Do you think Slash's work post 1995 surpasses his work in GNR?

[Kapitch_77]

Do you think Slash's work post 1995 surpasses his work in GNR?

I do. I almost never listen to my Guns albums anymore but I frequently listen Snakepit, VR and his solo stuff. Sure GNR have some great songs but Slash made so many good songs outside of Guns. With Apocalyptic Love I can now say that his work post GNR is superior than the work he did with Guns.

Do you agree?

[WhazUp]

In my opinion nothing Slash (or Axl) will ever do will ever match what was accomplished from 1985-1994.

[Kapitch_77]

In my opinion nothing Slash (or Axl) will ever do will ever match what was accomplished from 1985-1994.

In terms of popularity yes, you're right.

[Tom1447]

Do you think Slash's work post 1995 surpasses his work in GNR?

I do. I almost never listen to my Guns albums anymore but I frequently listen Snakepit, VR and his solo stuff. Sure GNR have some great songs but Slash made so many good songs outside of Guns. With Apocalyptic Love I can now say that his work post GNR is superior than the work he did with Guns.

Do you agree?

no, slashs work plateu'd around the uyi era. His first solo album was quite good, but that took a lot of inspiration from others.

[Anonymity]

I think what Slash did was adding his own on something already built. November Rain is purely brilliant and Slash has a big part in that. Still, as the main songwriter I don't see him be able to go that high. Izzy-Axl-Slash-Duff did work like a charm.

[sweetness]

I'm more than happy with everything he has done since leaving GNR. His guitar playing has improved a lot, he's written some really killer songs and worked with some great musicians, and the best part is he keeps delivering. But his work in GNR will always be my personal favorite, the combination of Axl/Slash/Izzy/Duff is a damn hard one to beat, the sum was truly much greater than it's parts in that band.

[jmapelian]

i'd love to hear what slash and myles could come up with working with izzy / duff / and steve -

[bacardimayne]

lol no

[DieselDaisy]

I am the biggest fan of Slash's post-GN'R output but little of it comes anywhere near the brilliiance of Guns N' Roses. In his defence, none of the members have matched Appetite, Lies and the Illusions (including Axl with Democracy).

[bacardimayne]

I am the biggest fan of Slash's post-GN'R output but little of it comes anywhere near the brilliiance of Guns N' Roses. In his defence, none of the members have matched Appetite, Lies and the Illusions (including Axl with Democracy).

this

There Was a Time

Fall to Pieces

Slither

Anastasia

The four songs released by GNR members that can sit up there with GNR songs imo.

[Free Bird]

He's released some very good stuff since leaving Guns, but the Guns songs are outstanding. They really are classics and if anything, a very few of his new material can be compared to them

@bacardimayne: You've got to add Sweet Caress by Izzy on your list, too

Edited September 28, 2012 by Free Bird

[James Bond]

I am the biggest fan of Slash's post-GN'R output but little of it comes anywhere near the brilliiance of Guns N' Roses. In his defence, none of the members have matched Appetite, Lies and the Illusions (including Axl with Democracy).

this

There Was a Time

Fall to Pieces

Slither

Anastasia

The four songs released by GNR members that can sit up there with GNR songs imo.

Agreed, not necessarily with the song choices (all top picks but I'd add a couple more) but with the point in general. Guns N' Roses was very much a team effort. Alone, Axl writes some good songs. Alone, Slash writes some good songs. Add some Izzy and some Duff and you've got some real classics. Plus, I don't think Slash, for example, has the creative drive he used to. Not that he still doesn't like to write or play guitar, but that he no longer has that young, hungry drive for writing that he would have with Guns. Same with the other guys.

[MB.]

Although liking a lot of music Post GNR, nothing came close to the GNR era.

Slash's music is missing Axl voice and input, Axl's music is missing Slash guitar input.

It all could have been better. It's such a shame and frustration.

