The British-American musician Slash is the former lead guitarist of the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he performed and recorded between 1985 and 1996. He later went ahead to form Slash's Snakepit and also co-founded Velvet Revolver with his former bandmates Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum. Time magazine ranked him #2 on its list of the "10 Best Electric Guitar Players of All-Time" in August 2009 and he was also ranked as #21 on Gigwise's list of the "50 Greatest Guitarists Ever."