Slash Says Velvet Revolver Still Looking For New Vocalist

Posted by Mitch Michaels on 02.26.2010

Plus, some nice things to say about Axl Rose?

Slash says the hunt for a new Velvet Revolver vocalist is still ongoing.

"I think Duff [McKagan] is doing something with Jane's Addiction right now so we're all sort of all over the place doing whatever until we can all regroup," he says. "We did listen to a lot of singers, but there hasn't been anybody that's going to be the guy so far."

Slash promises that, after he wraps up promotion for his new solo album, he's making finding a Velvet Revolver singer a priority.

Slash doesn't think the band should go with somebody very famous for the gig. "It's really hard to do something with a voice that's already really well known in an original band," he says. "We want someone who is really good that hasn't been recognized by the whole country as being amazing, but somebody who is just on the precipice of just being discovered."

Slash is also hoping for someone easy to work with, after having to team up with both Axl Rose and Scott Weiland. "To give credit where credit is due, those are two of the most talented fucking rock & roll personalities and singers in the world," he says. "It's something about my personality that sees the good in everybody and fucking loves a challenge, likes the chaos and all that. I have no real regrets about working with either of them, but sometimes it was difficult to succeed."