Slash: 10 albums that changed my life

The first album I bought was...

Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin (1969)

The album that made me want to play guitar was…

Aerosmith – Rocks (1976)

The best album artwork is…

War – Why Can’t We Be Friends? (1975)


The album I break the speed limit to is…

Judas Priest – Screaming For Vengeance (1982)


The first album I had sex to was…

Fleetwood Mac – Rumours (1977)

A kid asks me what metal is. I hand them a copy of… 

Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath (1970)

The album no one will believe I own is…

Kanye West – Graduation (2007)

The album I want to be remembered for is…

Guns N’ Roses – Appetite For Destruction (1987)

The album I want played at my funeral is…Ei

Erik Satie – Gynmopédies (1888)

“I’d probably want to play something like Gymnopédies by Erik Satie, who was an amazing French composer. These pieces in particular are brilliant – they’re probably my favourite classical works.”

The album that should not be is…

Guns N’ Roses – Sympathy For The Devil (1995)

Published in Metal Hammer #260


Amit Sharma

Amit has been writing for titles like Total GuitarMusicRadar and Guitar World for over a decade and counts Richie Kotzen, Guthrie Govan and Jeff Beck among his primary influences. He's interviewed everyone from Ozzy Osbourne and Lemmy to Slash and Jimmy Page, and once even traded solos with a member of Slayer on a track released internationally. As a session guitarist, he's played alongside members of Judas Priest and Uriah Heep in London ensemble Metalworks, as well as handling lead guitars for legends like Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols, The Faces) and Stu Hamm (Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, G3).