Slash's early bands
"The first thing I did as soon as I could put three chords together was start a band. At a really young age, I was going around trying to find people to form a group." (Slash)

Tidus Sloan
"Tidus Sloan was a purely instrumental band because we never found a singer and I certainly wasn't going to sing myself." (Slash)

Slash played with this band from 1981 to 1983.

Slash: guitar
Ron Schneider: bass
Adam Greenberg: drums
Louie Metz: bass

Played songs: When The Five Dies / Metal On Metal / What A Change / Rats Ass Rock N' Roll / Funky And Stormbringer / Heaven And Hell (Black Sabbath) / What You're Doing (Rush) / Dazed And Confused (Led Zeppelin) / Message In A Bottle (Police) / Start Me Up (The Rolling Stones) / Feelings (Morris Albert)

Tidus Sloan at Fairfax Highschool on June 4, 1982

Road Crew
"We would rehearse every week and it became a big party. Steven joined and eventually it stopped working out for Slash." (Chris Torres)

Slash played with this band from 1983 to 1984.

Slash: guitar
Chris Torres: vocals
Ron Schneider: bass
Adam Greenberg: drums
Steven Adler: drums

Played songs: When The Five Dies / Road Crew Eats First / Shot Down / Natural Regression / Stand Alone / Discusses / Young Killer / Rock N' Roll Survivor

Road Crew promotional picture, taken in 1984

Hollywood Rose
"Axl thought Izzy and I would make a great pairing, but since they had never actually discussed it before he put it in motion, I was in but Izzy was gone." (Slash)

Slash played with this band in 1984.

Slash: guitar
Axl Rose: vocals
Steven Adler: drums
Steve Darrow: bass

Played songs: Reckless Life / Anything Goes / Back Off Bitch / Shadow Of Your Love / Everything's OK / Rock N' Roll Survivor / Cold Hard Cash / Rock N' Roll Rose / Nice Boys (Rose Tattoo) / Hair Of The Dog (Nazareth)

Hollywood Rose at Madame Wong's East on June 28, 1984

Black Sheep
"I went on to join a band called Black Sheep with Willie Basse, which was a rite of passage for a succession of talented musicians. He is a really tall black guy who sings and plays bass and he had a penchant for landing the hottest shredder guitar players of the day." (Slash)

Slash played with this band in 1985.

Slash: guitar
Willie Basse: vocals
Paul Carmen: bass
Todd Devito: drums

Black Sheep at the Country Club on May 31, 1985

Guns N' Roses
"After three nights we had a fully realized set and so we unanimously decided that we were now fit for public consumption." (Slash)

Slash played with this band from 1985 to 1996 and since 2016.

Slash: guitar
Axl Rose: vocals
Izzy Stradlin: guitar
Duff McKagan: bass
Steven Adler: drums

Played songs: Move To The City / Reckless Life / Don't Cry / Shadow Of Your Love / Think About You / Back Off Bitch / Anything Goes / Jumpin' Jack Flash (The Rolling Stones) / Nice Boys (Rose Tattoo) / Heartbreak Hotel (Elvis Presley)

Guns N' Roses at the Troubadour on September 20, 1985

Slash's early bands"The first thing I did as soon as I could put three chords together was start a band. At a really young age, I was going around trying to find people to form a group." (Slash)

Tidus Sloan"Tidus Sloan was a purely instrumental band because we never found a singer and I certainly wasn't going to sing myself." (Slash)

Road Crew"We would rehearse every week and it became a big party. Steven joined and eventually it stopped working out for Slash." (Chris Torres)

Hollywood Rose"Axl thought Izzy and I would make a great pairing, but since they had never actually discussed it before he put it in motion, I was in but Izzy was gone." (Slash)