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VELVET REVOLVER: 'Nissan Live Sets' Performance, Q&A Posted Online

VELVET REVOLVER's recent Nissan Live Sets performance on Yahoo! Music has been made available for viewing at this location. Also available is a fan question-and-answer session with the group. The performance footage, which was shot on April 27 in Los Angeles, California, includes the following track...

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Former GUNS N' ROSES Bassist Tries New Tune As Businessman

Dean Goodman of Reuters reports that former GUNS N' ROSES/current VELVET REVOLVER bass player Duff McKagan doubles as a savvy investor, overseeing a diverse portfolio ranging from property and stocks to vintage guitars. While he draws the line at donning a suit and tie, McKagan also runs the busines...

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VELVET REVOLVER: New Video Interview With DUFF MCKAGAN Available

Holland's FaceCulture recently conducted an interview with VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan. Duff spoke about his "Libertad" t-shirt, the "Libertad" coin, the lyrics and music on the new VELVET REVOLVER album, the start of VELVET REVOLVER, Scott Weiland, drugs, "Contraband", the...

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DUFF MCKAGAN: I Really Wish AXL ROSE Had Used Different Name For New GUNS N' ROSES Band

Joacim Persson of the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet conducted a short interview with VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan prior to VELVET REVOLVER's concert at the Hultsfred festival on June 14. When asked about singer Axl Rose and his new band touring as GUNS N' ROSES, McKagan said...

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DUFF MCKAGAN: 'My Life Is Not Defined By VELVET REVOLVER Or What I Do'

Australia's X-Press Online recently conducted an interview with VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On touring: "I think that people really think that touring is like the cliché — glamorous and chicks and cocaine or whatever else. But touring i...

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VELVET REVOLVER: Video Interview With DUFF MCKAGAN Available

A recent video interview with VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan, conducted by Metal Hammer U.K., has been posted online in two parts: Part#1, Part#2. The behind-the-scenes, making-of-video for the new VELVET REVOLVER single "She Builds Quick Machines" has been posted online in th...

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GUNS N' ROSES: Adelaide Concert Footage Available

Low-quality fan-filmed video footage of GUNS N' ROSES June 13, 2007 performance at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre in Australia has been posted at YouTube. According to Danielle O'Donohue of The Advertiser, 8,000 GUNS N' ROSES fans crammed the venue and they loved every minute of it. "Though it's...

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VELVET REVOLVER: 'Melody And The Tyranny' Audio Samples Available

The German branch of Sony BMG has uploaded audio samples of three of the tracks that are featured on VELVET REVOLVER's European EP, "Melody and the Tyranny", which is being released today. The EP contains two tracks from the band's new CD, "Libertad", as well as TALKING HEADS cover "Psycho Killer" (...

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SLASH Admits He Visited AXL ROSE's House In 2005

VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash has admitted that he visited GUNS N' ROSES singer Axl Rose's house in 2005, despite previous claims to the contrary. Slash and ex-GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan sued Rose in August 2005, accusing Rose of changing publishers of GUNS 'N ROSES' songs...

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VELVET REVOLVER 'Quietly Falling Apart' During Making Of New Album

Launch Radio Networks reports: VELVET REVOLVER's new album, called "Libertad", comes out on July 3, but for a while it looked like it might not come out at all. Bassist Duff McKagan told Launch that even though the band started working with producer Rick Rubin and writing songs, he was worried that...

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VELVET REVOLVER Bassist Comments On 'Melody And The Tyranny' EP

VELVET REVOLVER will issue an EP in Europe on June 1 called "Melody and the Tyranny", which will be available as an import in the U.S. and possibly on iTunes. The EP will contain two tracks from the band's new CD, "Libertad", as well as TALKING HEADS cover "Psycho Killer" (which was recorded during...

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VELVET REVOLVER: New Audio Interview Available

A 23-minute audio interview with VELVET REVOLVER members Duff McKagan (bass),Matt Sorum (drums) and Slash (guitar),conducted yesterday (Sunday, May 13) at the studios of the Edge 102.1 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, has been made available for download at this location. They speak about the new albu...

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SCOTT WEILAND Vs. AXL ROSE Part II

According to GnrDaily.com, Matt Pains of Metromix Chicago recently interviewed VELVET REVOLVER frontman Scott Weiland. When asked about his relationship (or lack thereof) with GUNS N' ROSES singer Axl Rose, Weiland replied, "Oh, man. I have never spoken to him, but I've gotten messages from him thro...

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VELVET REVOLVER Guitarist Says New Album Is 'More Upbeat' Than 'Contraband'

VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash recently spoke to the U.K.'s Total Guitar magazine about the group's upcoming sophomore album, "Libertad", due on July 3 via RCA. The legendary guitarist told the magazine to expect big things from the follow-up to the band's debut album "Contraband". "Scott [Weiland,...

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VELVET REVOLVER Bassist On Touring Behind 'Contraband': 'There Was Never Really A Break'

Launch Radio Networks reports: VELVET REVOLVER begins a 12-date North American tour in Los Angeles on Thursday night (May 3) to give fans a preview of songs from its upcoming second album, "Libertad". The trek will include a stop at the Rock on the Range festival in Columbus, Ohio on May 19. "Libert...