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revolvadrama

Chester Bennington Would Like Stop (Or Start) Those Velvet Revolver Rumors

All you gossiping fools saying that Chester Bennington is going to leave Linkin Park and join Velvet Revolver? He wants it to be made very clear that those rumors are just that, rumors. So stop spreading rumors about Chester Bennington, unknown people who were spreading those rumors. "It would be very uncomfortable for me to join that band because I'm friends with all of them, including Scott," he told Kerrang! "If I was even going to do just one show, or record just one song with them, I'd have to know it was okay with my band, all those guys and Scott [Weiland] too." It does seem odd that people would (allegedly, as I can't find these rumors anywhere) think Chester would leave his cash cow to play with a past-its-prime act like Velvet Revolver, but then again, watching Slash work on a solo is probably a lot more fun than watching Mike Shinoda work on a rap. More »

11:00 AM on Mon Jun 16 2008
By Anthony Miccio
539 views, 6 comments

Latest by n/a: Not to sound like a know-it-all Los Angeles music biz type (if the shoe fits wear it), but all of my sources told me that the rumors about Chester being the new singer were false-which he just verified- and that more »

songs in the key of slash

Slash "Pretty Aggresively" Working On Solo Album

He's been talking about it for a while, but Slash sounds gung ho to drop a solo album. "I'm working on it pretty aggressively right now while I have the time cause as soon as Velvet finds its singer, then it's going to be off the races with that," he told Spinner. "I'm using this little period to be able to do as much on my solo record as possible." And don't expect Slash's Snakepit Mk 3, either. "It'll be my first solo record. All the other ones were just me putting other bands together and going out and just jamming. This will actually be a little bit more personal." Maybe an album of movie theme interpretations? Collaborations with his favorite heavy metal singers? Clive Davis' Son Of Supernatural? [Spinner]

10:30 AM on Thu Jun 12 2008
By Anthony Miccio
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will spider bite?

Alice Cooper's New Concept Album To Feature "(In Touch With) Your Feminine Side," Ozzy On Harmonica

Looks like Judas Priest will have some competition for "Most Awesome Concept Album By A Metal Act That Really Has No Place Recording A Concept Album in 2008." Alice Cooper's Here Comes A Spider, out on July 29, will describe the life of a serial killer named Spider, who is killing people and taking their limbs in order to create a spider. Says Cooper, "Every song is sort of a letter to the police. They think they're investigating it from the outside, but he's actually woven them into the whole thing." Also woven into the whole thing are frequent Alice Cooper album guest stars Slash and Ozzy Osbourne, who will play a harmonica part on a song the two co-wrote. More »

2:30 PM on Mon Jun 2 2008
By Anthony Miccio
1,060 views, 1 comment

Latest by n/a: This album seems like it is going to be very old school Alice. I am a huge Alice fan. Ozzy has slipped a lot in recent years but he is a legend as well. Alice is still a more »

Schlock-shock radio hosts Opie and Anthony have come forward with some details about the hour-plus delay before Stone Temple Pilots' show this weekend. The duo claim bassist Robert "Apology Accepted, Brother" DeLeo was screaming "come on out, Axl!" at Weiland's bus, which a large bodyguard kept him from entering. DeLeo then called Weiland's female assistant a variety of hateful words, demanding she be taken off the tour, before addressing the finally-accounted-for Weiland with an angry "can you even do the show?" before the band finally sauntered onto the stage. Only three more months of touring left, guys! [FoundryMusic]

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revolvadrama

Slash Gives Eddie Trunk The Final Word (We Hope)

The MSG Network^* has released an interview with Slash hosted by Matt Pinfield, who really needs to give up the cheaply toupee'd "Eddie Trunk" persona he's created. Nobody's fooled. Mr. "Trunk" (yeah, right) explains that he's been so busy lately that he's only been able to read 85% of Slash's book, and even that's just because he's had some cross-country flights. Despite this riveting look into the life of a radio personality (what, doesn't he read on the toilet?), Slash is somehow able to go on with explaining just what happened with Weiland, and he hints at why we should give up on the Axl dream. More »

