Art Of Anarchy

[rebelhipi]

http://www.ueginc.com/portfolio/art-of-anarchy/
http://loudwire.com/new-supergroup-art-of-anarchy-scott-weiland-disturbed-guns-n-roses/

New supergroup with Bumblefoot and Scott Weiland, both have a solo album coming out in the coming months.

I am pretty exited about this band as a big Weiland fan, and Bumblefoot is pretty darn good also.



I made this thread for all discussion about the band.


Feel free to move this thread in the Ex gunners section or the Velvet revolver section if needed.

[reayj2003]

Sounds good. Nice to hear Scott again. He's a great lyricist. When has Bumble had time to do this? Seems to have been kept quiet. Look forward to hearing it. I really hope Ron's not out of GN'R such a great musician and person.

[Sosso]

A cool idea. I am very excited!

[overmatik]

Wow, I didn't see that coming! Scott has a new solo album about to be released and he was really making it seem that it would be his priority now. Also, if the album is recorded they did a great job of keeping it a secret. Let's wait and see...

[rebelhipi]

Wow, I didn't see that coming! Scott has a new solo album about to be released and he was really making it seem that it would be his priority now. Also, if the album is recorded they did a great job of keeping it a secret. Let's wait and see...

True, and Bumble also made it clear that hes new solo album is priority.

My guess is that the album was written a year ago, recorded last summer.

[rebelhipi]

Scott Weiland posted this on his facebook page.


Scott Weiland

''I just saw some press about a side project called art of anarchy that I worked on last year ? I wrote and put my vocals down for these guys and had fun doing a couple of videos too, we had a lot of fun. When they find their front man to hit the road and play some dates, check them out. In the meantime, if you want to check out where I?m at RIGHT NOW, check out my band, SCOTT WEILAND AND THE WILDABOUTS. I couldn?t be more excited about our new record, Blaster, that comes out March 31st. You can see us on the road starting in Feb, and at Sundance next week and SXSW in March. Here's some footage of us in the studio performing White Lightning and a new song called Circles.
- Scott''


So Art Of Anarchy are going to tour but without Scott.


So this sounds like a side project.

[Sosso]

Maybe just because of his solo album.

[jarmo]

Maybe just because of his solo album.

Of course. He has his solo career. He made it clear that that's his focus.
It would probably be confusing for his fans hearing him on the radio and not knowing what it was. His solo band's new single, or that other band he recorded with last year.

The timing was bad from his point of view. He's about to release his new album.



/jarmo

[overmatik]

Man, the whole thing just started off on the wrong foot. There's already a bad vibe among the members a day after the announcement of the band... 

             
"Art of Anarchy is not competition or a threat or interference to what any of us are doing - it's a complement, an addition, one I'm proud of creatively," Thal said in an e-mail. "No need to minimize or undermine or devalue a project we all worked on together over the course of two years. I enjoyed working with Scott. And I'm looking forward to the Wildabouts album release, the Bumblefoot album release, and the Art of Anarchy album release. The more music the better, it's what we do, right? (...)

Source: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/scott-weiland-does-not-seem-happy-to-be-in-a-new-supergroup-20150122#ixzz3PducBphh

[Spirit]

Jarmo, since this thread is in the Ex-Gunners section... Bumblefoot confirmed out of GNR?

[jarmo]

Well it's not "GN'R related" because he said he's focusing on his solo career.




/jarmo

[Sosso]

http://bravewords.com/news/art-of-anarchy-featuring-scott-weiland-bumblefoot-disturbeds-john-moyer-sign-worldwide-deal-with-another-century-records-album-details-revealed-song-snippets-streaming

[rebelhipi]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=155&v=HFT1tW3XsL4

Dont Cry much?

The song is allright but the video is quite bad i think.

this could make a strong record.

Not too into the metal style drummer and bass player.

[JAEBALL]

I can't help to think how much they had to pay Scott to do this... considering he now wants nothing to do with it.

I'm a big fan of Scott as a performer...so it has my interests based on that only... yes the video is definitely a rip off of Don't Cry !

[LongGoneDay]

Cool. I think it?s got potential.
Scott?s voice sounds great as always, and musically it?s better than I was expecting.
Not a huge fan of Bumblefoot, but like his playing here.
Disturbed is definitely not my bag.

I took Scott distancing himself from AoA more as he wants the focus to be on his current project with the Wildabouts, not that he was ashamed of the material itself, but who knows.
I?m not going to pretend I know what?s going on in that guy?s head.

[overmatik]

Could this video have more cliches? Also, Scott looks like he doesn't belong among the other guys, but the song is OK.

