Blabbermouth.net reports that former Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash has confirmed that he has rekindled his friendship with the band’s lead singer Axl Rose — six years after the frontman called him “a cancer.”
Speaking to Aftonbladet TV in Sweden (see the video below), where Slash was making a special appearance on Friday (August 21st) for a launch event for the Marshall London phone, the guitarist said of his restored relationship with Axl. “It was probably way overdue, you know. But it’s…. you know, it’s very cool at this point. You know, let some of that, sort of, negative… dispel some of that negative stuff that was going on for so long.”
Asked if his warmer relationship with Axl will lead to a reunion of Guns N’ Roses’ classic lineup, Slash said, “Oh, I couldn’t answer that one, though…” Pressed on why that is, Slash replied, “All right, let’s get off the subject, ’cause, you know, that’s an old one.”
Slash was asked about the possibility of a reunion of the classic Guns N’ Roses lineup on the May 7th edition of CBS This Morning and gave a somewhat surprising answer. He replied, “I’ve got to be careful what I say there. I mean, if everybody wanted to do it and do it for the right reasons, I think the fans would love it. I think it might be fun at some point to try and do that.”
Asked what the “right reasons” might be, Slash said, “I mean, that’s a hard one. That just starts to get into a whole complex thing… It’s really between the guys in the band.” But pressed on whether he thought it was likely, Slash said, “Never say never.”
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I think we all knew this would happen, its too big not to happen eventually. It’s like once the media quit covering how much those two hated each other and started covering every whisper of a reunion talk, it has gotten closer and closer to happening. I give it two years.
A origional G&R + VH double bill would be a nice summer stadium mega-tour (provided Michael Anthony is included). I wonder which would be the opening act? Somewhere, Steven Adler is very excited right now.
Sadly, my money would be on Matt Sorum.
Why stop there?
Why don’t we wait for Blackmore to agree to a Deep Purple Mach 2 reunion or even better, Bill Ward to get his signable contract and GnR can tour with the original Sabbath.
OK, now that’s just crazy talk 😉
(Although I would love to see Mach 2 Deep Purple.)
Hallelujah! It’s about time, now don’t waste anymore time. Let’s get the REAL GN’R back together and get the show on the road! It’s been LONG overdue. What a boost for Rock ‘N’ Roll to have the REAL GN’R back!
nfl half time show,would a good start,nfl has always wanted the original line/up.i cant wait to wait for axl to come on stage.usual a 3 hour wait,right eddie,no you waited like 12 hours
Great news! Now we can move onto Phase 2 of this where Axl and Slash bicker with each other and the rest of the band on how the pay will be split up for reunion shows!