Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash has praised AC/DC for making a “nice fucking document” after the rock icons returned with ‘Energy Up’.
Chatting with Consequence Of Sound, Slash praised the band after they defied private tragedy – together with the dying of founding guitarist Malcolm Younger – to ship their seventeenth studio album.
“The tragedy of dropping Malcolm [Young, AC/DC’s founding rhythm guitarist]… the truth that Angus [Young] and firm would survive that and hold it going, within the spirit of most likely what Malcolm would have performed, was nice,” Slash defined.
“I simply love these guys as a result of so far as rock ‘n’ roll is anxious, they only are pushed.”
Hailing the band’s newest album particularly, he added: “Then, on prime of it, they make such an incredible fucking document at this level within the recreation. It’s a extremely impressed album. I’ve had it within the automotive for the final couple of days and it’s most likely gonna sit there for some time.
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“It’s thrilling for me. I’m joyful for them, and I can’t anticipate this virus state of affairs to finish so we are able to go verify them out on tour someplace.”
On the band’s influential legacy, Slash mentioned: “They’re an incredible affect on individuals who suppose that rock’n’roll is form of simply enjoyable and video games, after which as quickly as any form of mishap occurs, [bands] break up or they disintegrate or they stop.
“AC/DC is a superb instance of longevity. They’re an incredible instance of tenacity and perseverance, an incredible instance of expertise, and an incredible instance of what rock ’n’ roll is all about. So, I’m so stoked that they only proceed to do it.”
Slash’s Weapons N’ Roses bandmate Axl Rose joined AC/DC to finish their ‘Rock or Bust’ tour again in 2016 when listening to points compelled the departure of singer Brian Johnson.
In a four-star overview of the band’s newest album, Power Up, NME wrote: “Whereas removed from a reinvention of the wheel, ‘Energy Up’ is a joyous celebration of the unbridled heavy rock that has served them nicely for nearly 50 years and, we are able to hope, a unifying cry for the longer term.”
