Intra-band turmoil was nothing new in Guns N’ Roses but by the beginning of 1995, irreparable cracks had begun to appear. Their imperial first phase was coming to an end and the debut album by Slash’s Snakepit, released 30 years ago this week, was a crucial nail in the coffin.
On the face of it, it didn’t need to be. Duff McKagan, after all, had released his own solo album, Believe In Me, in 1993 and then was back in G N’ R mode for their covers set “The Spaghetti Incident?”, released the same year. But Slash’s extra-curricular work, and the resultant record It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere, was different. This was an album intertwined with the ever-growing discord and division in Guns N’ Roses. In an interview just a year earlier, Slash had declared he had no interest in doing a solo project. So what changed?
