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Slash

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Born 23 July 1965.

Guns N Roses guitarist

Slash is a performance name for the person Saul Hudson.

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Biography

Saul Hudson (born 23 July 1965), better known by his stage name Slash, is an American musician. Originally from Stoke-on-Trent, England, he moved to Los Angeles, California as a child, where he began his career in the music industry. Slash is best-known as the former lead guitarist of hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he performed and recorded between 1985 and 1996. He later formed the eponymous Slash's Snakepit and co-founded Velvet Revolver with his former bandmates Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum. His debut solo album, Slash & Friends, is due to be released in 2010. In August 2009, Time Magazine named him #2 on its list of the 10 Best Electric Guitar Players of All-Time.

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Sahara 2009
 

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