Slash
Electric Guitar Solo on
Locomotive (Complicity)

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This is the fourth and final electric guitar solo by Slash on "Locomotive (Complicity)," and at thirty-one seconds it is the longest and most fully developed of the four. Arriving near the end of the eight-and-a-half-minute track at 118 BPM in A-flat, the solo serves as the climactic instrumental moment of the composition, stretching across an extended passage as the song builds to its conclusion. The progression from the three preceding brief solos to this more expansive statement mirrors the song's overall arc of accumulating intensity, showcasing the compositional ambition that characterizes the Use Your Illusion era.

Slash was 25 to 26 years old at the time.