Velvet Revolver won their first Grammy

[//JK75]

I just saw Velvet Revolver won their first Grammy in the Best Hard Rock Performance category for Slither... this wasn't in the tv show, but in the preview... Telecast I believe is the name of that part... the ones that doesn't go live on tv.
Congrats for Slash and the boys !

[EricaLyn087]

AWESOME!!! 1 down, 2 to go... they can do it!!

Scott and Mary were just interviewed by Melissa Rivers and Scott looked great. Granted, he had fire-engine red spiked hair but he looks and sounds great.

[Booker Floyd]

I find the Grammys to be worthless, but this is great news nonetheless. 

[jimmythegent]

I find the Grammys to be worthless, but this is great news nonetheless.?

I agree, the Grammys have lost something - however this is still a huge honour for Slash and the guys, they must be absolutley stoked! 

[Acquiesce]

I am not fond of the Grammy's but it is nice they are honored. Congrats to them!

[jarmo]

"Fall To Pieces" was nominated in the Best Rock Song category (U2's "Vertigo" won) and "Contraband" was nominated in the Best Rock Album (Green Day's "American Idiot" won that one).




/jarmo

[ummagumma]

http://www.grammys.com/awards/grammy/47winners.aspx#04


-Hard Rock Performance-


-gumMA

[//JK75]

I am watching the Grammys for Velvet Revolver and U2 !
U2 was great in their performance... I'm waiting for Slash and the boys with Bono, Steven Tyler, etc...
I'm excited for their performance and the Beatles song they are going to play is one I love.

[Wheres Izzy]

I just got home and the grammys being as terrible as they are don't feel like watching the rest if VR already went on. If anyone could give me a heads up if they see this I'd appreciate it.

[RyanMFGs]

they wont be on til last

[Gemini Guy]

Just saw Slash and co perform, they were great.  Definitely great news on winning the grammy.  They deserve it.

[GypsySoul]

IMO they should've let VR perform 'Across The Universe' by themselves because that really sucked big time.
Scott was the only one who carried it off as far as the singers went.

[Falcon]

IMO they should've let VR perform 'Across The Universe' by themselves because that really sucked big time.
Scott was the only one who carried it off as far as the singers went.

Ya... Bono, Stevie Wonder, Steve Tyler et al really suck..

[GypsySoul]

Ya... Bono, Stevie Wonder, Steve Tyler et al really suck..

Yeah, in that performance, they did.

[RyanMFGs]

Weiland looked the coolest for sure... Sounded like Bowie a lot on that cover. I thought Steven Tyler did alright.

Stevie's harmonica solo ruled, but he sounded like shit. Alicia Keys sang like it was American Idol, and the others were just too strange. Bono wasn't that bad, although I hate him.

[D]

whats up with the steven tyler hating?

Steven Tyler is honestly probably the greatest rock singer EVER

Scott did good but VR looked pretty lame in my opinion doing this

not exactly the most dangerous band in the world with the hand claps or whatever that was Dave and Matt were doin.

wish they wouldve politely declined that invitation.

[Smoking Guns]

Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Southern Rock Tribute focking ruled!!! Man, those guys can play a guitar.  That was awesome and I wish Slash was up there with those guys jamming out!!  It was great!!!!!!!!!

[Walapino]

the green day dude sucked!!!!

[RichardNixon]

whats up with the steven tyler hating?

Steven Tyler is honestly probably the greatest rock singer EVER

Scott did good but VR looked pretty lame in my opinion doing this

not exactly the most dangerous band in the world with the hand claps or whatever that was Dave and Matt were doin.

wish they wouldve politely declined that invitation.

Steven Tyler is a whore and a sellout and hasn't made a good album since 1982.

[Smoking Guns]

Again, the best, most honest, real rock band tonight was the legendary Skynyrd and Dicky Betts.  They don't beotch or try to be anything they are not.  They just rocked!

[SLCPUNK]

whats up with the steven tyler hating?

Steven Tyler is honestly probably the greatest rock singer EVER

Scott did good but VR looked pretty lame in my opinion doing this

not exactly the most dangerous band in the world with the hand claps or whatever that was Dave and Matt were doin.

wish they wouldve politely declined that invitation.

Steven Tyler is a whore and a sellout and hasn't made a good album since 1982.

fookin a@!

[slashedguns]

thats great news. some well deserved pay off for VR.s hard work.

[tomass74]

whats up with the steven tyler hating?

Steven Tyler is honestly probably the greatest rock singer EVER

Scott did good but VR looked pretty lame in my opinion doing this

not exactly the most dangerous band in the world with the hand claps or whatever that was Dave and Matt were doin.

wish they wouldve politely declined that invitation.

