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“Slash says, ‘You got the gig. Learn the whole catalog.’ I was like, ‘Don’t you have a set of songs?’ Slash goes, ‘There’s no setlist. Axl just calls ’em out’”: How Gilby Clarke got the Guns N’ Roses gig – and learned the band’s back catalog in a week

Clarke was formally announced as Izzy Stradlin's replacement in the early ’90s – but not before undergoing an audition process that saw him learn his test tracks in the car last minute

Guitar World

Slash announces all-star S.E.R.P.E.N.T. touring blues festival with Warren Haynes, Samantha Fish, Eric Gales, Larkin Poe and more

Slash's touring blues festival will hit 27 cities across North America this summer

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“A celebration of unity and togetherness in these uncertain and divisive times”: Slash announces the S.E.R.P.E.N.T. traveling blues festival – set to feature Warren Haynes, Keb’ Mo’, Larkin Poe, Eric Gales and Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram

The Guns N’ Roses icon has unveiled a fundraising festival run in support of his new blues album

Guitar World

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“It was the tune that changed everything” for Noel Gallagher and Oasis, with his greatest guitar solo – but it turns out that Live Forever got a serious guitar edit in the control room

"It was essentially the same solo that’s on the finished version Noel always plays live, but when it went high on the second half all I could think of was Slash in leather kecks with a wind machine on the Grand Canyon"

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Eva Mendes: Unofficial 'Best Supporting Wife' in 'Ryan Gosling's Kenergy' Filled Oscars Night

Ryan Gosling took the Oscars by storm from the moment he walked the red carpet. Although his wife, Eva Mendes, wasn't by his side, she was far from absent. Discover the reason why.

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Ryan Gosling’s “I’m Just Ken” Oscars Performance Blew Everyone Away—Including Margot Robbie

Ryan Gosling was "Ken-ough" at the 2024 Oscars. The post Ryan Gosling’s “I’m Just Ken” Oscars Performance Blew Everyone Away—Including Margot Robbie first appeared on Bored Panda.

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“What an honor!” Slash and Wolfgang Van Halen joined Ryan Gosling at the Oscars to rip through their Barbie mega-ballad, I’m Just Ken – and the internet can’t get enough of it

The track might not have claimed the top prize, but its dazzling performance provided top-drawer entertainment, with the guitarists lending their talents in style

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Not just Ken: Slash, Wolfgang Van Halen and Mark Ronson join Ryan Gosling as he delivers a showstopping performance of his Barbie anthem at the Oscars

Billie Eilish and Finneas took home the Academy Award for Best Original Song for What Was I Made For?

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Watch Slash and Wolfgang Van Halen join Ryan Gosling onstage at the Oscars to rip through Barbie hit I'm Just Ken

The historic performance of I'm Just Ken took place at last night's star-studded awards ceremony

Metal Hammer

Gosling brought Kenergy to the Oscars

And with Slash on guitar!

Salon

Oscars 2024: Ryan Gosling performs hit song I’m Just Ken from Barbie – with 65 Kens

Energetic Gosling sings Oscar-nominated song from Barbie – along with Slash and Mark Ronson

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Slash announces blues album featuring Billy Gibbons, Paul Rodgers, Iggy Pop and more, launches video for cover of Killing Floor with Brian Johnson and Steven Tyler

Slash's all-star blues album Orgy Of The Damned will contain songs by Howling Wolf, Robert Johnson, Steppenwolf, Albert King, Peter Green, The Temptations and more

Louder

Watch Slash cover Howlin’ Wolf’s Killing Floor on first single from new blues album, with AC/DC’s Brian Johnson on vocals, Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler on harmonica

Orgy Of The Damned finds the GNR guitarist tackling blues standards with an all-star cast of vocalists – watch Slash rock a Bigsby-equipped ES-335 in the video for Killing Floor now

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"I guess I'm honoured he even thinks about me as much as he seems to": Wolfgang Van Halen responds to David Lee Roth's bizarre personal attacks with polite resignation

Wolfgang Van Halen sounds prepared for a future in which he's a target for the occasional David Lee Roth outburst

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“If you were to listen to anything I do, you can see how big the blues influence is”: Slash is getting ready to unveil his blues solo album – one of the most anticipated guitar records of the year

The Guns N’ Roses icon is poised to reveal all about his forthcoming blues album – including the guest singers he's enlisted – which will follow the star-studded formula of his 2010 solo record

Guitar World

Technique, theory, taste and feel are the key ingredients in any guitar solo – work on these elements and you will play better, more expressive leads

There's no messing around with this tab and video lesson: it’s time to workshop some lead guitar ideas and get your solos spotlight-worthy

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“I think what we’ve had is an embarrassment of riches”: The first minute of Mark Knopfler’s star-studded charity single has been released – can you guess the guitar heroes from their chops?

The nine-minute extended cut contains contributions from over 50 guitar legends, and features Jeff Beck's final recording

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“WTF?”: Mark Ronson shares Paul McCartney’s F-bomb video reaction to being told that Foreigner aren’t in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

The producer has enlisted Josh Homme, Chad Smith, Jack Black, Dave Grohl and Slash to help get the band inducted this year

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“I couldn’t even walk, but I thought, ‘At least I can play guitar!’ When I picked one up, I just couldn’t. That was the final straw”: Deryck Whibley had to rebuild Sum 41 after nearly dying – so why is he ready to break up the band?

As Sum 41 release their final album, the pop-punk icons’ frontman explains why he knew it was time to call it quits – but not before he bought the ’68 Les Paul featured on the album that inspired him to play in the first place

Metal Hammer

“I am honoured to be joined by dozens of my favourite artists”: Slash, Corey Taylor, Serj Tankian and more will appear on a new album by composer extraordinaire Bear McCreary

Members of Anthrax, Meshuggah and Soundgarden will also join the Walking Dead/Godzilla/God Of War composer’s all-star lineup

Guitar World

The minor pentatonic is the ultimate guitar scale, but it can get stale quickly. Here are 5 ways to get more from it

Plot an escape route from your routine licks with this tab and audio lesson

Louder

“Want to know what love is? Love is putting Foreigner in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”: producer Mark Ronson recruits Dave Grohl, Jack Black, Josh Homme, Slash and Chad Smith to lobby for his stepdad's band's induction into Rock Hall

Want to see Foreigner in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? So do some of your favourite rock stars

Louder

"That record just transformed my whole life. Once I heard that, all of a sudden I understood what life was about": Slash reminisces about the band who inspired his journey through rock'n'roll

Guns N' Roses man Slash reveals that he heard the album that changed everything while pursuing a woman twice his age

Guitar World

“The first time we heard it back in our studio we just stared at each other with our mouths open”: The Dandy Warhols reckon you've never heard Slash play like he does on their new single

Taken from the band’s forthcoming album, Rockmaker, the Dandy Warhols say that they've “never heard Slash play like” he does on I'd Like To Help You with Your Problem

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"I’ve never heard him play quite like that" – The Dandy Warhols call in Slash, his wah and some AI for new song and video, I’d Like To Help You With Your Problem

A heavier direction for the Portland band

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