To be honest, if the album gains any momentum and they are offered money to do a tour I can see Scott joining them. The cold reality is that Blaster failed miserably and the tour is going very slow...

I'm sure they would be able to play to much larger audiences than the ones Scott has been playing, especially if they play STP and VR songs.

[Sosso]

Ron could have done the vocals...

[EmilyGNR]

Scott says band was a scam from the beginning 

Were you surprised when the band Art of Anarchy, a project you only did vocals for, put out a press release saying it was a new supergroup that you were a member of?

No. Actually I wish I could say I was surprised, but I wasn't surprised. It was a scam from the beginning.


Did you ever actually, other than the photo shoot, work with those guys or did you just lay down vocals in your studio and send it off?

No. I had them send me the files and I worked in my studio with my engineer and I wrote the lyrics and the melodies and I sent them back. I didn't even know what their names were.


You just got the music and agreed to do it and you didn't even know who they were?

No. I had no idea who they were.


There was just an album that needed vocals and you had some free time and said "why not?"

No. I was paid to do it. But they were an unsigned band and they're still an unsigned band. Hey. They're gonna put it out on the internet and as fate will have it they don't even have a lead singer. I'm not worried about it taking away any thunder from The Wildabouts.



rock.about.com/od/artistssz/fl/Interview-Scott-Weiland-Talks-Blaster-Album-Praises-Late-Guitarist.htm

[overmatik]

Oh boy, Bumblefoot must really be regretting getting Scott involved in this project. Ok, we got it, Scott's pissed by their bad timing coming out with the press release before the release of his album, but that's going too far. Calling the band a scam is disrespectful and unethical. 

And people still wonder why he was fired from two bands and is now making a living playing nostalgia shows for 200 people in bars...

[JAEBALL]

Scott says band was a scam from the beginning 

Were you surprised when the band Art of Anarchy, a project you only did vocals for, put out a press release saying it was a new supergroup that you were a member of?

No. Actually I wish I could say I was surprised, but I wasn't surprised. It was a scam from the beginning.


Did you ever actually, other than the photo shoot, work with those guys or did you just lay down vocals in your studio and send it off?

No. I had them send me the files and I worked in my studio with my engineer and I wrote the lyrics and the melodies and I sent them back. I didn't even know what their names were.


You just got the music and agreed to do it and you didn't even know who they were?

No. I had no idea who they were.


There was just an album that needed vocals and you had some free time and said "why not?"

No. I was paid to do it. But they were an unsigned band and they're still an unsigned band. Hey. They're gonna put it out on the internet and as fate will have it they don't even have a lead singer. I'm not worried about it taking away any thunder from The Wildabouts.



rock.about.com/od/artistssz/fl/Interview-Scott-Weiland-Talks-Blaster-Album-Praises-Late-Guitarist.htm

How was it a scam for him to get paid and to APPEAR IN A MUSIC VIDEO with the band??

Scott's not happy about the timing obviously... but his comments are pure ridiculousness... It doesn't make Ron look bad...it makes himself look bad.

Love Scott as an entertainer... but he has time and time again proven hes a douchebag.

[jarmo]

Maybe he considers it a scam because it was presented as a new super group when in reality it was a one off he did.
I'm assuming he didn't sign up to join a band, he signed up to record with people he doesn't know and made some video(s) for the song(s).




/jarmo

[JAEBALL]

Maybe he considers it a scam because it was presented as a new super group when in reality it was a one off he did.
I'm assuming he didn't sign up to join a band, he signed up to record with people he doesn't know and made some video(s) for the song(s).




/jarmo

I am in lock step with you that the way they presented it with that press release was straight up absurd...Which obviously is put together by a PR type.

However that has nothing to do with Scott who gladly did the work and even appeared in a music video ... did he think it was for those guys private collection and wouldn't be released?

I don't see how those guys are in the wrong in any way here. Scott's comments are not really fair.

[Bodhi]

The only scam here is that they actually plan on charging people money for this music.  Dreadful.  A five minute plus song that could have really been in the 3-4 range.  It's 2015, unleashing a five minute plus single is probably not the way to draw people in.    I of course am a fan of both Ron and Scott so I wanted to like it.  I am only basing this off of that one song, I might like the rest of the album,  I'll give it a listen.

Scott is in the wrong here though.  If he just sent vocals like he said he would be right with calling this a scam.  But if you do vocals for a record, press photos, and shoot a music video? 

[JAEBALL]

The only scam here is that they actually plan on charging people money for this music.  Dreadful.  A five minute plus song that could have really been in the 3-4 range.  It's 2015, unleashing a five minute plus single is probably not the way to draw people in.    I of course am a fan of both Ron and Scott so I wanted to like it.  I am only basing this off of that one song, I might like the rest of the album,  I'll give it a listen.

