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=== Session work === In 1991, Slash played lead guitar on the single "[[Give In to Me]]" off [[Michael Jackson]]'s album ''[[Dangerous (Michael Jackson album)|Dangerous]]'', as well as for the opening skit of the video for the song "[[Black or White]]" off the same album.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dekel |first=Jonathan |title=Slash Calls Michael Jackson Guitar Riff 'Gay' at Canadian Music Week Keynote |url=http://www.spinner.com/2010/03/11/slash-michael-jackson-guitar-riff-gay-cmw/ |publisher=[[Spinner (website)|Spinner]] |date=March 11, 2010 |access-date=August 14, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812215132/http://www.spinner.com/2010/03/11/slash-michael-jackson-guitar-riff-gay-cmw/ |archive-date=August 12, 2011 }}</ref> In 1995, he played guitar on "[[D.S. (song)|D.S.]]", a controversial song from Jackson's ''[[HIStory]]: Past, Present and Future, Book [[HIStory|I]]'' album, and in 1997 appeared on the song "Morphine" off the remix album ''[[Blood on the Dance Floor: History in the Mix]]''. In 2001, Slash played on "Privacy" off Jackson's final studio album, ''[[Invincible (Michael Jackson album)|Invincible]]''. Slash also joined Jackson on several occasions on stage, most notably at the [[1995 MTV Video Music Awards]] playing with Jackson on "[[Black or White]]" (and the introduction of "Billie Jean"). He made two surprise appearances during Jackson's 1992 [[Dangerous World Tour]] in Spain and Japan and supported the 1999 charity concerts [[MJ & Friends]] in Seoul and Munich playing the same set as he did for 1995's MTV Video Music Awards. The last time Slash and Jackson shared a stage was on both 2001 [[Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Special]] concerts in New York City playing "Black or White" and "Beat It". Slash played guitar on "Wiggle Wiggle", the opening song on [[Bob Dylan]]'s 1990 record ''[[Under the Red Sky]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Grow|first=Kory|title=Slash and Aaron Freeman Team for Bob Dylan Cover 'Wiggle Wiggle' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/slash-and-aaron-freeman-team-for-bob-dylan-cover-wiggle-wiggle-87859/|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=February 24, 2014|access-date=December 29, 2022}}</ref> With Dylan's direction to "play like (...) [[Django Reinhardt]]",<ref name="auto">{{cite magazine|last=Tolinski|first=Brad|title=Slash Discusses Bob Dylan, Iggy Pop, Michael Jackson and Guns N' Roses in 1990 Guitar World Interview|url=https://www.guitarworld.com/gw-archive/slash-discusses-bob-dylan-iggy-pop-michael-jackson-and-guns-n-roses-1990-guitar-world-interview|magazine=[[Guitar World]]|date=October 6, 2011|access-date=December 29, 2022}}</ref> Slash recalls "[he] just learned it on the spot. It was such a simple, yet superb I, IV, V progression that there is really nothing much to say about it."<ref name="auto"/> The following year, he collaborated with [[Lenny Kravitz]] on "[[Always on the Run (Lenny Kravitz song)|Always on the Run]]", the lead single from Kravitz' album ''[[Mama Said (album)|Mama Said]]''. In 1993, Slash appeared on the album ''[[Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix]]'', performing "I Don't Live Today" with [[Paul Rodgers]] and [[Band of Gypsys]]. Slash also guest appeared in [[Carole King]]'s 1994 live concert, which was captured on her [[In Concert (Carole King album)|''Carole King{{snds}}In Concert'']] album. Slash and King appeared on [[David Letterman]] to promote the concert. In 1996, he collaborated with [[Marta Sánchez]] to record the [[Flamenco guitar|flamenco]]-inspired song "Obsession Confession" for the ''[[Curdled (film)|Curdled]]'' soundtrack. Later that year, he played with [[Alice Cooper]] at [[Sammy Hagar]]'s club [[Cabo Wabo]] in [[Cabo San Lucas, Mexico|Cabo San Lucas]], Mexico. The show was released the following year as ''[[A Fistful of Alice]]''. In 1997, Slash appeared alongside rapper [[Ol' Dirty Bastard]] and rock band [[Fishbone]] on [[Blackstreet]]'s [[Rock music|rock]] remix of their single "[[Fix (Blackstreet song)|Fix]]"; he also appeared in the accompanying music video. Also in 1997, he played on the single "But You Said I'm Useless" by Japanese musician [[J (musician)|J]]. That same year, he contributed music to the soundtrack of [[Quentin Tarantino]]'s ''[[Jackie Brown (film)|Jackie Brown]]''; several compositions by Slash's Snakepit can be heard throughout the film. He also appeared on the [[Insane Clown Posse]] album ''[[The Great Milenko]]'' on the track "Halls of Illusions". In 2002, Slash played on the title track to [[Elán (recording artist)|Elán]]'s album ''[[Street Child]]''. In 2003, he participated in the [[Yardbirds]]' comeback record ''[[Birdland (The Yardbirds album)|Birdland]]''; he played lead guitar on the track "Over, Under, Sideways, Down". In 2006, Slash played on a cover of "[[In the Summertime (Mungo Jerry song)|In the Summertime]]" on keyboardist [[Derek Sherinian]]'s solo album ''[[Blood of the Snake]]''; he was also featured in the accompanying music video. In 2007, he appeared on [[Paulina Rubio]]'s single "Nada Puede Cambiarme". In 2008, Slash played guitar on the film score of ''[[The Wrestler (2008 film)|The Wrestler]]'', composed by [[Clint Mansell]]. Slash was the featured guitarist on the 2008 Italian hit single "Gioca Con Me" by Italian singer-songwriter [[Vasco Rossi]]. In 2009, he was featured on [[Rihanna]]'s single "[[Rockstar 101]]" off her album ''[[Rated R (Rihanna album)|Rated R]]''. In 2011, he contributed the song "Kick It Up a Notch" to the [[Disney Channel]] animation ''[[Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension]]''; he appeared in both live-action and animated form in the promotional music video.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hart |first=Josh |title=Slash's Collaboration with 'Phineas and Ferb' "Kick It Up A Notch" |work=[[Guitar World]] |date=July 18, 2011 |url=http://www.guitarworld.com/slashs-collaboration-phineas-and-ferb-kick-it-notch-streaming-online |access-date=July 20, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720094220/http://www.guitarworld.com/slashs-collaboration-phineas-and-ferb-kick-it-notch-streaming-online |archive-date=July 20, 2011 }}</ref> In 2024, he contributed guitar to a re-release of [[Mark Knopfler]]'s "[[Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero]]" in aid of the [[Teenage Cancer Trust]].<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.nme.com/news/music/mark-knopfler-recruits-bruce-springsteen-brian-may-ronnie-wood-teenage-cancer-trust-single-3584338 | title= Mark Knopfler recruits Bruce Springsteen, Brian May, Ronnie Wood and more for Teenage Cancer Trust single | work=NME | first=Liberty | last=Dunworth | date=8 February 2024 | access-date=4 March 2024}}</ref>
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