Scott Weiland Responds to Velvet Revolver’s Overthrow, Recommends Sebastian Bach Scott Weiland has issued a scathing statement in response to yesterday’s non-April Fool’s Joke that Velvet Revolver would continue on without its singer’s services. “I find it humorous that the so called four ‘founding members’ of Velvet Revolver would decide to move on without me after I had already claimed the group dead in the water on March 20 in Glasgow,” Weiland said. Weiland went on to remind everyone that he’s reuniting with Stone Temple Pilots, saying “I choose to look forward to the future and performing with a group of friends I have known my entire life. This also speaks to my commitment to the fans who I feel would much rather watch a group of musicians who enjoy being together as opposed to a handful of discontents who at one time used to call themselves a gang.” In one last parting shot, Weiland comments on the band’s upcoming search for a new lead singer. “Good hunting lads, I think Sebastian Bach would be a fantastic choice.” We personally cast a vote for Axl Rose, but that doesn’t seem likely. Related Stories: Velvet Revolver Part Ways With Scott Weiland Due to “Erratic Onstage Behavior,” “Personal Problems” Scott Weiland, Matt Sorum Fuel Velvet Revolver Breakup Rumors Velvet Revolver on the Verge of Breaking Up? [Photo: Getty]
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Published: 2008-04-02
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News
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Composer Tyler Bates Channels Joy Division, Daniel Lanois For “Watchmen” ScorePhoto: Ortega/WireImage Tyler Bates, the Los Angeles-based producer whose dark-ambient compositions score the long-awaited movie adaptation of the Watchmen graphic novel, hadn’t read the comic before accepting the gig. He didn’t want to jinx his chances of getting it once he heard that friend and collaborator Zack Snyder (300, Dawn Of The Dead) would be directing the long-awaited film. And once Bates found out would be providing the soundtrack for the cult favorite, new challenges expressed themselves. “To be honest with you, I’m not a real comic geek,” said Bates. “The first time I read it was just understanding when to look at the pictures and then read the bubbles.” The score he would produce is a propulsive mix of vintage synths, apocalyptic choirs, machine-like pulses and brooding drones — sometimes all at once — in an attempt to capture the feel of the mutated, alternate 1985 where the movie takes place. “Some moments cried out to be supported with more of an ’80s vibe,” he says of tracks like “Edward Blake,” which are infused with classic synths redolent of Jan Hammer, German composer Klaus Doldinger and Leonard Cohen’s synth-infused ’80s output. “But it’s still a contemporized expression of that. I’m not trying to recreate it, it’s the essence. Just like the movie. It’s the essence, not actually the ’80s because Nixon is in office.” Bates, who came up as a rock guitarist in Atlantic-signed hard rock group Pet, says his musical ideas were formed in the 1980s — and even in the orchestral passages in Watchmen, you can hear the influence of post-punk bands like Gang Of Four and Joy Division, and classic metal like Metallica and Slayer. The machine-like pulses meant to underscore the wheels turning inside the vengeance-obsessed brain of Rorshach were influenced by the industrial music he heard growing up in Chicago. Bates gets to play guitar at the very end of the film, plucking a tender intro to My Chemical Romance’s end-credits cover of Bob Dylan’s “Desolation
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Published: 2009-02-25
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News
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Radiohead Lead Featured Artists Coalition, Seek Greater RightsPhoto: Getty Radiohead, Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour, the Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde and Iron Maiden are among the initial artists to sign up for and usher in the launch of the new Featured Artists Coalition. As the music industry continues to shift into the digital age, the Coalition seeks to protect the artist’s rights over their own music. “We want all artists to have more control of their music and a much fairer share of the profits it generates in the digital age,” a statement on the FAC’s website reads. “We speak with one voice to help artists strike a new bargain with record companies, digital distributors and others, and are campaigning for specific changes.” The FAC has also penned a six-step manifesto for “fair play,” including increased compensation for commercial use of their music and changes to copyright law. Other members of the Coalition include Kate Nash, Roxy Music’s Bryan Ferry, Gang of Four, Billy Bragg and the Verve. Related Stories: • The Future According to Radiohead • Best Festival Band: Radiohead • Musicians Unions Avoiding Digital Rights Fight For Now
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Published: 2008-10-06
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News
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Led Zeppelin To Play New Old Song? Gang Of Four Post New Music, Suge Knight Named in B.I.G. Lawsuit and More Jimmy Page has revealed that Led Zeppelin might perform a previously unheard song at the band’s December 10th reunion concert. “There’s one number that we rehearsed, I assume that it will make it to the Dome [O2 Arena], that we never played at any point in time,” Page said, “It’s a really intense number.” Pressed for more details, Page was vague, noting that the song dates from between 1968 and 1980 — which basically encompasses the band’s entire first tenure together. Post-punkers Gang of Four have uploaded two new demos, titled “Password” and “Second Life,” on bassist Dave Allen’s personal music blog. Allen promises to post two more new Gang of Four songs, “Faking It” and “American Man,” later this week. In what may be proof that that the iTunes/Beatles embargo is finally ending, the first ever Apple-sponsored Beatles podcast has launched on iTunes. The podcast, called “Help! Is On The Way,” is a retrospective of the music from the film Help!. After forty years, Neil Diamond has revealed the inspiration behind his classic sing-a-long “Sweet Caroline”: Caroline Kennedy, JFK’s daughter. Diamond found inspiration in a newspaper photo of the then-nine-year old Kennedy. “It was such an innocent, wonderful picture,” says The Solitary Man. “I immediately felt there was a song in there.” The judge overseeing the wrongful-death lawsuit filed by Notorious B.I.G.’s family will allow the family to name a few more defendants in their suit. The added names include members of the LAPD and, not surprisingly, then-Death Row CEO Suge Knight.
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Published: 2007-11-21
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, Afternoon News Roundup
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