In the late 1980s and early 1990s, there wasn't a bigger band on the planet than Guns N' Roses. Busting out in 1987 with "Appetite for Destruction" and continuing on through "GNR Lies" and the ambitious "Use Your Illusion" double album, Guns N' Roses provided the blueprint for hard rock of the era. Along with the shrieking, sinister vocals of Axl Rose, the sound of Guns N' Roses was defined by the soaring, clear, and virtuosic lead guitar work of the enigmatic, top-hatted Saul Hudson, better known by the stage name Slash. Slash's astonishing work elevated his band out of the widely dismissed Los Angeles hair metal scene from whence it came.

Following a band breakup that was worse than you thought , Slash went on to a solo career and to lead numerous other hard and heavy bands, including

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