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Re: Velvet Revolver Still Mulling New Frontman
Lets talk some Franky Perez since he could be VR's new frontman.... He sounded good with Slash... Here is some soul/southern rock... He seems pretty cool...
Re: Velvet Revolver Still Mulling New Frontman
This was posted over at HTGTH
http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news … %E2%80%9D/
Exclusive! Slash on Weiland, Velvets, and the new album…
Words: Scott Rowley
Slash was unhappy throughout his entire career in Velvet Revolver – and working on his forthcoming solo album has given him a new creative lease of life. The former GN’R/VR guitarist has been talking to Classic Rock about the dissolution of VR and how the band’s split with Scott Weiland pushed him work by himself on a solo album.
“Now at this point I can talk about it,” says Slash. “I always support whatever group I’m playing with – I’ll never say anything bad about them while I’m in it. But fuckin Velvet Revolver – that was the toughest five years, dealing with that band, just because of the obvious [Weiland] and really, really bad management. Joke management for the entire time.
“For some reason in that entire five years I could never be happy. I could never get comfortable and happy with it because it was such a fucking mess. That last tour in the UK was the first time I ever had any fun in that band – because I knew that Scott was leaving and it was a huge relief.
“But, all things considered, Scott to me is now like George Bush – y’know, I like him now that he’s not here. I have nothing bad to say about Scott, but he doesn’t work well with others in a group situation. So towards the end I had written a bunch of music and there were a lot of restrictions because of him writing in Velvet and a lot of stuff that I wanted to do was just sort of squelched. Y’know Slither happened and Fall To Pieces and a couple of other songs I wrote, but it didn’t have the direction that the group – especially before Scott came into it – really set off in. Especially on that last record – which I still think is a good record, but was a lot mellower than [I would have liked].
“Anyway, so I was writing a lot of material and on that last UK tour I started taping a lot of stuff and when I got home I was like, ‘I need to get away from this group situation – I just need to be in control of something and do things my own way’. So it was a relief. And we’ll see – it’s not really about trying to make the biggest record in the world, but I will support it. I’ll go out there and do what I have to do to make sure that people go out there and listen to it cos I think it’s a cool record.”
How will that affect Velvet Revolver?
“Well Duff’s on tour, I’m doing my record, so it’s sort of at a standstill. I haven’t heard any amazing submissions from singers as of late, so I might… Y’know, Velvet when it finds the right guy will be amazing, but I’m in no rush. I’m not freaking out – because that’s how we got Scott in the first place. He was the first decent guy that came up.”
After the Norway gig everyone is going to think Franky Perez is the guy.
“I thought about that. Yeah, Franky’s fucking bad ass. You know, he did some time with Velvet but I think because I was so preoccupied with my record nothing really came of it. Anyway, we’ll see what happens. When my record comes out there’s going to be a lot of different things that I can do so what happens as far as Velvet is concerned – we’re going to be on a hiatus until we lock together and say, ‘Hey, these are our options, let’s see what we’re going to do’. I don’t know if Franky is going to be the guy or what – he’s just a really, really good singer. Even Ozzy came up and said, ‘Who the fuck is that guy? He’s fucking great!’ He actually said: ‘What the fuck am I doing up here? He’s the one that should be singing…’”
In Norway, Franky Perez confirmed that he had worked with VR in the last six months: “I’ve probably known Slash a little under a year. We have this mutual friend and we’ve run into each other a few times but we met – actually met, met – about six months ago. And then I was working with Velvet Revolver for a little bit and then Slash started doing his solo record…”
So you worked with VR after Weiland left?
“Yes. So I got to hang out with all the guys and started working with them and then about the same Slash had to work on his solo project and Duff was doing Loaded so that dissipated, but the great thing is that I got to have a great relationship with Slash.”
Did he realise that the internet was going to be filled with ‘Franky-is-the-new-Velvet-Revolver-frontman’ stories?
The singer just smiles and shrugs: “Well, you know, if the opportunity comes around, I’m ready.”
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Re: Velvet Revolver Still Mulling New Frontman
Interesting read.
I guess its better not to rush things and to get the right guy, but it does also sound a bit like no one in the band is making the search any kind of priority....so we could be in for a very long wait on this.
Facinating what he said about scott. I'd got the impression from multiple interviews with scott that he might be holding slash back a bit (like when he said he had 2 CDs of material from Slash and Izzy and that there wasn't a good song on it - hard to believe) and because all the songs seem closer to his style of repeats and hooks than slash's other work.
Re: Velvet Revolver Still Mulling New Frontman
Yeah I think VR isn't a priority right now because Duff and Slash are off doing their own things and they both seem happier than than they have in years. So why mess with that? I'm sure the time will come when they'll get the passion to reconvene, but as you said, we could be in for a long wait. I always expected VR would be on hiatus for awhile because of Slash's solo record alone. He's said time and again how that's his baby. You know he's gonna go all out when it gets released. That's his primary concern, so VR is on the backburner. I'd say we're looking at at least another year, probably more, till we see some movement. And even when they do get back together I think they're gonna be REAL careful in choosing a singer, which they've said over and over. But reading the comments about Scott, you just know they wanna make absolutely sure they've got the right guy, they don't want to make that mistake again.
It's too bad things didn't work out with Scott. I loved STP, and thought Contraband was a really good record. Libertad didn't show any growth to me though, it was a step backward. I was real excited about the bands prospects but it just never fully came together. We'll see what happens in the future.
Re: Velvet Revolver Still Mulling New Frontman
Thanks for posting that Faldor!
My feeling was, on the hiatus, is that they really wanted that Spacehog guy and it didn't work out and that set things back.
Scott was a great frontman/songwriter for STP, but he just wasn't on in VR. It was some of his weakest material for whatever reason, imo.
Re: Velvet Revolver Still Mulling New Frontman
He wasn't happy ey?
I always thought that the "Slash drunk - visits Axl" was a three-edged sword, but the more I see what Slash says, I'd say I'm totally sure Slash said all the things mentioned thru Axl's people.
Yeah it certainly seems that way. That story seems completely plausible now with this latest information. Marc Canter pretty much alluded to the fact that Slash was not in a good place at times with VR. So if he was THAT unhappy, anything is possible.
He obviously seems a lot happier now though, yet his unhappiness in VR is still fresh in his mind, so I wouldn't expect them to jump back in the boat anytime soon.
Re: Velvet Revolver Still Mulling New Frontman
Smokin, dude, you are a good Southern boy, but that dude sounds like a fag up against this...:peace:
