Axl Rose’s version of Guns N’ Roses circa 2000s Vs Velvet Revolver? I’ll take VR any day

@alexallen6286

8 күн бұрын

Hard for me to pick vr because i am a STAN for Buckethead as a guitar player. But yeah it's vr. Easily.

@dsanchez9703

7 күн бұрын

Same

@covertcamping2023

7 күн бұрын

Axel sounds like shit. So that's a no brainer

@boneappletea3858

7 күн бұрын

Yea, virtual reality is where it's at. I love vr. . . .

@GeeEm1313

6 күн бұрын

Guns any day.

I swear Hoobastank has got to be one of the worst band names ever.

@systemlfo

7 күн бұрын

Its up there with Chumbawamba

@totigerus

7 күн бұрын

I know they’re not rock, but First Aid Kit really makes me cringe. Also The Devil Wears Prada. I mean come on! Musicians are supposed to be creative and they just steal the name from a fucking Meryl Streep movie?

@hazor777

7 күн бұрын

Hear! Hear! :AGREED!!

@MOGO6365

7 күн бұрын

Buckcherry is horrible too. *as a band name.

@cris_261

7 күн бұрын

Skillet was another bad name for a rock band.

to be fair Hoobastank sucked balls and stole ideas from incubus which was why they hated Hoobastank too

@systemlfo

7 күн бұрын

Even their name sucks

@Talen1976

6 күн бұрын

Aren't the lead singers from both bands related?

Sebastian Bach thinks Scott Weiland can't sing? That's a f'n crazy statement.

@totigerus

7 күн бұрын

Paul Stanley recently said Steven Tyler couldn’t sing anymore if you can believe that. Paul has sucked ass for like at least a decade now.

@WaitingtoHit

7 күн бұрын

It was such a stupid statement. Weiland couldn't do "Welcome to the Jungle" because he just wasn't that kind of singer. He had his own style and range, and what he did with that was great (as long as he wasn't wasted). And if we're comparing song catalogs, I'd rather be responsible for the vocal melodies and lyrics in STP's songs than Skid Row's.

@Chck314

6 күн бұрын

neither could sing

@rpm1185

6 күн бұрын

Scott Weiland sings like a muppet.

@jonathanlayne-gordon9007

5 күн бұрын

​@@rpm1185Scott Weiland really can't sing anymore

GnR and STP are different worlds in my mind

@xcube209

8 күн бұрын

both hard rock bands with cool frontmen , stp were better musicians for sure but gnr got hits and iconic status

@WinterInTheForest

8 күн бұрын

@@xcube209Define "better musicians for sure"

@mikelachey824

8 күн бұрын

STP was far more complex. The writing was far more complex

@WinterInTheForest

7 күн бұрын

@@mikelachey824 I don't know about that. There is some pretty epic composition going on in the Use Your Illusion albums. Appetite is an absolute masterpiece from start to finish.

@helldeirch

7 күн бұрын

@@WinterInTheForest use your illusion songs are not really complex, some of them are long but they're basically just power chords, slash's lead work are great though

It’s an absolute shame that Scott was a mess for the majority of the time Velvet Revolver was together. When Scott was straight, he was a very polite and pleasant human being to be around. But when he was wasted he pretty much lost all his morals, even he said that.

So dumb when certain bands get paired up to tour together but they have nothing in common…

@totigerus

7 күн бұрын

The Monkeys with Jimi Hendrix lol. Or when they threw rocks at Nickleback on that Metal festival. lol man it happens all the time unfortunately.

@systemlfo

6 күн бұрын

Metallica and GNR ?? Which clueless promoter thought that was a good idea

@totigerus

6 күн бұрын

@@systemlfo Lard Elrich that's who's bright idea it was.

@JohnSmith-rk6jy

6 күн бұрын

Audioslave PRIME Example.

@rogerpbsmusic

6 күн бұрын

@@JohnSmith-rk6jy prime example of what?

I like your style of reporting...you're not trying to inject more drama into the stories. It works well.

Loved all three bands, saw all three and VR were great For all his faults, Scott was a fantastic singer and frontman.

Slash has probably had a full mug of “leadsingeritis”.

@yourmomlovespenis

8 күн бұрын

LSD...lead singers disease

@moreblack

6 күн бұрын

He found Myles, and Axl mellowed out and is easy to work with now, he's good.

I've been to a ton of concerts over the years and Velvet Revolver was the best show I've ever seen!!! RIP Scott Weiland!

@FWDSUXARSE

8 күн бұрын

Yeah I saw them in concert as well and it was an awesome show.

