Here Today... Gone To Hell!

Does anyone know roughly what time Velvet Revolver Will be taking the Stage tomorrow? ???

Having seen the running order, I doubt they'll be on before 8pm UK time. : ok:

where did you find the running order as all i can find is althabetical order

1) Paul McCartney/U2 - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

2) U2 - One

3) Coldplay - In My Place, Fix You. Coldplay will then team up with Richard Ashcroft to perform a duet of Bitter Sweet Symphony

Little Britain stars Matt Lucas and David Walliams will appear on stage, then introduce Elton John.

4) Elton John - Saturday Night's All Right For Fighting, Bitch Is Back. Elton will also perform a duet with Pete Doherty, Children Of The Revolution

5) Dido - Life For Rent, White Flag, Thank You

6) Stereophonics - TBC

7) REM - The One I Love, Losing My Religion, Imitation Of Life, Everybody Hurts

8) Ms Dynamite - Dy-na-mi-tee, Judgement Day, Redemption Song

9) Keane - Everybody's Changing, Somewhere Only We Know

10) Travis - Sing, Turn, Why Does It Always Rain On Me?

11) Annie Lennox - Walking On Broken Glass, Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves, Sweet Dreams

12) UB40 - Medley

13) Snoop Dogg - TBC

14) Razorlight - Somewhere Else, Golden Touch, Vice

15) Madonna - Like A Prayer, Music, Ray Of Light

16) Snow Patrol - Chocolate, Run

17) Joss Stone - I Had A Dream, Super Duper Love

18) Scissor Sisters - Laura, Take Your Mama

19) Velvet Revolver - TBC

20) The Killers - TBC

21) Sting - Message In A Bottle, Desert Rose

22) Mariah Carey - Vision Of Love, Make It Happen

23) Robbie Williams - Let Me Entertain You, Rock DJ, Feel

24) The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again, Baba O'Riley

25) Pink Floyd - Money, Comfortably Numb, Wish You Were Here

26) Paul McCartney - Long And Winding Road

27) Finale - (Approximately 8.45pm) Paul McCartney rumoured to be joined on stage by the likes of Mick Jagger and George Michael.

Other rumours:

:: Bob Geldof is trying to set up a funky duet between Joss Stone, and godfather of soul, James Brown.

:: Ricky Gervais has recorded two new comedy sketches, based on 1940s public information films, which will be shown on the big screens during the gig.

Hope VR sticks with the rockers, from the looks of the other artists songs they look a little on the depressive side.  especially REM.  Hope VR plays Spectacle, but I know that won't happen.  Probably Slither, FTP, Dirty Little Thing, and another.  But thats just my humble opinion.  :)

I think they should open with Set Me Free, cool things down with Fall To Pieces, then slap Hyde Park round the face with a bit of Slither. :peace:

This concert is going to rock worlds!!!!

VR!! PINK FLOYD!! U2!!!  :peace:

Damn right.  Can't wait for the DVD! :beer:

Guys any of you know, what songs is velvet revolver going to play tomorrow?



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God I hope they don't play FTP...

They should do Dirty Little Thing, Come On Come In, and Slither......

VR will be on at around 6.50pm (British Time) and will be live on BB1

Got this from the Daily Mail.

The BBC new site has VR at 8:06pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4641889.stm

Damn, only one song?  :-[

yeah thats dis-appointing, and why do it for the kids?? I assume because the lyrics have some relevance.

I'd imagine they'll be involved in another part of the show in some capacity.

they have a 20 minute slot, so i think that's just one of the songs they'll perform

I think they are delayed with an hour.
The Killers just played, and it's 20:05 now.
who knows what they'll be airing. Im watching it on both AOL and on TV, in case they don't show VR on TV.

what city will vr be in?

why is will smith on, i didnt see his name on the list

The London show is 40 minutes late, so VR will only play one song.  :'(
Which sucks!

THere gonna play...do it for the kids..fall to pieces and slither.. :beer:

where did you hear that?

DOASHK, VR will play in London

a VR website...belowempty.com

I'd love for them to come out and do Jungle, Sex Type Thing and Slither..

