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VELVET REVOLVER Says No To Reality Show, Plans To Announce New Lead Vocalist Soon
- May 26, 2008
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VELVET REVOLVER drummer Matt Sorum recently spoke to the Artisan News Service about the group's future plans following its much-publicized split with singer Scott Weiland in early April. "We're coming out with something in a couple of weeks and I think it's going to surprise everybody," Sorum told the Artisan News Service. "It's exciting. We're moving forward. We're going to keep going and play rock 'n' roll and get a new guy singing, so we did it before we'll do it again." He added, "We're really seriously thinking about doing something online. Yeah, we got offered a couple of different television ideas you know. [TV producer] Mark Burnett called us and asked us to do that 'Rock Star' thing and we basically said no to that. We didn't feel it was right for us. No disrespect to him, but it just didn't feel right for what we want to do. As many years as we've tried to keep our integrity intact, we felt that wasn't the right forum for us to do it, so we got some ideas and we should have that news in a couple weeks." VELVET REVOLVER parted ways with vocalist Scott Weiland last month following a European tour. Weiland has now reunited with STONE TEMPLE PILOTS. Sorum is also part of the regular lineup of all-star covers act CAMP FREDDY, who played the fourth May residency at the Roxy in Los Angeles Thursday night (May 22).
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COMMENT | I heard
posted by : LanceManion1973
5/26/2008 7:49:04 PM
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the new lead singer is Bret Michaels of the mighty POISON!!!!
Poison rules!!
First post bitches.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
5/26/2008 7:59:37 PM
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how are you sure of this?
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COMMENT |
posted by :
5/26/2008 8:00:14 PM
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@ this point it would hv been better if they just did the show
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COMMENT | THIS IS WHAT I HEARD
posted by : Blabberhead
5/26/2008 8:00:53 PM
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I heard the new singer is a old school hardcore guy. His name is Bones and he sang in 2 hardcore bands.. 76%UNCERTAIN and the other was CIA..
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COMMENT | This is a fact..
posted by :
5/26/2008 8:22:39 PM
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The new lead singer is Scott Ian!
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COMMENT | low expectations for a good choice
posted by :
5/26/2008 8:24:50 PM
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...Sammy Hagar, John Corabi, Jizzy Pearl, Blaze Bailey, Ripper Owens ..veteran replacement singers most of who need jobs..lol...nah, theyll likely shoot for someone from the trapt/lit/saliva new era of radio rock, someone fresh off the undercard at cruefest, either that or another disasterpiece of disfunction from the grunge era...If they choose cornell they are retarded.this guy has already proven twice that he is not a team player, and besides grunge sucked in 92 and it sucks now.They need to find a gutsy raspy singer with a pair of balls and who is not insane and make the kind of musis they became famous for making to start with.Last time they only managed to make music that STP got famous for making.
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COMMENT |
posted by : Fani Dilth
5/26/2008 8:43:47 PM
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Billy Milano is a shoe in for the gig...
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COMMENT | it's David Cook from American Idol.
posted by :
5/26/2008 8:45:50 PM
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yep.
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COMMENT | Keith Caputo!
posted by : McTurdly
5/26/2008 8:50:58 PM
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http://www.myspace.com/keithcaputo
Scroll down first and shut off the player that auto-starts. Then listen to "Troubles Down." A.) He can sound a lot like Weiland. B.) He's ten times more dynamic and powerful.
He would be an awesome choice for singer.
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COMMENT |
posted by : Steve Guttenberg
5/26/2008 8:53:02 PM
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I heard its axl rose
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COMMENT | This just in.....
posted by :
5/26/2008 8:53:12 PM
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Michael Jackson is the new lead singer for VR!
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COMMENT |
posted by :
5/26/2008 9:26:48 PM
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sebastion bach.
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COMMENT | corabi!!!!
posted by :
5/26/2008 9:33:03 PM
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that would actually make me give these guys another chance. i always hated weiland.
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COMMENT |
posted by : djent
5/26/2008 9:33:07 PM
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Tommy Vext.
