Pegasus News: The last time you played in Dallas you played Smirnoff and now you are going to play the House of Blues. Do you prefer playing the large arena shows or do you like the smaller venues?

Slash: Well, we just did a tour of big venues. I don’t know, it’s ok. I mean I like playing big venues. I just don’t like doing any one thing for too long. When you have been playing in the big venues you get bored with that, then all of a sudden playing in a small venue is a breath of fresh air. Then, of course, if you play in a small venue long enough, then all of a sudden you want to get in to a big venue. So I think it’s just a matter of changing the scenery on a regular basis.

PN: Ok. Now I have a really serious question. Do you play Guitar Hero?

Slash: Well, I did. Let me put it this way. I did play it obsessively when I first got turned on to it. Guitar Hero II, right. I did that and then they asked me, I got this song called Out of the Blue, asking me if I wanted to be involved in Guitar Hero III. And since I’ve done that I’ve been, well when I did that I think it was while we were working on the record, and since we’ve been on tour all this time since Guitar Hero III has come out, I haven’t really gotten to play the new one because I’ve been too busy. So I know how to play it, but I found that since I have been playing real guitar for so long between the last time I played Guitar Hero up until now, that I can’t play the new Guitar Hero for shit. Because I can’t pick it up twice. Something about playing real guitar doesn’t translate well to playing Guitar Hero.

PN: I find playing Guitar Hero is actually harder than playing guitar.

Slash: The thing is I do it by ear and not sight so much. And it’s not too conducive to being accurate.

Read the entire interview here. 

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