VELVET REVOLVER Completes Basic Tracks For New CD

December 20, 2006

VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash (ex-GUNS N' ROSES) has issued the following update on the recording sessions for the group's new album, "Libertad" — the follow-up to 2004's "Contraband":

"Hey, just wanted to let everybody know we (VELVET REVOLVER) are almost done with basic tracks. Everything is moving along quite nicely. We should be releasing this CD in May, if everything goes the way it's supposed to."

In a recent interview with MTV.com, VELVET REVOLVER frontman Scott Weiland stated about the upcoming CD, "I haven't been this excited about a rock record since 1993, when I went into the studio to record [STONE TEMPLE PILOTS'] 'Purple'," which was recorded in just 10 days, with producer Brendan O'Brien (INCUBUS, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE) at the helm, Weiland explained. O'Brien is also behind "Libertad", which Weiland called "a really inspired rock and roll album, but it's got many textures.

"It's multidimensional, which I think is one thing Brendan brings out in artists," Weiland continued. "I think he's brought out the best in this band, and, I mean, these guys" — guitarists Dave Kushner and Slash, bassist Duff McKagan and drummer Matt Sorum — "are amazing players, and they're capable of anything. They've reached completely new heights, and pulled something out of themselves. Instead of doing what's completely comfortable, what they've done before, they have gone to new places, emotionally, musically and spiritually."

Weiland said the new album "is completely colorful in a new way, but it is definitely not a concept album." VELVET REVOLVER wrote more than 18 tracks for the disc, including "Pills, Demons, Etc.", "Just 16", "Get Out The Door", and "Queen For A Day", and started tracking December 4.

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