Ex-GN'R bassist features on new Manics LP
Monday, June 7 2010, 15:44 BST
By Mayer Nissim, Entertainment Reporter




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Manic Street Preachers have revealed a number of details about their upcoming album Postcards From A Young Man.

The group told NME that one track, 'A Billion Balconies Facing The Sun', features ex-Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan.

Three other tracks are said to feature a gospel choir, while the band's Nicky Wire quipped "back of the net" when told that the title track sounded like Queen.

Frontman James Dean Bradfield said: "We're going for big radio hits on this one. It isn't a follow-up to Journal For Plague Lovers, it's one last shot at mass communication."

Wire added: "We've always been about infiltrating the mainstream. It was a conscious decision this time to want to hear ourselves on the radio. Our mantra at the start was, 'If you've got something to say, say it to as many people as possible'."

A potential lead single is titled 'It's Not War Just The End Of Love' and Wire claimed: "I believe in the tactile nature of rock 'n; roll. There's a generation missing out on what music meant to us.

"You can only elaborate on the stuff that compels you to. But 'It's Not War...' is kind of saying, 'Alright, we're not 18, but even at 40 the rage is still there'."

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/ ... cs-lp.html

Il titolo del disco, previsto per settembre, è Postcards From A Young Man e la canzone in cui comparirà Duff è chiamata A Billion Balconies Facing The Sun.

TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 2010

Hmmm... Where do I even start ? Since my last post (emmy nom for SOA), a lot o' stuff has happened ! Most important of all, I've got two amazing kids now ! But, I digress. I'm gonna start using this 'news' section for everything (personal, biz, styling tips...huh!?!?) But I will try and keep it organized with titles on the entries. Here you go...

DETROIT 1-8-7 (ABC)...
In April, my longtime friend John O'Brien and I were called upon by Bob Thiele jr (SOA music spvsr) to try and compose all the music for a new cop show starting this fall (2010). Well, apparently we did something right cuz the show got picked up and so did we ! Here's a link for more info...http://abc.go.com/shows/detroit-1-8-7

VELVET REVOLVER...
Well, if you a fan of the band, you've probably seen a lot of press where Slash says we're still a band, AND the next record will be heavier AND that we're gonna get back to work in Feb 2010 AND we still don't have a singer... Well, its ALL true ! That's where that's at.

TOTAL GUITAR magazine...
I just wrote my first column for these guys. Its Europe's biggest guitar mag, so I'm really honored. Its a column on recording and the first one is out soon (not sure if its the next issue though).

ASCAP awards...
Got one last month for the Sons of Anarchy theme song. That's all about that.

HISSss the movie....
this is a film by Jennifer Lynch. Franky Perez and i had written a song for the U.S. troops that Franky gave away via download on one of his trips to Iraq to play for the troops. I took the voCals off and messed around with it and called it 'Beyond the Snake'. it will appear over the end title credits for this film. http://www.hisssthemovie.com/default.htm

HAMILL the movie...
this is a movie about UFC fighter Matt Hamill who rose to fame from the Ultimate Fighter series. It's his story as a deaf fighter and the struggles he overcame. Franky Perez and i did four songs that will appear in the film

BARTROCK....
A new merch line from the Simpsons. a good friend of mine Dave Warren who works at FOX wanted to write a song to tie in with the merch line. It's killer . he and I, along with Franky Perez, John O'Brien and Dave Navarro all worked on it together.

that's all i can think of now, although i know there's more but my fingers hurt from all the typing !

More to come FOR SURE !!!!

KUSH

http://www.davekushner.com/news.php

Dave ha composto svariate canzoni come colonna sonora per film, telefilm, ecc.:

DETROIT 1-8-7 (ABC)- show poliziesco che andrà in onda da questo autunno.
HISSss - film di Jennifer Lynch.
HAMILL - altro film
BARTROCK - per i Simpson

Ha inoltre ricevuto un ASCAP award per la canzone di Sons of Anarchy.

