Rockin’ out with Slash

By Kelly Yates
The 47-year-old admitted he was “star struck” when he met Slash as part of the winning prize, which involved him travelling to Paris to collect Triple M’s new theme song, recorded by Slash.
To celebrate Triple M’s 30th birthday, the radio station is bringing Dr Dan back to life.
Dr Dan is the guitar wielding rock-god known to be associated with the network throughout the ’80s and ’90s.
Slash recorded the new Dr Dan theme song in LA before Mr Cuttunar collected the track from him and brought it back to Australia for the launch.
The track was played on air to listeners for the first time on Tuesday 29 June.
Upon first hearing the track, Slash said he could imagine a way it would sound really cool.
“It would actually be fun to go in and have a stab at that and see if we could make it more, I hate to use this word, but it’s the only word I can think of, a little bit more contemporary, in a rock way,” Slash said.
Mr Cuttunar said he had a “gut feeling” he could win the competition when he made the first phone call to the station.
“I called up to enter it and found out I had been short-listed,” he said.
“I had this feeling I could win it, and I did.”
Mr Cuttunar received the phone call to say he had won while on his way to work.
“It felt awesome to win. I was speechless. It was a cool surprise,” he said.
Mr Cuttunar travelled to Paris with his partner Cathie and met Slash before seeing him perform at a concert in front of 5000 fans.
“We got autographs. I’m a real Guns N’ Roses fan,” he said.
“Slash is certainly one of the best guitarists. His music is awesome.”
Mr Cuttunar said he got a “real buzz” when he got to stand on stage with Slash during the gig.
Mr Cuttunar, who has lived in Narre Warren South for 25 years, seems to have luck when it comes to winning radio competitions.
“I won the Battle of the Backyard Ashes competition about 15 years ago, and the Victorian cricket team came to play in my garden,” he said.
“I’ve also scored many concert passes over the years,” he said.