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There are plenty of ways for veteran bands to score new lead singers. You can go the Journey route, and pick a guy (or guys) who kind of sounds like the old dude, but looks nothing like him. Or, you could pull a Van Halen, and go with a singer who sounds nothing like your original frontman, score tons of hits with him, then boot him too and replace him with a hair-band reject -- only to go back to the first guy for the big cash-in reunion tour .
Then there’s Velvet Revolver. Now that the band of ex-Guns N’ Roses members is singer-less after an ugly split with former and once-again Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland, guitarist Slash says the band is talking about building a website to audition potential new lead singers.
We’re not suggesting that this is a horrible idea (because it totally-in-every-way is), but perhaps Slash has forgotten about their original search for a singer for the project then called, uh, “The Project.” The crew listened to 600 demo tapes -- such as this one, this one, and this one -- and auditioned everyone from ex-Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach to Neurotica’s Kelly Shaefer, singer-songwriter Beth Hart, Days of the News’ Travis Meeks. They even put feelers out to gonzo rocker/rapper Mike Patton.
Then again, Slash has probably got plenty of time on his hands these days and while he’ll probably get plenty of this and this, when all else fails, there’s always this guy.