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COMMENT | Keith Caputo
posted by :
5/26/2008 9:41:03 PM
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I heard the Keith Caputo is going to be the new lead singer of VR. I actually heard this almost 2 weeks ago from a friend who works in at Q104.3 radio station . He's been write on all new music news that he's been telling me since he started working there. I think Keith will do a great job of fronting this band. Listen to the last LOA album, that sounded a lot like a harder VR album.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
5/26/2008 9:59:56 PM
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i'm hoping its david ruprecht, better know as the host of the greatest gameshow of our time, supermarket sweep
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COMMENT | I heard it was
posted by :
5/26/2008 10:28:11 PM
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Boy george.They do the same dope and have the same sexual prefferance.
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COMMENT | The new singer is
posted by : dartofharkness
5/26/2008 10:37:56 PM
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lukas rossi.
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COMMENT | You are all wrong....
posted by :
5/26/2008 10:51:32 PM
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My brother-in-law works for the company that manages VR. The new VR singer is none other than Joe Leste from Bang Tango fame. Remember, you heard it here 1st!
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COMMENT |
posted by :
5/26/2008 11:00:36 PM
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I hear Lord Worm is the new singer.
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COMMENT | I wouldn't be surprised...
posted by :
5/26/2008 11:17:06 PM
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If Ian Astbury's name gets tossed around here somewhere... I think is prolly being considered
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COMMENT |
posted by :
5/27/2008 12:02:51 AM
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my guess is sully erna from godsmack
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COMMENT | I heard
posted by : Neil Young's Cocaine Booger
5/27/2008 12:18:12 AM
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through the grapevine that T-Boner is the new singer.
Give 'em hell, T-Boner!!!!!
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COMMENT | NO SCOTT WEILAND=
posted by : T-Boner.com
5/27/2008 1:23:30 AM
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NO VELVET REVOLVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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COMMENT | HAPPY HUNTING= GET SEBAS(TINA) BACH hahaha!!!!!!!!!!!! wink wink;-)
posted by : T-Boner.com
5/27/2008 1:45:10 AM
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HEHheheheee
WHILE YOU GET JOHNNY THE HOT ROD AVG. JOE THE SINGER,
I WILL BE BUYING THAT NEW SCOTT WEILAND SOLO
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(DID I MENTION IT IS A DOUBLE CD)????
EVERY SONG ON IT ^A PERFECT 10 SONG , LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE THE MAN SINGS ON.
MATT= SORE ASS
SCOTT= GODLAND
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COMMENT | ALSO YOU HAD YOUR CHANCE TO GET THE BEST SINGER
posted by : T-Boner.com
5/27/2008 1:52:51 AM
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AND HE WENT TO A BAND CALLED TROUBLE....SO
REAP IT!
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$LASH SOLD OUT DOING ALL THAT GUITAR HERO STUFF,
A BOOK,
DOLLS,
SHIRTS,
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POSTERS AT SPENCERS GIFTS
BLAH AFTER BLAH.
THEN HE BASHES SCOTT WEILAND?!?!
V.R.=
WENT TOO FAST
THEY ARE OUTTA LUCK
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I DONT REALLY GIVE A ****
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COMMENT | Drum Roll Please....
posted by :
5/27/2008 2:04:50 AM
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He's Tanned
He's Rested
He's Ready
..............................Axl Rose............
If not it's Lita Ford.
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COMMENT | Keith Caputo
posted by :
5/27/2008 2:09:44 AM
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He's the best choice, without a doubt. One of the best singers out there too, actually.
The ex Warrior Soul guy would be a good choice too but he's fronting Trouble now.
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COMMENT |
posted by : black_art
5/27/2008 2:19:20 AM
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Keith Caputo sounds good :)=
or the guy from bang tango too , great rock band!
just make sweet rock n roll like the older days!
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COMMENT |
posted by : sometimes i see dead people
5/27/2008 2:29:52 AM
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it should be axl rose
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COMMENT | Awesome!!!
posted by : Rock Lobster
5/27/2008 2:40:44 AM
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Bring on the new singer!
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COMMENT |
posted by :
5/27/2008 2:53:06 AM
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Probably that guy Odin.... you know... Odin.. Odin.. Odin...