Scott is in the wrong here though.  If he just sent vocals like he said he would be right with calling this a scam.  But if you do vocals for a record, press photos, and shoot a music video? 

Exactly how I feel on the last part.

[jarmo]

Scott is in the wrong here though.  If he just sent vocals like he said he would be right with calling this a scam.  But if you do vocals for a record, press photos, and shoot a music video? 

Yeah, but if he did his parts and that's it. But then it's marketed as an active new super group, then he has a point...



/jarmo

[NaturalLight]

Scott is in the wrong here though.  If he just sent vocals like he said he would be right with calling this a scam.  But if you do vocals for a record, press photos, and shoot a music video? 

Yeah, but if he did his parts and that's it. But then it's marketed as an active new super group, then he has a point...



/jarmo

Agreed. It sounds like he is/was the equivalent of a sessions musician in this instance.

[Sosso]

He had  something different in mind when he recorded vocals for the album. At least he should have ask the other guys in the band about promotion, press release, etc. Things could have been alot easier. But maybe it was just the lack of communication bewtween him and the  rest of the band.

[Bodhi]

Scott is in the wrong here though.  If he just sent vocals like he said he would be right with calling this a scam.  But if you do vocals for a record, press photos, and shoot a music video? 

Yeah, but if he did his parts and that's it. But then it's marketed as an active new super group, then he has a point...



/jarmo

I agree to, if the story he gives is true, which I am not sure it is.  The only thing I question is the fact that he acts like he never met anyone in the group and all he did was send them vocals.  The promo photo shoot and music video kind of destroys his version of not knowing what their names were.  It is not uncommon for singers to send vocals to a project without ever meeting them.  I remember Hayley Williams from Paramore sang on that "Airplanes" song for B.O.B and was in a video with him and actually never met him until after the video came out, so it does happen.  I just think Scotts version might be a little off.  Scott himself is usually all over the place, so it could be an honest miscommunication.  Then again this little debacle has gotten some press for this record, so maybe that was the point all along.

[jarmo]

Maybe the people involved had different ideas of what it was supposed to be?
Scott did it for the money, not as his main gig.

The two brothers who paid the bills probably wanted something else out of it.





/jarmo

[overmatik]

On a side note here, I have seen a video from a Scott's gig last night and it made me very worried. He's clearly high out of his mind, man. His friends must reach out to him because if they don't I really fear what is going to happen... 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HQ_eq6NXFY

[LongGoneDay]

On a side note here, I have seen a video from a Scott's gig last night and it made me very worried. He's clearly high out of his mind, man. His friends must reach out to him because if they don't I really fear what is going to happen... 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HQ_eq6NXFY

Oh man, he looks like he?s feeling pretty nice here.
Tough performance, no question. It?s a shame that when he puts on a great show, they seem to be ignored, but every misstep lights up the internet.
I guess that?s the media in general. Hopefully he just pre-gamed a wee too hard!
This is pretty tough to watch, though.
Gotta be a tough situation hitting the road to promote a new album that your best friend helped create, less than a month after his passing,
but I guess they probably don?t want to sit and stew at home.

I?m catching Weiland next week in Manchester, NH. Hopefully the guy can reel it back in. He seemed to be on a nice roll the past year or so.
Hopefully this is a bump in the road.

On the plus side, the new guitarist seems to have transitioned nicely.

[FunkyMonkey]

Someone needs to get him some help.

Scott Weiland Interview - Carolina Rebellion - 99.5 The X

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5d_QHOGcW8

[(t)]

It's tough to watch.

[NaturalLight]

Oh man, he looks like he?s feeling pretty nice here.
Tough performance, no question. It?s a shame that when he puts on a great show, they seem to be ignored, but every misstep lights up the internet.
I guess that?s the media in general.

It's because he's supposed to put on a great show. People pay money to watch him perform, not to stagger around like an asshole. Don't blame the media for this one.

[LongGoneDay]

Sure, they are all supposed to. Doesn?t mean it happens.
For all the heat Scott takes in the press, you?d think he were guilty of committing war crimes.

I?ve seen everybody breathing today that?s worth seeing, and Scott is the real deal.
I?ve said it a thousand times, but Scott & Axl are rocks last great frontmen, and they will both be sorely missed when they are gone, because I don?t see anyone waiting in the wings.

People seem to blur the lines of his business and personal life.
I get a kick out of all the hate he gets from his fans for possibly being drunk at his shows.
This coming from the mouths of drunken fans no less.
Yea, no shit he?s drunk. So are you! So am I!
The one difference being that he?s a fucking rock star!
This isn?t some new epidemic.
Do you think he was doing yoga and drinking vitamin waters before each show on the Core tour?