Steven Tyler is a whore and a sellout and hasn't made a good album since 1982.

That's your opinion. I am not a big fan of the newer Aerosmith but their last album kicked ass and their Live shows are still getting better every year.

[thejungle]

pah, you might not like that but i don't see how you can say pump, nine lives or honkin on bobo are, on the whole, "sellout" albums. nine lives comes closest perhaps with hole in my soul being on there but no way are pump and ESPECIALLY honkin on bobo are sellout albums. and by the way honkin came out   last bloody year!

[Malcolm]

VELVET REVOLVER and MOT?RHEAD won prizes in early ceremonies at the 47th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday (Feb. 13). VELVET REVOLVER were honored with a Grammy in the Best Hard Rock Performance category (for "Slither"), where they beat out the likes of INCUBUS ("Megalomaniac"), METALLICA ("Some Kind of Monster"), NICKELBACK ("Feelin' Way Too Damn Good") and SLIPKNOT ("Duality"), Meanwhile, MOT?RHEAD picked up a Grammy in the Best Metal Performance category for their cover of METALLICA's "Whiplash", shutting out CRADLE OF FILTH ("Nymphetamine"), HATEBREED ("Live For This"), KILLSWITCH ENGAGE ("The End of Heartache") and SLIPKNOT ("Vermilion").

[Freya]

All the singers were good, the performance was uneven, but I suppose that is the result of being thrown together at the last minute with a mishmash of genres.  Alison Kraus should have sang, she's awesome and Brian Wilson always looks so goddam crazy. 

[Falcon]

wish they wouldve politely declined that invitation.

Declined an invitation to help fund disaster relief efforts?

[GypsySoul]

Source:? MSN Music News

Tsunami Tribute Doesn't Live Up to Buildup

They channeled the 1980s on Sunday night when a Grammy all-star group sang "Across the Universe" to benefit tsunami victims.

Remember Band Aid? And "We Are the World"? Forget "Across the Universe." You can buy it from iTunes with proceeds going to tsunami relief ? but better to send in your money and delete the song.

Bono looked vaguely embarrassed to be there. The song was a couple of keys away from Norah Jones' comfort zone. Steven Tyler tried to wail it into an Aerosmith song.

And why couldn't Scott Weiland have stayed in the background with the rest of Velvet Revolver?

Only Alicia Keys ? the undisputed star of Grammy night ? sounded truly terrific.

The song was also an odd choice. You usually can't go wrong with the Beatles, but a song with the chorus of "nothing's gonna change my world" is too insular for its mission. Everyone seemed to realize that when it was changed to "something's gonna change my world" at the end.

Good intentions. Nice try. Better to forget it quickly.

[noonespecial]

I think it's nice that Velvet Revolver and Motorhead won a grammy...it may seem worthless from our small fishbowl...but those corporate folks with the tight asses who own the record companies think that shit is pretty nice...

Way to go Slash and company!
Way to Go Motorhead!

[Irish rose]

Source:  MSN Music News

Tsunami Tribute Doesn't Live Up to Buildup

They channeled the 1980s on Sunday night when a Grammy all-star group sang "Across the Universe" to benefit tsunami victims.

Remember Band Aid? And "We Are the World"? Forget "Across the Universe." You can buy it from iTunes with proceeds going to tsunami relief ? but better to send in your money and delete the song.

Bono looked vaguely embarrassed to be there. The song was a couple of keys away from Norah Jones' comfort zone. Steven Tyler tried to wail it into an Aerosmith song.

And why couldn't Scott Weiland have stayed in the background with the rest of Velvet Revolver?

Only Alicia Keys ? the undisputed star of Grammy night ? sounded truly terrific.

The song was also an odd choice. You usually can't go wrong with the Beatles, but a song with the chorus of "nothing's gonna change my world" is too insular for its mission. Everyone seemed to realize that when it was changed to "something's gonna change my world" at the end.

Good intentions. Nice try. Better to forget it quickly.

I think they're a bit harsh on scott here, i thought he sang brilliantly, he sounded like David Bowie...It wasnt the best put together collaboration though...it got better towards the end

[tallarico]

Source:? MSN Music News

Tsunami Tribute Doesn't Live Up to Buildup

They channeled the 1980s on Sunday night when a Grammy all-star group sang "Across the Universe" to benefit tsunami victims.

Remember Band Aid? And "We Are the World"? Forget "Across the Universe." You can buy it from iTunes with proceeds going to tsunami relief ? but better to send in your money and delete the song.

Bono looked vaguely embarrassed to be there. The song was a couple of keys away from Norah Jones' comfort zone. Steven Tyler tried to wail it into an Aerosmith song.

