VELVET REVOLVER Drummer: No Time To Look Back

Chris Jordan of the Asbury Park Press recently conducted an interview with VELVET REVOLVER drummer Matt Sorum. Several excerpts follow:

On the band's live show:

Matt Sorum: "We're only on our first album and we're already doing much larger venues than I expected we should be doing. Once people see the show and see the excitement of the music, hopefully that will catch on like it used to."

On how being in VELVET REVOLVER compares to his previous bands, THE CULT and GUNS N' ROSES:

Matt Sorum: "I wasn't an original GUNS member and I wasn't an original member of THE CULT. This is, like, my band for me. This is my one really great shot at doing it, and when I did it, everything really turned around in my life and for the other guys in the band.

"It's full-steam ahead."

On being infamous for past drug use and addictions:

Matt Sorum: "We cover for each other. Me and Slash have known each other for a long time, and we know each other enough to know that it's not always going to be rosy days. One guy might be a little down, or somebody's tired.

"We know we have a good thing. If somebody's getting out of line, we got to pull it together: "Hey man, you're being a (expletive),' or whatever. So we kind of deal with it like that. We just can't say "(expletive) you, (expletive) it,' whatever."

On whether he ever reminisces about the old days:

Matt Sorum: "I don't think about how great it would be to be playing in GUNS or any of that. If I think about anything, I think about the fun I had doing it or some stripper I had sex with in Saskatoon."