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Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash discusses his key musical moments with Matt Everitt. First broadcast in 2012.

Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash discusses his key musical moments with Matt Everitt.

Slash talks about his youth in Stoke-on-Trent; how he fell in love with the sound of his signature Gibson Les Paul guitar; the early days of Guns N' Roses; what the debauched LA rock scene on the Sunset Strip was really like; and reflects on how a gang of punk rock kids with a seeming lack of morality became the biggest band in the world.

He also chats about the pressures of fame; the excess that accompanied Guns N' Roses' legendary two and half year long Use Your Illusion tour (still one of the biggest concert tours in history); his own long battles with drugs and drink; and his successful reinvention as a much-loved solo artist.

First broadcast in 2012.

1 hour

Last on

Wed 26 Apr 202301:00

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Music Played

  • Guns N’ Roses

    Welcome to the Jungle

    • Appetite for Destruction.
    • Geffen.
    • xxxxx.
  • Guns N’ Roses

    Sweet Child O Mine

    • Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.
    • n-a.
  • The Who

    My Generation

  • Led Zeppelin

    Good Times Bad Times

    • Led Zeppelin - Early Days.
    • Atlantic.
    • 7567--83619-2.
  • Speed King

    • Deep Purple In Rock.
    • Harvest.
    • SHVL 751.
  • Guns N’ Roses

    Reckless Life

  • Aerosmith

    Back In The Saddle

  • Guns N’ Roses

    Paradise City

    • F1 Rock (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.
    • TCD-2835.
  • Guns N’ Roses

    LIVE AND LET DIE

    • GREATEST HITS.
    • GEFFEN.
    • GNR-1.
  • Nirvana

    Smells Like Teen Spirit

    • Smells Like Teen Spirit.
    • a.
    • a-1.
  • Soundgarden

    Big Dumb Sex

  • Michael Jackson

    Black Or White

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
    • 657598 2.
  • Velvet Revolver

    Slither

  • Clint Mansell

    The Wrestler

  • Slash

    Shots Fired

  • Be Bop Deluxe

    Ships In The Night

    • See For Miles.
  • Kate Bush

    The Dreaming

    • EMI.
  • Jimi Hendrix

    Valleys Of Neptune

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Sony Music.
    • 1.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 29 Jul 201212:00
  • Sun 5 Aug 201202:00
  • Sun 28 Oct 201202:00
  • Sat 5 Jan 201301:00
  • Sun 14 Jun 201513:00
  • Tue 10 Nov 201501:00
  • Wed 13 Dec 201701:00
  • Mon 30 Sep 201904:00
  • Thu 23 Apr 202001:00
  • Wed 26 Apr 202301:00

The first record I ever bought… by Noel Gallagher, Janelle Monae, Florence Welch, Thom Yorke, Elton John and many more

The first record I ever bought… by Noel Gallagher, Janelle Monae, Florence Welch, Thom Yorke, Elton John and many more

A selection of major artists reveal their first musical purchase.