Former GUNS N' ROSES and current VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash called radio station WBCN in Boston on Friday (June 6) for a short interview with the DJ. During the ensuing conversation, Slash explained how he got back together with fellow ex-Gunners Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum after everyone went their own way for a while, ...
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STONE TEMPLE PILOTS singer Scott Weiland and former GUNS N' ROSES members Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum have officially chosen VELVET REVOLVER as the name of their new band, the group's publicist, Arlett Vereecke, confirmed to BLABBERMOUTH.NET Sunday (June 8). The quintet, who announced Weiland as their lead singer Thursday (June 5), will shortly ...
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STONE TEMPLE PILOTS singer Scott Weiland and former GUNS N' ROSES members Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum are calling their new band VELVET REVOLVER, according to Rolling Stone magazine. The group, who officially announced Weiland as their lead singer Thursday (June 5), are ready to begin recording their debut album. "I always liked his ...
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STONE TEMPLE PILOTS frontman Scott Weiland has been officially selected as the vocalist for the new band featuring former GUNS N' ROSES members Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum. According to Arlett Vereecke, the publicist for the group, "no official band name" has yet been chosen for the project, which was previously rumored to be ...
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A full-length MP3 (recorded off the radio) of the track "Set Me Free", written and performed by former GUNS N' ROSES members Slash, Duff McKagan, and Matt Sorum, along with STONE TEMPLE PILOTS frontman Scott Weiland, has been posted online at this location. The song is slated to appear on the soundtrack to ...
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Former GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan appeared at the Burbank division of Los Angeles Superior Court Monday (June 2) to offer his moral support to STONE TEMPLE PILOTS frontman Scott Weiland during the singer's arraignment on charges of drug possession. Check out pictures from Wire Image. As previously reported, Weiland recently cut ...
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A low-quality MP3 clip of "THE PROJECT"'s cover of PINK FLOYD's "Money" has been posted online at this location. The collaboration between former GUNS N' ROSES members Slash, Duff McKagan, and Matt Sorum and STONE TEMPLE PILOTS frontman Scott Weiland appears during the closing credits of director F. Gary Gray's remake of the ...
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The new band featuring former GUNS N' ROSES members Slash, Duff McKagan, Matt Sorum is reportedly looking into doing several one-off gigs this summer, including a possible appearance at Milwaukee's Summerfest (web site) between June 26 and July 6. According to Slash's Official Fan Site (www.snakepit.org), the band "have no confirmed ...
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Universal Pictures has renegotiated a deal to include an original song written by former GUNS N' ROSES members Slash, Duff McKagan, Matt Sorum, along with STONE TEMPLE PILOTS singer Scott Weiland, in the upcoming film adaptation of "The Hulk" as well as on the accompanying soundtrack. The soundtrack, due on June 17, originally consisted only ...
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STONE TEMPLE PILOTS singer Scott Weiland has been charged with cocaine and heroin possession in Los Angeles, two years after completing a jail term for violating his probation on the same charges, prosecutors said Tuesday. Weiland, 35, and Jennifer Lynn Sires, 29, were stopped by Burbank police shortly before midnight Saturday after officers saw them ...
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The drugs found in the car occupied by STONE TEMPLE PILOTS vocalist Scott Weiland at the time of his arrest Saturday night (May 17) belonged to the 28-year-old female passenger that Scott "was giving a lift home" to and not to the troubled singer, according to an official statement released by Arlett Vereecke, the publicist ...
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STONE TEMPLE PILOTS singer Scott Weiland was released on $10,000 bail after police arrested him for investigation of drug possession, according to The Associated Press. Police officers stopped Weiland just before midnight Saturday (May 17) on a routine traffic stop, said Burbank Police Sgt. Tracy Sanchez. "It was for driving without his lights on," Sanchez ...
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Former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash was on hand at the world premiere of "Bruce Almighty" on Wednesday (May 14) at Universal Amphitheatre in Universal City, California. Check out pictures from Daily Celeb and Celebrity Photo. ...
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STONE TEMPLE PILOTS frontman Scott Weiland and ex-GUNS N' ROSES members Slash (guitar), Duff McKagan (bass), and Matt Sorum (drums) are going by their individual names and not an overall band moniker for the combo's cover of PINK FLOYD's "Money", a spokesperson has told Billboard.com. The track will appear in the film "The Italian Job", ...
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A spokesperson for ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash has refuted published reports that STONE TEMPLE PILOTS frontman Scott Weiland has been officially named the singer of the new project featuring Slash and fellow ex-Gunners Matt Sorum (drums) and Duff McKagan (bass). "Scott is not in the band," Slash spokesperson Arlett Vereecke told MTV.com. "The management ...