3:30 PM on Thu May 1 2008
By Anthony Miccio
1,026 views, 8 comments

Latest by CaptainPeacockSuit: He's looking for a lady that rocks! Since 1986 when MTV introduced the world to the blue-eyed lead singer of Poison, women around the world have worshiped Bret Michaels as a veritable Rock God. Never out of the spotlight, Bret's career more »

feuds

Slash Getting Rather Catty About Weiland's Dismissal

"We gave him the cold shoulder in the UK like nobody's business. There were a couple of arguments around the stage, but other than that, nobody spoke to him. I imagine he was quite uncomfortable. No wonder he didn't have a good time. Then he told everyone in Glasgow that the whole band was over. We were like, 'Oh, well, I guess we've got a surprise coming for you, Scott.'" Oh, snap! Hey, making fun of Weiland is our job, Slash. You don't see me shirtless, wearing a top hat and playing the theme from The Godfather in front of Matt Sorum's drum kit. Yet. The new issue of Kerrang! features even more bon mots from the toxic hairball about Weiland's "extradition" from Velvet Revolver. More »

11:30 AM on Thu Apr 17 2008
By Anthony Miccio
924 views, 8 comments

Latest by AcidReign: Maybe they can get a singer with enough presence that they can turn the guitars back up, in the mix. I'm tired of plastic, tin-boxy-sounding Slash. more »

ire

Slash May Have Known Weiland Had To Go For A While

Has there been another case where the firing of a singer led to such excitement? Ok, maybe the end of Van Hagar, but that was a "welcome back" thing, and the reaction was nothing like the way Weiland's departure from Velvet Revolver seems to have loosened the world's sphincter a tad. Or at least Slash's. "Everybody's just very relieved," says Slash. "I know everybody is tying the STP [reunion tour] thing to it, but it started way before that. We just had a lot of commitments to fulfill, so we just had to drag this thing out until the obligations were finished." But our nightmare is over! So what about his replacement? More »

10:20 AM on Fri Apr 4 2008
By Anthony Miccio
1,115 views, 18 comments

Latest by Silverfuture: Ozzy? more »

Yesterday, Slash took a break from publicly excommunicating Weiland to unveil a new line of personalized Gibson axes. No word on whether or not he'll also be passing out free ~~soft drinks~~ guitars to lucky Americans if STP manages to pull of this summer's proposed reunion dates. [NME]

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breaking

SO NOT A JOKE: Weiland Ejected From Velvet Revolver

It's official! We even called to verify! WEILAND IS NO LONGER IN VELVET REVOLVER. Ding-dong, the witch is dead. Which old witch? The wicked witch! Ding-dong, the wicked witch is dead. More »

4:25 PM on Tue Apr 1 2008
By Anthony Miccio
2,346 views, 39 comments

reworkings

Slash Finally Realizes Weiland Is Velvet Revolver's Weakest Link

Slash promises that Velvet Revolver will record a third album, with or (please please please) without Weiland. "We don't know how or when but the core four guys will continue," he was quoted as saying. It's a heartwarming response to the bitchfits his estranged compatriot has been issuing to the world, as there's no reason The Band Formerly Known As Guns N' Roses should back a grating, obnoxious hack who can't get his pipes around anything on Appetite For Destruction except "It's So Easy," making him more of a rock dodo than a rock dinosaur. But now that The Big Empty might be out of the picture, which grating, obnoxious hack (with more vocal range) should replace him? More »

10:00 AM on Mon Mar 31 2008
By Anthony Miccio
2,136 views, 10 comments

Latest by wakeupbomb: Come on people, is there a more obvious choice than Justin Hawkins from The Darkness? Seriously, the Darkness broke up (didn't they?) and he's got the pipes to cover Axl's high notes, and rock out on his own. more »

pairings

Wayne Kramer Will Kick Out The Jams With Just About Anyone

The Presidents Of The United States Of America (authors of "Lump") were joined by not just one, but two formerly Jewfro'd musical legends at LA's The Roxy last Friday: Satirical visionary Weird Al Yankovic, who reworked the Presidents' big hit as the Forrest-saluting "Gump," assisted in what was an undoubtedly transcedent cover of "More Than A Feeling"; and MC5 axeman Wayne Kramer, who helped essay the perennial "Kick Out The Jams" earlier in the night. Preliminary YouTube searches provided no documentation of either performance, but they did reveal another run through the anthem courtesy of Kramer and three other goofballs who've seen better decades. More »

