Slash has conflicted claims that he had RSVP’s to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony next year, where his former band Guns N’ Roses will be inducted. Earlier, Eddie Trunk tweeted that Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation President and CEO Joel Peresman had told him during his appearance on Trunk’s SiriusXM show that all of the Guns N’ Roses members had RSVP’s to the event.
However, Slash soon responded by stating:
“For the record, I didn’t RSVP, or in any way commit to attending the RRHF. I don’t appreciate people putting words in my mouth.”
It was also confirmed by Peresman that the Guns N’ Roses members who recorded Appetite for Destruction, as well as Dizzy Reed and Matt Sorum, would be inducted at the ceremony, which takes place on April 14.
Sorum recently commented in an interview that he thought the event would be a “Train wreck.”
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Drummer Matt Sorum has revealed that Velvet Revolver are currently auditioning Ours frontman Jimmy Gnecco. The group—which also features fellow ex–Guns N’ Roses members Slash and Duff McKagan, along with Dave Kushner—have been without a singer since the departure of Scott Weiland in 2008. In an interview with Australia’s The Vine, Sorum had this to say about Velvet Revolver’s current situation.
“Yeah, they’re at home trying out a guy right now. Their sitting in a room looking at a singer named Jimmy Gnecco. So we’ll see how that goes, and then we’ve got a couple of other ideas. It looks like Slash is going to make another album, but I’m not sure about his touring and stuff yet. So we’ll see how that goes. But we’re all open to it and interested in trying to do something together.”
The band should already have a clue as to what Gnecco can offer the band, after the singer joined the four Velvet Revolver members onstage for three songs during the Road to Recovery Benefit Concert in New York City in September. You can watch fan-filmed videos of two of the songs below.
In the same interview Sorum also commented on Guns N’ Roses’ nomination for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next year, and the possibility of the former members reforming for a night.
“It’s going to be as big of a train wreck as the Sex Pistols, Blondie, or any of those other bands,” he said. “That’s my prediction. Or Van Halen, which I don’t know if you saw that, but we were involved in that. Train wreck; it was a complete train wreck. But maybe it won’t; maybe it will be a miracle; I hope for that and put out the positive vibrations. But it’s coming up pretty quickly–that’s in March, so we’ll see.”
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Nick Perri, who has played guitar for Shinedown, Perry Farrell, and Matt Sorum, among others, is opening a store in Los Angeles that embraces rock culture and Americana style. Named Perri Ink. Cartel, it will combine a guitar shop, tattoo and piercing parlor, barber shop, and photo studio, as well as also selling motorcycle parts and apparel.
The store opens on November 11, while the online store is open now. You can watch a video of how the store was built below.
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