Per quanto riguarda i VELVET REVOLVER, conferma ciò che è stato detto dai suoi compagni: il disco sarà più pesante e si rimetteranno al lavoro da febbraio, anche per continuare la ricerca del cantante.

Dave ci dice inoltre che ha cominciato una nuova rubrica per TOTAL GUITAR.

©VRitalia

Ecco in anteprima la canzone di Macy Gray e Slash, Duff e Matt: si intitola Kissed It e fa parte del nuovo disco della Gray, intitolato The Sellout:

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

Jun 1 2010 2:58 PM
Slash Promises New Velvet Revolver Will Be 'A Lot Heavier'




'When we started working with Scott, we started to lighten things up,' the guitarist says of former frontman Scott Weiland.

Other than taking a short break to play some riffs for Rihanna, top-hatted guitarist Slash spent the better part of last year working on his solo album, which many fans took as further proof that Velvet Revolver were no more.

The supergroup — made up of Slash, fellow Guns N' Roses alums Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum, Wasted Youth guitarist Dave Kushner and Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland — produced a pair of well-received albums. Then Weiland went back to STP, leaving Velvet Revolver without a frontman. Still, despite the group having been mostly quiet for the last two years, Slash says they fully intend to push forward — and they even have some songs ready to go.

"As soon as we got off the road from the last tour and parted ways with Scott, we got together and wrote half a dozen really great, sort of heavy metal pieces of music," Slash told MTV News. "It's a lot heavier than what Velvet Revolver has put out, so I'm dying to put out the quintessential Velvet Revolver record."

Slash said the new material better matches the group's original intentions. "When Duff and Matt and I first got together, we wrote a ton of material that never saw the light of day, and that was all very heavy," Slash explained.

"It's definitely our natural way of doing things. But when we started working with Scott, we started to lighten things up a lot, and we progressively got lighter. As much as I love the two records we did do, one of the things that was progressively more and more frustrating was the direction the band took."

Slash's self-titled solo effort, released in April, features an eclectic mix of guest appearances, from Fergie to Iggy Pop to Kid Rock to former Alter Bridge singer Myles Kennedy, who's currently fronting the guitarist's touring band. And according to Slash, he wasn't the only Velvet Revolver bandmember with more than one iron in the fire.

"I've been doing this record, and there's a tour and Duff's been playing with Jane's Addiction, so everybody has been pretty busy," Slash said. "But at some point early next year, we're going to reconvene and take a good serious look at everything that we've got."

In the meantime, Velvet Revolver remain a band without a singer — but not for lack of trying. "This next record will be us doing what we want to do without making any concessions to anybody," Slash declared. "Which is why it's taking so long to find a singer, because we want to find the guy who can front that band and not something we have to conform to."

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/164048 ... lver.jhtml

Quando lui e Duff termineranno i loro rispettivi impegni l'anno prossimo, si impegneranno di nuovo sul progetto VR riprendendo tonnellate di materiale scritte quando ancora non c'era Scott e che con il suo avvento sono state accantonati in quanto il gruppo ha preso una direzioni più "light", cioè leggera. Il loro impegno per torvare un cantante è reso difficile dal fatto che cerchino un artista che faccia da front alla band e non che cerchi solo di adattarsi.
©VRitalia

Thanks to Xno

Nel link è presente anche un'intervista video.

Q&A: Scott Weiland

By Nick Aveling May 27, 2010 – 7:00 am




Record hit albums. Do drugs. Get arrested. Break up with band. Repeat. Not the most stable résumé but good enough for Atlantic Records, employer of Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland. The famously mercurial singer’s eleventh album, his first with STP since the group disbanded seven years ago, hit stores Tuesday. The word is still out as to whether it was worth the expense of what can now be described as Weiland’s new former band, Velvet Revolver, a rock ‘n’ roll supergroup he formed with three ex-Guns n’ Roses in 2003. Weiland spoke to the Post from his home in LA sounding slightly distracted by the Lakers game on TV.

