VELVET REVOLVER
From
Los Angeles. Led by Scott Weiland (vocals) with Slash (guitar),
Matt
Sorum(drums), Duff McKagen (bass) and Dave Kushner
(guitar). Following the trend set by
Audioslave, uniting lead singer of one type of rock with a back-up band
formerly
associated with another type of rock, is actually not something
new. It
just isn't very successful. Sometimes it works and sometimes it
doesn't. In the case of Audioslave it sounded like Led Zeppelin
rehashed
instead of grunge meeting rap-rock. In the instance of Velvet
Revolver, we
find the marriage between the former Stone Temple Pilots frontman and
the bulk
of the former Guns & Roses to be much more palatable. When
grunge
destroyed the hair metal scene, G&R were releasing covers of punk
tunes
("The Spaghetti Incident") showing that maybe they had something more
to offer. But the heavy metal scene had dominated rock too long
and no one
was interested in what that band had to say anymore. Sitting out
a decade
on the sidelines hasn't hurt their chops at all. Still sizzling
musicians,
they joined the sometimes unstable STP singer to form something new and
even
better than both their previous bands. Yes, it's calculated, it's
a little
too well produced, but.......
IT ROCKS. Is it alternative?
We'll give
Weiland his props on this one because this music sounds a lot like
where STP
could have gone if they'd stayed together. In 2008, Weiland quit
the band and reunited with Stone Temple Pilots. Undaunted, the
band has decided to continue on without him, with music and tours
sketched in for 2011. McKagen has since joined the line-up of
Jane's Addiction while Slash has released a solo album.
2003-present.
see STONE TEMPLE PILOTS, SCOTT WEILAND, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, MAGNIFICENT BASTARDS, Y KANT TORI READ?, NEUROTIC OUTSIDERS.
DISCOGRAPHY:
| FULL RELEASES | SINGLES |
| Contraband | Slither/Fall To Pieces |
| Libertad | She Builds Quick Machines |
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