Who Should the Next VR Singer be?

[CheapJon]

Wow, must have missed that one.
How long ago?

1 or 2 weeks ago

[cotis]

Okay good, I don't feel as out of it now.

[Smoking Guns]

Brand new song from Tesla, Falcon, I really don't know what is so terrible about their singer.  I think he is less dated than Bach... 

http://www.myspace.com/teslatheband

[faldor]

A new song from Tesla?  Guess you can take him out of the running then, not that he was ever in it really.  I like Tesla, very underrated in my opinion.

I know there are a lot of John Corabi fans on here.  Apparenlty he's been ousted as Ratt's frontman.

[oldgunsfan]

A new song from Tesla?  Guess you can take him out of the running then, not that he was ever in it really.  I like Tesla, very underrated in my opinion.

I know there are a lot of John Corabi fans on here.  Apparenlty he's been ousted as Ratt's frontman.

for some reason, they kinda turned me off the album after the great radio controversey; just seemed like they were trying  to be a little to commercial for my taste' Mechanical resonance and the great radio controversy were great though

[LunsJail]

I'll say my opinion again just to get some thoughts going, Chris Cornell.

Yes he's doing his whole solo thing, but I think he'd be a nice fit.

a friend of mine said soundgarden is getting back together;

Again, if not Kravitz, and if not rose:

maybe Andrew Stockdale from Wolfmother- a singer / songwriter without a band

and not to well known

Cornell just made an album with Timbaland (not kidding) and seems more content as a solo artist.  I can't see Soundgarden getting back together.

[oldgunsfan]

I'll say my opinion again just to get some thoughts going, Chris Cornell.

Yes he's doing his whole solo thing, but I think he'd be a nice fit.

a friend of mine said soundgarden is getting back together;

Again, if not Kravitz, and if not rose:

maybe Andrew Stockdale from Wolfmother- a singer / songwriter without a band

and not to well known

Cornell just made an album with Timbaland (not kidding) and seems more content as a solo artist.  I can't see Soundgarden getting back together.

 i thought so too

[Hudson]

Here is an interview with Chris Cornell saying he does not want to do a Soundgarden reunion for the time being.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--_rz1dHbIk

I think the other person besides Lenny that I would love to see in VR is Chris Cornell, but I think he has been there done that with Audioslave and would probably be reluctant to do it all over again with VR. Shame.

I think when musicians attain a certain level of success it becomes difficult to work and collaborate with your other bandmates because everyone feels that there equal while others may think that they are superior and that they do not want to work in a little democratic setting. I think they rather have another band where they are the main person that everyone has to answer too. I did not make this comment because of GNR, but I do remember an interview that Slash did that he was asked about the break up and he said something that Axl declared to him that he had a certain vision for the band and how things should be and the direction the band should go and Slash was like really?.... Is that what you have been feeling all this time? Slash didn't actually say exactly what Axl said to him, but I always thought that was an interesting revelation.

[Falcon]

Brand new song from Tesla, Falcon, I really don't know what is so terrible about their singer.  I think he is less dated than Bach... 

http://www.myspace.com/teslatheband

It's not that he's bad, but good Lord - it's the singer from Tesla for cryin' out loud.  Too many 80's connotations to even go into for a group of musicians who (seem to) want to stay on todays musical radar. 

As far as less dated than Bach, who knows?  Both haven't been musically relevent in nearly 20 years and are much more suited for the Rocklahoma type audience than the audience the VR guys set out to reach when Weiland came on board.

[jarmo]

But Falcon, has The Cult been relevant recently?

Billy Duffy playing with Sammy Hagar.... 




/jarmo

[CheapJon]

But Falcon, has The Cult been relevant recently?

Billy Duffy playing with Sammy Hagar.... 




/jarmo

guess he's a the same wavelenght as sorum then

[jarmo]

I don't buy the whole elitist attitude.

