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Slash was one of the many guest players when the Allman Betts Family Revival celebrated the music of the Allman Brothers Band in Nashville on Monday night.

The Guns N’ Roses guitarist appeared for a trio of performances: “Trouble No More,” “Dreams,” and “Whipping Post.” Each showed off Slash’s innate blues playing, but it was his solo on “Dreams” that had the crowd mesmerized. Playing a goldtop Les Paul — the entire night was heavy on Gibsons — Slash coaxed out a series of glistening, at times weepy notes from the...

Slash has had a busy year, releasing a new solo album, unveiling signature model guitars, and plotting a traveling blues festival. But 2025 will be “all about Guns N’ Roses,” in the guitarist’s own words.

In a new interview, Slash discussed his future plans now that he’s fresh off the release of his blues LP, Orgy of the Damned. Not only is he set to record a new album with his long-running band the Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators, but Gn’R appear to have major plans in store for 2025, as well.

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“I’m going into the studio with the Conspirators, getting a new record done and then after that, 2025 is all about Guns N’ Roses,” he told Loudwire Nights of his plans following his upcoming summer tour. “We’re trying to get some things going with that. I think there’s a...

Most of the guest singers on Slash’s just-released album of blues and soul covers, Orgy of the Damned, seem like a who’s who of hard rock: Paul Rodgers, Steven Tyler, Billy Gibbons, Iggy Pop. There’s also Demi Lovato, the rock-loving pop star who gives a powerhouse performance of the Temptations’ “Papa Was a Rolling Stone.”

“That was so left-field for everybody involved, because she’s from the pop world,” Slash told Rolling Stone earlier this week. “But I had this very distinct idea in my mind of...

Slash has unleashed his new blues album, Orgy of the Damned, featuring contributions from Demi Lovato, Iggy Pop, AC/DC’s Brian Johnson, Chris Stapleton, Zz Top’s Billy Gibbons, and more.

Along with releasing the new album today (May 17th), Slash unveiled the music video for his cover of The Temptations’ “Papa Was a Rolling Stone” featuring powerhouse vocals by Lovato. The song is the third single from the LP, following a version of Howlin’ Wolf’s “Killing Floor” (featuring Johnson on vocals and Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler on harmonica) and a cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Oh Well” (featuring Stapleton).

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Another album highlight is a rendition of Lightnin’ Hopkins’ “Awful Dream” with lead vocals by the godfather of punk himself, Iggy Pop. “Iggy came to my studio in L.A., and we just sat down, he was on one stool, and I was on another,...

Guitar legend Slash is set to perform with Cleto and the Cletones across three nights next week on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

From May 20-22, the Guns N’ Roses guitarist will perform songs from his new record “Orgy Of The Damned,” an album of blues covers that features collaborations with Demi Lovato, Chris Stapleton, Steven Tyler, and Iggy Pop.

Slash isn’t the first artist to stick around at Jkl for more than one night. Metallica made headlines in March of 2023 when they performed songs on the show four nights in a row, and it was six years ago that David Letterman’s bandleader Paul Shaffer joined the show’s house band for a week of shows in Brooklyn.

Slash has appeared solo on the Kimmel show 4 times for performances or interviews, most recently in 2022. He also played the show twice with his band Velvet Revolver.

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It might not be immediately apparent from songs like “Sweet Child o’ Mine” or “November Rain,” but Slash’s roots are in the blues. “Everybody knows me as a rock & roll guitar player,” he tells Rolling Stone. “When I was a kid, though, I was exposed to great blues music from my family. So even though my intention was to be a rock musician when I picked up the guitar, it was always firmly rooted in the blues ideal.”

When he left Guns N’ Roses in the Nineties, Slash dedicated...

Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators wrapped up their UK/European tour in Paris on Monday (April 29th) by bringing Wolfgang Van Halen onstage for a rousing cover of the AC/DC classic “Highway to Hell.” Wolfgang’s band Mammoth Wvh served as support on the month-long run.

Kennedy introduced Wolfgang, telling the crowd, “We’re honored that we’ve been able to tour with this next gentleman and his band, ’cause I think he’s one of the most talented people on the planet.”

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Slash then started playing the iconic “Highway to Hell” riff, with the rest of the band and Wolfgang joining in soon thereafter. Bassist Todd Kearns handled lead vocals on the verses, with Kennedy and Wolfgang chiming in on the chorus. At one point, Wolfgang delivered a blistering guitar solo.

