It’s January 2003, several years after former Guns N’ Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum walked away from the band that made them rock stars. And here they are in a North Hollywood rehearsal studio trying to rekindle their undeniable musical chemistry. All they need is the perfect singer. But finding a worthy…
Category: LIBERTAD TOUR
A HARD ROCK SURPRISE OF THE YEAR
The quartet’s six-month-old debut album “Core” has sold more than 500,000 copies and is No. 25 on the national sales chart. The L.A.-based group is all over MTV and radio, and has played arenas with Megadeth and toured Europe on its own. What better way to increase the momentum than to be the opening act…
ROGER WATERS US+THEM
Eleven years after it was his first concert in Lima – a show that, moreover, coincided with the beginning of the opening of the city to the arrival of artists and international bands – Roger Waters returned to Peru with the tour US+THEM. The show, which lasted for just over two hours, was held at…
MELODY AND THE TYRANNY
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 the…
TIERRA ROJA, SANGRE ROJA
I knew my brother owned Velvet Revolver’s debut album CONTRABAND, and that it had been in his collection ever since it was first released in 2004. I decided to borrow the album from him, as I was desperate to listen to it after watching the Ozzfest 2005 footage. I only knew one Velvet Revolver song…
ROCK N’ ROLL AS IT SHOULD BE
It all started, when Slash, Duff McKagen and Matt Sorum (all former members of Guns ‘n’ Roses) performed at a charity concert in remembrance of Randy Castillio, who was the drummer of Ozzy Osbourne, which took place in October 2002. After the concert they met again several times and finally decided to found a new…