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I know alot of people on this board were posting about hating the production josh abraham did with contraband so who would you think would be a good choice to produce the next one since there is already talk of it? Mike Clink could be a possibility. Slash must like him since he had him do the first Snakepit album and Matt is working with him now on the camp freddy stuff. I doubt Scott would want that tho. Heres a fucking idea....how about Izzy? Izzy produced alot of his own shit. Other suggestions aren't really coming to mind at the moment. Anyone with ideas or preferences fuckin post em!

izzy sounds like a good idea, but clink i think would be a better choice.

I doubt they'll let Izzy produce it, he'd probably produce it and tell V.R that they can't promote or tour for the album except in Japan ?:hihi:
From interviews with Slash regarding V.R it seemed as though there was conflict between Izzy and Weiland ????

 :smoking: Izzy ?:smoking:

Get the guy that produced the Silvertide album, Show and Tell.  I love the production on that album.  It has that live sound they are looking for.

Phil Spector..


If not, Terry Date

Mike Clink!

but I don't think Scott will have it

He'll be busy with his murder trial.  :-X

Either Mike Clink, Bob Rock or Rick Rubin...This guy is amazing...The other two slipknot albums sucked except for the one he produced

I like the idea of Mike Clink as the producer also.

Velvet Revolver should do something ballsy with their next LP. Take chances, expand their sound, take pride in their work and make a "RAW" rock n roll album. The sound and production was awful on the last one. I hope this album will be there Tiny Music record..thats such a good album.

Axl Rose :hihi:

Rick Rubin :peace:

I dig Rick as well, but his reputation for for "not being around" during sessions grows by the day.
With his increasing "mogul" status, he tends to tag himself with "Executive Producer" status while letting his minion, George Drakoulias handle day to day production.

I'd like to see the guys go with Steve Jones, but I doubt the formal Pistol would be game.? I think he's quite happy with his Hollywood patriarch reputation and everything that entails.

I had no problem with Abraham, he's got a good ear for what's current and has a nice feel for capturing his artists in a very "less is more" vibe.

Steve Jones did produce the first buckcherry album tho so he might be down.

Rick Rubin would be good.  I would say Bob Rock, but I don't think he would be right for VR's material and their wish to be a "raw rock 'n' roll band".  He would be great if they were trying to make a commercial hard rock record, but none of us can forget the atrocity that resulted when Rock recorded a "raw" album (St. Anger).

I always liked the early "Mutt" Lange records, like AC/DC's Highway to Hell or Back in Black, and Def Leppard's High 'n' Dry, but everything after that was basically too sugary and overproduced (even if Def Leppard's subsequent records were great, they're too saccharine for VR's style).

I guess I'll go with Rick Rubin.  He's an old standby for producing really good aggressive music.

Roy Z , who did a damn good job on the new Judas Priest album. And along with Roy I think that VR should also help produce it.

Anyone but Josh Abraham. As much as I love their music, CB sounds soo polished and dull.  :'(

Mike Clink or Bob Rock.

Mike Clink would be awesome, I've always loved his work on Rust In Peace (Megadeth).  Speaking of Megadeth, Dave Mustaine would make an awesome producer (not gonna happen, I know ...).

Clink shud do it

How about Ted Templeman? What's he done lately?

With Terry Date  ;)

Rick Rubin definately!! The guy is fucking amazing. I would say Mike Clink just for Appetite alone but didn't he do the illusions too? I thgink the production on those are crap....

I would suggest Tony Visconti a legendary Bowie and T-rex producer. Who has also worked with Thin Lizzy, Iggy Pop and most recently The Manics new album.

I think he would have the experience behind him to really take VR to another level.  I would love to hear that combination. I think Scott would be more interested in working with someone like him. 

Chris Goss is another name to ponder, done tons of stuff with the like of Kyuss, QOTSA, Weiland, Melissa Auf DerMaur..

Butch Vig.