I know, I know...No chance in hell...

Guys, i have just read that VR, is about to play.... is any of you know in wich page I might find it... please tell me...


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They definitely brought the rock.. :yes:

VR just played dude! they were fucking great!! :yes:
Billo was right, they played Do It For The Kids, Fall To Pieces and Slither! :peace: :beer:

Edit: yeah Falcon, definately!

Thanks for your faith Hillen.. ;)
Im listening to it on the radio........its on TV in Australia...but its a bit delayed..If anyones in Australia watching FOX 8 it will be on next..Im about 10 or 15...enjoy all.
From the radio it sounded like the crowd was going nuts...rock on.. :beer:

damn, it was cool... but i didnt understand all the words that Slash said, any of you understood it?

Any of you know , in what internet radio can i listen to it..? thanks

He commented on the evening.....


VR were great. Good selection of songs.  :D




/jarmo

It was live on mtv here in Brasil. Cool performance... But here was only FTP and Slither. Did they played another song before it?

I may be biased, but they have been the best band of the day so far.

By a mile.

The number 1 live band in the world right now.

'Do It For The Kids' slammed.

'Fall To Pieces' was anthemic, and here in England we had Paris Hilton singing along.

'Slither' was incredible, with tennis legend John MacEnroe nodding his approval at the back of the stage.

A great performance by the boys.

As Duff said live on British TV afterwards, "We fucking killed it" :peace:

I just saw their performance at live 8 on MTV and, damn, the band was good, but scott...I just don't know how slash didn't fired him already...he's so, but sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo lame...he just can't sing at all...I don't know where slash's head was when he call scott to join the band...scott sucks!!!!!!

Did Slash perform with Robbie Williams?
Other rumor was him playing with Ronnie Wood- that seems pretty unlikely b/c I don?t see R.Wood playing in London

How was the Elton John/ Pete Doherty duet?
We don't get to see much of the London concert in Canada.

I didn?t see it...

And as an answer to myself, Slash didn?t play with R.Williams...
They just interviewed the singer of 69 Eyes who said that R.Wood was supposed to play with VR but obviously that didn?t happen.

I recorded it on dvd, here's some screen caps.

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R.

Awful : ok:

I guess I don't have to feel bad about missing it then.

Great set, although the sound through the PC did'nt do it justice imo.  Thought that The Who and Pink Floyd were excellent!!

Not really, only up until then Elton John had been brilliant, then he had to bring a junkie on stage who was quite pitiful. Couldn't sing, didn't really know what he was doing, a bloody disgrace. I hope he disappears up his own arse now. :peace:

Great set but as Jonathan Ross said afterwards nobody seemed to really know the songs they got one of the poorest reactions the crowd did not seem that into it.

That was bang on, fantastic set.  I got so excited that i forgot to record it! Damn. I know there will be a dvd, but i bet it's edited - damn lol.  They kicked ass man.

You can vote for their performance at bbc.co.uk   

i thought vr were amazing. the best performance after Pink Floyd. but boy was there a lot of energy. and scott had an amazing voice to show this time. way better then the videos i saw from the band live.
great moment in tv history

yeah, Im no Floyd fan, but they were amazing! : ok:
The Who were pretty damn good too!

but of course, nothing beat VR ;)

Here you can download a DVD using torrents

http://www.thetradersden.org/forums/showthread.php?p=158512#post158512

thanx a lot man

Jarmo, that is the nicest thing you have ever said about VR!? I am still waiting to see video!? I am glad they put on such a great show!!




OH MY FOCKING GOD, I JUST SAW THE REPLAY ON AOL.? THAT WAS THE MOST OUTSTANDING VERSION OF SLITHER I HAVE EVER HEARD.? THIS COULD BE THE GREATEST VR MOMENT EVER.? I saw lots of people really into them.? As many times as I have seen them, my jaw was dropped seeing this band, and seeing the potential of this band.? The camera men did an excellent job of getting everyone, including Dave.? Great moment for VR.? I really hope they are around for a while.? Scott was great!? Way to go guys.