And why couldn't Scott Weiland have stayed in the background with the rest of Velvet Revolver?

Only Alicia Keys ? the undisputed star of Grammy night ? sounded truly terrific.

The song was also an odd choice. You usually can't go wrong with the Beatles, but a song with the chorus of "nothing's gonna change my world" is too insular for its mission. Everyone seemed to realize that when it was changed to "something's gonna change my world" at the end.

Good intentions. Nice try. Better to forget it quickly.

I think they're a bit harsh on scott here, i thought he sang brilliantly, he sounded like David Bowie...It wasnt the best put together collaboration though...it got better towards the end

Why do a lot  of these writers like to be wise asses? This prick actually took a jab at Steven Tyler, I mean the guy wrote Dream On man, show some respect. Then to go on and say "trying to wail it into an Aerosmith song". Thats the way Steven sings. What the fuck did they think he was going to do with it, he's STEVEN TYLER. Oh, but they are quick to shove there nose up Alicia keyes ass because, its ok for her to do her thing (which is some exagerated soul if you ask me), but not Tyler. Sorry about the profanity but don't fuck with Steven Tyler is all.
I also found it strange how Slash was next to Steven and not Scott....Hmmmmm....interesting........

[Judge Dredd]

Yeah, damn VR for trying to do something to raise money for people who have lost familes and livelihoods.

For pete's sake, at least they are making an effort.

And congratulations to the guys for the Grammy.

At least they haven't had to wait over 40 years for some acclaim unlike Led Zeppelin.

[tallarico]

Yeah, damn VR for trying to do something to raise money for people who have lost familes and livelihoods.

For pete's sake, at least they are making an effort.

And congratulations to the guys for the Grammy.

At least they haven't had to wait over 40 years for some acclaim unlike Led Zeppelin.

Your right Judge, after readers get through this article they most likely won't purchase it. So the wise ass goes on to say "buy it, then delete it. What a dick.........
 

[mikegiuliana]

congrats to vr, that was awesome

[Dave_Rose]

Well done VR

[tomass74]

Who cares what that guy says? I played it last night here at work when I saw the link. There were only 6 of us here but everyone thought it was a really cool performance. I don't particuarly care for all of the artists that were involved but I thought EVERYONE did good. It was also for a good cause... There always has to be an asshole...

[RichardNixon]

Where is DUFF in that pic?

And I bet right now in Malibu 30 french maids are picking up broken plates that a certain red head threw...

[Genesis]

Kudos to VR! Losing out to U2 isn't such a bad thing, but Green Day is something else..

[GypsySoul]

Does anyone know what "Best Hard Rock Performance" means exactly?? Is it for the video?? or maybe performing the song live?? U2's Vertigo won "Best Rock Song" so what's the difference between 'Best Song' and 'Best Performance' of a song?

[starchild_666]

Scott was only one who's vocal part was great... other singers sucked pretty hard on this one... I think if VR had done this all by themselves it would have been much better. They could do this song on their live shows too 

[Booker Floyd]

Does anyone know what "Best Hard Rock Performance" means exactly?? Is it for the video?? or maybe performing the song live?? U2's Vertigo won "Best Rock Song" so what's the difference between 'Best Song' and 'Best Performance' of a song?

Its a tricky distinction, but Best Song is a songwriting award, while Best Performance is, obviously, more about the actual performance.  I beieve thats the distintion, I could be wrong.

[mikegiuliana]

Scott was only one who's vocal part was great... other singers sucked pretty hard on this one... I think if VR had done this all by themselves it would have been much better. They could do this song on their live shows too?

true but all the great names involved (wether good or bad) will attract more buyers and that's what it's all about..

[GypsySoul]

Source:? 94.7 Zone

Velvet Revolver says Grammy win not 'vindicating'

When asked if Velvet Revolver feels "vindicated" by the band's Grammy win for Best Hard Rock Performance on Sunday, lead guitarist Slash says he doesn't know if he would quite put it that way. "I guess in some ways it's a little bit vindicating just to have, you know, reached a point where things had got to be so heavy that we all are actually surprised that we're still standing here, or that we're standing here at this point, yeah. So that's a little bit of vindication. But as far as vindicating as far as our music is concerned or what anybody else was thinking along the way...nah, it's just, this is what we wanted to do."

Velvet Revolver begins a tour of Australia and New Zealand on Thursday.

Although no new U.S. shows have been announced yet, several Canadian dates have appeared online at Pollstar.com, beginning on 03.23 in Ottawa, Ontario.

