Re: Slash Matters

[Dan Soltzberg <d.ans@rcn.com>]

Title: Re: Slash Matters

Not to mention his impact on the top hat market.


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on 2/1/04 11:11 AM, Andre Cholmondeley at projectobject@earthlink.net wrote:

> <snip>
>
> > Since Guns N' Roses imploded
> > in the mid-'90s, no Les Paul player has commanded the cross-genre visibility
> > of Slash in his heyday.
>
> >>>Since when did Slash have "cross-genre visibility", or for that matter much
> >>>of a catalog?  Is this PR or what?
>
> Well yes - the whole article is - but Like 'em or not - G N R had a HUGE
> effect on rock, hard rock, glam rock, metal and pop music in the late 80s.
> Stations that played all of these genres played the hell outta 'sweet child'
> and 'welcome to the jungle'.
>
> And they DID mark a return to straight-ahead rock n roll being on the charts
> and actually selling "units"...
>
> > Metallica's Kirk Hammett and Weezer's Rivers Cuomo,
> > both Les Paul players, don't have Slash's following or showmanship.
>
> >>>I guess the writer was one of those unfortunate Drunks n' Posers fans.
> >>>[shaking head]  Or he's working for Gibson and is desperate to fill an
> >>>article.
>
>
> Well - he's wrong on the numbers.. Metallica certainly has the 'following'
> of GnR and then some.... But Hammett has always been known for his black
> ESP. Still uses it - tho he does use LPs in the studio and occasionally
> live. Weezer certainly had a couple hits but Mr Cuomo isnt per se known as a
> 'guitar hero'.
>
> As silly as that phrase is - in the world of rock it's what has defined
> guitars sales.  - Hendrix, Page, Van Halen - you think immediately of a
> certain brand and model of guitar. Slash was just at the right place right
> time with the right sound. Bingo - millions of kids and aging NY
> Dolls/Johnny Thunders fans raced out to pick up a phat sunburst!!