Slash (musician)

Slash
Slash performing in 2023
Born	Saul Hudson (1965-07-23) July 23, 1965 (age 58) Hampstead, London, England[1]
Citizenship	United Kingdom United States
Occupation	Musician
Years active	1981–present
Spouses	Renée Suran ​ ​ (m. 1992; div. 1997)​ Perla Ferrar ​ ​ (m. 2001; div. 2013)​
Children	2
Parents	Anthony Hudson (father) Ola Hudson (mother)
Musical career
Origin	Los Angeles, California, US
Genres	Hard rock heavy metal blues rock glam metal
Instrument(s)	Guitar
Labels	Dik Hayd Snakepit Roadrunner Gibson
Member of	Guns N' Roses
Formerly of	Road Crew Hollywood Rose Kings of Chaos Slash's Blues Ball Slash's Snakepit Velvet Revolver
Musical artist
Website	slashonline.com
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Saul Hudson (born July 23, 1965), known professionally as Slash, is a British-American musician who serves as the lead guitarist of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Slash has received critical acclaim and is considered one of the greatest guitarists in history.^[2][3][4][5]

Born in Hampstead, London,^[6] Slash moved to Los Angeles with his father when six years old. His parents were both active in the entertainment industry, and he was given the nickname Slash as a child by actor Seymour Cassel. In 1983 he joined the glam metal band Hollywood Rose, then in 1985 he joined Guns N' Roses (which was composed of former members of Hollywood Rose and L.A. Guns), replacing founding member Tracii Guns.

In 1994, amid growing tensions within Guns N' Roses, Slash formed the supergroup Slash's Snakepit, and in 1996, after growing tensions with Axl Rose, he left Guns N' Roses. In 2002, he co-founded the supergroup Velvet Revolver with vocalist Scott Weiland, which re-established Slash as a mainstream performer in the mid to late 2000s. Slash has released six solo albums: Slash (2010), Apocalyptic Love (2012), World on Fire (2014), Living the Dream (2018), 4 (2022) and Orgy of the Damned (2024). All but the first of these were billed to "Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators". He returned to Guns N' Roses in 2016.

Time magazine named him runner-up (to Jimi Hendrix) on their list of "The 10 Best Electric Guitar Players" in 2009,^[5] while Rolling Stone placed him at number 65 on their list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" in 2011.^[7] Guitar World ranked his guitar solo in "November Rain" number 6 on their list of "The 100 Greatest Guitar Solos" in 2008,^[8] and Total Guitar placed his riff in "Sweet Child o' Mine" at number 1 on their list of "The 100 Greatest Riffs" in 2004.^[9] Gibson Guitar Corporation ranked Slash as number 34 on their "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time", while their readers landed him number 9 on Gibson's "Top 25 Guitarists of All Time".^[10] In 2012, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Guns N' Roses' classic lineup.