The solo discography of

Slash Slash may refer to: * Slash (punctuation), the "/" character Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Slash (Marvel Comics) * Slash (''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'') Music * Harry Slash & The Slashtones, an American rock band * Nash ...

(born Saul Hudson), an American-English

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and heavy metal guitarist, comprises five

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s, three live albums, two

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(EP), 10

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s, and two video album. Slash has also featured on 12 singles by other artists, released ten

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s, and made contributions to numerous other releases. After leaving the band

Guns N' Roses Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1985. When they signed to Geffen Records in 1986, the band comprised vocalist Axl Rose, lead guitarist Slash, rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin, bassist Duff McKa ...

in 1996 due to internal tensions with frontman Axl Rose, guitarist Slash experimented briefly with solo projects Slash's Blues Ball and Slash's Snakepit (the latter of which released two albums), before forming

Velvet Revolver Velvet Revolver was an American hard rock supergroup consisting of Guns N' Roses members Slash (lead guitar), Duff McKagan (bass, backing vocals) and Matt Sorum (drums, backing vocals), alongside Dave Kushner (rhythm guitar) formerly of punk b ...

in 2002 with former Guns N' Roses bandmates Duff McKagan and

Matt Sorum Matthew William Sorum (born November 19, 1960) is an American drummer. He is best known as both a former member of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he recorded three studio albums, and as a member of the supergroup Velvet Revolver. S ...

. Along with frontman Scott Weiland and rhythm guitarist Dave Kushner, the

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released two successful albums, ''

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'' in 2004 and '' Libertad'' in 2007, before Weiland was fired in 2008 and the band went on indefinite hiatus. Recording for Slash's debut solo album began in September 2008 with different singers being enlisted for each song, including

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and

The Black Eyed Peas Black Eyed Peas (also known as The Black Eyed Peas) is an American musical group consisting of rappers will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo. The group's line-up during the height of their popularity in the 2000s featured Fergie, who replaced Kim Hil ...

vocalist Fergie. The resulting album, simply titled ''

'', was released in April 2010, and debuted at number three on the US ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart. Preceding the release of the album, Slash had released the Japan-only single "

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", featuring Japanese vocalist

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. It charted at number four on the

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, as well number six on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 and number four on the Top Singles Sales chart. It has been awarded Western "Single of the Year" award at the 24th

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. The three international single releases from ''Slash'' were " By the Sword" featuring Wolfmother frontman Andrew Stockdale, " Back from Cali" featuring Alter Bridge frontman Myles Kennedy – both of which charted on the ''Billboard''

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chart – and the Fergie-featured " Beautiful Dangerous", which reached number 11 on the ''Billboard''

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chart. Myles Kennedy was chosen to front Slash's solo band for the resulting promotional tour, and just a few months later '' Live in Manchester'', a

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documenting the group's performance at the Manchester Academy in July 2010, was released. The following year, ''

Made in Stoke 24/7/11 ''Made in Stoke 24/7/11'' is the second live album by British-American hard rock guitarist Slash. Featuring American vocalist Myles Kennedy, the album was recorded on Slash's debut solo tour in Stoke-on-Trent, where Slash spent his early years ...

'' was released as a live album and video, which documented the band's performance at the Victoria Hall in

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, his childhood hometown, in July 2011. The release reached number eight on the ''Billboard'' Hard Rock Albums chart, and also charted in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. In 2012, with Kennedy now a permanent part of his band, Slash released his second solo album ''

Apocalyptic Love ''Apocalyptic Love'' is the second solo studio album by guitarist Slash. However, it is also the first studio album billed to Slash feat. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators. The band features vocalist Myles Kennedy, bassist Todd Kerns and drummer B ...

'', which reached a peak position of number four on the ''Billboard'' 200. The lead single, " You're a Lie", topped the Mainstream Rock chart, while other album tracks "Standing in the Sun" and "Anastasia" later made it into the top ten of the chart as well. As of April 2014, Slash is recording his third solo album with Kennedy and their band The Conspirators (

Todd Kerns Todd "Dammit" Kerns is a Canadian musician who has worked with several Canadian bands, most notably The Age of Electric. Kerns is currently the bass guitarist and back up vocalist for Slash in the band Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Co ...

and

Brent Fitz Brent Fitz (born March 27, 1970) is a Canadian American musician and multi-instrumentalist. In his career, he has worked with Slash, Myles Kennedy, Theory of a Deadman, Alice Cooper, Vince Neil, Union, Gene Simmons, The Guess Who, Brad Whitfo ...

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Extended plays

Singles

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Other charted songs

Other appearances

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