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( 2 stories between 23rd April 2008 and 30th November 2008 )Velvet Revolver
Nov, 30 2008
The future of Velvet Revolver seems to be in doubt after they split from their record label RCA by mutual consent. The supergroup, which features former Guns N' Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum, as well as ex-Wasted Youth guitarist Dave Kushner, has been on hiatus since singer Scott Weiland quit in April. Weiland went on to reform the Stone Temple Pilots for a reunion tour, while the other Velvet Revolver guys tried and failed to find an adequate replacement singer. The split from RCA gives the band more time to replace Weiland. Velvet Revolver's latest album, Libertad (2007), wasn't nearly as successful as their previous, the debut Contraband (2004): Libertad took three months to sell what Contraband did in its first week. The uncertainty now surrounding Velvet Revolver coincides with the sudden revival of Guns N' Roses' fortunes, after Axl Rose finally got round to releasing Chinese Democracy, his first album of new material in seventeen years.
Velvet Revolver
Apr, 23 2008
When you pick up the mic at karaoke, does the pub empty? No? Great - there may be a gig for you with Velvet Revolver. This month the band dispensed with the talented, but somewhat erratic Scott Weiland. It left them with a big space at the front of the stage which they need to fill, pronto. The search for Weiland was a VH1 televisual treat, the search for his replacement looks set to move to the internet, with the band announcing plans to undertake web auditions at some point in the near future. Meanwhile, Weiland has rekindled his on-off romance with Stone Temple Pilots. A tour and an album are both planned for 2008.
