Velvet Revolver

SpectreFate wrote:

All this time they are taking to find a singer....hmmm.


Are they that good of a band that they can afford all this downtime?

No but their G N R royality checks and the fact that their record label dropped them gives a little bit more lesiure time.

manny wrote:

SpectreFate wrote:

All this time they are taking to find a singer....hmmm.


Are they that good of a band that they can afford all this downtime?

No but their G N R royality checks and the fact that their record label dropped them gives a little bit more lesiure time.

The other night, I heard Duff McKagen (sp?) on Eddie Trunk's radio show promoting his cd with his band Loaded. And Slash is apparently working on a solo album. So like Manny said, with royalty checks coming in, side projects going on and no record label, it could be a long time before we see another VR record. Which I'm sure pleases alot of you humps. But hey, at least Limp Bizkut is getting back together to show these kids how it's done!

I don't have a yey or nay opinion on Velvet Relover (VR is Vengeance Rising in my world). I just thought they would lose any momentum they may have had if they wait too much longer.

We shall see I love Velvet Revolver but with Weiland out i Dunno.... we'll have to see

I predict there will be another VR album probably in about 2 years, on an indie label, no one will notice outside of die hard GNR fans, and then VR will split up.

Yes, I can see it now...

Metal Misfit wrote:

I predict there will be another VR album probably in about 2 years, on an indie label, no one will notice outside of die hard GNR fans, and then VR will split up.

Yes, I can see it now...

I think you're on to something, my friend....

I wonder if they ever auditioned Eric Dover? He was awesome in Snakepit.

I doubt that I could be wrong but I seriously doubt it.

I wouldnt be surprised if sometime down the road that there was a reconcilation between Weiland and the band (mainly Sorum)

Addy wrote:

I doubt that I could be wrong but I seriously doubt it.

I wouldnt be surprised if sometime down the road that there was a reconcilation between Weiland and the band (mainly Sorum)

You'll see a GnR Re-union before you see Scott Weiland back in VR. That dude's a serious head case who will probably OD before he gets back with Slash and those guys. Besides, he's working on a new album with STP.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Addy wrote:

I doubt that I could be wrong but I seriously doubt it.

I wouldnt be surprised if sometime down the road that there was a reconcilation between Weiland and the band (mainly Sorum)

You'll see a GnR Re-union before you see Scott Weiland back in VR. That dude's a serious head case who will probably OD before he gets back with Slash and those guys. Besides, he's working on a new album with STP.

Yeah and hes writing an autobiography and launching a clothing line, I dont think he'll OD anytime soon. He's not a head case he's bi-polar who doesnt medicate for it. I doubt we'll see a GNR Reunion anytime soon both Axl and Slash need to get their heads out of their asses and reconcile the past and move on, neither are really capable of that especially Axl. He's the head case, I think hes a great frontman and lyricist but he's nuts

Here is an somewhat interesting story, regarding Shooter Jennings and VR:

Country rock star Shooter Jennings has confirmed that he has been offered the job of singer with Velvet Revolver – but has turned the band down TWICE!
Shooter, the son of country legend Waylon Jennings, was one of the men Classic Rock tipped as potential VR singers back in April last year.
At that time Duff McKagan admitted that Jennings could make a good replacement: “Shooter’s great, actually,” he told CR’s Scott Rowley. “That’s a good idea. He’s does a southern rock thing, but his old band was straight up kinda rock. He’s a talented guy man, he’s pretty awesome. He would be good.”
In a new interview with Classic Rock, Jennings confirms that he was asked – but turned the band down. And not just once.
“They’ve asked me twice, dude,” Jennings told CR’s Henry Yates. “I’ve done a couple of shows with those guys, and they asked me a couple of years ago and they asked me again last year to be the singer. And it pained my heart not to say yes, because those guys are the best players in the world. They’re literally one of the best bands I’ve ever heard and to be able to sing with them has been amazing. But I had a talk with them about it, and I would absolutely still, to this day, get in a room and jam with them, but first of all, I knew I was gonna be doing another record and that what I wanted to do was really special to me, and I didn’t feel I could stifle that.”
“I didn’t feel like my next step should to be to go from feeling like my back was broken by Nashville to stepping into the shoes of Scott Weiland and singing that stuff,” he continued. “I kinda said, if you wanna get together and do some stuff, that’d be fine, but I don’t know about me going out and singing those songs, and being the replacement for Scott Weiland, after Axl.”
“You have to understand how big that is for me, because Guns N’ Roses was one of my favourite bands of all time,” Jennings continued. “I was six years old when Appetite For Destruction came out and it was the coolest thing. I never liked Bon Jovi. I never liked hair metal. I never liked any of that. When I heard Guns N’ Roses, it was dangerous and it was mean, and that was why I wanted to move to LA. I wanted to be Axl stepping off the bus with the hayseed in his mouth.”
“Duff, Slash, Matt and Dave have all become good friends and it’s no disrespect to them, but I just felt like it wasn’t my time to do that, y’know? For all the money it probably would have brought…”
Velvet Revolver have also been in the news of late as both Gord Prior of Canadian band Blu Bones and Tony Montana leaked their Velvet Revolver auditions onto the web.

Duff McKagan was on the Comedy Radio Show Bob & Tom and there was little talk of VR, he mostly talked bout GNR and his side band Loaded and did 2 songs accoustically

Im waiting for concrete news on the new singer itll probobly happen when we least expect it

Theres no way Bach is replacing Weiland Bach himself said so himself

I dont foresee them finding anybody anytime soon

Especially since Duff's touring with Loaded and Slash is working on his solo album

Getizzyback wrote:

"STILL PATIENTLY WAITING FOR THAT CALL....."

Funny. Personally, I think that would be a great band, but VR already struggles enough with the "80s" tag. A Bach-fronted VR would be the kiss of death for decent touring slots and radio play.

I'd love Bach in that role. How can a band like Riot find like 50 good singers but VR can't?

because theyre differant bands maybe....

Hey I can dream can't I?

I know it won't happen, but I just gotta figure they will
probally find worse than Baz.