The Sunday Times gave VR 8 out of 10 for their performance. :beer:

This is a better score than Madonna and The Who, the same score as they gave U2, and only Robbie Williams and Pink Floyd scored higher. :peace:

V R Were fucking amazing i think that was a stand out performance only bettered by Pink Floyd i had goose bumps watching them when else will you see V R on BBC1 performing Live at a prime Time of 9.00pm i think they may have gained some fans from that performance and although it would of been wrong to do so if they had included a GNR Classic they would have a lot more fans im going to keep watching it over and over again. ;D

The Sunday Times gave VR 8 out of 10 for their performance. ??

 :beer:
Can u put the article up please?? id love to read it? : ok:

I watched it again this morning and man it get's better each time i watch it. Fantastic. 

Actually reminds me of the kind of thing The Who would have done back in the day, blow their heads off, leave half of them baffled and the other half in awe lol Fucking rocked!  I was only expecting 1 song from them, now i wish i had gone. 

I agree that the performance was really good. But I dobut that the audience was shocked .....or in awe....baffled....?? It seemed more like the didn't give two shits about...

Other then that....scott sang well......Slash did some kick ass solo thingy's....

dont forget the audience had been standing for over 5 hours.. : ok:

And for every good review there's a bad one. ?For people in the UK goto Ceefax on BBC1 page 505 and you'll see they got 6/10 the only people who got lower scores were Mariah Carey & Pete Doherty.

It did not stop them finding energy for the acts following such as Robbie Williams, it was nothing to do with them being tired.

Does anyone know where you can download the VR performance?

I thought it was okay, I didn't the Do it For the Kids was such a great choice for opening with.

And Set Me Free with it's live duel solos would have been a much better choice for ending their set.

Did anyone see the sunset reflecting in Scott's glasses at the end? That was pretty snazzy.

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yeah I love Do it for the kids but its not a very good opener. its the perfect 2nd song after STB. They should've opened with STB or even dirty lil thing. They thought do it for the kids fit right into live 8 but definitely not musically as an opener lol

I heard it Slither and FTP on the radio.. Slither was fucking awesome but I didn't really listen to FTP too closely. I would like to see a video of all three songs though..

I was there and they got one of the smallest reactions when mentioned "and now... it doesn't get any better than this"... said the introducer... "...VELVET REVOLVER!!"... you could hear the crowd cheer etc, but less for the knowledge of who they were than for the fact that it was a gig and people do clap at gigs.  Anyway... funny thing is... as soon as Slash was viewed on the monitor, there was a MASSIVE cheer!  Obvioulsy they then realised "shit... that's fuckin' Slash!"

Fact is, most people didn't know the band that well because this was an audience of mostly pop fans and older people who wouldn't know hard modern rock from jazz.  I sang along to every line and bounced up and down and went mental.  For a hard rock fan, VR blew every single other act off of the stage.  No doubt about that.  Being there was amazing, hearing Slash blast his guitars out.  And how mental did I go when Scott started the line... "Went so fast I'm out of luck...."  I was in hogs heaven!!!!!

Me and my bro came away happy guys! :D

I'm glad they didn't play Dirty Little Thing.

Probably because I prefer the tracks they played to that one.  ;D


It seemed like people had no idea about who VR were, but many of them recognized Slash.

Wonder how many of the older people there thought, "Isn't he in that Guns band that was big back when I was young?"....  :hihi:



/jarmo

i loved the performance, scott has a really good voice... Such a sea of people :o

all three songs were great, but slither :smoking: fucking kicked serious ass.. All the extended stuff, just awesome.. :drool:

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I saw them perform FTP and Slither. I don`t feel they did their best performance of FTP. They were just all over the place, especially Scott.  Slither on the other hand was great. All in all I would give them 8 out of 10 points.

I was in the crowd and me and the Mrs seemed to be the only ones who got the message, There were many people around us who seemed bemused and unsure of what to make of VR, Slash was def on top of his game and people knew who he was, but VR didnt recieve the same reception as other acts.