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COMMENT | Surprise???
posted by :
5/27/2008 2:57:17 AM
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Ian Astbury was considered when they were starting, but he's the voice of the Cult. It wouldn't be right. Bach is with Axl and not the right guy to sell records.
A surprise could mean it's an unknown, but Sorum is into rock stars so we will see who the guy is. I don't have a good feeling about this though.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
5/27/2008 3:39:46 AM
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ROCKSTAR: VELVET REVOLVER!
Pukes...
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COMMENT | I Heard
posted by :
5/27/2008 4:13:30 AM
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Walt from Silvertide has a shot...from a good source
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COMMENT | Unless they get a "big name" or Izzy, VR is dead
posted by :
5/27/2008 5:21:10 AM
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If Libertad tanked with Scott, the next album will yield laughable sales with a non-mainstream guy. They will probably get dropped from their label, and Live Nation will approach Slash, Duff, and Matt about a 360 deal for a "new" band with a big name lead singer. If VR ever breaks up, they should get Dave Navarro to replace Kushner. Star power is the only thing this band has going for them.
Fact is, they're not a hot band that can take a gamble. They're a band surviving off the live experience: GNR classics, hits from the lead singer's former band, cover songs, and VR singles. If they don't care about sales, change the name and find the best singer available. But they do care about sales, they're keeping the name that Scott suggested in hopes to sell more. Their audition should be who is the best as singing GNR and who brings good concert songs from their old band into the mix.
Josh Todd (this new Buckcherry is hardly the old band, wouldn't be a bad move for him to quit. VR would benefit from people wanting to hear Crazy Bitch every night at their shows.)
Ian Atsbury
Chris Cornell
Perry Farell (weird mix, but a good vocalist and a good back catalog)
Ed Roland (Collective Soul, they don't sell much, still tour, but that's a good back catalog for VR to consider. He has to know he would make a lot more money touring with VR than keeping a 90s alternative nostalgia band active)
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COMMENT | Officially the new singer is...
posted by : ThisIsMyUsername
5/27/2008 7:06:13 AM
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Nobody!
We all win!
YAY!
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COMMENT | !!!
posted by :
5/27/2008 7:19:40 AM
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Ian Astbury, Keith Caputo, his new cd is great!!! and the last Life Of Agony cd was a very good hard rock albums similar to the style of VR.
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COMMENT | how about...
posted by : Hardcore666
5/27/2008 8:03:16 AM
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...Alice Cooper?
Now that would be cool.
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COMMENT | Scott Stapp....hmmmmm
posted by :
5/27/2008 8:39:47 AM
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Now that would be cool....he's got a great voice....and....all the other guys would keep him in line and beat the crap out of him as he digresses back to Lead Singer Syndrome.
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COMMENT | my choice:
posted by :
5/27/2008 8:54:00 AM
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Beavis. He did a good Axl impersonation back in the day. Butthead can play tamborine.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
5/27/2008 8:55:06 AM
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heard it was gonna be lattimer
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COMMENT | I'll say it again...
posted by :
5/27/2008 8:57:52 AM
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It's that Marky Mark dude from Steel Dragon.
BLACK BABYLON!!!
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COMMENT |
posted by : 100WattWarlock
5/27/2008 8:58:26 AM
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Mike Patton
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COMMENT |
posted by : SchecterShredder
5/27/2008 9:27:31 AM
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Cronos for the win!
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COMMENT | this is the guy from ban tango-jon leste
posted by : WASHBURN
5/27/2008 11:18:05 AM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y30TQtcLR0
is this the new singer? he sounds ok.
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COMMENT |
posted by : RiotAct666
5/27/2008 11:52:34 AM
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Keith Caputo of teh singer from Bango Tango will do.
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COMMENT | Lemmy for Prez
posted by : beerman
5/27/2008 12:38:38 PM
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Its fucking LEMMY motherfuckers!!
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COMMENT | the only thing more pathetic than matt sorum is...
posted by :
5/27/2008 3:36:32 PM
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stars&bars420, who writes a book on blabbermouth about his opinion on velvet revolver.
looooser.
