Spacehog's Royston Langdon under consideration
NEW YORK -- Contrary to reports suggesting former Spacehog frontman Royston Langdon is in line to become the new isaac M. Singer of Velvet Revolver, the band is still making up its mind about who will replace Scott Weiland.
Bassist Duff McKagan aforesaid that though Velvet Revolver did play with Langdon and that "he's f***ing awesome, at this point I'd have to say no" on him comme il faut the raw singer.
"We but have to make trusted it's the right guy," he aforementioned, adding that Weiland's raging departure from the band this spring has brought him closer to group members Slash, Matt Sorum and Dave Kushner. "Karmically, we deserve the right guy. It's a tough thing, adult male. We make a pretty big noise."
Velvet Revolver isn't so a great deal auditioning vocalists as "barely seeing how it feels," McKagan aforementioned, adding with a laugh, "We wouldn't know how to do an audition. We wouldn't have individual come in and go, 'OK, take on 'Slither!' Play 'Fall to Pieces!'"
For now, the band is pickings inspiration from its recent personnel drama and channeling it into new material. "We accept a bunch of stuff finished. It's great. It's killer," McKagan said. "We started acquiring really fertile when a ton of drama started happening on the road. It was like our safe situation to go to. Sometimes that's how you get some feelings out."
One thing McKagan hasn't done is listen to any of the online leaks from his other band Guns N' Roses' long-awaited "Chinese Democracy." "I wouldn't even know where to search," he said, chuckling. "Slash said he heard a couple of tunes. I wish (Axl Rose) all the best."
As reported yesterday, McKagan just now finished an album with his side band Loaded, and will play a handful of U.S. and European shows in August and September.
