wot do u think of velvet revolver?

[MsDuffMckagan]

      

Velvet Revolver.......yeah......they're the kings man! I LOVE THEM!
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[Dayle1066]

How can some of you label VR as pop trash? Seriously that is sumin i really cant grasp. Its not the most original thing in the world, but it is different to other things around today because its real, its real hard rock with some of the best musicians in the world, also you cant truly appreciate the album until you've seen these guys live cos the record is definitly something that was made to be played live, every single tune was written to be playedlive, theyve sed it and when you see em live u can truly appreciate that

[PhillyRiot]

I think this is a great band, and if they can top Contraband they are really going to leave a mark.

[coolman78SLASH]

If they made Sebastian Bach their singer, some may say they would sound like GnR/Skid Row, and with Scott they sound like GnR/STP..  Fuck, Skid Rock rocked in the same lane as GnR, and I know that Bach has a reputation of being an asshole, but his voice is amazing.. It's in fact (from a musicians point of view) maybe better than Axl's voice. But Axl is about so much more than just a great voice..  So the best singer would have been Axl ! Second best would have been Bach.. But they removed themselves a bit from the typical 80's sound with Scott, so maybe that was a clever move?

[moreblack]

plus: Bach didn't write lyrics for Skid Row.

[darkdays_01]

In my opinion VR is one of the best rock bands to come out in the last ten years, not just because of the fact i was a big fan of Guns or STP, they are just a damn good rock & roll band, the past decade has really had no stand out rock bands, just crap like Nickleback , Creed, Puddle of Shit, bands like that , and it is nice to see a band like VR come out and do so well. They have a great record and just a killer live show, if you havent seen these guys live you are really missing out.

[GNR - CROATIA]

I was/am dissapointed a bit.
That trademark blues rock sound that SLASH always had is not there anymore and I think he should go back to it.
It is simply the thing he was known for.
He is the best blues rock guitar player in the world and he should keep it!
I am missing thoose solos.
It sounds toomuch like late 90's and early 2000's rock and I can't say I like it too much.
Still,  it is the best music out there now so I am giving them 4 out of 5 stars.
(at least they don't rap and don't have electronics like shit-awful-new generation-nu-metal.

[Top-Hatted One]

it'll never happen not with Scott in the band.

they had blues-based songs that they wrote with Izzy which Slash said would've made the best guns album. The problem is Scott voice does not suit those songs classic sounding songs.


I just hope those songs are released some day either on the next VR record or on Izzy's solo album.

[Dayle1066]

Slash's style is still there, its just the harder side of it rather than the middle to softer side 

[coolman78SLASH]

Slash's style is still there, its just the harder side of it rather than the middle to softer side?

I agree, but another thing is that they have mixed his guitar deeper down in the mix, than we are used to hear him on GnR, Snakepit, and most of the guest spots he has done before...

[Johnnyblood]

It's been a really long time since I got a new hard rock record that I listened to more than a few times. I got Contraband right when it came out and I've been enjoying ever since. I love this band... I can't wait to see where they can take this. As much as I love Contraband, I hope they can do even better on subsequent albums.

[realgunner]

It's very nice and a real pleasure to have back on the chart real musicians and a real Rock'n Roll Band,it's been a long and horrible time.

               God Bless America.

[DEAD HORSE]

I think they are good but they are too comercial , i mean i love them  , but look at their videos ....Slash's Snakepit videos were better and simplier.
I'd prefer to see Velvet Revolver as an underground band like Izzy Stradlin's  is or Snakepit  was. thats the main reason Izzy aint part of this project and thats a pity.
But after that i like the music , i like Velvet Revolver hope to see a second album from them soon. 

[Booker Floyd]

I think they are good but they are too comercial , i mean i love them? , but look at their videos ....Slash's Snakepit videos were better and simplier.
I'd prefer to see Velvet Revolver as an underground band like Izzy Stradlin's? is or Snakepit? was. thats the main reason Izzy aint part of this project and thats a pity.
But after that i like the music , i like Velvet Revolver hope to see a second album from them soon.?

Can you elaborate on what makes them too "commercial," and why GNR wasnt?

[DEAD HORSE]

I think they are good but they are too comercial , i mean i love them? , but look at their videos ....Slash's Snakepit videos were better and simplier.
I'd prefer to see Velvet Revolver as an underground band like Izzy Stradlin's? is or Snakepit? was. thats the main reason Izzy aint part of this project and thats a pity.
But after that i like the music , i like Velvet Revolver hope to see a second album from them soon.?

Can you elaborate on what makes them too "commercial," and why GNR wasnt?

Guns N' Roses was commercial but for example Its video "Estranged" was a great video , its lyrics werent radio friendly or shit like that , but still is good, what i mean is that Velvet Revolver lyrics seems to be very poor , thats my opinion. I scott wrote great lyrics in Stone Temple Pilots, i dont know what happned here.  by the way i like Slither lyrics.
Velvet Revolver doesnt seem to be a "serious deep lyrics  " band .  once again I love Velvet Revolver.
 

[Top-Hatted One]

guns n' roses didn't make Estranged until 4 years after their debut was released.

Take me down to the paradise city, where the grass is green and the girls are pretty.

how is that much better than the lyrics on contraband?

they are both great bands man!

[squeezeboxwho]

I really like Velvet Revolver though not quite as good as Guns N' Roses.

[DEAD HORSE]

guns n' roses didn't make Estranged until 4 years after their debut was released.

Take me down to the paradise city, where the grass is green and the girls are pretty.

how is that much better than the lyrics on contraband?

they are both great bands man!

I know they are great bands, by the way they wrote paradise city lyrics more than 17 years ago, you cant compare the age thoses guys were. what i mean is that they are more mature, i expected more deep serious kinda lyrics. thats what i mean. every member of Vr is married or has grown up a lot since then, so thats what i looking for. not a song like Big machine 

I know they are both great bands, dont need to tell me that, cause i already knew it dude 

[Top-Hatted One]

big machine is the most politically concious song on the album.
the problem is how repetive it is

[Dave_Rose]

Yeah I really enjoy there album and I'm looking 4ward to hearing more