@TheDougGreanFanClubArchives

5 күн бұрын

❤

that band had absolutely, ZERO chemistry.. even Slash said he never had fun, with Velvet Revolver… not even once

@Laissez-faire402

7 күн бұрын

Yep. I'm a fan of both Guns and STP, but this band was a Frankenstein monster. It never gelled.

@marshalmagooo3899

7 күн бұрын

Sold about 3 million albums... Fact was .. Slash and Duff were relapsing and Scott was finally clean. The 1st album was great

@Laissez-faire402

7 күн бұрын

@marshalmagooo3899 First album did well, but the second one bombed. Also, I personally have simply never felt the need to revisit the first album since 2006/07.

@marshalmagooo3899

7 күн бұрын

@@Laissez-faire402 fair enough. There were really 3 or 4 good songs on The Contraband album. 2nd one maybe 1. Not good

@systemlfo

6 күн бұрын

Singers always seem to arrive with their cock in one hand and their oversized ego in the other

I think that's actually a pretty standard crowd reaction to Hoobastank. The one thing I like about them is that they're one of the few bad bands whose name is an apt description of the music.

@joejackson9986

7 күн бұрын

lol

I was so happy to buy Velvet Revolver's first album on vinyl in the past year, it's a perfect merge of alternative and rock n' roll, great tunes, great energy

@DLHarv

8 күн бұрын

I need to get into vinyls I think music has fallen off a lot because we don’t get to hear albums anymore.

@JoelMelcosky

4 күн бұрын

​@@DLHarv'Vinyls' shudder. Vinyl is already plural.

@DLHarv

3 күн бұрын

@@JoelMelcosky thank you for sharing your grammatical intellect with me. I actually didn’t know that. You must be the life of the party you sound like a really fun and interesting person. How many of these corrections do you typically do on a day? You are doing god’s work man thank you.

@JoelMelcosky

3 күн бұрын

@@DLHarv Thanks. I am actually quite a bit of fun. Just thought you'd like to know that 'vinyls' is one of the cringiest things to come out of the format revival.

Hoobastank lmao

My heartfelt condolences to the rockers that went to a Velvet Revolver show and were subjected to Hoobastank as the opening act.

Honestly, I loved VR when they first came out. Even back then, the hate was clear. Even before the music came out, people instantly shit on the name. Whatever, I was 19 and loved it lol Edit - Almost the same exact reaction happened around the same time with Audioslave - people shit on the band and the name before the music even came out

@madcapglass1454

6 күн бұрын

No way! Everyone I knew on the west coast was PSYCHED for Audioslave, just waiting for their debut to drop, and it was EPIC when it did.

I remember some comedian (sorry I forgot his name!) quipped, "This band is going to last forever...because the world is going to end in three weeks." 😂

@alexallen6286

8 күн бұрын

That comedian was none other than the great joe!

@Jizzlewobbwtfcus

7 күн бұрын

LMAO!

Nikki Sixx has the most absurd hair. He's 60-odd, but has jet black hair and no signs of baldness. He looks ridiculous.

@jackolson8775

8 күн бұрын

imagine how ridiculous it is to maintain that costume. Every day, gotta wake up early, glue your hair on, apply bandanna , sunglasses , bedazzle yourself, find something "cool " to wear. All so that people think you're pushing 50, not 70.

@davedavid7061

7 күн бұрын

I'm a 60 odd dude and I still have all my hair, but no way is it black. More like gray

@drowningin

7 күн бұрын

Not everyone goes bald. Im 45 and have a full head of hair, very thick. All the males in my family do

@bpark222

7 күн бұрын

All these old rock stars with the plugs, extensions, face lifts, Botox, they’re worse than Hollywood starlets.

@jonathansteadman7935

7 күн бұрын

I'm 61, still have a full head of blonde hair, good luck keeping yours, balderton,.

I’ve heard mixed reaction from ppl and accounts of people meeting Scott….. his attitude, from what I could tell, revolved alot around whether he needed a fix or not.

@Chck314

6 күн бұрын

narcissist junkie....

I loved this band. Huge fan. Screw the haters.

Thank you for the post! ✌🏼😊

Anyone ever heard Travis Meeks ( Days of the New) was in the running to front VR?

@FWDSUXARSE

8 күн бұрын

I heard something about it. Dude was heavily into drugs last I heard though.

@stevewalters6853

8 күн бұрын

@@FWDSUXARSE I been following him for years he is supposed to be doing better as of a few months ago but as far as a record company taking a chance on releasing new material it’s probably not gonna happen. I wish him well addiction is tough to kick. He had a lot of unfinished material that was stolen and released on KZread a couple years ago I guess it’s kept him relevant to fans though. I think he could have went places but that could be said of a lot of artists with issues.

