VELVET REVOLVER GOING OUT OF THEIR WAY TO BLOW THEIR SINGER SEARCH
Friday, October 30th, 2009 at 12:07pm by Axl RosenbergScott Weiland’s been out of Velvet Revolver for quite some time now, and there’s still no word on their search for a new singer. I had assumed that they hadn’t announced anyone because they just couldn’t find someone famous enough. I mean, let’s be real – they’re not gonna hire some unknown. If they did, they’d fail to be a supergroup – they’s just be Slash’s Snakepit III. As it stands, Slash doesn’t know Dave Kushner’s name (he repeatedly identifies his co-guitarist as “Dave Kirshner” in his autobiography), and he’s known Kushner since they were kids; what the fuck would he do with an unknown singer?
I guess there must be some other issue, though – ’cause Corey Taylor, front man for Slipknot and Stone Sour, recently revealed that he tried out for the spot:
“I had a meeting with those guys, we did some demos together, and it just didn’t work — for whatever reason… It was just really cool. It was one of those things where it’s like I could have got to jam with legends, man, in my opinion. But, you know, it was cool, and I still know those guys, I still hang out with them, and I still have nothing but respect.”
So I gotta wonder why this didn’t work out. Taylor’s voice is comparable to Weiland’s, he’s well-known, he’d probably bring in some young kids who might otherwise not give a shit about Guns Without Rose, and he’s a very charismatic and entertaining band leader. So did his personality just not gel with that of the dudes in VR? Were they worried that with two other bands, he was already over-committed? Did Roadrunner (the label that distributes both Slipknot and Stone Sour) put the kibosh on the whole thing, as they allegedly did when Taylor almost replaced John Bush in Anthrax? We might never know, but I find the whole thing pretty curious.
Weigh in with your thoughts on Taylor as the new Axl Weiland below. And while you’re pontificating, enjoy this bootleg video of Taylor performing “It’s So Easy” with Slash. It might be the closest we ever get to seeing a Taylor-fronted VR.
-AR
He does a pretty good Axl Rose impersonation. Yeah, it could work I reckon.
Does that guy not like his regular gig or something? I guess if I had the option to sing for Slipknot or, say, anyone else, I would go for the latter too.
To be fair, I think their former singer has blown A LOT of people
Dave Kirschner? I read that book, and I’m calling bullshit on that one. that never happened. And if it did, it’s a type. Remember, Slash didn’t type the book himself. and he certainly didn’t edit the damn thing either. you fool.
as far as VR, I wish they would go with an unknown . they wouldn’t be snakepit III because they still have duff and matt involved. Snakepit was just slash. Duff and Matt bring alot to the table as well.
If this wasn’t marked, i could see myself thinking this was greg puciato.
tbh, greg puciato would be an excellent choice; dude emulates numerous styles pretty well.
I wish they would just go with Perry Farrell and be done with it.
especially the “and be done with it” part.
i could see this happening but roadrunner being the assholes they are probably blocked it
Again, this is in no way shape or form ‘metal’.
slash is looking more and more like a drunk homeless person. is that worse than looking like a lesbian as you age?
I dig Perry Farrell as Vocals for VR
thats tom morello’s arm the homeless guitar.. and his che cab, and marshal jcm800 with the logo taped off..
I think Velvet Revolver would benefit greatly if Hugh Dillon were to be the new singer. He was front man for Canada’s Headstones (R.I.P.) – one of the country’s best live acts during the ’90’s’ through 2003. No shit – Headstones were a really good band live and, if you saw them, you know what I’m talking about. The guy is busy as an actor now (Durham County is a really good television show) and, has a band called Hugh Dillon Redemption Choir.
Even if the guy were to record even one record with Velvet Revolver, I think it would sound awesome.
It’s because VR is a crappy band. Slash is better off doing his solo projects as he’s the only member of VR who is contributing some creative sparks which are wasted energy in VR.
Slash’s Snakepit > VR
This is probably the closest Velvet Revolver has come to actually being any good. I guess Corey conflicted with VR’s goal to be one of the lousiest bands of all time.
Axl, did you throw in that “Taylor’s voice is comparable to Weiland’s” to see if anybody reads past the headline? I like both of their voices, but in what way are they comparable?