Guns N’ Roses guitarist cited the British quartet’s album as one of the most influential in his career
Whether due to the aggressive sound or energetic attitude, it is not difficult to perceive the influence of The Who node Guns N’ Rosesas well as almost all hard rock bands that have become classics. Not surprisingly, the group of Axl Rose, Slash and company played live “Pinball Wizard”a song by his idols, on several occasions.
On the guitarist, the impact was enormous. Slashin fact, spoke about what he considers to be the best album of the British quartet’s career.
In a 2010 interview rescued by the website Far Out Magazinethe man in the top hat expressed his love for The Who and focused on the album he considers their best: Who’s Nextfrom 1971. The musician from GN’R He spared no praise for the album:
I always loved the The Whoeverything they released until the Who’s Next. That record had a style that was a big songwriting influence on me and kind of my approach to rhythm guitar. Overall, it’s one of the best rock albums of all time.”
Who’s Next was produced by himself The Who in partnership with the legendary Glyn Johnswho before that also worked on another album of great importance for Slash: Led Zeppelin IIfrom 1969. The guitarist of Guns N’ Roses mentioned the album while remembering his parents’ collection, responsible for awakening the young man’s love Saul Hudson for the heaviest sounds.
When I was a kid, my parents had this record (Led Zeppelin II). My parents had the best rock and roll collection of anyone I’ve ever known. But I remember loving this album when I was a kid. So when I started playing guitar, that record still had a big influence on me as a guitarist. It was an important album for me.”
In addition to his parents’ impressive record collection, Slash He was fortunate to have always been well surrounded musically. One of the family friends was none other than David Bowiethat the then future member of Guns N’ Roses grew up receiving it in his home. This was certainly also an influence on the musician he would become.
The Who’s best album for Slash
Fifth studio album by The Who, Who’s Next It is the result of a project that, initially, did not work out. Guitarist Pete Townshend wanted the album to be a rock opera titled Lifehouse, which ended up abandoned.
The material written for the album was then reworked with the help of the vocalist Roger Daltrey and of Glyn Johns. One of my favorite albums was born Slash.
In addition to the songs originally composed by Townshend — how “Baba O’Riley”, “Behind Blue Eyes” and “Won’t Get Fooled Again” — the album had an important contribution from the bassist John Entwistle: the track “My Wife”. The result was an absolute rock classic, which reached number 1 in the British charts and was top 10 in the United States, the Netherlands, Australia, Denmark, Canada, Norway and Finland.
Collaborated: André Luiz Fernandes.
Source: Rollingstone
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