@evanward4303

7 күн бұрын

Travis is phenomenal. Ever see him do The End with the Doors? Holy crap its awesome. Also, I heard Ian from Big Wreck was in the running too.

@MOGLEY98

Күн бұрын

I was told the story behind that. The GNR guys kept insisting Travis was the guy for the gig and kept pestering him. Travis didn't want to do it until finally he flew out to L.A. and jammed on a few songs with them. One of the titles was called Sick. They were impressed by his vocal abilities but he didn't really have the "look" as he had shaved his head around that time. He said it was a fun experience but that he was an artist and they were "actors". He wasn't into the whole rockstar thing. Ultimately it went to Weiland which I think was a good choice. I think Travis would have been better off fronting The Doors instead of Ian Astbury.

@FWDSUXARSE

23 сағат бұрын

@@stevewalters6853 I hope he's doing better. Always was a fan of his since Days of the New and some of his other stuff. We already lost Layne Staley don't need to lose more talented people. Or people in general due to drug addiction.

Man, Buckcherry’s Josh Todd and the G’nR members now that would’ve been awesome.

"I've got a lifetime of drug abuse and addiction. What can I do to stay sober? Oh, I know! I'll GnR!!!" RIP Scott.

I swear this dude constantly beats the same stories into the ground over and over

Velvet revolver was fucking fire

@TheDougGreanFanClubArchives

5 күн бұрын

❤

I love Velvet Revolver, drama aside. Never really knew all the drama so it is all news to me, still listen to them. I love both GnR and STP also. Velvet Revolver is not perfect but they were not ever expected to be, same with any similar band or experiment of that nature.

Are there any worse band names than Hoobastank and Buckcherry?

Velvet Revolver was my favorite band for a long while in high school

Great Job everyone very easy to follow and tremendous information acquired

In many ways, when you say or even think "supergroup", you know the end result: great music, major friction. It makes sense, friction produces heat, right? Correct me if I'm wrong but the ORIGIN of the word 'supergroup', Cream, was insanely GOOD because all three members were competing with each other in a clash of egos, and at one point I understand they positively hated each other as well.

@christinathein951

7 күн бұрын

Great insight

@ColinStevenJohnson

7 күн бұрын

The Traveling Wilbury’s, Them Crooked Vultures, and Monsters of Folk spring to mind. Not much friction at all in those groups, perhaps grief with the Wilbury’s loss of Roy Orbison. Modern, boygenius seems to being doing just fine. :)

Not gonna lie, seeing Slash and Nikki together and fully lucid is kinda wholesome, given their history with "partying"

@RogueBoyScout

5 күн бұрын

Yes. Use your Illusion 1 and 2 was some really good music. Maybe not 4 to the floor Rock, but their is some really good stuff on there. The Garden. Coma. Plus c'mon, as a 15 year old "get in the ring" was "killing in the name of" before KITNO.

VR was the worst sound gig I have been too

I love that Weiland cried over a new band rate for VELVET REVOLVER’S… SECOND ALBUM. Indeed, a man in his own world

Bah! Hoobastank wasn't an actual rock band.😂

Great video.

While rockstars weren't fans of Velvet Revolver, I'm a fan of VR. They are possibly one of the best supergroups in rock history.

@George-de6hd

8 күн бұрын

They were great and helped bring real rock & roll back and kill of all that rap metal late 90s early 2000s shit and that lame “pop punk” crap like sum 41 and good charlotte

@kenterminateddq5311

8 күн бұрын

@@George-de6hd I liked Audioslave better (RIP Chris Cornell) but VR is DOPE AF! I don't care for pop punk nonsense neither but I did like My Chemical Romance.

@cantkillcliffrose

8 күн бұрын

If you beat women. Awful bands made for shitty people.

@cantkillcliffrose

8 күн бұрын

​@kenterminateddq5311 MCR isn't s pop punk ban though...so weird comment

@rochskier

8 күн бұрын

​@@George-de6hdPop punk was awful. Never should have been a thing.

What's with Hoobastank in this channel?? 🤣

@systemlfo

7 күн бұрын

Its a name that's best forgotten

I remember seeing Velvet Revolver and Alice In Chains do a show together around 2008 or so. I got to see Slash join AIC when they did "Rooster". That was something I will never forget. Both bands were fantastic.