Wolfgang was returning a favor, as earlier in the evening, Kennedy...

Slash teams up with composer Bear McCreary for an epic new song “The End of Tomorrow” from the latter’s forthcoming album, The Singularity, arriving May 3rd.

The near-11-minute track opens with an instrumental orchestral intro before Slash’s guitar cuts through the mix. His tone and style are immediately recognizable, with McCreary entrusting the Guns N’ Roses axeman with the main melodic lines in the arrangement.

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Bear’s brother, Brendan McCreary, contributes lead vocals to the track and assumes a prominent role, as the song traverses many movements and cinematic turns — not surprising given Bear’s background in film, television, and video game scores.

For those approaching the song via Slash’s notable guest spot — namely Gn’R fans — “The End of Tomorrow” immediately recalls “November Rain” in its maximalism and narrative weight, and the Use Your Illusion masterpiece was a direct influence according to McCreary.

Chris Stapleton has proven that he can hold his own in any musical genre. And his latest collaboration with rock royalty is no exception. Keep reading for all the details on how he got involved in a rock star’s Fleetwood Mac cover.

Chris Stapleton Recruited By Rock Star For Fleetwood Mac Cover

Chris Stapleton is as in-demand as ever these days. The story of how he came to join a rock legend on a Fleetwood Mac cover is proof of that.

In a move that’s sending shockwaves through the music world, Stapleton has teamed up with legendary guitarist Slash for a stunning cover of the early Fleetwood Mac classic “Oh Well.” The track was recorded for Slash’s new album, Orgy of the Damned, which is set to be released in April 2024.

His singing cadence and that drawl that he has for this particular song, in my mind’s eye,...

Slash has unveiled the latest single from his upcoming blues album, Orgy of the Damned, set to arrive on May 17th. The Guns N’ Roses guitarist teams up with country superstar Chris Stapleton on a cover of Fleetwood’s Mac’s “Oh Well.”

The freewheeling guitar playing from Slash and the raspy vocal delivery from Stapleton add a gritty vibe to Fleetwood Mac’s original 1969 song, a bluesy garage number that was penned and sung by singer-guitarist Peter Green.

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Slash said of the song in a press release, “So, this is the original Fleetwood Mac, which was founded by Peter Green, one of the greatest singer-songwriter-guitar players, he’s less known in the public, but very well known to us guitar players re the 60s British blues and he’s up there with Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Mick Taylor. He sort of had a misadventure...

When Slash was putting together the track list for his upcoming blues album, Orgy of the Damned, he had a very distinct voice in mind for his version of Fleetwood Mac’s “Oh Well”: Chris Stapleton.

“His singing cadence and that drawl that he has for this particular song, in my mind’s eye, it sounded perfect,” the Guns N’ Roses guitarist tells Rolling Stone.

But despite Stapleton having opened some shows for Gn’R, Slash didn’t already have a relationship with the country crooner. “I had to...

Slash has announced the lineup and tour dates for a traveling blues festival dubbed S.E.R.P.E.N.T.

The trek will see the Guns N’ Roses guitarist sharing the bill with a rotating cast of modern blues and blues-adjacent icons such as Warren Haynes Band, Keb’ ‘Mo, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Robert Randolph, Samantha Fish, Eric Gales, Zz Ward, Jackie Venson, and Larkin Poe.

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The trek kicks off July 5th in Bonner, Montana, and runs through August 17th in Grand Prairie, Texas. In between, the tour hits cities including Los Angeles, Cincinnati, Toronto, Boston, New York, Atlanta, and Huntsville.

A Live Nation ticket pre-sale for select dates begins Wednesday (March 13th) at 10 a.m. local time using the code Key. General ticket sales start Friday (March 15th) at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster. Fans can also look for deals or get tickets to sold-out dates via StubHub,...

Slash and some of his famous friends will celebrate the blues this summer on the Guns N’ Roses guitarist’s upcoming touring S.E.R.P.E.N.T. festival. In addition to Slash, who recently announced a new album, the lineup will variously include the Warren Haynes Band, Keb’ ‘Mo, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Robert Randolph, Samantha Fish, Eric Gales, Zz Ward, Jackie Venson, and Larkin Poe, depending on the night.

The tour, which kicks off in Montana in July, will help raise money to fight racism and fight for civil rights.

Slash has announced a new blues album, Orgy of the Damned, arriving May 17th via Gibson Records.

