November 26th, 2008 by Gerard McGarry. Tags: Guns N Roses, Slash, Velvet Revolver
Interesting news from the Velvet Revolver camp this morning in that they’ve parted ways with RCA Records. In a seemingly amicable split, the band’s manager Carl Stubner has said:
The band is thankful that RCA understood the task at hand and has allowed the band to continue on their own.
Apparently the move was precipitated by a need to focus on replacing Scott Weiland, who left the band in a not-so amicable split back in April. In the intervening time, the band hasn’t really be that hard at work finding a replacement. Slash has been off working on a solo record, and Duff McKagan has been out on tour with his other band, Loaded.
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April 2nd, 2008 by Gerard McGarry. Tags: Guns N Roses, Scott Weiland, Slash, Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Revolver
I’m hearing reports that Velvet Revolver have fired frontman Scott Weiland after a few weeks of turmoil which began when Weiland told fans at a gig that they were watching the last ever Velvet Revolver concert.
Fired? That’s a funny way of describing it. In case Slash & Co didn’t notice, Weiland had resumed his role as frontman for the recently reformed Stone Temple Pilots. And STP are heading out on the road for a summer tour.
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February 13th, 2008 by Gerard McGarry. Tags: Guns N Roses, Slash
Possibly the biggest pitfall of being a world famous rocker like Slash is that no-one wants to talk about your current music. They just want the gossip on Guns N Roses, if he’s fighting with Axl and what he thinks of Chinese Democracy.
There’s a short interview with Slash over on 210sa.com where they tip him a couple of mandatory questions about Velvet Revolver, then launch straight into a grilling about GNR.
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January 23rd, 2008 by Gerard McGarry. Tags: Guns N Roses, Music, Slash, Velvet Revolver
Top-hatted rock god Slash and the guys from Velvet Revolver are rumoured to be working on material for their third album. Apparently the band could begin work on the new album as early as April of this year, just after they complete their tour (which starts tomorrow, by the way).
“That’s the big thing right now,” Slash says. “I’m really jazzed about doing it. I’ve been working on new ideas, and we’ve had a couple times where the guys all got together and worked on some stuff. I’m itching to see what this third record’s gonna be, ’cause I think it’s gonna be fuckin’ awesome, and I think we don’t necessarily need to spend two years on the road like we did last time.”
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