"This band sucks, they're so dated"

If the music sucks, it sucks.

The year it's out won't help it. 



/jarmo

[Falcon]

But Falcon, has The Cult been relevant recently?

At this point, I think "respected" is a more accurate description.

Billy Duffy playing with Sammy Hagar.... 

/jarmo

Hmmm...

Playing with the guy who sang "Rock Candy" or playing with the "Savage Animal"...??

I rest my case.. 

I think a one off with friends (in both cases) is a bit different than committing to membership in a band that will record and tour as
a solidified unit looking for "currency" so to speak.

Tying this back to topic...

If VR wants to aim at the audience targeted from their days with Weiland - the dude from Tesla ain't the answer.  If so, hello Rocklahoma....

Would love to see them pursue Abby Gennett - record a record in a month or 2 and slug it out in the clubs and on the radio station fest circuit..

Odds of the above happening??

About zilch..

[ShotgunBlues1978]

If VR wants to aim at the audience targeted from their days with Weiland - the dude from Tesla ain't the answer.  If so, hello Rocklahoma....

Honest question though -- what audience were they targeting?  I never once met anyone who was particularly interested in VR that wasn't a pretty big Guns and/or STP fan.  Both of those bands were at their height of popularity in the early-mid 90's, and that album sold very well.   Although it would appear that a lot of those fans lost interest in VR based on the sales of Libertad.

Seemed like VR was most popular amongst people in the 20's-40's range, roughly the same age of the majority of people who are into  Guns and STP.  Although GnR and STP's music has had a lot more longevity than most bands from the late 80's/early 90's

I still maintain that VR's best bet at selling records is wrangling in the same audience who bought Contraband because with their style of music they aren't going to sell many records to the modern rock crowd

[Hudson]

I agree with the above post and that is why VR cannot go the Tesla, Bach route. Although to be honest they could probably make some cool music the style would be too dated. I thik that is why they originally went with Weiland. He has a more modern style than the other guys.

I even think that they should not do the Bluesy Rod Jackson, Chris Robinson approach beacuse it is too old school. Don't get me wrong I am not saying they should be Blink 182, Limp Bizkit, or Staind, which is not their style, but something unique like the Lenny Kravitz idea would have been the shit. He would have brought the perfect mix... his reputation, style, plays guitar, sings, writes, audience... he would have been the total package and could have probably helped VR make an album that would have done better than Contraband and brought excitement to the fans. What concerns me if they get someone that is not that exciting like the Space Hog guy... they may hover around the success of Libertad which could be detrimental to the band as a whole. 

[ShotgunBlues1978]

But ironically I think the reason they sold mainly is because they DID sound "dated"

I think that a lot of people were looking for a good old fashioned hard rock album and there weren't any to be found, at least not in the mainstream.  Contraband stood out amongst the post-grunge slog precisely because it WAS dated

Truly, both VR albums could have been released in 1992 and would not have been out of place.  There was nothing modern sounding about them and ironically that was the appeal, at least to Contraband

[Hudson]

Shotgun I have to slightly disagree. Although I will not say VR has a really modern sound I would not say that they sound dated by any means. I think that they fall somewhere in the middle. I always felt Slash, Duff, and Matt brought that element of old school rock while Scott and Dave brought in  a more modern feel. I mean Scott is by no means does Scott sound like Rod Jackson or Chris Robinson, and Dave used a lot of different sounds on guita which GNR and Snakepit typically did not incorporate into their songs. I think this balanced the band and made it sound different from lets say Snakepit which I do like... but think is dated. I am not saying dated sounds bad its just that it is not going to sell as well with the casual fans. 

I think they sold albums because of two things 1. the members in the band makeing them a Supergroup 2. that they played pretty kick ass rock music with a slight modern twist. I also think that for some reason VR has not reached its greatest potential yet and that they have a lot more to offer if they allow themslves to be pushed by the right people.

[CheapJon]

how about joe leste?