Daily Star (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
VELVET REVOLVER star MATT SORUM has become the first star to pay tribute to legendary JIMI HENDRIX drummer MITCH MITCHELL, who was found dead in a Portland, Oregon hotel room on Wednesday morning (12Nov08).
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
VELVET REVOLVER star MATT SORUM has become the first star to pay tribute to legendary JIMI HENDRIX drummer MITCH MITCHELL, who was found dead in a Portland, Oregon hotel room ...
New York News, Weather, and Sports (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
Filed under: Paparazzi Video Matt Sorum left Guns N' Roses back in 1997 -- and the drummer didn't seem to care that he missed out on recording "Chinese Democracy" a scant 11 years later. See Also I'm a Pepper, You're a Schmuck ... Permalink
TMZ (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
Filed under: Paparazzi Video Matt Sorum left Guns N' Roses back in 1997 -- and the drummer didn't seem to care that he missed out on recording "Chinese Democracy" a scant 11 years later. See Also I'm a Pepper, You're a Schmuck ... Permalink
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
In an eerie reversal of fortune, it is now better to be Axl Rose than to be any of his former Guns N’ Roses bandmates. On Tuesday the band Velvet Revolver, whose membership includes the Guns N’ Roses refugees Slash, above right, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum, announced that it had parted ways with RCA Records, which had released its two studio albums; the band had asked in June to be released...
The Daily Swarm (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
BLABBERMOUTH .NET has received word from a reliable source that RCA Records (a Sony BMG label) has dropped VELVET REVOLVER , the band featuring former GUNS N’ ROSES members Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum. VELVET REVOLVER released two full-length albums through RCA /Sony BMG — 2004’s “Contraband”, which has sold 1.98 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan;...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/23/2008
... forgot:1994: Rose begins work on "Chinese Democracy."1996: Guitarist Slash quits the band. Drummer Matt Sorum and bassist Duff McKagan follow. "That sort of seemed like the beginning of this album," Brunner said.1998: Rose assembles a new band. They begin making music at Rumbo Recorders, where GNR's original lineup recorded parts of its multi-platinum 1987 debut, "Appetite for Destruction.""That's...
Make me Heal (Free subscription) | 11/22/2008
... has the deep lines of living hard to prove it, as do the former members of G N’ R Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum that help make up the line up for rock band Velvet Revolver. Although Slash is not as craggy-looking as a life-long rocker could be, his long curly hair that is in his face most of the time protects him from the sun, as does his rather nocturnal occupation. (Left: Before,...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/21/2008
... Rose begins work on "Chinese Democracy."
1996: Guitarist Slash quits the band. Drummer Matt Sorum and bassist Duff McKagan follow. "That sort of seemed like the beginning of this album," Brunner said.
1998: Rose assembles a new band, including Nine Inch Nails touring guitarist Robin Finck and former Replacements bassist Tommy Stinson. They begin making music at Rumbo Recorders,...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/21/2008
... Rose begins work on "Chinese Democracy."1996: Guitarist Slash quits the band. Drummer Matt Sorum and bassist Duff McKagan follow. "That sort of seemed like the beginning of this album," Brunner said.1998: Rose assembles a new band, including Nine Inch Nails touring guitarist Robin Finck and former Replacements bassist Tommy Stinson. They begin making music at Rumbo Recorders, where...
Kings of A&R (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
13 years later, Guns N’ Roses ‘Chinese Democracy’ can be streamed in its entirety on myspace . Guns N’ Roses began to write and record new music in 1994. Ex-bassist Duff McKagan is quoted as saying, “The band was so splintered at that point that nothing got started”. Slash has criticized Rose for making the band seem “like a dictatorship”. Slash quit the band in 1996; drummer Matt Sorum...
