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SLASH: Says VELVET REVOLVER Is ‘Very Quietly’ Looking For New Singer

Posted by aliblackdiamond on May 9, 2013
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During a recent interview with the Banana 101.5 radio station in Flint, Michigan (hear audio below), Slash spoke about the current status of VELVET REVOLVER, the band that released two full-length albums through RCA/Sony BMG — 2004′s “Contraband” and 2007′s “Libertad” — before dismissing singer Scott Weiland back in April 2008.

“With VELVET, there’s no singer in place, and there hasn’t been, but we’ve been, actually, very quietly been looking for somebody who’s right for that band,” Slash said. “But, interestingly enough, I’m playing some shows in South Africa with [fellow former GUNS N' ROSES and VELVET REVOLVER members] Duff [McKagan] and Matt [Sorum] and Glenn Hughes and Sebastian Bach, and that’s going to be interesting. It’s called KINGS OF CHAOS, and Duff and Matt and Steve Stevens and Glenn Hughes and Sebastian Bach are the main band, and then they have guys that come up and guest… It’s going to be sort of like VELVET REVOLVER with Sebastian and Glenn Hughes singing.”

VELVET REVOLVER reunited with Weiland for a four-song set in January 2012 at a Los Angeles tribute concert for late songwriter John O’Brien, but the band has otherwise remained inactive.

At one point it was reported that VELVET REVOLVER was going to team with STONE SOUR and SLIPKNOT vocalist Corey Taylor, but the idea was ultimately vetoed by Slash. The group and Taylor recorded demos of 10 songs together.

SLASH On WEILAND: Even If I Didn’t Have My Solo Thing Going On, I Still Wouldn’t Work With Him

Posted by aliblackdiamond on January 5, 2013
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Source: Blabbermouth.net 

Slash has blasted Scott Weiland for claiming in various interviews that he was going to be rejoining VELVET REVOLVER, saying, “None of us have a clue what he’s talking about… We’re not buying it.”

Weiland recently said that he thought it was “the perfect time for VELVET REVOLVER to get back together,” telling Rolling Stone magazine, “I am completely open to it, and I know there are other guys in the band that are completely open to it.”

VELVET REVOLVER has been without a singer and on more or less permanent hiatus since Weiland was dismissed from the band in April 2008. He rejoined STONE TEMPLE PILOTS at that time and has toured constantly and cut one album with them.

In an interview in the new issue of Classic Rock, Slash was reluctant to address Weiland‘s recent comments, saying “I don’t even want to give him this attention, to tell you the truth.”

He added: “I think at this point Scott just got fired from STP and I think he’s trying to pull off that trick of trying to get something else going on, and we’re not buying it. The door’s shut on this side and it’s probably shut on that side too, so he’s on his own. And he deserves it, too.”

Slash continued: “Scott is completely speaking out of his ass [about the VELVET REVOLVER reunion]. Nobody at this end has had any conversations with Scott on this subject, except maybe [VELVET REVOLVER guitarist] Dave Kushner, because he was the only one in the band who was really close to him. And all things considered, we don’t have a good professional relationship with Scott.

“And it also pisses me off because he’s put STP through so much shit over the years, and put us through shit too when we were working with him. In 2008, that was all over with, so at this point, when he starts coming up with this stuff, it’s like, whatever.”

The guitarist said he is in a good frame of mind these days and he had no intention of bringing a begative influence like Weiland back into his life. “It’s been great,” Slash said. “It’s basically since I got my shit together and stopped touring with Scott. Even if I didn’t have my solo thing going on, I still wouldn’t work with him.”

VELVET REVOLVER did reunite with Weiland for a four-song set in January 2011 at a Los Angeles tribute concert for late songwriter John O’Brien (see video below), but the band has otherwise remained inactive.

SLASH On His First Guitar (Video)

Posted by aliblackdiamond on June 5, 2012
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All Axess recently caught up with legendary guitarist Slash (GUNS N’ ROSES, VELVET REOLVER) to talk about his first-ever guitar, as well as the guitar he has used on every album since the GUNS N’ ROSES classic “Appetite For Destruction”. The video interview can be seen below.

“My first guitar that I ever got was a one-string, Spanish acoustic guitar,” Slash said. “I had that one string on there for a pretty long time before I learned how to put the other five strings on.”

Slash‘s first electric guitar was a Memphis Les Paul copy “that was pretty special to me,” he said, “up until I learned that it wasn’t really that great a guitar [laughs].”

