In a recent interview, Slash revealed that Guns N'Roses were "never been a big choreographed thing" when it came to their live shows.
The guitarist made these comments while speaking about how the band's live show has evolved since he, Axl Rose and Duff McKagan reunited the band over a decade ago.
"GUNS has never been what you call a big sort of live set, live choreographed thing", Slash stated. "We put our gear up there and then we just go and play. So, sets and all that kind of stuff sort of evolve on the night. It's not even something where, where we go out and have a set set and then play that through the whole tour. We move stuff around every single night".
He continued: "So I think since we got back into it, we just sort of took off from where we left off. But there's a lot of material. So we've been historically doing three-plus-hour sets because of the amount of material and because we have a good time doing it. It wasn't supposed to be three hours. Anyway, we just sort of naturally do what we do".
Elsewhere, Slash spoke about how he sets up his solo section at live Guns N'Roses shows.
"I make up something, like an I idea for what's gonna be something I can solo on at the beginning of every tour", the musician said. "So it could be one of two things, or it could be — like on the last run, we were doing 'Hideaway'. And that was really fun".
He added: "So we did that for the whole thing. We're gonna do something different for this one. I actually wrote something for this next one. Well, 'cause I like to do it with the band. I never liked doing guitar solos by myself — ever. I would do it out of necessity 'cause people need a break or whatever, and I cringe at it. But if you do it at least jamming along with the band, you can write something that has some cool changes and feel it more. So I got something — an idea for what I wanna do on this next run".
Back in October, Guns N'Roses' Duff McKagan was full of praise for the band's new drummer, Isaac Carpenter, who replaced previous stickman Frank Ferrer, having joined G'n'R in 2006.
In March last year, Frank Ferrer addressed his departure from the band, describing the split as "amicable".
"I will have immense gratitude and love always for Axl [Rose] and the band while at the same time, disappointment that this chapter came to an end. It has been an incredible 19 years. Guns N' Roses has given me life-changing memories and experiences", Ferrer said in a statement. "A huge thanks to management, the crew, and fans for giving me memories that I will cherish for my lifetime. I hope I see you all again soon!".
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