The sound was also not as loud as you would expect from an open air gig, thanks to westminster councils noise restriction!

all in all a very sound performance, but was now where near as effective as they were at Brixton or hammersmith, but i guess thats the problem with stadium/open air gigs.

Also people around us were typical of the music buying public, dancing to Robbie Williams and more pop backed groups.

A good day at the office from a fan of the VR boys.

the outro to SLither was really cool....


does Slash have the CB girl tatooed on his right forearm?

he has a vt tattoo on his forearm :peace:

something id never noticed was duff's right arm is now full of tattoos and i have to agree with younggunner the siren was class just a right dont give a fuck end to the perfomance i will be watching ths performance a lot in the next few days

i dont like duffs tatooed arm. Brilliant performance by them, slashs mad solo  at the end was so fast and class.

well i thought the siren part was cheesy and redundant i was talking about the solo and then the build up

Couldn't agree more.

They'd been standing for around 10 when the who came on and went ape shit.

Bad. Performance.
Nice to see so much loyalty but when the coolest thing was the sun reflecting on his sunglasses you really are clutching at straws.

The only rock and roll thing left in VR is Slash's hat. :P

Yeah, i can't imagine why a British crowd would be going nutz for The Who & be a little more reseved for some new band they might only know 1 or 2 songs of. Yeah, VR must just suck & not know anything about rock n' roll.  :confused:

your ears must be shot if you thought that was a bad performance..SLither kicked ass they had tons of energy..

whan an excellent show!

but the public, was nothing but a crap...

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well most people dont know VR songs, if they played a gnr tune it would have been different probably but it wouldnt have been right either so whatever. I loved it and thats what counts for me  :smoking:

we'll have to agree to disagree but the crowd went nuts for the other rock acts on the bill and not VR.
I dont think they have the songs.. It's like Snakepit.
Lazy songwriting...
Bus conductors outfit didnt help either (oi hate you Butler)

Velvet Revolver are at the moment not very commercial and also they are a relativly new band they dont get a lot of airplay the crowd went nuts for the other songs because they were all classics or heavily rotated on MTV. The performance they put in was 110% if that had been a Proper rock concert the crowd would have gone nuts

still not convinced look at the variety of acts and styles on show at LIVE 8 the crowd went mad for snoop which isnt exactly easy listening... VR fell on their arse

VR were brilliant in my opinion. However the crowd were not a mainly rock audience. That showed when the presenters on the BBC went out and were talking to people in the audience most of which were looking forward to seeing Madonna and Robbie Williams. Even after the show Jonathan Ross (presenting for the BBC) said he enjoyed Velvet Revolver's performance, it was just that they were relatively unknown amongst the audience so didn't get the best reception.

I thaught they were really good..Slash was definetly on top of things as was Duff and Matt..Scott was amazing to but seemed to be a wee bit lost on Fall to Pieces

My mate was at donnington.  Said VR were stunning at Donnington, and just as good at Live8.  The crowds at donnington went mad for them.  Proving the point that the Live8 crowd was mainly pop picking chart suckka's

:D

I thought they were really awesome.  Everything they added to Slither was perfect.

yeah very few people had heard of VR over here. Any casual music fan will definitely not have heard of them, and in my school only about 30 out of 160 listen to "rock" music and will have heard of them, so practically no adults will have heard of them.

I admit they're not the best band ever, but it was an astonishing performance.

most people was interested in Pink Floyd and the rest of the audience probably was just the typical pop crap fan.

Yeah, I'm sure no one was interested in The Who or Paul McCartney or U2 (just the biggest band in the world!)......Slash, Duff, and Matt rocked hard...not a fan of Kushner or Weiland's style but the set was definitely solid. Wonder if Slash has tagged Paris Hilton? :hihi: :hihi:

Snoop Dogg got to No.2 in the UK charts with Signs w/ Justin Timberlake and that's the kind of shit that get's heavy rotation and increases his popularity loads, the performance was decent fact is they just aren't as well known or at least their songs aren't they are decent they just aren't knocking out the GN'R style classics that everyone knows.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/thelive8event/vote/

Check this out!!! VR seem to have gotten a lot of appreciation fo their performance!! they currently stand NO 1