Brandan O'Brien

Or if they want to get it done quickly, go up to Seattle and record with Jack Endino. ;)




/jarmo

Good call Jarmo on Brendan O'Brien.  If Clink gets so many nods (for good reason), then STP nostalgia dictates Brendan gets some love.  O'Brien produced all 5 STP albums, and has worked with such a wide swath of artists, he has experience in just about every spectrum of rock.  He can produce a polished sound, such as on Core or even Vs. by Pearl Jam, and turn around and create a very gritty raw sound like Tiny Music and No Code.

i'm not sure how much scott would go for the GNR connection myself, he's still very aware/self-conscious/insecure about that shit. i think tony visconti is a good idea personally. weiland would go for it due to the bowie connection, and he has pedigree etc.

i think names like bob rock, mike clink...rick rubin etc etc...they're almost too obvious in a sense. "hey lets do a raw rock album...get x guy" and i think this band should be thinking about expanding the bands sound while staying raw and rocky, so i think someone other than those guys might be a better idea.

well in a interview i read thats what slash say they were planning to do. Make it RAW

Bruce Fairbairn would have been nice to hear, coul'da brought good stuff outta Slash

Seems like Sorum took notes while in GNR

I was comparing him to Axls alleged "me or you" mentality. Whethe rit had to do with people in the crew, management, band, cats and dogs. Just in general. Again dont get Booker on me

I really had no idea what you were talking about..

hmm who produced Audioslave album? sound pretty good.

I'd like their next album to be better produced than "contraband". I also think the production of contraband wasn't great. I'd like the second album to be more bluesy-rock oriented and less "metal" (contraband sounds really barely metal sometimes... :-\) and with a better production, with better arrangements. I'd like to hear also some accoustic guitar works.

I'd like to hear acoustic guitars aswell? : ok: and Axl and Izzy

 :smoking: Izzy? :smoking:

"Contraband" is a good album, but I'm sure it would have been twice better with a more ambitious production and with a more bluesy-rock direction.

whats this about sorum not liking o' brien? sounds like the band fucked up, they had the perfect opportunity to get rid of sorum while getting a top producer! :) :beer: :beer:

I was mistaken, The Cult had considered O'Brien before moving onto Michael Beinhorn.

It was Beinhorn that Sorum didn't get along with, they finally decided on Bob Rock.

I sure hope this next album will not be recorded like contraband.  The sound was so muffled and confusing.  Of course it was a smart move, I just hope there in for a bigger picture.  I mean do you blame them, getting a modern producer to emulate the sound of recordings of the shit music today, to maybe strike a chord into mainstream, which is exactly what they did.  Now they can go anywhere with there music, and I hope they can find a real producer. Please bring in Mike Clink.

It would be so cool if axl could produce this meaning that there was no hard feelings between them and axl could really do this,but then we would not see velvet revolvers next album would not come out for six years or so, to weeks after chines democracy.

mmm.. tough choice
rick rubin, bob ezrin, michael beinhorn, brendan o'brien or andy wallace

I have to go with the obvious choice here...and I'm suprised no one has suggested it:

Bruce Dickinson

That's the one thing Contraband was missing....cowbell

VR should check out his work:

http://mknx.com/v/cowbell.wmv



 :hihi:

I think Brendan O'Brien would be a good choice too.

Amen to that I love the work he did on STP's Core and Korn's issues the guys in Korn say he is really good in getting the best out of them so I would love to see what he could do with VR

Mike Clink, but pleeeeease, and if he's not secreatly joined gnr again, put izzy in the mix!!!

Axl  :hihi:

Slash said in a radio interview that he heard from a mutual friend of him and Axl that Axl would've liked to produce Contraband.

My choice would be Mike Clink.

Mutt Lange

Yeah that would be fuckin brilliant. : ok:

AXL AXL AXL!!!

God that would be fucking brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!
 ;D

Scott Weiland could do it himself. he's produced a few albums before

i think we already know the answer , but i will say it again-----MIKE "FUCKIN" CLINK------where was he when they made contraband ?