On Friday (May 17), Slash released his latest solo album Orgy of the Damned. The blues album featured the legendary guitarist backing a long line of guest vocalists. However, Axl Rose was not among those included on the album. Recently, he revealed why Rose was not involved in the collaborative album.
The Daily Star (via NME) reported that Slash explained why he didn’t invite Rose or Myles Kennedy to sing on his solo album. “It was my own side thing. So I wasn’t dragging my own guys in,” he said. Then, he expanded on the reason with some good news.
“Guns N’ Roses are trying to make their own record and I’m working with them in that capacity but [Orgy of the Damned] didn’t involve anyone else,” he explained.
The legendary rock band hasn’t released a new album since their long-delayed 2008 album Chinese Democracy. More recently, the band has released a handful of singles. “Perhaps,” “The General,” “Absurd,” and “Hard Skool” were all recorded around the same time as the infamous album.
Chinese Democracy notably didn’t feature original GNR members Slash, bassist Duff McKagan, or drummer Matt Sorum. In fact, the last album to feature those members was the 1993 covers album The Spaghetti Incident.
