Slash says Velvet Revolver singer search is 'still ongoing'

[oldgunsfan]

they should already know they're not gonna get any better than scott, all in all they did great with the grammy and all.

the new line up may please some hard core old school fans but i doubt it will be half as successful, wich will break up the band cuz all they see in money


p.s. except for duff cuz he's really down to earth

i don't think slash and duff are exactly hurting for money; and to a lesser extent matt

[oldgunsfan]

it may seem shocking but I think i'm exposed to more cultural diversity on my trip to work than you are in a year; unless you travel heavily-but as much as your on this site, i doubt it

Good for you.

The funny thing is that you're making a lot of assumptions and you know nothing about me. 



You obviously haven't managed to figure out that most of what I read is written in English. So no matter if I'm in USA, England or Sweden, it's very likely that I've read or heard of that expression. 

/jarmo

tell me all about the assumptions I'm making about you?

the only assumption i make about you is you run a GnR forum and your a pretty big fan of them to do so.......other than that, you live in sweden................

it may seem shocking but I think i'm exposed to more cultural diversity on my trip to work than you are in a year; unless you travel heavily-but as much as your on this site, i doubt it

There you go.

Don't make assumptions about people you know nothing about.


By the way, Sweden has immigrants as well.

Being one myself, I should know.....
/jarmo

with a last name like Luukkonen; where did you immigrate from? sounds swedish

riddle me this, if a person's last name ends in -ian, where would you say they come from?

[oldgunsfan]

tell me all about the assumptions I'm making about you?

the only assumption i make about you is you run a GnR forum and your a pretty big fan of them to do so.......other than that, you live in sweden................

it may seem shocking but I think i'm exposed to more cultural diversity on my trip to work than you are in a year; unless you travel heavily-but as much as your on this site, i doubt it

There you go.

Don't make assumptions about people you know nothing about.


By the way, Sweden has immigrants as well.

Being one myself, I should know.....

/jarmo

Like the other Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and Norway), Sweden is still ethnically homogenous (similar).

Most Swedes speak English and have cultural and family ties to the United States. Minorities include a small number of ethnic Finns and about 17,000 semi-nomadic Lapps (Saami) in the north; there are also more than half a million first generation immigrants, including Finns, Norwegians, Danes, former Yugoslavs, Greeks, Turks, Iranians, Chileans, and others. In the 1990s, Sweden received a large number of refugees from the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo (the former Yugoslavia), and since the mid-1980s, it also has received numerous ethnic Kurdish immigrants from the Middle East. Some 87 percent of Swedes are Lutherans, and there are small numbers of Roman Catholics, Orthodox Christians, Baptists, Muslims, Jews, and Buddhists.


talk about diversity, different versions of whites, what a cultural shock
http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/economies/Europe/Sweden.html

[chineseblues]

Who gives a flying fuck about who's place of residence is more diverse?

[oldgunsfan]

Who gives a flying fuck about who's place of residence is more diverse?

the owner

[Smoking Guns]

On topic maybe they will get Swedish immigrant from NYC?  Ha, kidding.  Does sound like they wanna be a real hard rock band again.

[jarmo]

Who gives a flying fuck about who's place of residence is more diverse?

the owner

No you do. I just pointed out the difference between Sweden and Switzerland. And how lumping them together makes you seem ignorant. 

That's when you started backpedaling and started posting all this "I live in a multicultural city and see more different cultures than you because you live in Sweden and never travel" crap. 



/jarmo

[CheapJon]

with a last name like Luukkonen; where did you immigrate from? sounds swedish

actually, Luukkonen doesn't sound swedish at all.. in fact it's very finnish, wouldn't u know that with all the "cultural diversity you're exposed to on your trip to work".. of course it's more immigrants in your country when pretty much all of you imigrated to america, probably your own ancestors too right.. i bet you'd be surprised if u came to my little town with a population of 50 000 and see all the imigrants here.. anyway that's another discussion in another thread on another forum, couldn't help answering.. the american ignorance and dumbness is so provoking 

[FunkyMonkey]

VELVET REVOLVER looking for something different

You might think sounding like SCOTT WEILAND would be a plus if you wanted to be the new singer for VELVET REVOLVER. Apparently, it isn't. Former SPACEHOG singer ROYSTON LANGDON has been widely rumored as a frontrunner for Weiland's old gig, but SLASH recently told Entertainment Weekly that Landgon isn't what the band is looking for because his range is too similar to Weiland's. He says before Scott joined the band, they were headed in a heavier direction, and now that he's gone, they want to get back on that track.

http://93x.com/blog.asp?id=873656&SBID=4444

[Smoking Guns]

You know, outside of Bach, not many people have that range anymore it seems.

