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Slash reveals which are his favorite AC/DC albums
Slash is certainly one of the most influential Hard Rock guitarists of all time because his work with Guns N’ Roses is a landmark in the history of music and he continued over the decades to contribute a lot to music, being part for example, of the supergroup Velvet Revolver. He was heavily influenced by bands like AC/DC and he always loved them. In an interview with 95.5 KLOS (Transcribed by Blabbermouth), the musician revealed which are his favorite albums of the Australian Hard Rock group.
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Slash reveals which are his favorite AC/DC albums
“‘Powerage’ (1978). Still probably one of my favorite AC/DC records. But at the time when I got into ’em, the record that came out was ‘Highway To Hell’ (1979). And that’s how I became familiar with them. And then, because of that record, I heard ‘Powerage’, and I was like, ‘Whoa, this record.’ That was, really, that got me into the whole AC/DC catalog. And then Bon Scott died. And that was just… It was, like, ‘I just got into these guys.’ And then really in pretty quick succession, Brian (Johnson) came into it.”
“One of the biggest years for metal in the ’80s was 1980, and you had ‘Back In Black’ come out and then you had Ozzy’s ‘Diary Of A Madman’ come out and all that. And Sabbath’s ‘Heaven And Hell’. It was a huge, huge year for rock,” Slash said.
Slash loved the most recent AC/DC album “Power Up”
In an interview with Ola Englund in 2024, Slash revealed that lately he was listening more to new albums released by old bands like AC/DC. He praised the record “Power Up” released in 2020. “As far as bands are concerned, mostly the stuff that I’ve been listening to are older bands with new records. AC/DC had a new record. That was really good. Queens of the Stone Age got a new record. I love Gojira; it’s great.”
“The new Metallica is fucking amazing. So there’s a lot of new stuff in that vein. And then as far as new bands are concerned, I think Dirty Honey was pretty cool. I think that was a really good new rock band that sort of has that old school style that’s actually pretty genuine. I’m trying to think if there’s anything else that I’m forgetting that’s come across my thing,” Slash said.