The group plans to enter the studio later this spring to begin recording the follow-up to their 2004 debut, Contraband.

[D]

so GNR never won a grammy but VR already  have?

Slash looked so fuckin proud in that pic

it must be an amazing feeling to show the world that he doesnt need W Axl Rose to be successful

that was a gigantic fuck you to Axl and im proud that Slash and Duff are successful and doing great


sorry bout the "they shouldve declined comment" i retract my statement

it was pretty cool i guess

[Booker Floyd]

that was a gigantic fuck you to Axl and im proud that Slash and Duff are successful and doing great

I know what youre saying, but this doesnt, and shouldnt, have anything to do with Axl.  That goes for everything VR does.  It really doesnt have to be such a competition. 

[jimmythegent]

that was a gigantic fuck you to Axl and im proud that Slash and Duff are successful and doing great

I know what youre saying, but this doesnt, and shouldnt, have anything to do with Axl.? That goes for everything VR does.? It really doesnt have to be such a competition.?

i agree, but deep down inside I bet they think that just a little

[jgfnsr]

whats up with the steven tyler hating?

Steven Tyler is honestly probably the greatest rock singer EVER

What D?  I'm shocked!

And ol' Jon Jon would be too if he ever read what you said above! 

[jgfnsr]

that was a gigantic fuck you to Axl and im proud that Slash and Duff are successful and doing great

I know what youre saying, but this doesnt, and shouldnt, have anything to do with Axl.? That goes for everything VR does.? It really doesnt have to be such a competition.?

i agree, but deep down inside I bet they think that just a little

Being as a million+ sales of Contraband and the odd Grammy pales in comparison to their past accomplishments with Axl, as well as to what Axl no doubt hopes to do with his album, I'm not sure it amounts to any semblance of a "fuck you" to Axl.

But if it does, well, we should all probably wait to see how Axl and Chinese Democracy do before we see exactly who has the last "fuck you..."

[D]

i never said Jon was the greatest rock vocalist just that he is grossly underrated as an all around performer,songwriter frontman musician etc etc

id definitely would put tyler and axl in front as far as pure vocal ability

[realgunner]

No doubt it was the best grammys in years and years if you delete the first ten minutes of the show,I never expected to watch something like that(live)on today's television, I still can see people here cutting up Bono and Steven Tyler. it just made me so mad after being punished for years of neverending crap that some creep would criticize real musicians when they finally put them back together again on TV.

[St.heathen]

It did sound a bit uneven. But only because they mixed people like Norah Jones and Alicia Keys who dont move away from their comfort zone of music - with the more experienced guys from the rock world who are used to jamming. 

For some reason Stevie seemed a bit off too. And Norah came in after him so that's where it went the shape of the pear. 

But hey to see those rock guys up there was fab.  It would be great to see them in a bar somewhere rocking it out on some classic covers.  Scott looked the business up there - he had definatly been listening to the Bowie cover of the song. But he was great. A Slash solo should have been there instead of the harmonica too for my liking. 

Overall it wasn't perfect but it was great to see.

[Bad_Apple]

aw crap!  that sux that they didn't broadcast the win!  I recorded the whole show, that way I could fast fwd boring stuff.  Overall it was a good show (a lot of collaborations/tributes!)---I liked the VR & co. performance (although Norah Jones looked odd--she kept flashin her eyes side to side...was she nervous?), the Janis Joplin Tribute, and Alicia Keys was good as well.
I did manage to record the Clive Davis' pre grammy party where I saw clips of Duff & Susan--they looked great as usual. 

CONGRATS for the win, it's always great to be recognized....

[KeVoRkIaN]

so GNR never won a grammy but VR already  have?

Slash looked so fuckin proud in that pic

it must be an amazing feeling to show the world that he doesnt need W Axl Rose to be successful

that was a gigantic fuck you to Axl and im proud that Slash and Duff are successful and doing great


sorry bout the "they shouldve declined comment" i retract my statement

it was pretty cool i guess

GNR deserved an award back then - nice to see VR pick up the table scraps - hrm where was the Dillinger Escape Plan in this?
too good and too advanced I say,......  All you Axl haters - Stamp your AFD album now and rejoice in the sub-standard trying to be cool velvet revolver - you hate axl afterall - Doesn't need  Axl - try direction, that album is all over the place and full of kurt cobain/(insert metal band here)  cliches

[GypsySoul]

I did manage to record the Clive Davis' pre grammy party

Here's a pic taken at that party.? Looks like they got Slash in mid-scratch.?

People (magazine) February 28, 2005
Photograph by Art Streiber

[Billo]

Best performance??   I dont get this award....which performance of slither won the grammy??  Someone please explain?