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Slash is back on the American Idol stage as he kicked off the show with an incredible group number set to Alice Cooper’s 1971 hit ‘School’s Out’. The former Guns N Roses guitarist was on lead guitar and once again, Adam Lambert and Allison Iraheta dominated the vocals. Actually, you can forego the Idol hopefuls. I can listen to Slash playing his guitar all day and not get tired of it. The iconic rocker is coming out with a solo album soon. Just like Carlos Santana, he’s going to be featuring a lot of amazing singers to sing as he plays his guitar.

The former Guns N’roses guitarist recently admitted that collaborating with Fergie is about the only way he can be seen on stage. Slash said the following after a performance with his new partner: “Fergie’s the only way you’ll hear Slash right now.” Well, there goes the neighborhood! And Slash makes it go in such a subtle way. Guns N’roses is probably all but withered now that Slash isn’t even thinking about rejoining them. And of all the people he could’ve played with, why Fergie? At least he still has the hat which he now apparently keeps in a steel drum case. Let me guess… Axl Rose never let him do that, right? That’s the reason for all of this.

Guns N’ Roses have just released a new song off their upcoming Chinese Democracy album. “Better” is a melodic-rocker with infectious background vocals, sweeping guitar licks, and some of the hookiest melodies Axl Rose has woven together since the band’s early days.

Check the song out here:

Chinese Democracy is out on November 23rd

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Guns N’ Roses premiered a new commercial teaser for Chinese Democracy during Saturday Night Live over the weekend. The 30 spot features the recently released title track and information about the album pre-sale. The teaser will run again tonight during Monday Night Football which airs on ESPN at 815PM EST.
Chinese Democracy will be out November 23rd through Black Frog/Geffen Records.

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One of the most highly anticipated albums in rock history, the long-awaited Chinese Democracy (Black Frog/Geffen Records) will be available globally on November 23 on CD and vinyl (accompanied by a free digital download of the tracks), and as a separate digital album.

Produced by Axl Rose and Caram Costanzo, Chinese Democracy includes 14 tracks. The title track and first single from the album, “Chinese Democracy”, was released to radio at 5:00AM eastern time today. Two of the recordings have been recently released–“Shackler’s Revenge” debuted September 14 in the “Rock Band 2” videogame and “If The World” debuted October 11 in the film Body Of Lies.

“The release of Chinese Democracy marks a historic moment in rock ‘n’ roll,” said Irving Azoff and Andy Gould, Guns N’ Roses’ co-managers, “and we’re launching with a monumental campaign that matches the groundbreaking sound of the album itself. Guns N’ Roses fans have every reason to celebrate, for this is only the beginning.”

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