I loved Velvet revolver

@TheDougGreanFanClubArchives

5 күн бұрын

❤

Please do a video on Them Crooked Vultures

Underwhelming? That whole first album was a goddamn classic. And Come In, Come On for the Fantastic 4 soundtrack, ..Quick Machines and The Last Fight from the second album were really good. Definitely a great band that ended too soon.

@jalenjohnson1662

8 күн бұрын

Really like Come On, Come In as well. Kinda cool that they had songs on both Hulk and Fantastic Four:

@guyincognito143

8 күн бұрын

It sucks.

I have some friends in a band that opened for STP for a while. They became friends with Dean Deleo, and said they literally never saw Weiland. He would pull up in his own bus, do the show, immediately leave

Love him or not, Scott was one of the best frontmen in rock.

@cantkillcliffrose

8 күн бұрын

He's a great pop front man true true

@imnotsuperstitiousbutiamal4186

8 күн бұрын

Good yes, one of the best-No.

@just4kicks950

8 күн бұрын

I agree 💯🤘. STP MTV acoustic Scott Weiland sounded remarkable 🎤🔥🌡. Not only that! looked like a young Clint Eastwood lol. RIP Scott Weiland 😔

@RobbaKeef

8 күн бұрын

Nah

@matthewleeduering0730

7 күн бұрын

@@imnotsuperstitiousbutiamal4186he was definitely one of the best, put him against anyone and I’ll debate you. He just sabotaged himself so ppl gave up on him

I've listened to Contraband more than any Gn'R album and I like Gn'R. Top-tier guitar work on that album.

People thought Hoobastank blew? Makes sense.

Yeh, cool story Slash

Motley Crüe 's Dr feelgood is literally slowed down Killing Joke's love like blood

VR was amazing.

There's better terms for " big and complex" Rock songs, - Tedious and self absorbed.

@systemlfo

7 күн бұрын

Lemmy - 'I don't know what that is but it isn't rock'

I was very young when Velvet hit the scene but I knew even then, it would be short lived. Whenever Id see Scott in the Fall To Pieces video, I knew he was very unhealthy and going through addiction.

Seeing video's about slash, it sounds like he is a poor historian of truth, and he changes his story so much

@bkingofbeers

3 күн бұрын

Dudes a scumbag, after i read his book he came across as a low life snake.

Hoobastank The Reason is on my top ten most hated song list

A supergroup being underwhelming is not a supergroup 😂

@Chck314

6 күн бұрын

exactly, it wasn't an organic fit, just thrown together, and Weiland was a disaster personally and musician

I'm thankful for Velvet Revolver. I really enjoyed some of their music no doubt. They helped usher in a short era of super groups along with Audioslave. We also got Army of Anyone(Filter+STP) and Chicken Foot(Sammy Hagar, Chad Smith, Michael Anothony). I think it also sparked other artists in the music industry to branch out: like the guitarist from A Perfect Circle(Billy Howerdel) to create Ashes Divide; and members of both metal bands, Fear Factory and Threat Signal, to create the band Arkaea. While Supergroups weren't a new concept(Temple of the Dog springs to mind, and of course music history has plenty of others), there's no denying the rippling effect that Velvet Revolver and Audioslave had at the time.

VR's first album is good!

Velvet Revolver was hugely successful. Their first album debuted #1 and sold 4 million copies. Weiland was a junky that acted like a junky.

Im glad Matt Sorum admitted that Libertad just wasnt as angry/agressive, or as hard...as Contraband. I noticed the same thing, I thought i was the only one. I wish Josh Todd would team back up with Duff/Slash/Matt/Dave...i bet that shit would BURN!

@rnrtruestories

8 күн бұрын

The band said that when they were looking for a singer that they wanted to return work a more aggressive third album. Guess we’ll never see it now. I thought Libertad had some good tunes

Hoobastank sucks. Everyone isn't meant to be friends. They should be grateful to be able to tour with them at all.

Dude, Guns N Roses are so awesome, and I love stone temple pilots, but I’ve still never heard velvet revolver

That first VR record was great. Haven’t heard the other one

I loved Velvet Revolver

That thumbnail of Weiland looks like a clip from that movie the night porter

@Chck314

6 күн бұрын

yeah, his on-stage appearance was embarrassing, just a terrible Bowie ripoff

I really enjoyed Slither, but most of the rest of Velvet Revolver passed by me without me noticing.

Aside from their problems and inner workings, etc., the band was great and made great songs imo.

I was a huge fan of both: G n R and STP, but not Velvet Revolver. Not at first. Now, I realize, that Velvet has some freaking awesome songs. The rhythm guitar on 'The Last Fight' is terrific. And noone can wield a bullhorn like Weiland. That is for sure.

