Slash

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Slash is best known as the lead guitarist of the American rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. During his later years with Guns N' Roses, Slash formed the side project Slash's Snakepit. After leaving Guns N' Roses in 1996, he co-founded supergroup Velvet Revolver, which re-established him as a mainstream performer in the mid to late 2000s. Slash has since released three solo albums: Slash featuring an array of famous guest musicians, and Apocalyptic Love and World on Fire, recorded with his band Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators. He returned to Guns N' Roses in 2016, nearly 20 years after he had left. Slash has received critical acclaim and is considered as one of the greatest rock guitarists. Time magazine named him runner-up on their list of "The 10 Best Electric Guitar Players" in 2009, while Rolling Stone placed him at number 65 on their list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" in 2011. Guitar World ranked his guitar solo in "November Rain" number 6 on their list of "The 100 Greatest Guitar Solos" in 2008 and Total Guitar placed his riff in "Sweet Child o' Mine" at number 1 on their list of "The 100 Greatest Riffs" in 2004. During 2010,Gibson Guitar Corporation ranked Slash as number 34 on their "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time", while their readers landed him number 9 on Gibson's "Top 25 Guitarists of All Time". In 2012, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Guns N' Roses' classic line-up.

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Slash shows his star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony on Tuesday in Los Angeles. The legendary guitarist was a member of Guns N' Roses. (Associated Press)

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Four members of the band Guns N' Roses — (from left) Matt Sorum, Steven Adler, Duff McKagan and Slash — appear in the press room early on Sunday, April 15, 2012, after their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

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This is an undated image of rock guitarist Slash made available by Roadrunner Records on Tuesday March 13, 2012. Will Guns N' Roses reunite for their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? Behind his dark glasses, hat and big hair, their former guitarist Slash is staying noncommittal on the subject. (AP Photo/ Roadrunner Records)