[LA_0013]

No

[DieselDaisy]

I am the biggest fan of Slash's post-GN'R output but little of it comes anywhere near the brilliiance of Guns N' Roses. In his defence, none of the members have matched Appetite, Lies and the Illusions (including Axl with Democracy).

this

There Was a Time

Fall to Pieces

Slither

Anastasia

The four songs released by GNR members that can sit up there with GNR songs imo.

I cannot agree about Fall to Pieces and Slither. Fall to Pieces is just a Don't Cry clone and an inferior one at that. Slither has a riff with GN'R potential but the rest of the song falls a bit flat. Anastasia would need new lyrics and to be rearranged perhaps. I love the fretwork, and overall, the song, but currently it feels more like an instrumental - with some choruses thrown in - to be of GN'R calibre. I agree about TWAT. If I was going to cite two Slash songs of GN'R calibre I would have said Ghosts and perhaps Beggars.

[Ragnar]

Hell no

[JayGatz]

Well his stuff in GNR is what makes him a legend for all of time...But:

The stuff he has done since is amazingly impressive for a guitarist who doesn't sing. Slash's Snakepit was quite successful and many people love to this day. He went from that to VR which sold millions, won a Grammy and many people loved. Then he released a kickass Solo album with a variety of singers and then another solo album that many people love with his own backing band.

Some people like to look down on it because it's obviously not the heights of what GNR achieved, but that's a once in 25 years band. If you look at the totality of what I mentioned and then add in Slash's guest work with the likes of Michael Jackson and many others...He's forged a great fucking career and his legend continues to grow.

Very impressive and the fact that his Guitar playing is only improving means great things ahead and Slash had defied odds that very few others have.

[Bumble's Bridge Pickup]

Not at all. He still writes great music but also puts out mediocre material, unlike back in the day.

[DieselDaisy]

Well his stuff in GNR is what makes him a legend for all of time...But:

The stuff he has done since is amazingly impressive for a guitarist who doesn't sing. Slash's Snakepit was quite successful and many people love to this day. He went from that to VR which sold millions, won a Grammy and many people loved. Then he released a kickass Solo album with a variety of singers and then another solo album that many people love with his own backing band.

Some people like to look down on it because it's obviously not the heights of what GNR achieved, but that's a once in 25 years band. If you look at the totality of what I mentioned and then add in Slash's guest work with the likes of Michael Jackson and many others...He's forged a great fucking career and his legend continues to grow.

Very impressive and the fact that his Guitar playing is only improving means great things ahead and Slash had defied odds that very few others have.

Well I agree, although the second Snakepit fllopped. The thing that made GN'R, particuarly the 1987-90 line-up, such a great band was the correct five individuals at the correct moment in time. Musicians can strive for an entire career to achieve the correct formula. It is the 'John-Paul-George-Ringo' factor. Remove one and the bottom falls out. On the whole Slash's post-GNR career has been impressive but it would be absurd to expect, any of the old band, to achieve what they did in 1987-93.

[Crash Diet]

Do you think Slash's work post 1995 surpasses his work in GNR?

I do. I almost never listen to my Guns albums anymore but I frequently listen Snakepit, VR and his solo stuff. Sure GNR have some great songs but Slash made so many good songs outside of Guns. With Apocalyptic Love I can now say that his work post GNR is superior than the work he did with Guns.

Do you agree?

hell no

[Babooshka]

Yes. There's a bunch of songs I'd take over some GNR stuff, especially UYI which is mostly filler imo.

[buzzsaw]

Slash is playing technically better now, but his talents don't appear to be in songwriting. He seems to work better within the confines of what other people come up with. I'm a huge fan, but I'm not going to say he's a great songwriter.

[Free Bird]

Slash is playing technically better now, but his talents don't appear to be in songwriting. He seems to work better within the confines of what other people come up with. I'm a huge fan, but I'm not going to say he's a great songwriter.

Right. There are some exceptions on each of his albums post-GNR, but normally he needs someone like Izzy for the chord-progressions and someone like Axl for lyrics and melodies to fix his riffs and solos for the perfect song.

But still, he's done a lot of great music post Guns

[Ragnar]

Yes. There's a bunch of songs I'd take over some GNR stuff, especially UYI which is mostly filler imo.

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