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Would-Be Frontmen Campaign For VELVET REVOLVER Job

June 19, 2008

The Pulse of Radio reports that VELVET REVOLVER's search for a new lead singer to replace Scott Weiland has led several potential replacements to actively campaign for the job through web sites such as YouTube, according to MTV.com. A couple of these would-be stars even claim that they've got the inside track for the job, although none of them have apparently been officially contacted by anyone in the VELVET REVOLVER camp. One of the biggest self-promoters is a singer named Brian Phyll Miller, whose online video audition (view clip below) features him singing VELVET REVOLVER's "Slither" and "Fall to Pieces", as well as AC/DC's "Whole Lotta Rosie". Miller also discusses his love for "vodka, cigarettes and Jack (Daniels)," apparently unaware that VELVET REVOLVER is now a sober band.

A lot of support for Miller has been generated online, although it is difficult to verify whether it's real or has been created by the singer himself.

Other hopefuls include Axl Rose sound-alike Dale Toth (video) and Weiland sound-alike Sam Serinsky (view clip below),who says on his YouTube page that the band "may have someone already, but I have to contact the VR camp again next week."

VELVET REVOLVER drummer Matt Sorum told The Pulse of Radio last month that the band was listening to auditions sent in through email.

Sorum also recently said that the band had rejected offers to find a new singer through a new edition of the "Rock Star" reality show.

A recent item at Idolator.com suggested that the group may be in talks with an unnamed Australian singer to replace Weiland, while another rumor speculated that LINKIN PARK's Chester Bennington was up for the gig.

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