Former Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash told CBS News on Thursday he’d be open to reuniting the original band.
Axl Rose probably doesn’t want to try squeezing back in those little American flag shorts anytime soon.
“If everybody wanted to do it and do it for the right reasons, you know, I think the fans would love it,” said the guitarist, who along with the rest of the original lineup, is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. “I think it might be fun at some point to try and do that.”
I can think of five bank accounts that would love it, too.
Slash left the band in 1996 after experiencing problems with Rose — which is pretty much why everyone else left as well.
“(Rose and I) haven’t really talked in a long time,” Slash said. “But a lot of the tension that you were talking about has dissipated. We don’t have all those issues anymore. There’s not a lot of controversy. It’s something that’s more perpetuated by the media than anything.”
Maybe they don’t have these issues anymore because they haven’t been in a band together for almost 20 years?
Slash went on to form Velvet Revolver with two of his former bandmates. Most recently, he’s played with Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators.
Guns N’ Roses has shuffled lineups, occasionally toured, and released one record — 2008’s disappointing “Chinese Democracy” — since Rose and Slash decided they couldn’t work together anymore.
“You know, never say never,” Slash said.
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