If I had to get up in front of the idiots at the shows I attend, I?d be a lot more than drunk(which he may very well be).
Hell I gotta get drunk just to stand among them.

Call me old fashion, but I?ll take a wild card with my rock n? roll.
People seem to think Scott?s the exception, but he was the rule when rock was worth a damn.

It?s a sad day when someone like Dave Grohl is considered a rock star.
He seems like a really nice, cool guy, but that's fucking boring.

Give me an asshole like Axl or Scott 8 days a week.

This longwinded rant isn?t really directed at you by the way.
You just happened to be in the line of fire and I had some time to kill.

[FunkyMonkey]

From an interview with Ron:

Scott Weiland recently went public saying that ?it was a scam from the beginning.? Do you have any comment?

Ron Thal: First I gotta say, Scott did an amazing job on the record, we all feel the vocals he laid down are some of the best he?s ever done. We?re thrilled and proud of the collaborative effort that went into the making of this record.  The public response has been great. We?re very happy with the whole album. As for Scott?s statement, we need to address if, or why, he made it. It was just a quote from a recent interview and we?re trying to verify that he actually did make that statement. Scott deserves the respect to publicly clarify whether he actually said that. All the members of AOA feel he should have that opportunity.

With Weiland?s departure, do you see yourselves getting a new singer and touring to support this album?

Wouldn?t call it a departure as of yet. Art of Anarchy hasn?t received any official written communication that Weiland is no longer the lead singer of Art of Anarchy. There are certain legal steps you?d need to take in order to officially leave a band. We?ve been offered great touring opportunities with Scott on board even before the record?s been released. Aside from Scott, all the band members are on board for getting on stage with this. As for with who? Stay tuned?

If Weiland ever came back and apologized asking to re-join the band, would you let him back in?

He?s still technically in the band, and that all needs to be addressed. We?re keeping every option and door open.

If you could pick any vocalist in the world to replace him, who do you think would be the ideal fit and why?

Corey Taylor, M. Shadows, Josh Todd, and Danny Worsnop would be topping the wish list. They?re guys we all feel shine bright in any musical situation. That?s what?s great about Scott, he sounds amazing doing any genre of music. Availability would probably be the biggest hurdle with anyone that?s already out there doin? it.

http://www.revolvermag.com/news/interview-bumblefoot-talks-art-of-anarchy-scott-weiland-and-top-guitarists.html

May 21, 2015

[LongGoneDay]

Picked up the album Tuesday.
Listened a couple times. It?s not really sticking.

I think Get on Down is a pretty solid tune.
I can see myself coming back to that one.

Cool to hear Scott singing to heavy material again and his voice and melodies are strong throughout, but so far it?s not resonating with me like Blaster.

[overmatik]

I've listened to it three times now. The production is top notch, just another galaxy from the very poor "production" done on Blaster. His voice is the best since Contraband and his melodies make all the songs better, eve the bad ones.

Just to show that talent is talent, no matter how much a person tries to undermine himself and to jeopardise it, talent always shows its face.  On one hand I'd really like to see this band live, but if Scott can't be at the top of his game it will just be another blow to his legacy.

[sworrm]

Yep I agree , Weiland has a knack for easy catchy melodies , I think it's a really good , fun album , such a shame he's a mess and let's himself and his bands down , he should be respected like Vedder , Cornell etc but he's more of a joke cos of his live performance . Very talented I think

[rebelhipi]

Now i gave it two listens. Its allright. Not my cup of tea really, but that has more to do with the metal style. I dont like the production, it has a really commercial metal sound.

Theres no bad songs, but nothing has really struck me either, Death Of It is pretty cool.

For me Weiland is the star of the album. I could imagine me really not liking the album with a another singer. Every song has great vocal melodies.

I could imagine this album having good success with the mainstream metal style. And for that style this is a great album.

Bumblefoots contribution is not that obvious, some great solos, he dosent sing, no crazy guitar stuff.

I prefer by far Blaster (that has good production i think) and Little Brother Is Watching.

Second listen was better than the first one so im sure that it will grow on me more.

[bazgnr]

"Get on Down" and "Death of It" are great.  Too bad the rest doesn't hold up in comparison.

[Top-Hatted One]

Scott doesn't let others sing on his albums. No Background vocals from duff & Matt in a at. Only live.

That's when matt and scott went at it as scott felt matt was louder than him in the mix

[rebelhipi]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzDnEHSUb74
New music video from Time Every Time which is one of the worst tracks of the album if you ask me, if not the worst.

The video is almost as cheesy as the last one.

Shame because theres quite a few tracks that i like on the album.