Editing Slash's Snakepit (section)

===Formation (1993–1994)===
Following the [[Use Your Illusion Tour|two and a half year world tour]] in support of the albums ''[[Use Your Illusion I]]'' and ''[[Use Your Illusion II]]'',<ref>{{Cite book | author = Slash | author2 = Bozza, Anthony | author-link2 = Anthony Bozza | title = [[Slash (autobiography)|Slash]] | publisher = HarperCollins | year = 2007 | page = [https://archive.org/details/slashautobiograp0000unse/page/337 337] | isbn = 978-0-00-725775-1 }}</ref><ref name="Slash p.372">{{Cite book | author = Slash | author2 = Bozza, Anthony | author-link2 = Anthony Bozza | title = [[Slash (autobiography)|Slash]] | publisher = HarperCollins | year = 2007 | page = [https://archive.org/details/slashautobiograp0000unse/page/372 372] | isbn = 978-0-00-725775-1 }}</ref> [[Guns N' Roses]] guitarist [[Slash (musician)|Slash]] returned to Los Angeles.<ref name="Slash p.372"/> He soon sold his home, the Walnut House, and moved to [[Mulholland Drive]].<ref name="Slash p.373">{{Cite book | author = Slash | author2 = Bozza, Anthony | author-link2 = Anthony Bozza | title = [[Slash (autobiography)|Slash]] | publisher = HarperCollins | year = 2007 | page = [https://archive.org/details/slashautobiograp0000unse/page/373 373] | isbn = 978-0-00-725775-1 }}</ref> He built a small home studio, nicknamed The Snakepit,<ref name="Classic Rock Snakepit">{{Citation | last = Dome | first = Malcolm | title = Classic Rock presents Slash: The Serpent's Tale | work = [[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]] | year = 2010 | page = 120 | isbn = 978-1-85870-318-3 }}</ref> over his garage and began working on demos for songs he had written during the tour.<ref name="Slash p.373"/><ref name="Slash's Snakepit AMG">{{cite web | last = Tinelli | first = Paul | title = Slash's Snakepit Biography | website = [[AllMusic]] | access-date = 2011-03-14 | url = {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=slashs-snakepit-p424625/biography|pure_url=yes}}}}</ref> Slash worked on the demos with Guns N' Roses bandmate and drummer [[Matt Sorum]]. They were later joined by fellow Guns N' Roses bandmate [[Gilby Clarke]] and [[Alice in Chains]] bassist [[Mike Inez]], jamming and recording most nights.<ref name="Slash p.373"/><ref name="Slash's Snakepit AMG"/> Slash played the demos for Guns N' Roses singer [[Axl Rose]] who rejected the material,<ref name="Slash p.373"/><ref name="Classic Rock Snakepit"/><ref name="Slash's Snakepit AMG"/> though he would later want to use them for the next Guns N' Roses album.<ref name="Slash's Snakepit AMG"/> They had recorded twelve songs by 1994,<ref>{{Cite book | author = Slash | author2 = Bozza, Anthony | author-link2 = Anthony Bozza | title = [[Slash (autobiography)|Slash]] | publisher = HarperCollins | year = 2007 | page = [https://archive.org/details/slashautobiograp0000unse/page/374 374] | isbn = 978-0-00-725775-1 }}</ref> the same year that Guns N' Roses went on hiatus.<ref name="Classic Rock Snakepit"/>

Slash decided to record the Snakepit demos with Sorum, Clarke and Inez,<ref name="Slash AMG">{{cite web | last = Huey | first = Steve | title = Slash Biography | website = [[AllMusic]] | access-date = 2011-03-14 | url = {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=slash-p125919/biography|pure_url=yes}}}}</ref> later adding former [[Jellyfish (band)|Jellyfish]] live guitarist [[Eric Dover]] as lead vocalist.<ref name="Slash's Snakepit AMG"/><ref name="Slash AMG"/><ref name="Slash p.375">{{Cite book | author = Slash | author2 = Bozza, Anthony | author-link2 = Anthony Bozza | title = [[Slash (autobiography)|Slash]] | publisher = HarperCollins | year = 2007 | page = [https://archive.org/details/slashautobiograp0000unse/page/375 375] | isbn = 978-0-00-725775-1 }}</ref> The decision to record with Dover led to a disagreement between Slash and Sorum, due to Slash not seeking Sorum's approval before hiring Dover.<ref name="Slash p.375"/>