SLASH Slash (2010 UK 11-track CD album - Few artists in rock 'n' roll can carry off a single name, and carry it with gravitas. That is except Slash. And few guitarists command as much respect as Slash. So when he started making calls to his all-star wish list of singers and players he wanted to work with him on his current album, he didn't hear no. He spent nearly a year at a Hollywood studio where he recorded special sessions with producer Eric Valentine and an intense, compact rhythm section of bassist Chris Chaney [Jane's Addiction] and drummer Josh Freese [most recently of Nine Inch Nails]. The artists on the album are a bona-fide who's who of contemporary rock music: Ian Astbury, Lemmy Kilminster, Chris Cornell, Duff McKagan, Maroon Five's Adam Levine, Alter Bridge's Myles Kennedy, Wolfmother's Andrew Stockdale [on the stunning first single 'By The Sword'], Avenged Sevenfold's M Shadows and rising-star singer Rocco De Luca. The tracks cover a wide range: 'Ghost' with Astbury starts the album on a darkly seductive note. 'Beautiful Dangerous' [Fergie full-out] and 'I Hold On' [Kid Rock] push the rock 'n' roll edge. The super drive instrumental 'Watch This' showcases a power trio workout of Slash, Duff McKagan and Dave Grohl. The sly 'Crucify the Dead' [Ozzy Osbourne[, 'Doctor Alibi' [Lemmy] and 'We're All Gonna Die' [Iggy Pop] spotlight the unmistakable personalities and wit of three rock icons. And the tautly romantic 'Gotten' [Levine] and nearly mystical 'Saint Is a Sinner Too' [De Luca] offer stark contrasts in moods and shades!)