It was a press conference like few others when Slash, the former guitarist for metal band Guns 'n' Roses ambled onto the stage in a room at the Air Canada Centre before the weekend.

Guns 'N Roses' debut album took a bit to catch on, but once it did, there was no turning back. They were the definitive hard rock band of the 1980s, fusing glam metal with the hard-nosed rock and ...

Slash, a founding member of Guns N’ Roses, was inducted last month into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. His new record, Apocalyptic Love, is out May 22 on Universal Records.