Rolling Stone — Velvet Revolver are denying they’ve hired a Canadian singer to fill the frontman position vacated by Scott Weiland last year. Rumors began circulating online that Gord Prior, singer of the band Blu Bones, was the group’s new vocalist after videos... more info

Idolator — Probably not. But singer Gord Prior of Ontario (because only Canadians and the English have ever been named "Gord") hard rockers Blu Bones (who don't even have a MySpace presence as far as I can tell) has posted two unreleased VR songs demoed by the ... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Former GUNS N' ROSES and current VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "I am just about to start recording my solo album and I've been super-busy getting all that together. more info

Rolling Stone — Signed memorabilia donated by members of bands like Van Halen, KISS and Velvet Revolver are going to auction to help raise funds for Los Angeles County Sheriff Deputy Kevin Corrales, who was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia last April. Among the... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Susan Abram of LA Daily News reports that some of rock music's biggest names — including members of VAN HALEN, RUSH, KISS and VELVET REVOLVER — have donated autographed guitars and percussion equipment to help a Southland sheriff's depu... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Former GUNS N' ROSES and current VELVET REVOLVER bassist Duff McKagan was a guest on the February 10, 2009 edition of the syndicated radio program "The Danny Bonaduce Show". more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Former GUNS N' ROSES and current VELVET REVOLVER bassist Duff McKagan was interviewed this past Tuesday (February 17) on the "Kramp & Adler" show on the Milwaukee, Wisconsin radio station FM 102/1. more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — A brand new interview with former GUNS N' ROSES and current VELVET REVOLVER bassist Duff McKagan which aired on "Elliot in the Morning", a morning radio talk show hosted by DJ Elliot Segal, can be downloaded as an MP3 audio file at this location. more info

Kerrang! — Former Velvet Revolver and Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland has started his own clothing line. The singer created the range with designer Christopher Wicks, with clothes going on sale in US shops this month. "I've always been interested i... more info

Idolator — Yesterday, bassist and emergent finance pundit Duff McKagan told Rolling Stone that his somewhat-supergroup Velvet Revolver was "weeks away" from announcing its new singer, after a lengthy search that attracted demos from some 400 hopefuls who were, ... more info