I can say that Guns is the band who really established the mainstream shred genre, thanks to them. I just feel sad grunge overcame them. but I hope there will be new bands who will stand out and bring the Shred revolution back just like GNR did last decade.
Sweet Child O mine will someday replace Stairway to Heaven by LEd Zep as the most popular solo ever.
Slash for me is the most soulful guitarist in the early nineties, combining his vintage influenced chops, blues licks with glam rock sensibilities. Buckethead is also awesome. He is faster and more technically advanced than Slash, but he lacks the feel and vibrato Slash provides and possess. Anyway I like both of them, they have different approach to guitar playing.
Do you know that Slash once auditioned for Poison in the mid eighties for the guitarist position that C.C.DeVille eventually filled. 3 extra anecdotes and gossips appear why he was rejected.
1) one claims that Slash refused to join because he didn't want to do all the hair and makeup,
2) the other says he was rejected for not being pretty enough!
3) Brett Michaels dont find him good enough and lacks showmanship. ( Like jumping up and down the stage which C.C does. )
After C.C left the band, maybe Poison regrets their decision for not taking Slash.They cant hire him any more because GNR is already more famous than them at that time. Instead they hired Ritchie Kotzen. : :eek:
Guitarplaying is 1 Percent Inspiration, 99 Percent Perspiration... :)