Sebastian Bach as Next Lead Singer of Velvet Revolver?

In this week’s Four Questions, I asked who you would pick as the next lead singer of Velvet Revolver if you were Slash. Well, according to Sebastian Bach, Slash has talked with Bach about joining Velvet Revolver. However, it’s likely the drama might be too much if he were to join the band:

Not without reservations, Bach said his potential union with Velvet Revolver would be “awkward,” explaining that he prefers his current solo work to the work of Velvet Revolver. “It would all depend on music,” Bach said. “I wouldn’t just join the band just to join the band. If we came up with some incredible new songs, then maybe I’d think about it.”

Bach also made it clear that his loyalties are to Axl Rose, who’s maintained a longstanding feud with ex- Guns N’ Roses bandmate Slash.

Say it ain’t so, Slash!

Four Questions

It’s time for another episode of Four Questions! Here are this week’s questions:

1. If you were Slash, who would you pick as the next lead singer in Velvet Revolver?

2. How many guitars do you currently own?

3. What guitar do you plan to buy next?

4. What are your five “desert island” CDs?

Here are my answers:

1. This one was easy for me since I was a Soundgarden fan in the 90s…Chris Cornell. I’d love to see how he fits in with Slash and the rest of the Velvet crew.

2. Including my bass, I currently own five guitars: 1 acoustic, 1 classical, 2 electrics, and 1 bass.

3. This changes weekly for me based on what music I’m currently listening to! ;) Ultimately, I’ll probably buy a semi-hollow body at some point in the future, since I ended up returning Lucille.

4. The 5 CDs I’d want to have if I were trapped on a desert island would be: 1) Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood 2) Metallica - Master of Puppets 3) AC/DC - Back in Black 4) Led Zeppelin - IV 5) B.B. King - Live at the Regal. This list is also likely to change each week, but these five albums continue to move me every time I listen to them.

Hug Your Guitar Week

IG has declared this “Hug Your Guitar Week,” and he has requested that you send your pictures of you and your guitar to him. #

Links

It’s been a long week. I’m glad that Friday’s finally rolled around. I hope you all have a great weekend!

Artist News

Guitar Wiz Sonny Landreth Teams with Fellow Greats for 9th Album - New album with feature Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, Robben Ford, Eric Johnson, Vince Gill, Dr. John and Jimmy Buffet. Album will be released on May 20 (via Rich Murray)

Live Resolution DVD - Andy Timmons has released a DVD featuring a live performance of the complete Resolution CD (via Mark McGuigan)

They’re coming, and they are so COOL! - Joe Satriani has teamed up with Workshop Live’s Dave Martone to record some instructional videos to be released on the Workshop Live Web site starting this month

Rob Zombie Guitarist John 5 to Release ‘Requiem’ in June - The next album from country-metal shredster John 5 to be released on June 3

Guitar-Related News

Solidbodies is a Cool Guitar Film - It looks like the Solidbodies film I mentioned a few months ago is out now. JP gives it two thumbs up

Guitar Instruction

Master That Melody! 02: Steve Vai - For The Love of God - Mark McGuigan releases a new instructional video in his Master that Melody! series.

Guitar Community

Guitarists reminisce on early days - Interesting article by the Branson Daily News about guitarists in Branson. Also, read part 2 of the article (via IG)

EGR’s Great ‘Tele Relic’ Experiment: Our Guinea Pig Arrives - Cary receives the Tele he bought so that he could create his own relic. It should be interesting to see how this experiment progresses

Bass Guitar as a melody instrument - Dr. J points us to a video of the incomparable Victor Wooten