Velvet Revolver Split?

It has recently come to my attention that there are rumors of velvet revolver are to split so i have compiled a list of information on this event to determine if this is true or false but first some background on the band

Velvet revolver is a Hard rock band formed in 2002 following Front man Scott Wieland's previous band ( Stone Temple Pilots) breakup the band is Grammy award winning and has released two studio albums first was contraband Which i preffered as it was more hard rock and second which strayed from there original sound but still delivered the bands lineup consists of Guitarist, Slash formerly of guns n roses with bassist Duff Mckagan and drummer Matt Sorum also from guns n roses and then you have the amazing vocals of Scott Wieland and finally 2nd guitarist Dave Kushner.

Ok now back to the issue of Velvet Revolvers apparent split... the quote that sparked the rumors of a split was "You're watching something special... the last tour by Velvet Revolver." which was spoken by Scott to a sell out crowd in Glasgow Scotland this sparked up roar with fans
Scott then walked from the stage. the rest of the band continued to play and proceed to sing in place of scott after a long while Scott returned to the stage halfwy through a song and proceeded to give a rather dull performance. After Scott's stage antics Drummer Matt told media that Scott was just having family issues and this was the reason for his quote. This only gave temporary relief to fans as this enraged Scott inspiring him to tell media Well, first of all, the state of my family affairs is really none of his business, since he is too immature to have a real relationship, let alone children. So don't attempt to stand in a man's shoes when you haven't walked his path. Secondly, 'keeping rock 'n' roll alive?' I've made many attempts to remain cordial with the members of VR, but mainly, the likes of you. Funny though — this is your FIRST band, as opposed to being a hired gun. I've been making records (now on my ninth), which have sold over 35 million copies worldwide and have maintained a level of professionalism regardless of how many drugs I've ingested into my system. I have only cancelled one tour during the entire course of my 16-year run and that was the 'make-up' Australia tour. Now, shall I open that can of worms, Matthew? Release the Kraken? Serve... Volley! You cancelled the Aussie tour in the fall because you went to rehab, but I won't say why… we'll just let Blabbermouth find out for themselves.As for our fans — I will sweat, bruise, and bleed for you. And will continue to do so until the end of this tour. However, you deserve to hear VELVET REVOLVER playing… not certain individuals singing along to get a muddied up sound. God forbid — could one imagine if I grabbed a guitar and started soloing along with Slash? That would never happen because I know my place. It's a shame… we were a gang. But ego and jealousy can get the better of anyone. I wish the best and plan to annihilate the stage in the last few show.

The last piece of information regarding the bands split is a quote from guitarist slash which i could not unfortunately find. from all this information i have come to the conclusion that velvet revolver are not going to split but have some serious issues within the group that need attention

My assignment on Wes Montgomery

John Leslie "Wes" Montgomery was born on March 6th 1925 and is known as being one of the most talented jazz guitarists of all time. Wes was born into a very musical family however didn't begin t play guitar until the age of 19. he could not read music but was talented learning it by ear. Wes was discovered by musician cannonbail Adderly who helped the striving musician get signed to a record label. Wes played with many musicians in his lifetime including his two brothers.

Wes's equipment and guitar was a Gibson l-5CE but also used two custom made Gibson guitars on odd occasion his amp was a fender tube amp but has also been known to play a solid state standel amp.


Wes was known for playin many genres of Jazz music such as

• Soul jazz
• Contemporary jazz
• Crossover jazz
• Mainstream Jazz
• Jazz pop
• Hard bop
  

But wes is best known for his work with bebop, Post bop jazz and making guitar recognised as an instrument for these genres

Wes Montgomery eventually died from a heart attack in the early hours of june 15th 1968

Album review

Avenged Sevenfold the hard rock band from Huntington beach, California recently released a new self titled album. This album is one of the bands best so far with 10 tracks and three singles released so far. the album debuted at number 4 on the charts and demonstrates all the band members skills Starting with Synyster & Zackys guitar duets/Harmonies, The Revs and Johnny also provide an excellent rhythm section and finally Matt's vocals show a great range in the album.
I thoroughly enjoyed this album and would recommend to any one with an ear for rock music

Recommended listening : Critical Acclaim, Afterlife, Almost Easy, Dear God.

Museum Trip

Last week on Friday the 15th, my class went on a trip to Auckland war memorial museum. we left from school at around 9:00 am with two other classes when we arrived we split into three groups and began to explore. It was really annoying though as we had to answer questions from a sheet which took up to much time and didn't give us much time to look around properly. But my major highlight was when i got to shake hands with 5 Monks!!!!! It was Pretty mean,
so that was my trip to the museum.

Grunge Music

Grunge music in my opinion is the greatest music and I have a few reasons why.

My first reason for me believing grunge is the best music is it is a completely different branch of rock music which is easily defined and hardly mistaken.
Number two is there so many greatly talent musicians/songwriters involved in the genre such as Kurt Cobain, Layne Staley, Eddie Vedder, Jerry Cantrell, Scott Weiland, Chris Cornell And the list goes on.
Thirdly Most grunge is very sophistocated music to compose and play. Also grunge is one of the most underated genres of rock.

First blog

Hey everyone
This is my first post and I would like to say that I hate writing so don't expect much From my other posts. Thats all so you can go now, Goodbye

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