Slash says that he's finding working with his current band "effortless".

The former guitarist for Guns 'n' Roses enjoys working with new friends Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators - Myles, Todd Kerns and Brent Fitz - because they're passionate about their musicality and have a relaxed approach when creating new tunes.

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He explained: "We've always had a collective like-mindedness. Everybody just wants to play. There's nothing else that we really concern ourselves with, we just like jamming.

"When we get together and work, we work really hard, but you don't even realise. Whatever ideas come, everyone's very enthusiastic about trying to figure out their own version or their own interpretation.

"When we get together and start working on an idea, as long as the guys like whatever it is I come to the table with, then we just enjoy jamming it out and making something out of it."That makes for an effortless record, when everybody just has a good time doing it and doesn't feel intimidated by trying to think up stuff."

Slash and the band are to tour the UK later this year, taking inspiration from Aerosmith to use for the arena shows.

Speaking to The Independent he said: "It's the best I've seen them in a long time, they're at the top of their game. It's just them and some amplifiers.

"In this day and age, it's really encouraging to see a band be as good as they are without a ton of bells and whistles and all this stuff that everybody seems to need to engage an audience. So when we're doing arenas we're going out with that kind of set up."

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