Like he has on previous solo albums, the Guns N’ Roses guitar legend surrounded himself with a host of fellow musical icons and guest vocalists. For example, the lead single, “Killing Floor” — streaming below — features the talents of AC/DC’s Brian Johnson on lead vocals and Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler on harmonica.

The rest of the tracklist features similar star-studded collabs, with Slash and company tackling blues standards from across all eras such as Robert Johnson’s “Crossroad Blues,” Albert King’s “Born Under a Bad Sign,” Willie Dixon’s “Hoochie Coochie Man,” and more.

The list of notable singers includes Gary Clark Jr., Billy Gibbons, Chris Stapleton, Dorothy, Iggy Pop, Paul Rodgers, Demi Lovato, Chris Robinson, Tash Neal, and Beth Hart.

As for the core band’s lineup, Slash reunited with...

Around the time Slash parted ways with Guns N’ Roses, he got deep into the blues and soul music. With a group called Slash’s Blues Ball, he reinterpreted the music of Robert Johnson, Willie Dixon, and Stevie Wonder, among others, at gigs between 1996 and 1998. Now — nearly three decades later — the guitarist, who returned to Gn’R in 2016, is recommitting himself to that group’s repertoire on Orgy of the Damned, a new solo album due out May 17, which finds him trading licks with many of his famous friends.

The album,...

This past Saturday, May 15th, Dread hit the road from La to Vegas, and sometime between playing fetch with a border collie over Bloody Marys in a dilapidated desert bar in Yermo and winding up with a gastro-intestinal malady (Sin City is apparently full of germs), this writer swung by The Polly Staffle Grindhouse Fest at the Sci-Fi Center for the world premieres of director Creep Creepersin’s features Orgy of Blood, Vaginal Holocaust, and Caged Lesbos A-Go-Go.

On hand for the event were filmmaker Creepersin and producing partner Nikki Wall, and just before the two engaged in an audience Q&A for Orgy of Blood, we managed to sneak a few minutes outside the Sci-Fi Center in order to get the skinny on release plans for the previously mentioned trio as well as the duo’s latest ventures: the feature films Lake Death and Wall’s forthcoming directorial debut,...

In Dread Central's effort to promote independent horror, have we got the goods on a great horror film festival in Las Vegas! From May 12-16th Sci-Fi Center at 2520 State Street, Las Vegas, Nv 89109, will be hosting The Polly Staffle Grindhouse Fest (aka PollyGrind), which includes 30 different films with five world premieres, seven Las Vegas premieres, and one U.S. premiere. There will also be a ton of music videos and trailers and more horror-related goods for you to feast your eyes on.

Read on for the full line-up, and look for more from Dread Central on PollyGrind (click here for the official site) soon!

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Shoreline Entertainment has recently signed three films by notorious low budget filmmaker Creep Creepersin, just in time for Afm.

First up is Orgy of Blood, an erotic vampire film starring Domiziano Arcangeli, who is also executive producer. The film, also starring Chandler Maness ("Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency"), Randal Malone (Curse of Lizzie Borden), Jeff Dylan Graham (Psychosomatika), and a slew of horror genre favorites, wrapped in May. Orgy of Blood was written and directed by Creep Creepersin and produced by Aine Leicht and Nikki Wall.

Shoreline also snapped up two more Creepersin films for release as a Grindhouse-style double feature: The Creep Creepersin Double Featuresin. Comprised of Vaginal Holocaust and Caged Lesbos a-Go-Go, the double feature is a heavy throwback to 60’s and 70’s exploitation films.

Vaginal Holocaust takes the viewer on a trip where rape and revenge go hand in hand with redneck vampires and a man-eating vagina! It...

Fango heard from busy indie-horror actor Joe Zaso, who’s done a number of New York-area and overseas fright flicks and recently made a trip to La to co-star in a sci-fi chiller called H1N1: Virus X. He sent along a couple of photos (see them below) and comments on the currently lensing movie, directed by first-timer Ryan Stevens Harris.

Executive-produced by Domiziano Arcangeli (of Orgy Of Blood, which we previously reported on here) and veteran B-meister David S. Sterling and co-starring The Devil’S Rejects’ Priscilla Barnes, H1N1: Virus X casts Zaso as Dr. Gravaman, an evil scientist who performs twisted experiments on human guinea pigs. It’s “not too far a stretch” from the types of roles Zaso has been regularly playing lately, he tells us: “This seems to be the year of the troublemaking doctor roles for me. First was Braincell, which was...