Q Your story — battles with drugs, alcohol and the law — has become the stuff of legend. Do you worry it overshadows your music?
A No, not when our songs have been played consistently on the radio for almost 20 years. I just read a biography of the Rolling Stones and both Keith and Mick, who wasn’t really a major drug user, were arrested more times than I’ve been.

Q How is your new stuff different than those earlier songs?
A It’s a very well-rounded record. It has some stuff that’s more outside of the box but at its core it’s a rock ‘n’ roll record. One thing we’ve always said we’d never do is cover ourselves, become our own cover band and try to figure out the formula for a hit song. It’s more about being satisfied. Of course you want your fans to dig it, but being satisfied with what you’re doing as an artist, most of the time, means your fans will follow. I’ve also had the opportunity to put out my solo album on my own label… and to play with another band, Velvet Revolver, which was a great experience until it wasn’t a great experience. Now it’s kind of like a new beginning with STP, although in a way it feels like we never left each other. We successfully toured (starting in 2008) then worked on the record, and I think it’s quite an accomplishment that we produced the album ourselves.

Q This one of the few albums you’ve recorded sober. How does sobriety affect the recording process?
A I’ve done it before, and it’s different actually. When you’re starting to experience and experiment with mind-altering chemicals it can be a positive thing. It can open you up and add an extra boost to your radar frequency. And you’re able to be a little bit less fearful and a little bit more progressive in the ideas that you put out there. But then after a long period of time it ends up sort of cutting you off from the heart and soul of things, and it becomes too cerebral. Music, as many people have said, is the universal language. Of course points are made which make you think about things, but ultimately it makes you feel. And that’s why people remember more songs that have meant something during their life than films. They start to define periods in your life, and that’s kind of the beauty of it.

Q Can you tell me about how you reconciled with the guys from STP?
A With STP it was very organic. There were some opportunities that came about that looked like they would be very low-pressure and we would do well financially. It was also at a time when Velvet Revolver was going to be off the road so I said, “Yeah, let’s do it,” and took it from there. It just gathered momentum until we made the record. Doing all the touring that we did made us yearn to get back in the studio. That’s where we really thrive — at least I really feel that way. Writing the songs and producing the songs and arranging them and recording them is your canvas and your palette and your brush.

Q And where do things stand with Velvet Revolver? Might your career involve a second reunion with a second band?
A You just absolutely never know.

The Stone Temple Pilots play Winnipeg’s Rock on the Range festival Aug. 7.


Read more: http://arts.nationalpost.com/2010/05/27 ... t-weiland/

"Come stanno le cose con i VR? Nella tua carriera ci potrà essere una seconda reunion con una seconda band?"
"Non lo puoi mai sapere"

INTRODUCING CARNIVAL OF DOGS




My new 70s jam band with friends Tracii Guns and Phil Soussan. Franky Perez on Vocals. The most amazing rock singer. We played a benefit for Musiccares and had so much are going to do some gigs. I am loving playin man and these guys play the stuff I grew up with Zeppelin, Hendrix, Cream, Free, Bad Co , Sabbath etc. So look out for us.

Carnival of Dogs

http://mattsorum.com/introducing-carnival-of-dogs/

Matt ha formato un'altra cover band, dopo i Camp Freddy, questa volta assieme ai suoi amici Tracii Guns,Phil Soussan e Franky Perez alla voce. Il gruppo ha debuttato lo scorso 3 Maggio al Troubadour a Los Angeles, per uno show di beneficenza e l'esperienza è stata così positiva che hanno deciso di fare altre date insieme. Secondo Matt, Franky Perez è "il cantante rock più incredibile". Sono una cover band anni '70 ed il loro repertorio comprende canzoni con cui Matt è cresciuto: Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Cream e Black Sabbath.

