Watch: Slash Making Of ‘Orgy Of The Damned’ Album Episode One
Have you seen this yet? Did you even know he was doing this? I didn’t. This is great!
Gn’R guitarist Slash just released the first in a series of webisodes that documents THE MAKING OF his star-studded new album “Orgy Of The Damned”. You want guest appearances? How about AC/DC’s Brian Johnson, Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, Iggy Pop, Chris Stapleton, The Black Crowes’ Chris Robinson, ZZ Top’s Billy F. Gibbons, Bad Company’s Paul Rodgers, Demi Lovato and Gary Clark Jr.Slash?
And Slash’s band for this project? Monsters. Johnny Griparic (bass), Teddy Andreadis (keyboards), Michael Jerome (drums) and Tash Neal (singer/guitarist).
Why the album’s title? Slash told Germany’s Rock Antenne, “It’s the only title I came up with. It was just because blues and rock and roll have always been considered taboo and devil’s music and all that kind of stuff. And it’s ‘hide your kids from that.’ And I wasn’t raised to think that, but I know society at large has always had that kind of attitude towards it, but of blues especially. And so when I thought about having a collaborative thing with all these different artists doing a blues record — ‘Orgy Of The Damned’, right? It seems so obvious to me, and I actually Googled it to see if somebody else had already used it, but they hadn’t.”
As for the logistics of creating an album like this? Slash said, “It’s difficult. I mean, you basically just have to get on the phone, and if they say ‘yes’, then okay. So that’s really the hardest part, is calling people up and asking the question and seeing if they’ll do it. And I was fortunate doing this, because I picked songs that… What I would do is I’d have the song and then go, ‘Okay, who should sing this?’ And whoever came to mind as being the appropriate singer, I would call them up. But, fortunately, I picked the right song for them to sing and so they would identify with it automatically. And so then that would make them feel more obligated to get involved and sing it properly or whatever goes through one’s mind. But it was great because all the different artists were so open to the material and it really meant something to them. So, what happened was the vocal delivery really came from the heart; they were really singing from a place of connecting with the material.”
The first single, “Killing Floor” (below), has Johnson on vocals and Tyler on harmonica!
“Orgy Of The Damned” track listing:
01. The Pusher (feat. Chris Robinson)
02. Crossroads (feat. Gary Clark Jr.)
03. Hoochie Coochie Man (feat. Billy Gibbons)
04. Oh Well (feat. Chris Stapleton)
05. Key To The Highway (feat. Dorothy)
06. Awful Dream (feat. Iggy Pop)
07. Born Under A Bad Sign (feat. Paul Rodgers)
08. Papa Was A Rolling Stone (feat. Demi Lovato)
09. Killing Floor (feat. Brian Johnson)
10. Living For The City (feat. Tash Neal)
11. Stormy Day (feat. Beth Hart)
12. Metal Chestnut
Meanwhile, Slash featuring Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators’ latest album, “4”, was released in February 2022. So there’s likely things bubbling in that part of his world, too!