I managed to sneak into Live8 not evening knowing Velvet Revolver were playing  :o I sat there smoking a joint when I thought I heard someone saw Velvet Revolver. I looked at the big screen and Slash was there  ;D I was about 30-40 row back so stage was hard to see but they sounded fuckin awesome  : ok:

I don't know where the fuck you are from but Snoop Dogg is in Europe right up there with Robbie Williams and Britney and the Black Eyed Peas. He's a fucking popstar. All his singles go straight to the top ten, so do his albums. I mean, yeah you don't like VR but don't fucking go compare them to Snoop Dogg. Snoop is a popstar and has sold many more albums to the mainstream then VR ever will.

I liked the VR performance very much and I'm becoming more and more a fan of Scott and am even looking forward to the new album. He cleaned up his act and is very ready to go kick some arse. I thought Vr's performance was way more enjoyable then the Pink Floyd performance which sucked major ass.....just like the everboring Robbie Williams..

Im not a fan of Robbie Williams in any way but I will admit he put on one of the best performances on the day. The crowd erupted around me  :P Mariah Carey sucked though, she was only there to promote her new single, look like a cheap hooker, and generally just piss me off  ;D

Holy shit! Last time I seen and voted in that poll VR only had 3% of the votes with Floyd way ahead of everyone else with 49-something!

that poll means nothing....everyone over at the VR board voted allot for it......and then they say that VR got lot's of appreciation....and are surprised they top the poll. Kinda makes me laugh. I did like the performance btw, scott sang well for his 'range', Slash played nice, dave seemed into it..... but the crowd was soooooo not. But who gives a shit if they top a poll or not........ They played pretty good, no doubt, but either they or the crowd were a bit out of place. I'll leave that in the middle. ?:)

Rock music hasn't been in favor in Great Britain in quite some time, especially that of the American variety.  Brit bands that have come stateside to find their audience have had a tough time going home as well..

Maybe some Brits on the board can enlighten us on the subject..

I actually think Kushner and Scott make the band...... I got into the band becuase of Slash and Duff but I like Scott and Dave's style and contributions to the band the most...

 I am sure there is a thread on almost every bands message board about the poll and all their fans are over there voting... Glad you liked it though... I love VR but FTP and DIFTK are two of my least favorite of their songs....Slither kicked ass big time though...Scott was doing it all on a sprained ankle too.

EDITED: Wow, I just watched it again and although I would have rathered see different songs, the whole thing kicked ass except Slash's gay biker vest lol....

Tomass, we think alike. Too bad they didn't come out & blaze through STB, Slither & SMF. It has always irked me that for some reason the band really seems to like FTP's & feels obligated to play it at every show, make it a single, etc..... It's the 3rd best slowwy on the album! It's become my november rain, except for it's VR. I think they might of hurt themselves a little with their choice of singles & the order in which they were released, but whatever, they still rock. :peace:

The way i see it these days people are obsessed with bands like Coldplay and a load of others in the 'indie' scene and besides that interest seems stuck in 'pop' and 'hip/hop & r'n'b'.  Rock only seems to get a look-in on rock channels unless they have a commercial appeal which generally means 'catchy' songs e.g. Bon Jovi, seems people generally only care about established acts from what i can see new bands that are any good don't get much of a look-in, i know plenty of great bands but they have more of a cult following than anything else....but in an era when a ringtone can be at no.1 for 4 weeks running i really have stopped caring what the general british public think, the reason that was successful was because so much was spent promoting and it was played so often, insiders have said if that much was spent promoting a single with someone making weird animal noises or farting or something that would probably make no.1...so it really does seem people buy what is put in front of them and when it comes to what music is put in front of people rock is way way down the line, not sure if i quite answered you're question i kind of went off track...a bit..

Sales of 'Contraband' have risen by nearly 1000% since the show. The only other act that day to see a bigger rise in album sales was Pink Floyd. So VR must have done something right. :beer:

Very insightful, thanks.

As much I've always dug the British music scene I've always thought the press generated the music, not
the music generating the press.

I still dont fully understand why "The Who" are so legendary to be honest

VR really rocked the fuck out and I thought they kicked ass.