Slash‘s pride and joy, however, is none other than his Gibson Les Paul. “[That's the guitar] I recorded ‘Appetite For Destruction’ with and recorded all the subsequent albums with GUNS N’ ROSES, and the solo records that I’ve been doing lately,” he said. “That’s really my most special guitar.”

 

 

Source: Blabbermouth.net

SLASH: ‘The Cat In The Hat: The Story So Far’ Documentary To Receive Blu-Ray Release

Posted by aliblackdiamond on May 29, 2012
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A documentary featuring the legendary VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N’ ROSES guitarist Slash will be released on on Blu-ray on August 21 via Pride.

A two-disc set with a running time of 131 minutes, “Slash – The Cat In The Hat: The Story So Far” is described as follows: “The most iconic rock guitarist since Keith Richards, Slash has achieved the status of ‘most interesting hard rock act in the world today’. And 20 years after the demise proper of the group with whom he made his name, he continues to build on an already remarkable career trajectory, while his old sparring partner in GUNS N’ ROSES produces pale imitations of past glories. This two-disc set includes a DVD documentary tracing the life and times of Slash, and a disc of audio interviews with the Cat himself during which he speaks candidly and honestly on almost everything he feels strongly about.”

Slash‘s second solo album, “Apocalyptic Love“, is likely to sell between 30,000 and 35,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to industry web site Hits Daily Double. The estimate was based on one-day sales reports compiled after the record arrived in stores on May 22 via Slash‘s own label Dik Hayd International distributed through EMI.

 

 

 

Source : Blabbermouth.net

DUFF MCKAGAN To Take Part In Musicians Institute Conversation Series

Posted by aliblackdiamond on May 22, 2012
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Musicians Institute Conversation Series will welcome Duff McKagan (VELVET REVOLVER, DUFF MCKAGAN’S LOADED, GUNS N’ ROSES) on Thursday, May 24 at 6:00 p.m.

Recently inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame with other original members of GUNS N’ ROSES, McKagan will discuss the early years of hard rock with 98.7 FM‘s Darren Rose, offering valuable insight to Musicians Institute students and an online audience.

The event will be streamed live for the public. Viewers may submit questions online through the chat room feature.

In order to join the conversation, visit www.facebook.com/mihollywood.

 

Source : Blabbermouth.net

VELVET REVOLVER Guitarist DAVE KUSHNER Launches PUSHERJONES

Posted by Mohsen Fayyazi on April 17, 2012
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According to Greg Prato of RollingStone.com, VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Dave Kushner has launched an “animated” rock band called PUSHERJONES, featuring “The Simpsons” creative director Dave Warren, singer Frankie Perez (CAMP FREDDY, SCARS ON BROADWAY), bassist Scott Shriner (WEEZER) and drummer Joey Castillo (QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE). The group’s first single, “Count Me Out”, will be released on May 1. The song, which is included on “Avengers Assemble”, a 14-track compilation of music from and inspired by the film “Marvel’s The Avengers”, is currently available for streaming at RollingStone.com.

Kushner describes PUSHERJONES‘ sound to RollingStone.com as “a cool riff-rock thing. We’re all influenced by everything from ZEPPELIN and SABBATH to newer bands,” he says. “A lot of it has been based on different stuff that has happened to me or stuff I’ve heard being in VELVET REVOLVER for eight years. It’s basically about a big, notorious rock band, and there’s a new guy that’s coming into the band. You’re basically seeing all of the dysfunction and insanity, and the things that make for great rock bands through the eyes of the new guy.”

Co-creators Kushner and Warren currently have a TV pilot for the “PusherJones” animated series and a music video in development while the band is putting the finishing touches on an as-yet-untitled five-song EP, to be released in early summer 2012. “

“Dave and I had a mutual love of music and animation and wanted to mash up the two,” explains Kushner. “We asked ourselves, what if the GORILLAZ were more like GUNS N’ ROSES? We took it a step further and merged a real band and music with a fictional storyline and characters that are entertaining, relatable and funny. The music, art and the story has to co-exist in the same world while being able to kick ass on their own.”

Co-creator Warren adds, “Kushner has all these amazing, crazy stories about growing up in Hollywood, working at Tower Records and eventually touring the world with VELVET REVOLVER. We’d get together and swap stories about the music and television worlds and laugh our asses off. We realized this is our own life story, our experiences in the crazy world of show biz and we started to imagine this ‘South Park On The Sunset Strip’ idea which became this imaginary band from Hollywood called PUSHERJONES.”

Source: Blabbermouth