VELVET REVOLVER: New Album 'Is Coming Off Amazingly'
December 20, 2006VELVET REVOLVER vocalist Scott Weiland's (ex-STONE TEMPLE PILOTS) MySpace has been updated with the following message:
"I just wanted to give you all a little update from the studio on the new VELVET REVOLVER record. Having spent some time with the guys during pre-production and now most currently in the studio, I have to say that this thing is coming off amazingly. With producer Brendan O'Brien in charge of the ship, the guys are sounding awesome. More than once I've heard Scott say that this is the best album he's ever done and that he hasn't been this excited since putting out 'Purple' with STP. Right now I can count at least 5-6 singles and a bunch of other stuff that's killing it too. Slash is ripping, Dave [Kushner, guitar] is killing, Duff McKagan, bass] is whaling, Matt [Sorum] is slamming and Scott is throwing it down hard."
In a recent interview with MTV.com, < 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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