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Download 2010: Slash Loving Life On His Own

Slash tells Rock Sound that he is loving life as a solo artist and life without "anybody holding [him] back."

Speaking backstage at Download 2010 guitar legend Slash told the gathered crowd at his press conference that he is adapting well to life as a solo artist:

”I just needed that freedom to go out and do it without anybody holding me back,” he says speaking of his new venture. ”I don’t have any unnecessary obstacles that I’m familiar with from past experiences so I’m actually really happy to be doing this. I don’t really think of the solo aspect because when we play live it becomes a band.”

The guitarist has played Donington four times with four different bands but his first appearance at the festival still stands out.

”The first time was super memorable, it was 1988 and Guns’n’Roses came over here not knowing how massive the band had become and the response we got was overwhelming and it stuck with me to this day.”

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