Slash says Axl Rose was different to all the other singers he had played with: “He was the only singer that ever brought an emotional content to it”

Rock guitarist Slash has played with many different musicians during his career. Now, in a recent interview with Revolver, the guitarist explains how he felt Axl Rose was an immediate departure from the other singers he had played with in the past.

“I’d worked with different singers on and off for a while, and then when I met Axl and we started jamming together, he was the only singer that ever brought an emotional content to it that affected me on an emotional level, on an energy level”, he says and continues:

“A song all of a sudden went to a whole new level, and I felt it. And that’s when I realized where music and vocals really meet. Because prior to that, everybody that I’d worked with sucked and I had no use for it, and I would just rather play instrumentally. But that’s when I first really arrived at that poignant feeling that you get when things connect on a lyrical and the vocal level and the music level.”

You can pre-order the new Guns N’ Roses “Hard Skool” EP, which will be released on 25 February and consists of two live recordings and two recently released tracks via the band’s official online store here.