Slash for Slash “By the Sword” (ft Andrew Stockdale)

“By the Sword” is the first official single from the forthcoming album Slash by Velvet Revolver’s lead guitarist Slash. It features Andrew Stockdale of Wolfmother on vocals and was released as a single on March 1, 2010.

The song was debuted live for the first time on November 22, 2009, at the Slash & friends performance, where Slash was joined by Andrew Stockdale to play the song live, along with Dave Navarro, Chris Chaney and Travis Barker.

According to SPINNER where the song was premiered, “When Stockdale jammed with Slash at the guitarist’s November 2009 L.A. benefit for homeless kids, the two debuted the song live and Stockdale admitted before the show to Noisecreep that playing with the icon “was a little intimidating.” But you can’t tell it from this song.
“There was this invisible weight lifted off every person that came in and performed on it,” Slash says. “They didn’t have the pressure of having to deliver their next hit record, so I ended up getting amazing performances out of everybody.”

And did he feel the pressure on his first solo album? “I was more just having a good time,” he says. “It’s been a release for me after the two Velvet records and my past history in bands. It was just nice to go out and steer my own ship for a minute.”