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COMMENT | new blood please
posted by :
5/27/2008 5:16:11 PM
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What's wrong with a band doing a reality show to find a singer? Anybody that can get up there and be critizied in front of millions of people, at least has balls & confidence. This gives the band a chance to see how dedicated they are. This band needs a new & younger singer, those listed above have had their chances.
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COMMENT | Retard bottlecrap
posted by :
5/27/2008 6:48:00 PM
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If its more than a sentence it's just too much to read isn't it? OW MY BRAIN HURTS! I'M RETARDED! MAKE IT STOP! MOMMY!!
If two small paragraphs and a list constitutes a book, you're dumber than our President.
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COMMENT | Keith
posted by :
5/27/2008 8:44:58 PM
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It's even on wikipeida stating that Keith might well be the new front man for VR. It's a great fit, it looks like a few people on here think so too. Listen to songs like "Love to let you down" "Wicked Ways" and "Weeds" they all sound like a harder version of a VR song. Nothing against Scott, he is one of the last true showman/frontman that we have left in the music biz. But I think Keith can hold his own up there.
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COMMENT | Maybe it's
posted by :
5/28/2008 12:42:17 AM
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Travis Meeks or Mark Lanegan.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
5/28/2008 12:46:42 AM
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The new singer is Infernus!!!!!
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COMMENT | Walt Lafty (silvertide)
posted by :
5/28/2008 1:28:18 AM
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They had their chance with Josh Todd BUCKCHERRY is MACHINE now, and Sebastian's voice is to pretty. I think Walt Lafty would be perfect in style and in sound. Silvertide is a very talented band but they seem to be caught up in recording The CHINEESE DEMOCRACY II. (their 2nd release is long overdue) But,Now that Nick Perry is "temporaliy" a member of SHINEDOWN, Walt shoulkd not waste away until they get their contract B/S done. But the fact of the matter SILVERTIDE may be a better band than Velvet Revolver and Gn'R given a little bit more experience.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
5/28/2008 3:54:48 AM
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I really hope Keith Caputo gets the gig. The man is a serious talent and I would be excited to see what he can do with VR. He deserves all the success in the world.
Does anyone know if the VR guys even know he exists? If they do, he should be a shoe in...
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COMMENT | lenny
posted by : gastonpsuarez
5/28/2008 12:14:09 PM
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i think l. kravitz would be a great choice.
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COMMENT | Thank God
posted by : RockettQueeen
5/28/2008 4:05:29 PM
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I would have had to disown them if they resorted to the whole "ROCKSTAR: VELVET REVOLVER" thing...
Glad to know they refused
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COMMENT | Good on ya Matt...
posted by :
5/29/2008 8:09:34 AM
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...for turning down the Rockstar: Super B***S***
Thing is, a lead singer LEADS a band, and thats gotta be difficult with the egos in VR. All talented guys, just need a singer to gel with, to make a TEAM!
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COMMENT | Good on ya Matt...
posted by :
5/29/2008 8:14:30 AM
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For not doing the Rockstar: SuperB***S*** thing.
Keep it real my friend!
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COMMENT | a little funk!
posted by : gastonpsuarez
5/30/2008 9:29:30 AM
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LENNY KRAVITZ IS THE MAN!
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COMMENT | Walt lafty (silvertide)
posted by :
8/9/2008 1:34:45 PM
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I heard the same thing about Silvertide being tied up label BS and the last thing I heard, Walt (singer/silvertide) went and made some stupid acoustic record on his own because he just needed to do something or some white noise. Its a shame because he is a great singer when he sings for a rock band and he's an even better lyricist and frontman but I always thought that Silvertide was really just Walt the singer and Nick the guitar player anyway and now that Nick is "playing" with Shinedown, I'd say that leaves Walt in the same boat as VR... looking for the missing puzzle piece.
Well good luck if they do consider him , although he is a bit of a looney bin and a loose cannon if you ask me. I saw him opening up for Motley Crue and again with Velvet Revolver and He might be alittle too much for VR to handle but then again they dealt with 2 ego trips to date so a total nutcase wouldn't be a far off choice.
who ever it ends up being I'm sure will be good. but I really hope that they chose someone great so they can inspire new, young rock bands because the current state of rock music is pretty pathetic with only a few exceptions.
What the fuck is fallout boy anyway?
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