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STONE TEMPLE PILOTS singer Scott Weiland has confirmed that he will be the singer for the band featuring former GUNS N' ROSES members Slash (guitar), Duff McKagan (bass) and Matt Sorum (drums). According to Weiland, the secretive group, which has been working under the name "THE PROJECT", will be called RELOADED. "Yeah, I'm in the ...
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STONE TEMPLE PILOTS singer Scott Weiland has recorded a second song with the new band featuring ex-GUNS 'N ROSES members Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum. McKagan and Sorum attended the taping of METALLICA's "mtvICON" show Saturday (May 3) and said they've contributed an original song titled "Set Me Free" to "The Hulk" soundtrack to ...
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Kid Rock, former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash and country crooner Travis Tritt rocked the house with a version of "Sweet Home Alabama" at the Barnstable Brown Gala at this year's Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Kentucky. The Barnstable Brown Gala, known as one of Louisville's most glamorous fund-raising events, benefits diabetes research at the universities ...
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On April 28 in Los Angeles, photographer Robert John, 41, sued GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose, 41, for allegedly refusing to honor an earlier contract in which Rose agreed to pay $80,000 for hundreds of photos of the band that John has taken since 1985. John claims that Rose has been keeping the photos ...
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A bunch of photos of METALLICA, LIMP BIZKIT and SUM 41 rehearsing Friday (May 2) on Universal Studios Stage 12 in Universal City, California for tonight's MTV "mtvICON" special dedicated to METALLICA have been posted online. Check out pictures from Film Magic, Getty Images, and Wire Image. Photos of ...
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According to MTV.com, the upcoming MTV "mtvICON" special dedicated to METALLICA will feature spoken tributes from members of AEROSMITH, STAIND, LINKIN PARK and BLINK-182, as well as from Lisa Marie Presley, Lara Flynn Boyle, Slash (ex-GUNS N' ROSES), Sean Penn and Jim Breuer. KORN, LIMP BIZKIT, SUM 41 and AVRIL LAVIGNE will perform musical tributes ...
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The new band formed by ex-GUNS N' ROSES members Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum has contributed a cover of PINK FLOYD's "Money" to the soundtrack to the forthcoming remake of the 1969 British caper comedy "The Italian Job". Joining the group on the recording are STONE TEMPLE PILOTS frontman Scott Weiland, who is widely ...
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Talent agent Renee Tab, who was involved in a physical altercation with Sharon Osbourne in early April, has fired back with new details about the incident at the Koi restaurant in Los Angeles that has resulted in each woman alleging to police that the other assaulted her. Tab's lawyer, Najila Brent, has told New York ...
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A source close to the new band formed by ex-GUNS N' ROSES members Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum has confirmed to MTV.com that STONE TEMPLE PILOTS frontman Scott Weiland is the top candidate to fill the singer slot in the group, presently known only as "THE PROJECT". One sign that signals Weiland ...
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According to former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash's Official Fan Site (www.snakepit.org), STONE TEMPLE PILOTS singer Scott Weiland is one of the singers currently auditioning for the vocalist slot in the new band formed by Slash and fellow ex-Gunners Duff McKagan (bass) and Matt Sorum (drums). Other singers known to have tried out ...
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Former FAITH NO MORE singer Mike Patton was approached by ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash about auditioning for the new group former by Slash and fellow ex-Gunners Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum, Patton's TOMAHAWK bandmate Duane Denison has revealed to Billboard.com. Patton reportedly declined the offer, opting instead to focus much of his energy on ...
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Rolling Stone caught up with Rob Zombie to question him about his "House of 1,000 Corpses" that is finally getting its release this weekend. Asked if he had any anxieties about the reception of the flick, more than an album release, Rob said, "It's a weird movie and I already know how it's going to ...
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Former NEUROTICA frontman Kelly Shaefer has reportedly tried out for the DROWNING POOL singer slot left vacant by the death of Dave Williams. Shaefer, who was recently linked with the new group formed by the former GUNS N' ROSES members Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum, didn't land the DROWNING POOL gig and has since ...
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TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider has posted the following update to the "Dee Speaks" section of his official web site, www.deesnider.com: "VAN HELSING'S CURSE: VAN HELSING'S CURSE is a Widowmaker Productions production. 'Widowmaker Productions' is myself, Joe Franco, Al Pitrelli, and the guy who signed TWISTED SISTER, Phil Carson. It's a Halloween version ...
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A video recording of "THE PROJECT" — the new group featuring former GUNS N' ROSES members Slash (guitar), Matt Sorum (drums), and Duff McKagan (bass) — performing the CYPRESS HILL song "(Rock) Superstar" with CYPRESS HILL rappers Sen Dog (a.k.a. Sennen Reyes) and B-Real (a.k.a. Louis Freese) on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" can be downloaded ...
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