Ready to dip your toes into the bloody remnants left behind by a veritable Orgy of Blood? Good because .... what? What do you mean it's not sanitary? I swear we're surrounded by pussies lately!

Nevertheless, the official website for Creep Creepersin's Orgy of Blood (set visit here) is now live and filled with all sorts of goodies including a pretty steamy trailer.

Orgy of Blood is an erotic vampire tale set in a surreal world of pleasure and betrayal. Fosco (played by Domiziano Arcangeli), a 300-year-old vampire, lives in a beautiful mansion with his wife Sabina (Lorielle New) and their adopted son Dimitri (Chandler Maness). Their lives are a non-stop lust orgy where anything goes and always does! Until Fauna (Naama Kates) and her boyfriend Micah (Vincent Hoss-Desmarais) show up and turn the ecstasy-driven clan into murderous backstabbers, hell-bent on revenge and power!

Produced by Aine Leicht and Nikki Wall,...

You know what's fun? Orgies. You know what is also cool? Blood. So you can imagine my excitement when I was invited out to the set for Creep Creepersin's new flick Orgy of Blood.

I was sent out to this giant Gothic looking mansion in the outskirts of the Hollywood Hills area and began having a slight panic attack with the thought that maybe this wasn't just a set visit but a clever ruse by a group of vampire filmmakers to capture a member of the press and torture and maim him until there was nothing left.

Obviously I was apprehensive when I got onto set, but I was immediately greeted by Creep himself, who looked tired and excited all at once.

“This is the hardest thing I've ever done, but it is so worth all the sacrifice,” Creep tells me while they set up the next shot.

The story focuses on Fosco,...

Fango recently heard from the creators of Orgy Of Blood, the latest from indie writer/director Creep Creepersin, whose O.C. Babes And The Slasher Of Zombietown just got announced for DVD (see info here). His new movie (see exclusive photos below) is an erotic vampire opus starring and executive-produced by Italian actor Domiziano Arcangeli.

The story centers on Fosco (Arcangeli, first photo), a 300-year-old bloodsucker who lives a lustful lifestyle in an opulent mansion with his wife Sabina and their son Dimitri. Their lives are a nonstop orgy where anything goes—until the human Fauna and her boyfriend Micah arrive and begin turning the trio violently against each other. While Creepersin (second photo) scripted, it was Arcangeli who brainstormed the concept and story idea. “When I was growing up in Italy in the ’70s, there was this very famous adult-themed comic strip called Vampirella,” he tells Fango. “It was just...

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#1: Paramount to finally release Carriers!

Àlex Pastor and David Pastor's Carriers is finally getting a theatrical release by Paramount Vantage on September 4, 2009. The great looking plague flick stars Lou Taylor Pucci, Chris Pine, Piper Perabo and Emily VanCamp. No doubt their decision to hold the film back has something to do with capitalizing on the Chris Pine buzz that will be around from Star Trek. Smart really. [via: Bloody-Disgusting]

#2: Kevin Macdonald takes on Romans and Asimov's "Eternity"

Kevin Macdonald has made a deal with New Regency to develop and direct "The End of Eternity" by Isaac Asimov. The "futuristic tale concerns a ruling class called Eternity whose members can manipulate time and alter history."

The State of Play director is also making "Eagle of the Ninth," a Roman military drama for Focus Features. [via: Variety]

#3: Statham ain't no Bronson but he will be The Mechanic

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Once again a group of strangers awaken to find themselves in peril in Paul Hough's sci-fi horror hybrid The Human Race. So what are the stakes this time? It's run Or Die!

The Human Race is an exciting new sci-fi horror film from multi-award winning director Paul Hough (The Backyard, The Angel) and executive producer John Hough (Legend of Hell House, Escape to Witch Mountain). In the vein of Battle Royale and The Running Man, The Human Race is about a mass number of people who wake up in a strange arena and are forced by a nefarious intuition to run laps or face a hideous end.

The film stars Paul McCarthy Boyington (Altered), Eddie McGee (The Angel), Creep Creepersin (Orgy Of Blood), Fred Courey (Cindarella) and Domiziano Arcangeli (House Of Flesh Mannequins). Special FX will be done by Tom Devlin (1313Fx).

Shooting begins Saturday, April 25th. Check out the poster art below!