Same here. Of course, i wasn't around for their heyday so maybe people have an emotional attachment with their songs or something? It's like they have alot of very average, yet identifiable songs.

Maybe because they mastered the art of the Concept Album.  Plus "Whos Next" is an amazing album.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davebushe/show/

some more photos at this link

I bought the tour edition of "Contraband" for ?10 at Virgin..... Not because of Live 8 but because of the bonus stuff.  ;D


/jarmo

Where did you get this info?

The Who are to those who grew up the the 60s, what GnR is to those of us who grew up in the 80s and followed them during their hayday.

if GNR toured in 2020 with the orginal lineup....you can bet that some bright spark in the audience will say

'I still dont fully understand why "Guns n Roses" are so legendary to be honest'

 :beer:

I think the Who are underrated.  Babba O'Reilly Rocks!!!!!!

man, i missed VRs performance - I need to find a DL

My friend text me and said it was "vintage Slash"

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It is a bad ass performance.  Enjoy!

I thought Dave owned the stage.....

Thanks dude - thats cool of you  :beer:

Slashes solo at the end rocked!

The Who are fuckin legendary...some amazin songs, wont get fooled again has a superb drum solo.

plus they had 1 of the best frontmen, the best drummer and the best bassist of all time in their original line up

When you talk about "The Who" Pete Townshend is a inivator when it comes to guitar playing, Slash has said this himself. Slash has said Pete was way b/f his time, and Duff loves them as well. That band in my opinion was perhaps collectively the most talented band ever, them or Zeppelin.

With regards to VR well that was quite show they put on. Dave was amazing, that's the best I've seen of him yet. And Slash, well he constantly blows me away more and more with each and every performance.

The guys rocked, and it was for a good cause.   

Ok 2 points: people on here from the US thinking the 'who' are over-rated need a reality check...perhaps many of you are too young or dont actually own any 'who' albums or only know a few singles that get air play like 'my generation'.  Its not coincidence they were 1 of the last to take the stage...they are hugh and kicked more ass than anyone in the 60s and  70s...luckily some guys on here appreciate them and rank them with LedZep.

Secondly....I now fully realise that its Axl who made GNR what they were.....perhaps VR chose a bad play list but even Slash looked embarrased at the end...Scott is a joke, looked as cool as an asshole...the siren at the end summed it up...take him away in an ambulance, the way the crowd didnt react summed it up...the only act not to cut it. The album may be ok but hey what a crap live performance bar slashs guitar which is wasted with this crew.  Slash needs to be with someone who can sing and can write lyrics,cue AXL.

And you need to stay on the playground with the rest of the little kids. LIVE 8 was dominated by pop bands, mostly british. Did you not get that memo? So no shit, if you read on, some posters who were there said nobody knew VR was even there until they saw Slash. I could have told you a lot of people weren't going to know who VR were. Did you see the Darkness there? Nope, and they are HUGE in the U.K. Scott obviously hurt himself. I saw him move around a lot more at the three shows I've been to. Any which way, VR are the best live band around. Aside from the Darkness. Thats about it.  Que stupidity

Impressing!
Alongf with long awaited Pink Floyd,  by centuries the best act of Live aid 8.
How can an band with people like Slash,  Matt,  Duff and Dave do bad?
Slash and Matt excellent as always!

Well Electric Image you are missing the point, if VR are the best live act around then things are desperately bad....being the best when theres nothing else around aint a good endorsement...they cant compare with acts like the who in their heyday or GnR or acdc...perhaps you mention 'playground' as thats where you were back in the late 80s when Axl and co showed us what a live act should be like...maybe you should watch some old videos of what rock bands used to be like..have you seen keith moon play..anyway VR live act (slash aside) was poor...hopefully if they get a decent frontman they might just kick ass a little. There were thousands of rockers (non pop afficiandos) at Live 8 and VR never got them going, thats a bad endorsement. We are all entitled to our opinion, GNR rocked live, VR cant cut the big stage....admittedly with some decent lyrics and Scott axed they might have some hope.

performance was good. 2nd only to The Who.

