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| January 20th, 1994 - Axl appears at the induction of
his musical inspiration, Elton John, into the Rock N' Roll Hall Of Fame. Later that night, Axl performs Come Together with
Bruce Springsteen. This would be Axl's last public appearance until the arrest in Phoenix on February 11th, 1998. |
| April 25th, 1994 - The homevideo called "The Making
Of Estranged: Part IV Of The Trilogy" is released. |
| May 10th, 1994 - Duff is close to death when his pancreas
explode. The health crisis was triggered by his intense and prolonged abuse of drugs and alcohol. Duff was treated by the
son of the doctor who brought him into the world as Michael McKagan in 1964. The doctor ordered him to stop drinking, so Duff
changed his lifestyle. |
| June, 1994 - Gilby is fired. |
| June, 1994 - Gilby Clarke's "Pawnshop Guitars" is released
on Virgin Records. Featured on the album is amongst others Slash, Axl and Duff. |
| June 26th, 1994 - Slash plays at the Night Of 100 Guitars
in London, England. Slash and Pride & Glory performs the Jimi Hendrix classic "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)". Slash also
joins Paul Rodgers for a version of "The Hunter". |
| August, 1994 - Slash joins Paul Rodgers onstage at the
Woodstock 94 festival. They perform "I Don't Live Today" (which they actually recorded in 1993 for the "Stone Free" Jimi Hendrix
tribute album), "Bad Company", "The Hunter" and "Alright Now". |
| October, 1994 - Slash's Snakepit finished recording
their album during October and plan on releasing it in February 1995. |
| December, 1994 - The Rolling Stones classic "Sympathy
For The Devil" is released as a single. It's featured in the "Interview With A Vampire" movie. |
| February, 1995 - Slash's Snakepit releases "It's Five
O'Clock Somewhere". Slash's Snakepit is a band that was put together by Slash and it features Slash, Gilby, Matt, Eric Dover
(formerly of Jellyfish) and Mike Inez (Alice In Chains). |
| March 10th, 1995 - Duff and Matt plays at the opening
of the Hardrock Hotel in Las Vegas. They're in the houseband with Ted Andreadis and they're called Wayne Neutron. Together
they perform songs such as "Manic Depression", "Hey Joe" (both with Seal on vocals), "Rebel Yell", "Shakin' All Over" (both
with Billy Idol on vocals), "Black Leather" (with Steve Jones) and "Raw Power" (with Iggy Pop and Steve Jones). Izzy Stradlin,
BB King and Bo Diddley also performed songs with the band.
Other artists at the opening were Sheryl Crow, Weezer and Duran Duran
(with John Taylor). This was the show where Neurotic Boy Outsiders were born. |
| August 25th, 1995 - Slash's Snakepit plays at the Monsters
Of Rock at Castle Donington, England. This is the last show with this line-up. |
| September, 1995 - Slash joins Michael Jackson onstage
at the MTV Video Music Awards |
| October 31st, 1995 - Shannon Hoon dies of an overdose
in New Orleans. He was the lead singer of Blind Melon. Shannon sang on a couple of tracks on the "Use Your Illusion" albums.
He can also be seen in the "Don't Cry" video. |
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