Well holding a super rock group together can definetly be a challenge, especially when you’ve got Scott Weiland there. To be quite frank, it’s a surprise for me that they lasted so long together. But now, pressure’s starting: The Stone Temple Pilots are planning a reunion tour, Slash is preparing a new solo release, and many other things. Anyway, Scott Weiland stunned fans at last Thursday’s (March 20) VR concert in Glasgow, Scotland, UK by…
Although Led Zep’s first impressions on the already famous O2 gig, Robert Plant made an announcement that shocked and saddened rockers from all over the world: Led Zep will not tour! But… things are not nailed! Cause according to bassist Duff McKagan, Velvet Revolver are the number one choice to open for Led Zeppelin, if the band announce a world tour. Wait a sec! They haven’t confirmed anything official! Here’s what the man has to…
They are preparing this reunion for the Rock on the Range festival, to be held May 17-18 at Columbus, Ohio’s Columbus Crew Stadium. It will probably be glorious and spectacular and two days long, here’s why. Among the bands which are going to play there, to name just a few would be naming Kid Rock, Disturbed, 3 Doors Down, Staind, Papa Roach, Seether, Flyleaf, Shinedown, Serj Tankian, the reunited Filter, Killswitch Engage and Finger Eleven….
One month ago, the former [tag]Stone Temple Pilots[/tag] frontman, Scott Weiland broke news of a posible reforming, last month at a benefit in Florida, telling the Miami Herald to watch out for an STP reunion in the months ahead. Recently [tag]Velvet Revolver[/tag] guitarist Slash recently confirmed to Billboard.com, that Velvet singer Scott Weiland, will reunite with his previous band for a short series of shows this summer. According to HardDrive Radio, the reunited Stone Temple…
Velvet Revolver are definetly a mean green music machine. Their previous release, Libertad was acclaimed and was one of the best rock releases of the year. Blazing guitar parts, hard vocals and agressive lyrics made it an album which you have to listen to; and you can either love it or hate it, there’s no middle way.But the boys are not settling; instead, they are going on a tour and even planning a new album!…
“They just kicked out another band member? Is there anybody left?” “What in the name of all that is good would possess him to move in with Courtney Love?” “Is THAT really metallica?!” “So they are finally releasing Chinese Democracy…. again?” These questions say a lot about recent years, as well as this one, in music. We could not think about one to sum it up as it was an amazing year, musically speaking, from…
The fact is that the Guns are attracting massive publicity but they have not released anything for a long time. Numerous rumours have been started which are more or less true. A big part of the fans are interested in that so former Guns guitarist, now at [tag]Velvet Revolver[/tag], Slash wants to put things in the light with an autobiography. “It was the only format that I could find where I could get some of…
He was known as lead guitarist for legendary hard-rock act Guns ‘N Roses and his drinking is somewhat legendary. He is 42 and a father of two and he says that he came of age in a pre-Internet, pre-camera-phone era — one where entertainers were still entitled to a modicum of privacy. But technology is at growing fast and there is a lot of gossip around the most intimate details of a rocker’s life. The…
It seems all [tag]Metallica[/tag] members are working hard on their ’08 album, spending long hours in the studio to bring the best out. [tag]Velvet Revolver[/tag] drummer Matt Sorum, good friend of Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich, is amongst the first to listen to a few of the tracks from the new album. He describes them ‘sick’, ‘long’ and ‘fast’, with awesome solos of epic lengths. Don’t belive me ? Read on: “Lars is a good friend…
Possibly the most charismatic guitar player of all time, maybe except Jimmy Page, Slash from [tag]Velvet Revolver[/tag] and former [tag]Guns N’ Roses[/tag] is set to make an appearance in the best guitar simulator video game: Guitar Hero III. Guitar Hero III will be the third official installment in the Guitar Hero video game series, series notable for its use of a guitar-shaped peripheral to simulate the playing of rock music. The rock icon will be…
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