VELVET REVOLVER IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH BIG NAME VOCALIST

Matt Sorum of Velvet Revolver reveals the band is currently in talks with a big name vocalist to take over for Scott Weiland

Velvet Revolver, having parted ways with vocalist Scott Weiland, are apparently in negotiations with a big name lead vocalist as a replacement. Velvet Revolver released their debut album ‘Contraband’ in 2004 to critical acclaim and a #1 position on the Billboard Top 200 chart and the album has sold over 4 million albums worldwide. The bands second album ‘Libertad’ debuted at #5 and was off the charts a few months later having failed to live up to the bands success of their debut album. Then soon after a much publicized performance in Europe where Scott declared Velvet Revolver ‘Dead in the Water’ onstage, the band and Weiland parted ways and fired off a few shots back and forth on the way out. Now fans are eagerly awaiting the bands announcement on who will be Velvet Revolver’s new lead singer and rumors have been swirling that it could be anyone from Sebastian Bach to Chester Bennington to Donovan Leitch, to name just a few.

We caught up with drummer Matt Sorum to get an update on where the band is and he revealed they are actually in negotiations right now with a big name vocalist, although he didn’t want to disclose any names yet.

“Nothing yet. We got a call from a pretty big guy who wants to be our singer. I can’t say who that is yet but talks are happening about it and hopefully we’ll see what happens in the next couple of months.”

With so many rumors going around as to who would fill the lead vocalist position, we ask Matt aboutrnthe possibility of Sebastian Bach joining Velvet Revolver.

“No. No, it’s alot cooler than that but I don’t know if it’s going to happen so I can’t say. It’s cool that people are calling us and wanting to get in the band, so that’s exciting.”

Fans of Chester Bennington won’t have to worry about him leaving Linkin Park as he has already removed his name from consideration due to his close relationship with Scott Weiland, who has since reunited with his former band Stone Temple Pilots. Look for Velvet Revolver to announce his replacement in the near future.