WOW, Electric Image. That was incredibly gay when I heard it from another moron who couldn't think for himself either. Ya see, I'm a huge Zeppelin fan. The term Electric Magic is frequently used with Zeppelin and Page. Electricmage is a play off of that term, used in conjunction with Pagey. Pretty creative if I do say so myself. You on the other hand have no creativity. This is why you think VR is shitty. And tell me, have you been to a VR show? I bet not. Because you probably boycott VR because there is no Axl Rose having anything to do with this band.

? ? Now, STP was a pretty shitty band. I mean, Scott fronted them right? They were so bad in fact, that they haven't influenced tons of bands around today. I didn't even read an article in SPIN about that aspect of STP either. Gn'R was great live in the beginning, but Axl blew it up with all the backup singers, the pianos, the running around in tights. His attitude. And just because I am younger then you, does not mean I'm not smarter. Fact of the matter is, Scott Weiland is nothing short of amazing. And you are to ignorant to understand that.

And "might just kick ass a little"? Slash saved Gn'R during the Illusion tour. Buddy, I realized that when I was 12. How old are you?

are those pic's of slash going to be posted ?
you know the ones they were taking of him holding up the giutar.it was awesome.i want that pic.

 and just who in the hell is an influence on these pathetic, degenrate, clowns,today

What the hell are you talking about?

I think hes being sarcastic dude.

Its not the 80's anymore man, and late 80's style GNR didnt last long. Time to move on because that era has past.

No, I really don't know what the hell he is talking about. Or who he is reffering to.

Hey all, i thought the band kicked ass at Live 8.  Why are so many hating on them???  It's sadly all the Axl fans who secretly play VR's music all day.  Get over it and enjoy!!!!!  Hopefully, Axl can get off his ass and release something too and they can both kick ass.  By the way, for those dissing on Scott- Even though he's not Axl, the man can own a stage and they definitely kick ass in big venues.  What's the deal with the gentleman who thought they couldn't rock out a big stage.  What in the world are you smoking???? They kicked ass at Live 8, along with Pink Floyd.  Too bad some of you are so ignorant and narrow-minded that you do not allow yourselves to enjoy some rock n' roll.

Dude, STP was far from shitty. They had alot of good music actually.. I also saw them twice live and they were nothing short of amazing both times.... I saw them in the early 90's when everything was getting boring and it wasn't cool to put on a show.. Well they rocked and I left the joint thinking "Wow, I haven't seen?a show like that since Gn'R and this is the only great? frontman since Axl.."

Actually that first show was in 1996...

Sarcasm my friend. Sarcasm.

DOH  :-X

Velvet revolver definitively surprised me.... their performance was excellent, its a great band, one of the best on stage if you ask me...

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RollingStone >> Issue 979 >> July 28, 2005

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"We're saying, 'Listen, you overfed leaders of the so-called free world, help a brother out,' " said Velvet Revolver's Scott Weiland (with Slash) - before tearing through "Fall to Pieces" in London.

That was soft..............

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I PERSONALLY LOVED THEIR PERFORMANCE.  I WAS THERE AND THEY REALLY MADE ME GO WEAK AT THE KNEES, ESPECIALLY DUFF!!!!! :drool:

I thought the performance was decent but at the time the crowd did not seem to warm to it that much.

Anywayz, the point of me digging this up is...

I was watching Friday Night With Jonathan Ross and he was interviewing Damon Albarn (The Blur/Gorillaz dude...) and they were discussing Live 8.? They were saying how it seemed a little flat, not enough black/african artists etc. And then Ross said how anyone could of replaced Velvet Revolver, Albarn laughed and they moved on.? The basic implication though was they were shit and what the hell where they doing on the bill.? I think it's a real shame to when this happens on a highly rated show, one of the top bands around at the moment gets knocked.? They could of picked on anyone from Live 8 e.g. Pete Doherty.? This is a show that welcomes on mainstream rock bands like Greenday.? In the scheme of things are Velvet Revolver really that unpopular? At least here in the UK?? I mean i know Rock is 'Alternative' but come on...