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5 essential Slash tracks besides Guns N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver

Slash

Rock guitarist Slash onstage in 2015. (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP)Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP

The cat in the top-hat is more than that.

Slash’s signature look, thorny riffs and sky-kissing solos have made him the most famous guitarist alive -- thanks largely to his work with late ‘80s/early ‘90s hard-rockers Guns N’ Roses, as heard on stadium-shaking songs like “Welcome to the Jungle,” “Paradise City,” “Sweet Child O’ Mine” and “November Rain.”

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