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VELVET GRANDMASTER FLASH REVOLVER Liquid Room. Edinburgh. Fri 3 Sep
Carling Academy, Glasgow, Tue 31 Aug 0...
Velvet Revolver have a lot to prove and there is a weight of expectation in the restless capacity crowd. Their pedigree is undisputed: Guns’n’Roses survivors Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorurn joined by troubled Stone Temple Pilots vocalist Scott Weiland and new lad Dave Kushner (formerly of Danzig and Wasted Youth). As the opening riff peels across the venue, resonating in every corner of the
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Academy, you know They still RAWK!!! Ezfriéaurtg:gzflgfgaflg‘... this is no freak show built on past glories: this is rock and this is real. Slash and Duff — the \w 1' :v- ' ultimate guitar and bass double act. There is a real sense of solidarity in the band, with Kushner getting as much time in the spotlight as the old hands. '. z . " ' But it’s Weiland you can’t take your eyes off — all taunt sinew in that sexy, T" r f' :' ;~- I androgynous way only serious ex-junky Americians can pull off. Like a 1 '~ 1 ' : .~ . : coiled viper, he writhes around the stage bare-chested, dressed in peaked '_ ' : ! cap and criminally tight trousers. Live they are so much more than album ' : . : could ever capture. ‘Slither’, ‘Sucker Train Blues’ and ‘Do it for the Kids’ -.~:" . : : They’re still cubs sound like old classics; this is old school rock, but it feels fresh and '- " " ' ; .: ' revitalising. When their second encore launches into G’n’R’s ‘lt’s So Easy’ 2»! -,-"'. " . x . it’s a raw statement of intent — The direct antithesis of Axl Rose’s bloated, N . ‘.' ‘- :. ’w: " 2' ~ ' forever delayed Chinese Democracy. l .. : ' r ; ‘ The epilepsy inducing, ferocious strobe lighting is not a patch on the 4:” .. v: :p :...: ‘. r l. : power of their sheer rock verve. A true baptism of rock’n’roll fire and :r‘ : iv. t +1. T : ' .- brimstone. Fuck the Darkness - this is the real shit. (Henry Northmore) ,--' .;.;".;:'%; .2'. 1'» ~ A Book now Tickets are available from: Tickets Scotland: 1’33) Argi, (a Sim-(2’. :;‘.'.‘ 1262.: 5'51 Tickets Scotland: ‘. T H
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