including the Slash's Snakepit side project, a fun relic of the mid-90s). The list ofcollaborators the legendary behatted guitarist has put together for Slash and Friends is rather dumbfounding: names have included Ozzy Osbourne, Jason Bonham, Travis Barker, and Fergie. While former bandmate Axl Rose didn't help his case much with last year's Chinese Democracy, it remains to be seen whether the man behind the solos in "Sweet Child o' Mine" and "November Rain" has any decent songs left in the tank. If nothing else, Slash is more time efficient with his preposterous releases.

Abstract by Ethan Stanislawski