In the midst of his busy schedule, Slash managed to find time to make it over to England to film an episode of Top Gear, the long-running BBC TV show dedicated to cars.
You can watch a behind-the-scenes clip from the filming of Slash's episode right here and see most of the actual episode below.
"We definitely needed to end the current run in style," said the show's official blog. "Thankfully, we found a Stoke-born, frizzy-haired rock god just in time."
Slash will release his new solo album, Apocalyptic Love, on May 22.
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Josh Hart is a former web producer and staff writer for Guitar World and Guitar Aficionado magazines (2010–2012). He has since pursued writing fiction under various pseudonyms while exploring the technical underpinnings of journalism, now serving as a senior software engineer for The Seattle Times.
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