[Butch Français]

but out in sweden or switzeland, or wherever the fuck your from; you've had to have heard the expression"be careful what you wish for"

European geography 101:

Sweden, Northern Europe.

Switzerland, Western Europe.


Hungary really is a country, and so is France.


Do they teach geography in Bumfuck or whenever the fuck you're from?

/jarmo

what the fuck is your point?  i'm sure in Sweden you've heard the expression be careful what you wish for? 

The city I live in probably has more people from more countries than the entire population of Sweden. 

as a northern european, now living in a city in western europe...less people has a LOT of advantages. who cares about people? they mostly suck pfft...

and btw, Luukkonen doesn't sound swedish at all. it's a finnish name.
the language and names in Finland compared to the Scandinavian ones are extremely different..
last names that end with "son" is normally swedish, if it ends with "sen" it's normally norwegian or danish.

[ToonGuns]

OH MY GOD. 

Yet another thread that has turned into a pathetic pointless argument. 

What is the problem on here?!

Anyway...

Here are my thoughts, having played in many bands over many years... when you want to form a band you generally have an idea of what/who you want to sound like and what direction you want the music to go. I am sure that Slash, Duff and Matt had an idea (which is probably where some of the best VR songs came from - the ones that were written before Scott joined the band such a Slither and Set Me Free).

However, as is the case with any band whoever you are, when you get new members, and new opinions come into play, the only way to keep the band together and stop arguments is to compromise. So, with Scott in the band Slash, Duff and Matt would have had to compromise more on their initial vision and mould the sonund around all 5 members keeping everyone happy. This was more evident on Libertad.

So why did they accept Weiland in the first place? I am sure they had a tonne of Axl soundalikes interested but I think they made a deliberate decision to stay away from that sound. And when someone with the profile of Scott came along how could they resist? The initial stuff they wrote together, as I have said, was great... Sometimes people make the wrong choices, but with the case of bands it is often very hard to make the right choice, and often you find yourself stuck with what you have got and willing to "put up with it" rather than throw it away essentially wasting the last few years of your life, in the knowledge that you are going to have to go down the same route again.

To be honest I think Scott leaving was a blessing for the whole band. Now we can find a proper ballsy singer.

[lynn1961]

I'd rather hear something more ballsy and agressive. 

[m_rated96]

phil anselmo - imagine!
or that guy from damage plan

[metallex78]

phil anselmo - imagine!
or that guy from damage plan

Either of those guys would be great!

Another contender I reckon would be someone like Sully Erna, since Godsmack aren't really doing anything at the moment.

[FunkyMonkey]

Basically, what we originally planned to do the first time around that was sort of molded differently when Scott came into it." The informal audition process, he adds, "is still ongoing. Now that we have the choice, we're gonna make sure we get the right guy."

Didn't they have the choice before?

Now he's saying VR became something that they originally didn't plan because of Scott.

But, wasn't he one of their top choices?



/jarmo

 

VanityFair.de: What are your next plans?

Slash: We?re still looking for a new singer for my band Velvet Revolver which we are pretty diligent about, because we don?t want to make any compromises this time around. And I?m working on my solo record and a couple of other things which I?m quiet about.

[$$$$]

VELVET REVOLVER looking for something different

 He says before Scott joined the band, they were headed in a heavier direction, and now that he's gone, they want to get back on that track.

sounds good to me

[FunkyMonkey]

John Corabi Declines Velvet Revolver Audition

John Corabi is interviewed on the Classic Metal Show...the VR mention is at 11:30.

Sun, 07 Sep 2008

He says that VR sent him some songs and asked him to come into the studio to record vocals....as great as the music was, at this point, he declined because he didn't want to take another established lead vocalists spot and be compared to Scott Weiland.  He just wrote the guys a letter 4-5 days ago and declined.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/theclassicmetalshow

Thanks to gunsnmotley

[$$$$]

now that guy has some serious integrity

its a shame though, that would have been really cool to see him work with those guys

[metallex78]

John Corabi Declines Velvet Revolver Audition

John Corabi is interviewed on the Classic Metal Show...the VR mention is at 11:30.

Sun, 07 Sep 2008

He says that VR sent him some songs and asked him to come into the studio to record vocals....as great as the music was, at this point, he declined because he didn't want to take another established lead vocalists spot and be compared to Scott Weiland.  He just wrote the guys a letter 4-5 days ago and declined.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/theclassicmetalshow

Thanks to gunsnmotley

Damn, that's a shame, I reckon he would've been an awesome frontman for VR.