His father, Anthony Hudson, is an English artist. Hudson (née Oliver 1946–2009), was a black American fashion designer and costumier from the United States.

He was named after cartoonist Saul Steinberg. Saul Hudson was born in Hampstead, London, on July 23, 1965, but raised in Blurton, a small suburb in Stoke-on-Trent, until age 6, before moving to Los Angeles, California. In 2012, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Guns N' Roses' classic lineup. 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'. 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. Time magazine named him runner-up (to Jimi Hendrix) 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. All but the first of these were billed to 'Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators'. Slash has released five solo albums: Slash (2010), Apocalyptic Love (2012), World on Fire (2014), Living the Dream (2018) and 4 (2022). In 2002, he co-founded the supergroup Velvet Revolver with vocalist Scott Weiland, which re-established Slash as a mainstream performer in the mid to late 2000s. In 1994, amid growing tensions within Guns N' Roses, Slash formed the supergroup Slash's Snakepit, and in 1996 he left Guns N' Roses. Guns), replacing founding member Tracii Guns. In 1983 he joined the glam metal band Hollywood Rose, then in 1985 he joined Guns N' Roses (which was composed of former members of Hollywood Rose and L.A.

His parents were both active in the entertainment industry, and he was given the nickname 'Slash' as a child by actor Seymour Cassel. īorn in Hampstead, London, Slash moved to Los Angeles with his father when he was five years old. Slash has received critical acclaim and is considered one of the greatest guitarists of all time. Saul Hudson (born July 23, 1965), known professionally as Slash, is a British-American musician who serves as the lead guitarist of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

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