Velvet Revolver fires Weiland

[Jim Price]

This just in from my radio prep service:

Velvet Revolver have just announced that the band will continue on without singer Scott Weiland. A statement released by Slash reads, "This band is all about its fans and its music, and Scott Weiland isn't 100 percent committed to either. Among other things, his increasingly erratic on-stage behavior and personal problems have forced us to move on." The band's management has confirmed the story with us. Velvet Revolver's last scheduled show is tonight in Amsterdam. --Doug Leibowitz

[RobTheDrummer]

Wow, that's a shocker....

[whitedevilone]

Did you ever hear his solo record from a few years ago?He better find another band.

[ChaosRisingRice]

He was back in rehab wasn't he?

[Feelgood]

He was back in rehab wasn't he?

He stays at rehab to the point that the centers he treats at say "He's back touring again?"

[nickname]

Weiland WAS telling crowds that they were witnessing the band's last show on stage! He's always been such a primadonna.

[Big Jim]

I heard on the radio last week that STP was playing a reunion show in August somewhere, so I wondered if something was up with Velvet Revolver.

[bassist_25]

Perhaps Velvet Revolver will disband. Slash, Matt, and Duff will reunite with Axl., Izzy, and Dizzy, and Chinese Democracy will actually come out and be bigger than Appetite... and Use Your Illusion combined.































And then we'll all come down from cheesing and realize that Axl. is too much of a primadonna bitch to let that actually happen.

[bassist4life2004]

Libertad was a fuckin nightmare anyway. the first VR album was great, and then they really shit the bed on their "sophomore" album. I did read an article on Ultimate Guitar that says that STP may be reuniting, which i think would be awesome. Now if Eddie vedder would get rid of the beard and put some Doc Martens on, we would have a real grunge reunion. (Of course, then Layne Staley and Kurt Cobain would have to come back from the dead...)

[Naga]

This really doesn't surprise me. Granted, I think Velvet Revolver as a "Supergroup" ended up better than several others (Audioslave was a lot worse than it could've been if you ask me)... But then I figured Weiland wouldn't be able to keep himself together for more than a few months, let alone go this long. Oh well. Gotta wonder who's gonna be the next Velvet Revolver frontman

Oh... And damnit Paul, didn't I tell you to stop cheesing?

[Asundor]

WOW THAT SUCKS CAUSE IM A REALLY BIG FAN OF VELVET REVOLVER, BUT LETS FACE FACTS WE ALL KNEW IT WOULD HAPPEN SOMEDAY. GUNS N' ROSES NEED TO COME BACK. HOPEFULLY AXL HAS GOTTEN HIS SHIT TOGETHER ALSO OR THAT WOULD BE A DEAD END AS WELL BEFORE IT EVEN STARTED.

[DirtySanchez]

I didn't even know they were still a band.

Seriously though, Grunge revival is the next thing. It may be a couple years off yet for Altoona.


Tonight at 30 something: "Flannel Force One"

[CHICKSINGA]

Woah - Scott Weiland in Amsterdam? he'll probably NEVER leave!!!

[moxham123]

I can see it now. Scott Stapp, new lead singer for Velvet Revolver. They might as well replace one prima donna named Scott with another one and keep the tension going in the band.

[DrumAndDestroy]

I can see it now. Scott Stapp, new lead singer for Velvet Revolver. They might as well replace one prima donna named Scott with another one and keep the tension going in the band.

weiland wasn't that bad of a singer.

stapp is just a douche bag...i wish 311 would've killed him a few years back in that hotel fight.

[Asundor]

I THINK SCOTT WEILAND IS A GREAT VOCALIST. IT'S JUST A DAMN SHAME THESE PEOPLE GET MIXED UP IN THE WRONG SHIT. IT HAPPENS TO THE BEST OF THEM.

[bassist4life2004]

I THINK SCOTT WEILAND IS A GREAT VOCALIST. IT'S JUST A DAMN SHAME THESE PEOPLE GET MIXED UP IN THE WRONG SHIT. IT HAPPENS TO THE BEST OF THEM.

Scott Weiland is one of my favorite singers. I try to look past the fact that he is a complete idiot at times (i mean, come on, fucking up being in a band with SLASH!) but i do appreciate the music that he has created with STP and the first VR album. STP is one of my major influences, from writing style down to vocals.

Stapp has been out of the news for the last few months because brittney spears took his spot as dysfunctional pop star. But im sure that he will go out on tour again with his new band soon and find a way to make a complete moron out of himself.

I would laugh my ass off if Stapp took over vocals for velvet revolver, but i dont think that will happen, he has a band right now that is recording and going on tour soon.

[Victor Synn]

Tonight at 30 something: "Flannel Force One"

The day this happens is the day they see me 6 ft. in a hole. I seriously don't think a grunge revival is going to happen. Who would spearhead it nationally? STP is not going to last very long when they reunite for the same reason Weiland is no longer part of VR. It isn't supposed to be a long-term reunion anyway. Layne and Kurt are dead. And Vedder has said time and again in interviews that he never wanted to be a mainstream band when they got big with the Ten album. If that's the case, he should be in heaven now. Besides, grunge never really fell out of favor to the mainstream public mainly because it wasn't really around too long. What was grunge in the 90's quickly became pop music. It's a little different with the 80's stuff because when grunge hit, that style fell way out of favor, which makes it more of a revival now.

[DirtySanchez]

Who would spearhead it nationally?

The people who showed Kurt what it was all about.

Mudhoney & Dinosaur Jr. Both came out with records this year.

[Victor Synn]

They may have shown Kurt, but Kurt brought it to the mainstream.

[DrumAndDestroy]

They may have shown Kurt, but Kurt brought it to the mainstream.

Mudhoney> Nirvana.

Dinosaur Jr...eh whatever.

Either way...all 3 had regular video rotation in the early 90's on MTV. All 3 were on a major at the time.

[Victor Synn]

That may be so, but who got the credit? If we're talking a revival of grunge in the underground scene, then I'd agree it will happen, but I'm assuming people mean mainstream, in which case, I can't see Mudhoney or Dinosaur Jr. really doing it. I'm sure the success they enjoy is fine with them, no matter what level it's on. I can't tell you how many times I've read various print interviews in the 90's from these same people we're mentioning that state they are not interested in being superstars. Kurt and Eddie both said it at the height of their popularity. I'd think their view is shared by the others in the genre too.

[DrumAndDestroy]

That may be so, but who got the credit? If we're talking a revival of grunge in the underground scene, then I'd agree it will happen, but I'm assuming people mean mainstream, in which case, I can't see Mudhoney or Dinosaur Jr. really doing it. I'm sure the success they enjoy is fine with them, no matter what level it's on. I can't tell you how many times I've read various print interviews in the 90's from these same people we're mentioning that state they are not interested in being superstars. Kurt and Eddie both said it at the height of their popularity. I'd think their view is shared by the others in the genre too.

definitely

[DirtySanchez]

I think a revival is never that strong. Poison and Motley Crue ain't selling like they used too either. And you can bet if STP gets back together, A drug problem isn't gonna stop the fans from going to a show. Either way, I don't think it's gonna be some huge thing. It's just natural progression of things. I wouldn't get my spandex in a bunch about it.

[tornandfrayed]

Fuck Nirvana!

How about someone doing an Andrew Wood and get the

Mother Love Bone

Tribute band flying High?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDY2DVju1c4

I think I saw these guys in about 1989 (or so) .... Fuckin ehh, they were the shit. Don't make bands like that anymore.....


yeah shut up I was only two.......


PS screw Scott Weiland, best we can do for him is to say a prayer....


kids......