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VELVET REVOLVER Dropped by RCA/SONY BMG
- Nov. 14, 2008
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BLABBERMOUTH.NET has received word from a reliable source that RCA Records (a Sony BMG label) has dropped VELVET REVOLVER, the band featuring former GUNS N' ROSES members Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum. VELVET REVOLVER released two full-length albums through RCA/ Sony BMG — 2004's "Contraband", which has sold 1.98 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan; and its follow-up, "Libertad", which has shifted 301,000 units in the U.S. since its July 2007 release. VELVET REVOLVER has been looking for a new frontman since dismissing Scott Weiland back in April. Rumored candidates have included ex- SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach, former MTV VJ Steve Isaacs ( THE PANIC CHANNEL) and ex- SPACEHOG vocalist Royston Langdon, who apparently had several successful rehearsal sessions with the band. Weiland reunited with his previous act, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS, and has spent the last few months on the road with them. In a recent interview with MTV.com, Weiland said about the split with his previous band, " VELVET REVOLVER fell apart because there were too many big egos in the band — and I'm including myself. It wasn't necessarily about bad egos, just big egos, and unfortunately, it just mistakenly kind of eroded."
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COMMENT | No Surprise
posted by :
11/14/2008 3:16:22 PM
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Can you really blame them? There will never be another VR album again. All those guys are far too egotistical to be in a band together. Good riddance, their two albums weren't that good in the first place.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
11/14/2008 3:19:44 PM
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ya i had a really bad feeling that velvet revolver would never release their third album. slash seems happy right now with his solo album, duff seems happy with his loaded project so there seems to be no rush on their part to get the album out. i think they just have the attitude that if it happens it happens if it doesn't thats fine too.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
11/14/2008 3:20:24 PM
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i see it cummin in 2009 gunsroses original line up BACK
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COMMENT | WEILAND GETS THE LAST LAUGH AND I AM GLAD
posted by : T-Boner.com
11/14/2008 3:26:13 PM
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AND DONT START WITH THE GUNS N' ROSES REUNION!!!
THERE WILL BE ANOTHER BLACK PRESIDENT B4 THERE WILL BE AN ORIGINAL REUNION.
AXL HAS WAY BIGGER PLANS
AND
THE ORIGINAL IS DEAD IN THE WATER AND NO MORE,THE PAST.
THIS IS 2008
NOT
1987
EVOLVE OR DIE.
OBAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I AM PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN AGAIN AFTER 8 YEARS OF PURE SHIT!
BAN ME IF YOU WANT BORI BUT THAT WAS PURE 8 YEARS OF SHIT!
SCOTT WEILAND IS GODDER THAN GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NEW SCOTT WEILAND CD
NEW CHI.-DEM CD
JUST DAYS APART& IM ONE HAPPY MUTHER F*KKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I LOVE LIFE;-)
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COMMENT | record company
posted by : BSlash24
11/14/2008 3:30:50 PM
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the record company dropping them has no barring on a new album, they just have to get a band together again & shop to another label, if they so choose...they didn't even reach Gold on there last album. Good or bad, unless you get lots of promotion, rock bands have it tough getting heard now. Metallica being an exception, no matter what they release, rock radio plays it.
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COMMENT | + I PUT ADLER IN THE DEAD POOL...POOR FELLER!
posted by : T-Boner.com
11/14/2008 3:32:07 PM
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YOU ALL PUT SCOTT WIELAND THERE^
AND
SCOTT IS IN CONTROL.
YOU DO THE DRUGS - YOU DONT LET THEM DO YOU.
YOU GET DRUNK AND GET FUCKED UP BUT YOU STILL LIVE LIFE THE NEXT DAY.
MAR1LYN MAN5ON STYLE!
SCOTT HAS WIFE,
KIDS,
MONEY IN THE BANK,
RECORD COMPANY(SOFTDRIVE)
HE CAN FUNCTION.
STEVEN ADLER IS WAY IN THE DEEP END, LAYNE STYLE.
SO WHEN HE IS DEAD AND GONE, IT WONT BE ORIGINAL WITH MATT SORUM.
SO...
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STEVEN HAD A BAND WITH JIZZY PEARL AND FUCKED THAT UP , SO I FEEL SORRY FOR NOONE!
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COMMENT | T-boner
posted by :
11/14/2008 3:32:59 PM
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I'm sure you get this all the time but I'll say it anyway. You are an idiot.
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COMMENT | ONE LAST THING BORI ...SORRY ONE LAST THING...LAST POST!
posted by : T-Boner.com
11/14/2008 3:36:18 PM
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NO
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SIMPLE AS ABC & 123!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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COMMENT | Libertad is the music equivalent of the Exxon Valdez.
posted by :
11/14/2008 3:36:21 PM
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It tanked and left a mess in its wake. Oh wait, Weiland was already a mess.
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COMMENT | Yeah.
posted by : Jack Bauer
11/14/2008 3:36:52 PM
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A real freaking idiot.
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COMMENT | Good
posted by : Neil Young's Cocaine Booger
11/14/2008 3:38:10 PM
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Slash and Duff are too damn good to be wasting their talent in Velvet Revolver.
Kinda like Audioslave, these guys tried too damn hard to fit into today's music scene and not doing what THEY wanted. Anyone who has heard Slash and Duff play(together or separate) know they can do 20x better than anything VR did.
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COMMENT | D or A
posted by : BSlash24
11/14/2008 3:39:38 PM
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Dead or Alive, Adler is not sniffing any reunion should it happen. Even if he's straight, he can't perform. He's a casuality. Lost cause. Forget that reality show, which shows him at his worst, if he had any skills left, Slash would invite him to play on his solo record to help him out, but he can't play. He's mildly retardted now.
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COMMENT | T-BONER
posted by : Neil Young's Cocaine Booger
11/14/2008 3:42:30 PM
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Don't let them get to you,bro!!!!!! Your opinion is just as important as everyone else's!!!!!!
Besides, we all know RiotAct666 is the REAL idiot!!!!!!
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COMMENT | VR
posted by : BSlash24
11/14/2008 3:43:07 PM
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VR environment did water Slash down. Its good that Scott was there to push the boundries, get them to be more than playing straight up hardrock(not that there's anything wrong with that), but they tried to modernize the sound too much....Heard Slash on Boston radio last week, he said the Producer (STP's producer) completely changed songs from their origin, without their knowledge & they went along...and he wouldn't allow that this time.
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COMMENT | No Record Label???
posted by :
11/14/2008 3:43:51 PM
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I think Softdrive Records should pick them up.
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COMMENT |
posted by : Strychnine.213
11/14/2008 3:58:24 PM
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Not surprised with that massive drop in album sales, didn't really like Libertad anyway.
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COMMENT | forgotten
posted by : BSlash24
11/14/2008 4:08:42 PM
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15-20 years from now VR will be forgotten, sort of like the Firm(Page/Rodgers), 1st album did ok, second flopped, they were gone, most don't remember them. CDs discontinued.
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COMMENT | Nice line T-Boner
posted by : MoltenLavaStudios
11/14/2008 4:10:31 PM
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"YOU DO THE DRUGS - YOU DONT LET THEM DO YOU"
...although you still are one strange individual.
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COMMENT | T-Boner.com
posted by :
11/14/2008 4:12:57 PM
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OBAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I AM PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN AGAIN AFTER 8 YEARS OF PURE SHIT!
BAN ME IF YOU WANT BORI BUT THAT WAS PURE 8 YEARS OF SHIT!
SCOTT WEILAND IS GODDER THAN GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NEW SCOTT WEILAND CD
NEW CHI.-DEM CD
JUST DAYS APART& IM ONE HAPPY MUTHER F*KKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I LOVE LIFE;-)
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GET A FUCKING CLUE !!
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ur just another SUCKER listening to GOVERNMENT BULLSHIT
i dont feel sorry for the assholes who buy into anything having to do with political bullshit....
