Guardian Music — Our writers are picking their favourite albums. Here, Dafydd Goff explains how a religious upbringing was no match for the seedy tales of Axl RoseI was eight years old when Appetite for Destruction was released in 1987 – and I wanted a copy more th... more info

NME — Slash, Matt Sorum and Duff McKagan join forces to help recovering drug addicts more info

ContactMusic — Slash performed with his former Guns N Roses bandmates Matt Sorum and Duff Mckagan at a benefit concert in New York City on Tuesday 13Sep11 Rocker Slash was the guest of honour at the Playing It Forward fundraiser show for Road Recovery Foundation a ... more info

ContactMusic — Zz Top star Billy Gibbons left pal Slash stunned when he sent the former Guns N Roses rocker a rare issue Les Paul guitar from his own new custom line as a wedding anniversary gift The Pearly Gates axe arrived in the post for Slash on Friday 09Sep11 ... more info

ContactMusic — Rocker Slash has renewed his wedding vows to mark his 10-year marriage to his wife Perla. The former Guns N' Roses star wed Perla in October 2001, and the pair has two sons together. Slash wanted to mark their 10th wedding anniversary early and excha... more info

Guardian Music — Chinese censors are once again waging war on pop music. But their criteria for banning songs show little understanding of the art formPity the poor censors at the Chinese ministry of culture, for they have set themselves a Sisyphean task. Two years a... more info

Guardian Music — From Daphne and Celeste surviving a bottling to New Order making rock fans dance, here are our most memorable moments. But what are yours?This weekend sees the summer stagger to a close with the annual parade of power chords, hog roasts and token dan... more info

ContactMusic — Former Guns N' Roses rocker Duff Mckagan has launched a money management firm to help advise musicians on how to keep their earnings safe. While recovering from a burst pancreas in 1994, the former hellraising bass player was determined to understand... more info

ContactMusic — Rocker Corey Taylor and former Guns N' Roses star Duff Mckagan are working on plans to form a new supergroup after becoming close friends while the Slipknot frontman auditioned for a role in Velvet Revolver. Taylor became a favourite to replace Scott... more info

ContactMusic — Tommy Stinson admits 'Chinese Democracy' wasn't a "huge success". The Guns N' Roses bassist - who joined the group in 1996, around the time they started work on the album - thinks frontman Axl Rose had some good, unique ideas for the record, but ackn... more info