Here Today... Gone To Hell!

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=99559

VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES drummer Matt Sorum has told Joe Bosso of MusicRadar.com that he thinks GUNS N' ROSES will get back together. "I'm sure it'll happen eventually," he said.

Sorum isn't so sure about his involvement in a reunion, however. "They could be having meetings about it right now. They could be in a bomb shelter, with Axl [Rose, vocals] and Slash [guitar] and Duff [McKagan, bass]. And Izzy [Stradlin, guitar]! Maybe Steven Adler [original GUNS N' ROSES drummer] ? I don't know. I'd probably be the very, very, very last guy to get the call."

As for the status of VELVET REVOLVER's search for a new lead singer following the departure of Scott Weiland, Sorum said, "We are looking. We are actively looking. We rehearsed for a couple of weeks. We tried out a couple of guys. We have a guy right now that we're still? let me see, what would be the correct word? massaging, as you will ? sort of checking it out, feeling it out, letting him work with us. I'd rather not [say who it is] ? just because I don't want it to get out that he might be the guy. I mean, we like him, he's awesome? It's really weird because [chuckles] Slash and Duff and myself ? especially the three of us ? we were kind of like, 'Wow, this guy shows up to a rehearsal on time, he's really nice, he's easy to get along with,' and it actually kind of scared us, 'cause we thought, 'Is this possible?' God, I was worried for a minute that it was almost like, you know, when you get in a relationship with a girl, or a guy gets in a relationship with a girl, or a girl gets in a relationship with a guy, and maybe they're really, really, really nice, but for some reason you don't really like them. [Laughs] I'm kind of worried that we might be so used to the drama. [Laughs] I kind of looked around at the guys. I said, 'Man, this guy is a super-nice dude. You think we can go with that or what? [Laughs]'"

The entire 17-minute audio interview with Matt Sorum conducted by Joe Bosso of MusicRadar.com is available for download at this location.

Hmmmm.... Interesting.. Who the hell is this guy?

Ned Flanders

They loved his rendition of welcome to the jungle!

Should be interesting to see who they choose and what style of music they go for

lol first they didnt want any other "axl" or "scott"... now they're afraid of good guys...  :confused:

make up yourself already!

Interesting....from Blabbermouth.net

THE PANIC CHANNEL's video for the song "Why Cry" featuring Steve Isaacs, the rumored frontrunner for the VELVET REVOLVER singer position and the person Sorum is supposedly referring to in the above interview:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ48ln1eAr8

steve currently lives in new york.......not happeneing

hell i coulda told you all that. why do you think my name used to be GNRReunioneventually......until some one got mad and didn't like my name so he changed it for me :)



*ocugh cough Jarmo cough cough*

:peace:

Job relocation?  :D

Crack relocation?

That is a really strange thing for Sorum to say (Gn'R Reunion). Makes it sound like he is out of the loop with his men  :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:

I don't ever see this clown having a place in Guns N' Roses.   Frank or Brain only please.

If there were a "reunion", it would be the original AFD guys, and Matt I'm sure knows that.   Doesn't make him out of the loop or a clown for saying what he did.   The only reason he'd be included is if Steven just couldn't get his act together to do it.     

either one is a complete downgrade from either Frank and Brain.   Axl doesn't need Matt or Steven, or any of the other ex-members for Guns N' Roses.

I think assuming Steven would be able to do it is a dangerous assumption to make.  But again, I think Matt's comments have more to do with the general paranoia and poor communication among the VR camp than anything else...

It seems like poor communication is a problem with GNR and VR these days

yeah. first scott who thought duff & slash was in contact with guns management for a reunion,
now matt who thinks it's possible. is everyone in contact with them becomes paranoid ?

don't worry guys, it will never happen if chinese democracy is a success.
and even if it's not, axl would probably prefer to go on with his new team.

I wonder if this is the the guy Duff was referring to also when he said it was someone "semi-known"-he's really good, blows away the guys who were posted last week-he plays guitar, too-great voice

Uh guys, don't you think maybe Matt was joking about the secret communications?

He was..

In response, from Steve Isaacs...

I'm Not Playing with Velvet Revolver

I got an odd email congratulating me about singing for the Velvet Revolver guys, which took me by surprise cause, well? I?m not. Apparently this interview with VR?s Matt Sorum (who I am lucky enough to play with when Camp Freddy comes to town) led the interviewer to suspect that the mystery singer Matt was referring to was me. It?s not.

http://blog.steveisaacs.com/post/39668376/im-not-playing-with-velvet-revolver

That's too bad-he's pretty good-at least he ends speculation quick

well, it would certainly make an interesting reunion if none of the orginal members would be involved.

Well for the 2006 reunion there was Axl and Dizzy.   When Gnr goes out again its safe to say those 2 will still be there :)

Hasn't it been said that Steven is nowhere near the drummer he used to be after all he's been through?  I forget where I read it, maybe it was just a fan stating an opinion but I thought it was from a pretty official source.  I haven't heard or seen Steven play recently but it wouldn't surprise me if he wasn't in AFD form at this stage of his life and if that was the case I'm not too sure he'd be "the guy" to play drums IF a reunion ever took place.

I can't imagine Steven pulling off a lot of the UYI material, but that's just me.

Honestly, if he doesn't put this album out soon, I think there will continue to be ex-members of GnR.  There's a fuck of a lot of ex-members.  They've come & gone.  Personally, I think quite a few of them left because they got tired of waiting around.

Any new incarnation is the best incarnation, right?   

I kind of think he misses his old team.  Don't know why, but I just kind of think that. 

i never said that.   I'm simply saying GnR is fine the way it is.

Yeah, we get it - there can be no reunion of a band that still exists.  Despite that thought, personally - I think many, many people are disappointed in what's gone on, over the years, and want to see the GnR (once again) that made one of the best albums of all time.  That was the band and combination of people that made it happen and made GnR one of the greatest rock n' roll bands that ever existed.  GnR has evolved & changed over 20 some years - that's true - and it's going to happen.  However, the band that exists, today, is a band that...struggles.  It does.  I'm sure they've done successful tours, based on the name of GnR.   But, many members have come & gone over the past 12 yrs or so.  It's kind of crazy, in way.  

well those people should get over it because its not happening.   GnR became solely Axl's vision as soon as those guys left and as Mr. Stinson said, you can either get on board or, well...

...or keep holding your breath?    :hihi: