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The unlikely birth of Velvet Revolver, the supergroup who triumphed against the odds

Velvet Revolver’s debut album, Contraband, was released on June 8, 2004. In this classic interview, Slash reveals how one of rock’s greatest modern supergroups got off the ground

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“He added his signature screaming guitar parts, and there it was”: Slash, Tim Henson, Guthrie Govan and Steve Vai have been assembled for an unlikely collaboration album – and it’s filled with A-list players

Composer Bear McCreary is continuing his epic metal saga with the aid of an all-star cast

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From Cream and Velvet Revolver to Them Crooked Vultures and Temple Of The Dog, these are the best supergroups in rock history

Some supergroups just aren't worth the sum of their parts. These are the exceptions

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“I was sitting at the bar with Keith. He asked me what I was doing with Guns, and I told him about the situation with Axl. And Keith said, ‘You never leave’”: When Slash turned to Keith Richards for career advice

“One of the things about Keith that I love so much is that he hangs in there – thick or thin”

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“One of the few times Axl and I ever went out in public was to see Nirvana in Hollywood. And then people say grunge killed Guns N’ Roses”: Slash on the alternative rock revolution – and the groundbreaking album that blew Axl Rose’s mind

“I was never a big Pearl Jam fan, but Soundgarden was great”

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“I got to play with Layne and Chris and Lanegan. Now they’re gone. What would they be doing now? That haunts me to this day”: Mike McCready opens up on his new rock opera, the Seattle jams that changed him, and the future of Pearl Jam

Farewell to Seasons documents McCready’s path through the Seattle grunge explosion of the ’90s. He reflects on the singers he’s loved and lost, the guitarists who left the biggest mark on his playing and why going digital has made him a better player

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Slash and Gilby Clarke play together again as former Guns N’ Roses bandmates reunite for fundraiser show

Slash, Clarke, Duff McKagan, and Steven Adler brought the house down by taking an Appetite for Destruction classic for a spin

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“I want to dedicate it to everyone in the guitar shop I grew up in and everyone in a bedroom with a dream”: Guitar at the Grammys 2026 – Slash and Andrew Watt pay tribute to Ozzy, Bruno Mars takes a solo, but Brent Hinds excluded from In Memoriam segment

Guitar acts and guitar-driven records won big at music’s biggest night, across myriad different genres

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What the 2026 Grammys got right about rock and metal this year - and what they got very wrong

As is so often the case, the rock and metal representation at this year's Grammys was a mix of deserved recognition and total clangers

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"It wasn't as big as Guns N' Roses - but it could have been. It just didn't last long enough." A member of one of rock's most celebrated supergroups says things could have got even bigger if the wheels hadn't fallen off

This band of rock icons were a big deal in the 2000s - but could they have been even bigger?

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“If you lived in LA, in the trenches, you could relate to it. And knowing Axl, I could relate to exactly where it was coming from”: The electrifying early Guns N’ Roses song written in a basement that signposted how huge they would become

One of the all-time great album openers

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Duff McKagan wanted to be Iggy Pop

Duff McKagan was inspired to pursue his musical ambitions following a dream he was Iggy Pop.

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“When I first came into the band, it was split into factions. Now everything feels solidified”: Guns N’ Roses’ longest-serving guitarist Richard Fortus on his bond with Slash and why he’s as surprised as anyone he’s still in the band

What does it take to be in Guns N’ Roses for 23 years and counting? For Richard Fortus, it requires tone mastery, the ability to mesh with his legendary gunslinger partner and a highly desirable signature Gretsch

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“A lot of the issues were to do with management and stuff that pitted me and Axl against each other”: Slash on his return to Guns N’ Roses, changing up the Sweet Child O’ Mine solo, and what needs to happen for a new GNR album

Slash is the luckiest man in rock. Quitting GNR in ’96 when they were on top, he returned in ’16 and hasn't looked back. Here he talks about the past, present, and what the future might hold...

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Slash wasn't a fan of Guns N' Roses classic Sweet Child O' Mine initially

Guns N' Roses rocker Slash has revealed that he wasn't struck on the group's popular anthem Sweet Child O' Mine initially.

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Axl Rose kicks new drummer Isaac Carpenter's drum kit and storms off stage at Argentina gig

Axl Rose was visibly erratic during the opening number of Guns N' Roses' Argentina concert.

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Watch Axl Rose kick drumkit and fling microphone before storming offstage in Argentina

Angry Axl is back!

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Slash provides update on Guns N' Roses album: 'It's coming'

Slash says Guns N' Roses have tonnes of new material ready for an album.

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Guns N' Roses' Axl Rose announces graphic novel

Axl Rose has created a new graphic novel in which he self-stars as a half-human, half-robot.

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“My bass got caught in my pants and ripped them down to my ankles”: 11 real-life Spinal Tap moments from bass-playing royalty

Bass legends Victor Wooten, Thundercat, Duff McKagan and more share their own moments of outrage, downright stupidity and absolute genius

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“C’mon bro... It could generate $2M for teen cancer”: Zak Starkey pleads with Axl Rose to give the go-ahead for charity cover of Bolan classic

Axl sang on an all-star version of Children Of The Revolution

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"I've been waiting seven years": Zak Starkey implores Axl Rose to return master tape he says could raise $2m for teenage cancer charity

"C'mon, bro"

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"Sabbath were there for me before punk." Duff Mckagan on recording with Ozzy, jamming with Tony Iommi and why Black Sabbath were true punks

Guns N' Roses legend Duff McKagan shares what Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne mean to him

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Ozzy Osbourne admits he 'couldn't' duet with idol Paul McCartney

Ozzy Osbourne has made no secret of the fact he loves the Beatles - but he would be hesitant about duetting with Paul McCartney.

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"It's supposed to be like a gnarly fever dream": Noah Weiland releases extremely trippy video for cover of Velvet Revolver's Slither

If you'd like to watch Slash and Duff McKagan kiss passionately in a whirlpool made of money, here's your chance

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