The legendary guitarist of Guns ‘N’ Roses thinks that rock music has got too “commercial” and “dull and boring.”
In his hay day, Slash was just about the coolest figure in rock n roll out there. The combination of his wicked hair and look with his fiercely sexy guitar licks made him and Axl Rose a near unstoppable force. Well, that is until the band split up and Slash left Axl for another project.
Now, Slash worries that the genre that he has dedicated his life to just isn’t what it used to be. After talking with Billboard Radio China about his success with post-GnR project, Velvet Revolver, Slash unleashed his opinion on 21st-century rock music.
“And then, as we [Velvet Revolver] got down the line, it seemed that rock sort of got… More than anything, the commercial approach to rock and roll that the industry forces on bands, or forces people to think that this is how they have to go about it to succeed, and it just turns into this generic mishmosh that manages to get on the radio but doesn’t really turn anybody on, and it’s just dull and boring and people start looking elsewhere,” Slash told Billboard Radio China.
He added: “And I think that was, really, what happened to the industry, as far as rock and roll is concerned, after 2006 up until just recently.”
Luckily, he doesn’t think that “rock n roll is dead” but believes that rock music is making a comeback. Commenting on bands like Greta Van Fleet, he said:
“But it seems to be turning over a new leaf right now. So I’m really interested to see where it goes over the next few years, ’cause there’s a lot of really hungry young rock and roll bands getting together right now that I’m aware of.”
