Slash Names His Favorite AC/DC Albums

Slash has shared the important thing albums in AC/DC’s profession that stay amongst his favorites.

The Weapons N’ Roses guitarist, who just lately coated “Killing Ground” with AC/DC’s Brian Johnson for his Orgy of the Damned album, spoke with 95.5 KLOS host Matt Pinfield about his AC/DC love throughout an episode of New & Accepted. It was throughout this portion of the chat the place he detailed two key AC/DC albums in his appreciation of the band and why they continue to be his favorites.

“Powerage, nonetheless most likely considered one of my favourite AC/DC information,” remarked the guitarist. “However on the time once I bought into ’em, the document that got here out was Freeway to Hell. And that is how I grew to become conversant in them.”

He went on so as to add, “Due to that document, I heard Powerage, and I used to be like, ‘Whoa, this document.’ That was, actually, that bought me into the entire AC/DC catalog. After which Bon Scott died. And that was simply… It was, like, ‘I simply bought into these guys.’ After which actually in fairly fast succession, Brian [Johnson] got here into it.”

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The guitarist additionally spoke about what a pivotal yr in music 1980 was for him, explaining, “One of many greatest years for metallic within the ’80s was 1980, and also you had Again In Black‘ come out and then you definitely had Ozzy’s Diary of a Madman come out and all that. And Sabbath’s Heaven And Hell. It was an enormous, big yr for rock.”

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Slash Picks His Favourite Powerage Music

Whereas ultimately making his method again to discussing Powerage, Slash recalled, “‘Down Fee Blues’ was the tune that actually caught with me. It is nonetheless, to today, considered one of my favourite all-time rock ‘n’ roll songs.”

AC/DC, “Down Fee Blues”