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Last updated: August
24, 2003
Credits: Many thanks go out to SexTypeIvy
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07/25 -
MTV.com
- Newsbit
Scott Weiland appeared in a Burbank, California,
court on Friday (July 25) to request his case
be diverted to a drug court program, where
his possession charges could be dismissed
upon completion of the program. Eligibility
is typically based on possession for personal
use, not for sale, among other factors. The
Stone Temple Pilots/Velvet Revolver singer
will next appear in a Pasadena court on August
15 to find out if he qualifies. |
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07/25 -
KERRANG!.com
- Velvet Revolver release EP in October.
Velvet Revolver have confirmed that they’ll
release their debut EP/DVD in mid-October.
This will feature one
new studio track, ‘Slither’, plus
the follwing covers which they recorded live
in June: ‘Bodies’ (Sex Pistols),
‘Negative Creep’ (Nirvana), ‘It’s
So Easy’ (Guns N’ Roses) and ‘Sex
Type Thing’ (Stone Temple Pilots). The
band's song 'Set Me Free’, which featured
on ‘The Hulk’ soundtrack, will also
be included. |
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07/24 -
Billboard.com
- Velvet Revolver Hits The Studio.
The first release from Velvet Revolver,
featuring Guns N' Roses members Slash, Duff
McKagan and Matt Sorum, David Kushner of Suicidal
Tendencies and former Stone Temple Pilots
frontman Scott Weiland, will be a combination
EP/DVD culled from the band's recent surprise
gig at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles.
Although details are still
being nailed down, the as-yet-untitled EP
will most likely contain the majority of
the six-song El Rey set, a studio version
of an original song played that night and
possibly another new, unheard studio track.
The DVD will center around live footage
taken from the gig. As first tipped here
this week, both will be issued Oct. 13 on
Immortal Records.
Velvet Revolver booked
the June 19 gig just days beforehand and
announced the free show only a day prior.
The gig saw the band perform the Sex Pistols'
"Bodies," GNR's "It's So
Easy," STP's "Sex-Type Thing,"
Nirvana's "Negative Creep" and
a pair of originals, "Slither"
and "Set Me Free," the latter
of which was recently released on "The
Hulk" soundtrack.
The act is currently recording
the studio version of "Slither"
for the EP with producer Bob Ezrin (Pink
Floyd, Kiss). It's part of a process in
which the band is testing the waters with
producers they are interested in working
with, according to a spokesperson.
-- Wes Orshoski, N.Y.
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07/22 -
Billboard.com
- Billboard Bits: Velvet Revolver.
Velvet Revolver, the new band featuring
Guns N' Roses vets Slash, Duff McKagan and
Matt Sorum, David Kushner of Suicidal Tendencies
and former Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott
Weiland, will likely release an EP in the
coming months via Immortal Records. The label
has inked a new deal with RED Distribution;
Immortal was previously distributed by Epic
and Virgin.
To date, Velvet Revolver's
lone available track is "Set Me Free,"
which was included on Decca's soundtrack
to "The Hulk." The cut is No.
20 this week on Billboard's Mainstream Rock
Tracks airplay chart.
Velvet Revolver joins the
hard rock acts No One and Switched on Immortal's
roster. The label expects to release a soundtrack
album for the film "Blood Money"
featuring Busta Rhymes and Xzibit by the
end of the year.
-- Chris Morris, L.A.
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07/18 -
MTV.com
- For The Record.
For the second time in a week, Scott Weiland's
case has been continued. Because he was still
in rehab, the Stone Temple Pilots/ Velvet
Revolver singer postponed his court date on
July 11 until Friday (July 18). Now Weiland
won't be due in a Burbank, California, court
to address drug charges until July 25, according
to a court clerk. Meanwhile, Velvet Revolver
are meeting with producer Bob Ezrin to have
him produce their moody and grooving track
"Slither," which they previewed
at their live debut in Los Angeles last month.
The band plans to hit the studio with Ezrin
on July 28. |
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07/17 -
New York Post - SCOTT WEILAND Sipping Non-Alcoholic
Beer At South Beach Celebration.
The New York Post is reporting that "it
was a steamy night of celebration at Opium
Garden's three-year anniversary in South Beach.