Their first album was solid.

Contraband sounds like GNR without Axl. They are my favorite quote supergroup.

I think Hoobastank is mad about them being booed off stage when opening for VR. And rightfully so because Hoobastank was just one band on my big musical shitlist from the 2000's

They were great!

I don’t have a problem with Eddie Trunk, actually a lot of the stuff he says makes sense

Why anyone would say the Illusions are their favorite two albums of all time is baffling, especially when you could choose AFD. GnR would have been better served taking the best material from both albums and putting out just one.

Greatest band name ever, Lifted Riffs. Thanks Bill.

Get out the door was easily the best song on the 2nd album, written by Dave.

14 year old me loved VR 😅

@Chck314

6 күн бұрын

exactly!

I loved velvet revolver.😢

Velvet Revolver with Sebastion Bach would've been cool

Avenge sevenfold dude-there is nothing wrong with wanting to rock out! I live for that shizz.

Yo can you cover the band Shift on the next one?

Contraband is one of the best albums of all time

I must be hearing things. I think I just heard Nikki Sixx get "holier than thou" about ripping off another bands songs. 😂😂😂

VR rocks🔥

I met all members of Velvet Revolver except for Slash when I was working at Burbank Airport (was called "Bob Hope" airport back then). The only one that wasn't really cool was Scott. Never got to meet Slash but all of my coworkers have said that he was always cool. Scott just seemed like a pouty, whining bitch; seemed like he was mad because he had to go through the same process as everybody else. That girl from the videos was with him and she was all over him but the vibe he gave was that he hated her guys and was only tolerating her presence. Almost like she was nothing more than a chaperone; hired by the rest of the band to keep him off drugs and on time. That's the vibe I got anyway.

I’m sure they based it off of a two beer selection, oddly enough kind of a transpired from there when you realize what exactly was going on, but at the same time, he didn’t realize that he would’ve taken his side over the actual friend because of the circumstances regardless of how poorly one was being treated

holy shit, now that I listen to Dirty Little Thing after this video if you know Josh Todd you can totally see that's his Vocal/Writing Style in the song.

I love VR....

What a coincidence that this video came out when I just started heavily listening to their two albums again. Their debut is an album which I appreciate more with every passing year. Although there isn't a single song that ends up being an absolute classic, man, do several songs came damn close! But they were right that the 2nd album needed to be even better than the first. It does include 'Last Fight' which, for my money, is the best song they ever made. 'For the Boys' and 'Gravedancer' is nice tracks too, but much of it feels very underwhelming and filler worthy.

Scott is a legend, sure he was a twat but without him, Kurt and Layne I wouldn't love grunge as much as I do

@Matchaddict82

8 күн бұрын

I love Scott as a vocalist more than Layne for one reason Scott can scream / croon / falsetto sing / post punk sing / rock sing etc etc he can do anything. Layne had a powerful voice but it was one note Scott was a musical chameleon he could do it all.

Slash playing an ES-335, excellent!

@zetasong

7 күн бұрын

never seen him play any semi-hollow body...just LP and the Mockingbird...cool indeed

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Id like to hear the Josh Todd stuff, but I REALLY want to hear the Corey Taylor stuff !! I dont think Josh could "sing" in a way that Slash would prefer, and Im certain Josh & his guitarist were partying, & that definitely wasn't going to fly.

Any time I hear GnR as the favorite of anyone I realize they probably don't have much going on musically upstairs. Truth

Dave Kushner thinking Get Out The Door should be the lead single, tells you everything about why he was nothing before or after VR.

Great first album

Say what you wish but Contraband is one of the best hard rock albums ever made.

Hoobastank? 😂

I saw Alice in Chains open for Velvet Revolver. Half of the stadium left after AIC's set.

@marshalmagooo3899

7 күн бұрын

Lol... Not even remotely close... Not even half was there when Layne less AIC played and Scott played with the band for Angry Chair.. Keep on the mushrooms..

@Ontariosound

7 күн бұрын

@@marshalmagooo3899 Lots of people did leave during VR’s set. Including my party of 4. Scott was using that silly battery powered megaphone far too much.

@marshalmagooo3899

7 күн бұрын

@@Ontariosound understood but the Mansfield MA show wasnt even half filled when AIC went on and was full for the full VR show.

@Ontariosound

7 күн бұрын

@@marshalmagooo3899 I was at the Toronto show. It was AIC’s first large venue gig in Canada since Layne’s passing. Seemed like most of the audience was there for that reason.

VR is the shit

KZread has taken my free speech, opinions and jokes