rollingstone.com Weiland to Front Gn'R Band After two recorded songs and months of speculation, Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland confirmed that will he be the singer for the band featuring former Guns n' Roses members Slash (guitar), Duff McKagan (bass) and Matt Sorum (drums). According to Weiland, the secretive group, which has been working under the name "the Project," will be called Reloaded. "Yeah, I'm in the band," Weiland told Rolling Stone during Marilyn Manson's show at Los Angeles' Key Club on Monday night. "We signed the contract." Sorum, who attended the Manson show with Weiland, was more guarded about the singer's involvement. "I need to ask my whole band before we can say anything," he said. "We left the studio tonight to come down here to see Manson." Sorum and company had been searching for a frontman for the better part of a year. In addition to an open call for demo tapes, they tried out a stable of well-known singers including Sebastian Bach (Skid Row), Travis Meek (Days of the New), Kelly Shaefer (Neurotica), Josh Todd (Buckcherry) and A. Jay Popoff (Lit). VH1 has been filming the tryouts and sessions for an upcoming special. Last month, Weiland seemed to gain the pole position when he recorded a cover of Pink Floyd's "Money" with the band and guitarist David Kushner (Suicidal Tendencies, Wasted Youth) for The Italian Job soundtrack, due May 26th. According to a post on the Stone Temple Pilots Web site, Reloaded also worked on a new song called "Set Me Free" for The Hulk soundtrack and hope to release a full-length record by February 2004. CARRIE BORZILLO-VRENNA (May 13, 2003) _______________ This band is going to rock.
FFB, Guns N' Roses - the name is actually owned by Axl Rose. This band still exists, except he's the only original member left. This is another band. Btw, the current GNR lineup looks like this: W. Axl Rose [vocals] Dizzy Reed [keyboards] Tommy Stinson [bass] Buckethead [guitar] Robin Finck [guitar] Richard Fortus [guitar] Brain [drums] Chris Pitman [keyboards]
For the love of God, PUT YOUR SHIRT BACK ON! I guess the real GnR are following the Audioslave theory. I'm betting this band will kick ass.
Damnit rH! He WAS a lil fat at RIR III, but he wised up and got in shape. This is a pic of him at HOB LV 1/02.
ROCK ON haha... i love messin' with the metalheads! you know every time you guys bring up fat axl, i'm gonna post that picture, don't ya?
Such an original name, Reloaded. Sounds like a Metallica spin-off wannabe. Reloaded with Heroine...now that's an original name for the recovering junky band .
I think it's a clever name considering the history behind the band. One of the more used nicknames for Guns N' Roses was Guns. Ok, same band members without their original frontman, 'Reloaded' with Weiland, and now they are back to kick ass.
This reminds me a lot of Yes. Maybe years from now they'll all get back together and do a Guns N Roses album called union with all 11 members of both bands....
I think I'd prefer Ming Tea with Sweet, Susanna Hoffs, and Mike Meyers. Sweet is awesome btw. Where the hell have you been, lately?
