Slash praises "f***ing phenomenal" Axl Rose

Slash has praised the latest album by former band Guns N' Roses and admitted that he would be interested in catching up with ex-bandmate Axl Rose.

The guitarist quit the US rockers following a fierce fallout with the frontman in 1996, with Rose the only remaining member of the group's lineup for their long-awaited return Chinese Democracy.

While Slash insisted that he has no hard feelings with the singer, he maintained that it is up to Rose whether they can ever put their past differences behind them.

He told the New York Post: "I'm more standoffish because I know how vehemently he hates me. So that sort of makes me doubt it. But if we ran into each other and all that animosity were to pass for a second, then I'm sure we could have an interesting conversation."

Of his erstwhile outfit's 2008 comeback record, he added: "It was the perfect Axl record - exactly what I would have expected from the final years of us working together, and seeing where he was headed musically. It's very heavy; sort of a dark, depressing record. He's f**king phenomenal."

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