Rockers Scott Weiland and Duff McKagan, singer
and bassist in Axl Rose-free GUNS N' ROSES
offshoot VELVET REVOLVER, introduced a sultry
swimwear show by designer Susan Holmes, who
happens to be McKagan's [wife]. The festivities
got starlet Eliza Dushku so fired up that
she stripped to her skivvies and performed
a lascivious lap dance for model Kylie Bax.
In the VIP lounge, hoops legend Charles Barkley
took off his shirt before jumping behind the
bar to serve drinks. Weiland, fresh from rehab,
drank nothing but O'Doul's non-alcoholic beer." |
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07/11 -
MTV.com
- For The Record.
Scott Weiland was due in a Burbank, California,
court to face drug charges Friday (July 11),
but the case was continued until July 18 because
the Stone Temple Pilots/Velvet Revolver singer
is still in rehab in Florida, according to
a court clerk. |
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07/xx -
Entertainment Weekly
Thank ''The Hulk'' for giving a gamma-powered
boost to new supergroup Velvet Revolver. Their
single ''Set Me Free'' from the movie's soundtrack
is a bonafide rock radio hit. The band --
made up of former Guns 'N Roses members Slash,
Duff McKagan, and Matt Sorum, plus Suicidal
Tendencies guitarist Dave Kushner and Stone
Temple Pilots lead singer Scott Weiland --
is planning a live EP, a VH1 special, and
a studio album. Les Paul-wielding guitarist
Slash tells EW.com what to expect -- and why
there will never be a Guns 'N Roses reunion.
THE EP Audaciously, Velvet
Revolver is planning an October release
of its first live performance, a six-song
romp recorded last month at Los Angeles'
El Rey Theater. ''It's just to tide people
over -- and tide ourselves over -- until
the album comes out,'' explains Slash. ''The
show sounds pretty good for a raw, rock
'n roll representation of what we're about,
with mistakes and all.'' In addition to
''Set Me Free,'' the set included covers
of the Sex Pistols' ''Bodies'' and Nirvana's
''Negative Creep'' ? plus, STP's ''Sex Type
Thing'' and G N' R's ''It's So Easy.'' The
EP will also include a studio version of
the new song ''Slither,'' which is said
to sound like STP. Slash claims that plans
for the quick release have nothing to do
with Weiland's pending substance abuse charges,
which could be resolved in the coming months.
''I don't think he'll go to jail. He's doing
great.''
THE VH1 SPECIAL A September
episode of new VH1 series ''Inside Out''
will chronicle the unlikely genesis of Velvet
Revolver. A VH1 crew has been following
the band since last year, when it was known
as The Project, and prospective singers
included metal relics like Skid Row's Sebastian
Bach. Back then, few were taking the idea
of the group seriously. ''Nobody had faith
in this thing,'' says Slash. ''The people
around us were, like, it's never going to
happen.... I don't know if the show will
give a hundred percent taste of what we
were going through, but it will give you
an idea.''
THE ALBUM No release date
is set for the band's debut CD, but Slash
jokes that it should be ready before Axl
Rose's eternally delayed ''Chinese Democracy.''
Before Weiland joined in May, the group
had already written nearly 60 songs. Currently,
the singer is busy adding lyrics and melodies
to some of those, even as he and the band
start new ones from scratch. ''When we actually
go in to record, all we need to do is pick
the songs,'' Slash says.
A GUNS REUNION? NO WAY
Axl Rose's decision to form a new version
of Guns -- with such ringers as guitarist
Buckethead and former Replacements bassist
Tommy Stinson -- ruined chances for a reunion.
'There will never come a time when we all
get together and play under the name Guns
'N Roses because it's too f---ing tainted,''
says Slash. ''If he'd done the solo thing,
then we could have gotten together and jammed
for one show. Now it's like, over with.
He screwed that up.'' But you can still
expect to hear Slash's guitar lines screaming
over some G 'N R classics. ''We're not gonna
go and do every big Guns 'N Roses hit,''
says Slash about a future Velvet Revolver
tour. ''But we have no problem with our
history as long as it's not pushing Scott
into something he's not into.''
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