Qui invece c'è il link del loro sito ufficiale:
http://carnivalofdogs.com/

©VRitalia

Da oggi, le notizie riguardanti i progetti solisti di Slash, verranno date esclusivamente nel forum ma soprattutto nel sito ufficiale Slash Italia, che trovate a questo indirizzo:

http://www.slashitalia.com/

Matt Sorum è stato intervistato lo scorso 7 maggio a L.A. in occasione del concerto di beneficenza per il Musicares, e riguardo l'entrata di Duff negli JA ha detto semplicemente "Ne ho parlato con lui oggi. Si sta divertendo, credo che farà con loro 2-3 concerti quest'estate. Questo è quanto".

Video dell'intervista:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nslzq1b25Rs

Guitar hero Slash preparing to hit the road with gig in Scotland
May 9 2010 Sunday Mail

GUITAR hero Slash revealed having the hots for singer Fergie led to him taking one of the biggest gambles of his controversial rock career.
The ex-Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver idol recruited the stunning Black Eyed Peas star to perform lead vocals on Beautiful Dangerous, a track on his first solo album.
His collaboration with sexy Fergie raised eyebrows among diehard rockers but Slash is unrepentant and claims she's one of the best vocalists he's ever worked with.
In 2009, Fergie and Slash performed together on a live version of Guns N' Roses classic hit Sweet Child O' Mine at the Rosebowl in the US when Black Eyed Peas opened for U2. He was so knocked out by her amazing voice he insisted she appear on his self-titled album.
He said: "I've played w ith Black Eyed Peas a number of times over the years and knew she'd be able to do it.
"I'm sure there were some people surprised Fergie was on my album but that's ridiculous.
"I got hip to Fergie being probably as good - or better - a rock singer than she is a pop singer.
"She's one of the most phenomenal rock 'n'roll singers - male or female - I've ever heard.
"She's got an amazing voice - and she's hot. Who wouldn't want to work with someone as hot as she is?"
Now Slash is preparing to hit the road for a UK tour.
We can exclusively reveal he'll play Edinburgh HMV Picture House on July 1 and tickets - which cost £25 - go on sale on Wednesday.
Guest vocalist will be ex-Alter Bridge star Myles Kennedy, once tipped to replace Robert Plant in Led Zeppelin.
The new album features a string of big name singers including Iggy Pop, Ozzy Osbourne, Adam Levine of Maroon 5, Kid Rock and Ian Astbury of The Cult.
Plus there are surprise appearances from former Guns N' Roses mates Izzy Stradlin and Duff McKagan, and Foo Fighter Dave Grohl.
Slash said: "I wasn't trying to br idge any generation gap or try to be eclectic.
"I wrote the music first then farmed it to singers who I thought might like it or be appropriate for it.
"While that may be offthe beaten Sla sh pat h I knew it would sound great.
"This was a music statement from me but the singers could do what they wanted and have as much input as they liked.
They had a free rein on the lyrics and melod ies." Slash revealed his brilliant collaboration with Iggy Pop on We're All Gonna Die set the standard for the project.
He said: "When I sent Iggy the song he called up a couple of days later and left a message of him singing the words while my demo was playing on his stereo in the background.
"It was so rock 'n'roll. Igg y set the tone for the record."

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/showbiz/mu ... -22246025/

Parti di interviste già note, la novità è appunto la data del concerto che si terrà il 1 luglio alla HMV Picture House. I biglietti andranno in vendita da giovedì, al costo di 25 £.
A quanto pare si tratta di un concerto esclusivo, non è quindi parte di un festival.
Ecco due foto della bellissima Picture House, in cui si terrà il concerto:

Sesto concerto annuale di beneficenza del MusiCare MAP Fund, tenuto il 7 maggio al Los Angeles Club Nokia.
Ecco una foto pubblicata da Slash via Twitter, scattata durante le prove:



Link ai video:
Whole Lotta Love con Slash e Beth Hart:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe9LZvKIcR4

Sister Heroin con Slash e Beth Hart:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlI8ibtXw64