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Re: Slash Matters/cat 5 guitar leads



Title: Re: Slash Matters
Plus, for kids in the late 80's who knew nothing beyond hot pink Kramers, Ibanez's, BC Rich's, and Yamaha's, having someone like Slash come along showing an appreciation for vintage riffs, instruments, etc was a nice breath of fresh air.
That's like calling the ripping off of other peoples' choreography an "homage".  Drunks n' Posers was just a Big Hair band without shampoo but with plenty of cocaine and likker.
For an old fart like you, maybe it was just an obvious ripoff. But for kids at the time, his "look" and influences helped millions of kids (like myself at the time) delve into those older records, influences, etc.
I would love to see anyplace where Slash ever talked about anything about his influences, or for that matter encouraged anyone to look up the people who did the work he picked up on.
Granted, he may not have been an originator, but he definitely helped keep the originators' influences alive and made them relevant and "cool" to kids like me.
In order to do that, again, he would have had to tell people what his influences are.
Besides, the originators weren't originators themselves. They ripped off their predecessors, and on down the line. It was just new to you at the time because you were a punk kid and didn't know any better.
Which of course is no excuse for anything, after all.
 
Steve Goodman
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