11:30 AM on Wed Mar 26 2008
By Anthony Miccio
427 views, 8 comments

Latest by Thierry: Maybe all Hillary needs is Slash solo? more »

shrug

Slash: Not Particularly Enthused For Chinese Democracy

So, Chinese Democracy is (still) rumored for the zillionth time to be "finished," its release date held hostage on the board room table during the never-ending "contract negotiations" between Axl and label, and while there are undoubtedly a few crazies out there ticking off the remaining 45 Tuesdays in 2008 in hopes that one of them will be the day their unflagging amour is finally rewarded, Saul Hudson is not among them. More »

5:40 PM on Tue Feb 12 2008
By Jess Harvell
1,611 views, 10 comments

last night's party

Slash Continues His Streak Of Showing Up Onstage With Just About Anyone Who'll Have Him

Let the "Slash is hiring impersonators" conspiracy theories begin! Not only is he allegedly giving i-bankers guitar lessons at rock and roll fantasy camps, he's cloaking himself in more and more hair and hats, as evidenced by this report from Velvet Revolver's sparsely attended show in Trenton, N.J., on Saturday: "I was seated close enough that I'm firmly convinced it wasn't even Slash on guitar. You think he's flying out to Trenton just after Christmas? Seriously, you could've found any guitar player, slap a curly wig and top hat on his head, strap a Les Paul over his shoulder, slip him into some leather pants and voila: secondary market Slash." [phillyBurbs.com]

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casting call

The Slash Biopic: Some Names Will Be Changed To Project The Drugged

Slash's dinosaur-loving, butter-eating, coke-snorting personal history has barely been on bookstore shelves a month, and already he says he's being courted by Hollywood types out to turn his autobiographical misdeeds into a major motion picture. Slash is down, too, but he's got some ground rules. More »

3:30 PM on Wed Nov 21 2007
By jharv
681 views, 3 comments

bait and switch

Slash Does Not Like Parallel Parking, Human Contact

In his storied/depraved career, Guns N Roses guitarist Slash has lived through much and felt deeply, and so you have to wonder what's left that could make him feel "nervousness, stomach disorders, backaches, loss of appetite," and a laundry list of other ailments. More »

9:45 AM on Fri Nov 16 2007
By jharv
895 views, 3 comments

etiquette

This Just In: Axl Rose May Not Be The Best Houseguest

Last night on Late Show With David Letterman, Slash stopped by to plug his new book and clear the air with Axl Rose, although maybe doing so by talking about how Axl kicked his grandma off her perch on the couch so he could crash out until mid-afternoon—and how Axl responded to being rebuked for his couch-ganking by jumping out of a moving car—wasn't the best plan of action for doing so, given his, uh, temperament. Guess we'll be seeing another Velvet Revolver album in the next few years!

11:30 AM on Wed Oct 31 2007
By mjohnston
1,247 views, Comment

makes 'the heroin diaries' look like 'make way for ducklings'

Idolator Book Club: Slash's Writing Skills Might Trump His Reading Ability

For me, The Dirt is the type of book that all "tales of the rock lifestyle" should aspire to. Drugs, car crashes, bean burritos, drugs, Mick Mars being replaced with an animatronic replica, the occasional playing of music, more drugs: The Dirt has everything I could ask for between two covers, and since its release, I've been willing to fight anyone who dared to presume any autobiography could even come close to that sort of perfection. However, England's Observer Music Monthly ran an excerpt from a forthcoming release that might knock Motley Crue off my bookshelf and out of my heart. More »

3:30 PM on Mon Oct 15 2007
By dangibs
1,786 views, 6 comments

Latest by CarsmileSteve: i hope slash doesn't have a thing at the front of his book saying "some characters and incidents in this book are composites" like The Dirt does (not tha tthis stops The Dirt from rocking, obv, but y'know...) more »

"Rough"-ing It In East Africa

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