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COMMENT |
posted by : madeinquebec
11/14/2008 4:32:35 PM
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SLASH, you have been sitting around long enough. Make a new superband with your drummer MATT and bassist DUFF.
Wow us, don't bore us. New band, new name, new frontman, new label. We'll find you a frontman, worst case. Just come in this blog and ask us.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
11/14/2008 4:48:58 PM
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They will have every label in the US after them now.
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COMMENT | Nice
posted by : Kissfan77
11/14/2008 5:18:44 PM
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dumb record company...why didn't they hang on until at least VR decided to pick a new singer...ya know depending on who it is might rekindle sales...
Scott...you're still a jerk...
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COMMENT | I don't really care
posted by : Ace96
11/14/2008 5:39:24 PM
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VR kinda sucked anyway. But I'm sure their GNR affiliation will quickly secure them a new deal once they get a new frontman.
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COMMENT | VR rocks!
posted by :
11/14/2008 6:20:01 PM
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Weiland was the weak link live... still a great frontman when he was firing on all cylinders though. The chemistry between Slash and Dave on guitars and Matt and Duff keeping the back beat moving made for some damn good tunes.. The production was lacking on some cuts but overall two great rock records.
I hope they continue with a new singer and really go head to head with the toy Gun's... I hope they don't ever get back with Axl that would just empower that little freak more than he ever deserves...great for his time but his time is gone... along with his hair and vocal cords. Nuff Said!
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COMMENT | no surprise...
posted by :
11/14/2008 7:18:05 PM
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This is no real surprise. The label is just cutting off the their inevitable losses at the pass. "Fans" have a tendency to desert bands when there's a change in the vocals (PRIEST, MAIDEN, SEPULTURA, SKID ROW).
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COMMENT | Record labels
posted by :
11/14/2008 8:43:25 PM
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no need for them nowadays.
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COMMENT | !!!
posted by :
11/14/2008 9:04:08 PM
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snowy white: thas probably right.
but both VR albums were good and Libertad was almost great, very good, no real hits and thats not realy a bad thing, maybe salesvise but not musicvise. both very good hard rock albums and many times better then similar bands today, Linkin Park, Nickelback and shit like that. i just hope they found new singer and Stone Temple Pilots will make a new album too
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COMMENT | Help wanted
posted by :
11/14/2008 9:45:06 PM
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Axl can probably get them for cheap as hired sidemen.
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COMMENT |
posted by : RiotAct666
11/14/2008 9:47:53 PM
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That sucks. first two VR albums were great.
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COMMENT |
posted by : pigchop
11/14/2008 9:56:40 PM
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Hey...RiotAct - Eat a bowl of fuck.
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Bummer about Velvet Revolver's situation. Hiring Scott was a mistake from day one.
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COMMENT |
posted by : madeinquebec
11/14/2008 11:57:58 PM
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RiotAss666 gets paid top dollars to kiss everything that has an ass. The question remains... why??
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COMMENT | Huh..
posted by : NovembersDirge
11/15/2008 4:08:17 AM
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Apparently everyone thought the same damn thing I did.. "Wow, these guys suck." I mean, their record sales decreased by 6 fold.. that's pretty pathetic.
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COMMENT | Coming Soon:
posted by : THRASHMONGER
11/15/2008 2:46:57 PM
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VR III on KOCH.
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COMMENT | Not a fan of them...
posted by : juanneman
11/16/2008 4:37:36 AM
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No surprise, the band´s been on hold for so long that the record company has kicked them. Their last album was shitty from what I heard, and the singer situation has been the last straw. So bye bye and start from scratch again, good luck.
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COMMENT |
posted by : jt_rocker
11/16/2008 9:13:22 AM
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"NEW SCOTT WEILAND CD
NEW CHI.-DEM CD"
At least Whineland had the balls to call his a solo album.
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COMMENT | One thing is definitely for sure...
posted by :
11/18/2008 8:37:21 PM
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Chinese Democracy CAN NOT touch either VR CD. Pure Sunset Strip crap metal!
Newsflash for Axl - No one cares!!!
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