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Some Saturday interviews

So let’s have a round up of the interviews today.

Slash, former guitarist of Guns N’ Roses, and most recently seen playing with his solo band, has stated recently that if a GNR reunion were to happen, they’d have to do things differently this time (well duh). He also wasn’t impressed with a parody that depicted himself as Axl Rose‘s dog. Read more here.

Rob Halford was also interviewed. He was probably promoting his new album, titled Made of Metal (although the album cover makes it look anything but Metal). Again, more here.

Some guy from a band I had hoped disappeared long ago also did an interview. Drowning Pool are the band, and the guy’s name I’m too lazy to go check. In case you care, click here.

Finally, Marilyn Manson, Machine Head, and Puddle of Mudd were all interviewed at Dimebash. Now, I understand why Machine Head were there, but Marilyn Manson? Puddle of Crudd? Oh dear… Click here.

Slash Eyed Peas

Slash has a new video out, and it’s with Black Eyed Peas’ Fergie. The concept is quite sci-fi and it makes ‘Star Wars’ look like a documentary, here’s why:

“In the clip, which was filmed on August 27, Fergie plays an obsessed fan who will do anything to get her man, stalking the famous guitarist around the seedy bars of Los Angeles.“

Haha, see what I mean? I can suspend my disbelief about the Death Star but Slash having a female stalker? Come on. Anyway, there’s a censored version and an uncensored one. Both versions, after the jump. But don’t worry, you won’t have to cover your eyes, Fergie doesn’t get naked so pheew.

Slash is a patriot

Everyone’s favorite Willy Wonka impersonator, Slash, performed the ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ live at some match or something.

“Slash performed the U.S. national anthem before tonight’s hockey game between the Los Angeles Kings and the Atlanta Thrashers at the Staples Center in Southern California.”

Wasn’t Slash born in England? Shouldn’t he be playing ‘God Save The Queen’? Oh well, video after the jump

Slash should write for us…

When it comes to making fun of Guns N’ Roses and Poison, we thought we were actually  good. Guess what? Slash is better.

Few excerpts from the interview Classic Rock Revisited conducted with our new hero:

Classic Rock Revisited: [One of the] singers I would have loved to have seen on your solo album . . . is Axl Rose.

Slash: You know, I will be honest with you, even at the sake of it going public, when I was in the middle of this process there were a lot of singers names who flew through my mind during the process. You are living in Singer Land so all you are thinking about is singers. The thought of him crossed my mind at one point. I thought, “Axl could sing the shit out of any of these songs.” I, obviously, never made the phone call because I wanted to put the record out in this millennium.

Classic Rock Revisited: Legend holds that you tried out for Poison but didn’t make the cut. Is that true?

Slash: Yeah, I did. I was living in L.A. and I had just gotten done working in a band with Axl, actually, called Hollywood Rose. Steven Adler was in that band as well. I just quit. I told Axl I couldn’t handle it anymore and I walked. That was right after the first time Axl and I ever worked together. Matt, the original guitar player for Poison, who was actually a pretty cool guy, had gotten his wife pregnant or they were getting married or something like that. He was moving back to Pennsylvania. He goes, “You should try out for Poison.” I hated Poison but in those days you did whatever you had to do to keep moving. Being very ambitious, as I was, I went and auditioned for Poison. I ended up being one of two guitar players left that they were going to pick from. I remember kicking the shit out of the songs they had. There was no denying that I could play them but there was an issue about makeup and stuff. Bobby Dall asked me what kind of shoes I was going to wear. I was like, “What?” It was kind of obvious that this was going to go nowhere. As I was walking out of the audition, C.C. Deville was walking in. He had on pancake makeup and a ton of hairspray. I actually remember thinking right then, “That should be the guy.” The next day I got a call from Bobby and he said, “You know, you are great and all but I think we are going to pass on you and go with this other guy.” It was C.C. and it really did make all the sense in the world. I was in a couple of bands after that and then we started Guns N’ Roses.

Read the entire interview here.

Headlines

Alice in Chains were interviewed (videos after the jump). Unfortunately, nobody asked them why their new video looks like an amateur version of Fantastic Voyage.

Slash, Jerry Cantrell and John 5 will all appear in “Turn it Up!“ — a movie about the electric guitar, obviously showcasing how you can get famous even if you’re mediocre at it.

Annihilator release free album. ‘If you can’t fight them, join them’ said their lead singer, referring to their fans who refuse to waste money on their stuff. Get it here.

Lordi (pictured above), the band who looks like Slipknot after an acid bath, won the ‘Eurovision Song Contest’ by hacking their website a few years ago. It paid off, as now they sold a whooping 1,000 copies in the United States, and those are just from dumb Lord of The Rings fans who thought it was a spin-off CD. These contests work, folks.