Modern guitar god Slash is back, after the demise of his former band Velvet Revolver, with a much anticipated self-titled solo album due to hit music stores in April.  On the album, he teams up with an all-star cast of singers in an attempt to duplicate the success Santana had nearly a decade ago with Supernatural.

The upcoming effort follows a pattern defined by another guitar hero, Santana. Slash is paired with a lineup of multi-genre artists, including Ozzy Osbourne, Kid Rock and Marooon 5′s Adam Levine.

There’s plenty of familiar faces as well. Onetime Guns N’ Roses members Josh Freese and Duff McKagan make appearances, and Slash said there won’t be anything on this album that completely throws fans for a loop, as Soundgarden leader Chris Cornell did when he teamed with producer Timbaland on last year’s “Scream.” Cornell, by the way, also appears on Slash’s effort.

Slash is planning a tour to support the new album but not with the contributing singers on the album.

Slash will be taking the album on tour with singer Myles Kennedy, who fronted post-Creed band Alter Bridge. Once rumored to replace Robert Plant in Led Zeppelin, Slash promises that fans will hear him perform numerous songs from the Guns N’ Roses days. While with Snakepit, Slash regularly performed such GN’R songs as “Mr. Brownstone” and “It’s So Easy,” and he said his summer tour will dig deeper into the catalog.

Slash has been talking a lot about the album on his Twitter @slashhudson, and I think it should be rather good

Personally, I just wish Axl Rose and Slash would mend their differences enough to work professionally together. Then attempt to make a companion album to Appetite for Destruction.

Confirmed singers for Slash’s album: Fergie, Chris Cornell, Ozzy Osbourne, Kid Rock, Adam Levine

[source: latimes]