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Slash once teamed up with the Black Eyed Peas for a Super Bowl halftime show that featured the most divisive Sweet Child O’ Mine performance ever
By Matt Owen published
The infamous set took place in 2011, with the Guns N' Roses guitar legend's 90-second cameo part of a wider event that has since received some unfavorable accolades

Watch Jeff Beck play Locomotive with Guns N' Roses at a 1992 soundcheck for a live collaboration that never happened
By Jackson Maxwell published
Beck would ultimately pull out of his performance in Paris with the hard-rock giants – and, potentially, Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry – leaving these rehearsal videos as a tantalizing 'what if'

How to play Welcome to the Jungle on guitar
By Chris Bird published
Learn the legendary Guns N' Roses riff that introduced Slash to the world

Ian Hunter’s new album features Slash, Jeff Beck, Billy F Gibbons, Rob Trujillo, Taylor Hawkins, Mike Campbell and more
By Matt Parker published
The Mott the Hoople frontman’s new solo album, Defiance Part 1, has some seriously heavyweight guest talent

Lessons you can learn from Slash‘s blues guitar solos
By Phil Short published
Learn how to keep your solos fresh and memorable with this look at the Guns N‘ Roses icon‘s bluesier side

Slash reveals how he really came up with the Sweet Child O’ Mine riff
By Matt Owen published
The Guns N' Roses guitarist explained that the iconic riff did not originate from a warm-up routine, contrary to popular belief

Matt Sorum reunites with Slash and Duff McKagan on scorching Kings of Chaos single, Judgment Day
By Matt Owen published
Hear the Guitar World-exclusive premiere of the single, which paves the way for the supergroup's first-ever studio album

Slash once joined Nile Rodgers and Chic for a marathon Le Freak solo spot – but the show ended in tragedy
By Michael Astley-Brown last updated
Watch the 1996 performance the Guns N’ Roses guitarist called “the biggest privilege of my life” – at the concert that would prove to be bass legend Bernard Edwards’ last

The greatest guitar albums of the 2010s
By Ellie Rogers published
A new generation of guitar heroes greets the stalwarts as we look at the decade's best albums from Slash, Ghost, The Black Keys and more – as voted by you

Gibson to auction Paul McCartney-, Slash-played Les Paul guitars for Ukraine relief
By Jackson Maxwell published
Painted Azure blue and gold in honor of the country's flag, the custom axes will go under the hammer along with autograph books signed by The Rolling Stones, Alex Lifeson, Nile Rodgers and many more
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