Legendary guitarist SLASH (VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N' ROSES) spoke to Billboard this week about his new live CD/DVD, upcoming solo album and the possibilities of a Guns N' Roses reunion around the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame class of 2012. Here are a few excerpts from the chat:

About his new solo album he says will be out in April: ""It's very different from the last one. There's a lot of freedom on this record; it's very diverse, but it's definitely the sound of one band with a lot of different ideas. This is probably the most 'live' recorded album I've ever done, too. The way I like to do records is rehearse, rehearse, rehears and then go in and get to know the song like the back of your hand and then go in and bang it out. That's how we're doing it."

About Made in Stoke 24/7/11 live CD/DVD out on November 15th: ""I realized that I actually have a catalog at this point. There's a body of work that I can refer to," he notes. "And I just pulled stuff that I wanted to play, a lot of stuff that I hadn't played in a really long time. Playing 'Nightrain' was a gas; that's something I hadn't done since the mid-90s. I just had this freedom to do whatever I wanted, so it was really fun and there was a lot of material to pull from."

About Guns N' Roses nomination for the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame's class of 2012 and the possible reunion: "Of course, you have those thoughts of how it might work in case it does happen, but with Guns 'N Roses, there's really no guessing exactly how it will go. I suppose if it happens, everybody will get some sort of ducks in order. But I think the first thing to do is wait and see if we actually get inducted, because you know how unpredictable that is."

Read the entire interview here.