28 Feb 2015

Slash - the man behind the tophat

From RNZ Music, 2:00 pm on 28 February 2015

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Zac Arnold and Slash / Photo by Alexander Robertson.

Synonymous with a Les Paul guitar, stacks of Marshall amps and that leather top hat, guitar god Slash is one of the last of a dying breed of rock star archetypes.

With Guns N’ Roses firmly in the past in 2015, Slash was in town touring his latest solo album World On Fire.

Zac Arnold puts his own questions, as well as some from a series of famous New Zealand guitarists, to the man behind the myth. Or is that under the top hat?

We last spoke to Slash in 2010.

Music Details

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