Editing Slash's Snakepit (section)

{{Short description|American rock supergroup}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name             = Slash's Snakepit
| image            = Slash's Snakepit.jpg
| caption          = From left to right: [[Mike Inez]], [[Eric Dover]], [[Slash (musician)|Slash]], [[Gilby Clarke]] and [[Matt Sorum]]
| landscape        = yes
| origin           = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
| genre            = {{hlist|[[Hard rock]]|[[blues rock]]|[[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]]}}
| years_active     = {{hlist|{{Start date|1994}}–1995|1998–2002}}
| label            = {{hlist|[[Geffen Records|Geffen]]|[[E1 Music|Koch]]}}
| spinoff_of = {{hlist|[[Guns N' Roses]]|[[Slash's Blues Ball]]|[[Velvet Revolver]]|[[Alice Cooper]]|[[Alice in Chains]]|[[Jellyfish (band)|Jellyfish]]|[[Pride & Glory (band)|Pride & Glory]]|[[The Cult]]}}
| past_members     = [[Slash (musician)|Slash]]<br />[[Gilby Clarke]]<br />[[Eric Dover]]<br />[[Mike Inez]]<br />[[Matt Sorum]]<br />[[James LoMenzo]]<br />[[Brian Tichy]]<br />Johnny Griparic<br />Rod Jackson<br />[[Matt Laug]]<br />[[Ryan Roxie]]<br />[[Keri Kelli]]
}}

'''Slash's Snakepit''' was an American [[Rock music|rock]] [[Supergroup (music)|supergroup]] from [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]], formed by [[Guns N' Roses]] guitarist [[Slash (musician)|Slash]] in 1994. Though often described as a solo or side project, Slash stated that Snakepit was a band with equal contributions by all members. The first lineup of the band consisted of: Slash, two of his Guns N' Roses bandmates—drummer [[Matt Sorum]] and guitarist [[Gilby Clarke]]—as well as [[Alice in Chains]] bassist [[Mike Inez]]  and former [[Jellyfish (band)|Jellyfish]] guitarist [[Eric Dover]] on lead vocals.

Their debut album, ''[[It's Five O'Clock Somewhere (album)|It's Five O'Clock Somewhere]]'', was released in 1995. For the supporting tour, Slash enlisted [[James LoMenzo]] and [[Brian Tichy]], of [[Pride & Glory (band)|Pride & Glory]], in place of Inez and Sorum, who had other commitments. They played shows in the US, Europe, Japan and Australia before [[Geffen Records]] pulled their financial support for the tour, with Slash returning to Guns N' Roses and Slash's Snakepit disbanding.

Following his departure from Guns N' Roses in 1996, Slash formed the cover band [[Slash's Blues Ball]]. After a tour in 1997, Slash approached Blues Ball bassist Johnny Griparic about forming a new lineup of Slash's Snakepit. The new lineup consisted of Slash, Griparic, singer Rod Jackson, guitarist [[Ryan Roxie]], and drummer [[Matt Laug]] (Roxie and Laug were both former members of [[Alice Cooper]]'s solo band). They recorded and released their second album, entitled ''[[Ain't Life Grand (Slash's Snakepit album)|Ain't Life Grand]]'', in 2000, which was preceded by a tour supporting [[AC/DC]] and followed by their own headlining tour. For the tour, [[Keri Kelli]] joined the group in place of Ryan Roxie, who departed following the completion of the album. However, after the final show, Slash disbanded Snakepit due to a lack of commitment from his band members. Shortly after, Slash formed [[Velvet Revolver]] in 2002, along with drummer [[Matt Sorum]], and Bassist [[Duff McKagan]], both fellows Guns N' Roses members.