Slash has shared the important thing albums in AC/DC’s profession that stay amongst his favorites.

The Guns N’ Roses guitarist, who not too long ago lined “Killing Floor” with AC/DC’s Brian Johnson for his Orgy of the Damned album, spoke with 95.5 KLOS host Matt Pinfield about his AC/DC love throughout an episode of New & Approved. It was throughout this portion of the chat the place he detailed two key AC/DC albums in his appreciation of the band and why they continue to be his favorites.

“Powerage, still probably one of my favorite AC/DC records,” remarked the guitarist. “But at the time when I got into ’em, the record that came out was Highway to Hell. And that’s how I became familiar with them.”

He went on so as to add, “Because of that record, I heard Powerage, and I was like, ‘Whoa, this record.’ That was, really, that got me into the whole AC/DC catalog. And then Bon Scott died. And that was just… It was, like, ‘I just got into these guys.’ And then really in pretty quick succession, Brian [Johnson] came into it.”

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The guitarist additionally spoke about what a pivotal yr in music 1980 was for him, explaining, “One of the biggest years for metal in the ’80s was 1980, and you had Back In Black‘ come out and then you had Ozzy’s Diary of a Madman come out and all that. And Sabbath’s Heaven And Hell. It was a huge, huge year for rock.”

Slash Guests on Matt Pinfield’s 95.5 KLOS-FM New & Approved Show

Slash Picks His Favorite Powerage Song

While ultimately making his manner again to discussing Powerage, Slash recalled, “‘Down Payment Blues’ was the song that really stuck with me. It’s still, to this day, one of my favorite all-time rock ‘n’ roll songs.”

AC/DC, “Down Payment Blues”