Former Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash already has almost 20 songs ready for his upcoming album, expected out in spring 2012, reports Gibson.
Bassist Todd Kerns, who has been touring and working with Slash, wrote about the experience on his personal blog: "Back when I was originally asked to support [Slash] on his first solo tour, I wasn’t sure if it would be a month or maybe fly-outs on weekends or what. Now here we are a year and a half later and we’re getting ready to record a new CD as a band. [I] did not see that coming," he said.
"We have been working on riffs for a while since we were on the road even. Those riffs have ballooned to almost 20 songs and growing. We have been hard at it in several writing sessions and are now in the midst of two weeks’ rehearsal. We’ll be entering Barefoot studios with Eric Valentine in a few days to start work on the first few songs. We’ll finish up the record before the end of the year."
Kerns and Slash are joined in the studio by singer Myles Kennedy, guitarist Bobby Schneck, and drummer Brent Fitz. The new album will be produced by Valentine, who also worked on Songs for the Deaf by Queens of the Stone Age.