![]() Slash has worked with Guns n Roses’ Axl Rose, and now Miles Kennedy. He added that if being able to read musical scores was a requirement, he probably would’ve been fired right away.Īfter having talked about their early days as guitarists, they moved on to talk about their respective bands. Slash showed sympathy as he had a similar experience. So sometimes Tak’s performance wasn’t satisfying such that he was told to go home by getting told “Guitarist, thanks, that’s it for today”. Furthermore, as time in a studio is valuable, musicians are expected to produce 100% right away. He goes on to say that it was a very hard time for him, especially since he couldn’t read musical scores. While they admired his guitar playing style, they both recognized his skill as such, but went on to stick to their personal style instead of copying Van Halen.īefore founding B’z, Tak worked as a session musician for seven years. Everybody wanted to copy Van Halen and his playing style. Tak also wasn’t able to see them live as these bands wouldn’t tour a lot in Japan in the 70s, so he only knew them from magazines.īoth of them then went on to talk about their early days of guitar playing, such as the times when Van Halen came out with his album “Van Halen” in 1978. Everyone was listening to the international bands, such as Deep Purple or Led Zeppelin. However, Tak goes on to explain the Japanese music scene at the time: There weren’t a lot of (hard) rock bands in Japan at the time. They both started out playing “Smoke On The Water” by Deep Purple. He started playing the guitar when he was 15 years old. The interview starts off by asking the two when they started playing the guitar, and what the first song was they tried to learn to play. As it turns out, they have even more in common! The article begins by explaining that Tak and Slash have a lot in common: They have their own Gibson Signature Models, they have each won a Grammy Award, they’ve both released a slew of #1 albums-so it was about time that the two sat down for a proper talk. The February 2015 issue (released January 10th) of Young Guitar magazine features Tak Matsumoto and Slash together in the cover story and this is our write-up. If I didn’t live in the U.S., I’d live in Spain.Tak Matsumoto and Slash on the cover of the February issue of「Young Guitar」 One of my favorite tracks on my album Slash is a song I did with Adam Levine called “Gotten.”Ģ5. I’m a proud dual citizen (American and British).Ģ3. I’m not Jewish! I’m 1/2 black, 1/2 British. But I love cooking shows and documentaries.Ģ2. I get freaked out watching surgery shows.Ģ0. I was nicknamed Slash because I was always running around (slashing).ġ9. When I was 7, I changed my name from Saul to Mark but I changed it back to Saul.ġ8. I refused to use a computer until around eight years ago.ġ7. I’ve started my own horror film production company called Slasher Films.ġ6. Don’t do drugs and alcohol - I’m living proof!ġ5. I have an internal defibrillator in my heart. But I’m addicted to coffee (the stronger the better - Cuban is my favorite).ġ1. I’ve flat-lined three times (that I know of).ĩ. I have candy and chocolate stashed in the house that I secretly get into.Ĩ. VIDEO: Fergie runs a knife down Slash’s chestĦ. I’m an avid dinosaur and pinball machine collector. I was the little drummer boy in a school production of 12 days of Christmas in Stoke-on-Trent, England, when I was five years old.Ĥ. The first instrument I ever played was the drums. Slash, 45 - who’s currently on tour and just announced his own Slasher Film company at the Sundance Film Festival - gets personal with .ġ.
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