FameCrawler : Velvet Revolver

Slash And Family On American Idol

Josh loposer — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:00:00 GMT

If you watched American Idol this week, you heard something that a precious few ears have ever heard and lived to tell about it: Slash's voice. You also got a peek at something else almost as shocking: Slash has a family!

Being a legendary hedonistic rock creature, chronically shrouded in a mysterious cloud of curly hair, it blows my mind that Slash is a normal human being.

Most of my life, I believed that Slash should probably not be allowed to procreate, but after seeing on American Idol, the guy actually seems super nice. And, of course, he's a giant among guitar players.

I bet it would be awesome to have Slash as a dad. I would totally make him impart all of his guitar wisdom on me. Slash and his wife Perla Farrar two sons: London Emilio, 6, and Cash Anthony, 4 and a half. Rock on, Slash!

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Lenny Kravitz to Velvet Revolver: Are You Gonna Go My Way?

Whit Honea — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:04:00 GMT

I doubt Lenny Kravitz actually said that, as it would be cheesy, not to mention I made it up. Still, the rocker is rumored to be the favorite for the role of Velvet Revolver frontman.

It's been a regular who's who of daddy rockers being linked to the opening. The job was Scott Weiland's, but he got canned for being too Scott Weiland. He went back to his family and his first band, Stone Temple Pilots. Apparently they are all gluttons for punishment- and good tunes.

Then the rumored replacement was one Royston Langdon, of the recently split from Liv Tyler Royston Landgons. You've got to figure if he's letting Liv Tyler go he can't be any smarter than Weiland. Hopefully he'll go back to Spacehog, they were good.

Enter Kravitz. He writes songs for his kids and washes his hands of illicit affairs. He's like a relative saint.

Kravitz in a band does seem odd though- very Van Hagar, but (hopefully) better.

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Liv, Milo and Royston: Their Future's So Bright

Whit Honea — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:06:00 GMT

They gotta wear shades. Yes, that is a Timbuk 3 reference. You're welcome.

Please note that Milo and Royston, in addition to fashionable eyewear, are looking extra rock and roll today. That's because Royston is up for the lead singer position in Velvet Revolver.

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Slash Meets the Mummy

Whit Honea — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:44:00 GMT

Saul Hudson and family dropped some rockstar on the carpet at the premiere of The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.

Perhaps you are asking yourself, self, who the hell is Saul Hudson? That's Slash, yo.

Slash and his wife Perla Ferrar took their sons London and Cash to the movie. The boys are 5 and 4, which normally would seem a little young for one of the Mummy movies, but I'm guessing they've seen plenty of skulls and weirdness in their time.

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Slash Is One Smart Dad

Sassy Smith — Sun, 11 May 2008 18:03:00 GMT

Former Guns N' Roses lead guitarist Slash, who is currently lead guitarist for Velvet Revolver, is by all accounts, a very smart dad. Why?

Slash was a proud owner of 80 snakes, which consisted of mostly deadly pythons and boas, and they lived with him at his home. He decided that perhaps he should get rid of them as they weren't the best pet for his first born son and had fears that one or more could escape and find it's way into his baby's nursery. Brilliant!

The rocker told Britain's Mojo magazine that he was "quite relieved" to let his pets go. "Feeding them all by myself had become a bit of a job. I missed the old days when it was just a matter of finding a couple of dead rats around the corner."

Smart thinking dad. See?

Slash has two sons, London Emilio and Cash Anthony with wife Perla Ferrar.

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Guitar Hero Presents: The New Odd Couple

Whit Honea — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:12:00 GMT

Move over Oscar and Felix. Slash and Bill Gates are gaming buddies and I am officially one day older and one day closer to death.

I wonder if Bill showed Slash a thing or two on "Sweet Child of Mine."

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Scott Weiland Busted. AGAIN.

HerBadMother — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:02:00 GMT

Scott Weiland's been busted for DUI. Again.

According to TMZ: The Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver singer was driving on an L.A. highway around 6:15 PM on November 21 when he crashed his car. While the California Highway Patrol was investigating the non-injury wreck, they noticed Weiland appeared to be impaired... According to the police report, Weiland failed sobriety tests and refused to take a blood or urine test. He was booked for "driving under the influence of a drug. " He was released on $40,000 bail and will be back in court on December 13.

Wow, and I, like, totally believed him when he said that he was just a homespun family guy whose family life was 'just like the Cleavers.' Yeah, ha. This guy's been busted for crack possession and domestic violence and multiple DUI's. The Weilands probably have mugshots on the mantle instead of Sears Portraits. So a little bust-up on the highway and a failed sobriety test are probably nothin' to Scott.

Still, sucks. Hardly a good start to the holidays. Not as bad as death rumors, but not cheery. All the Weiland kids are gonna want for Christmas is for Daddy to get probation.

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Scott Weiland Finds a New Vein

Whit Honea — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:05:00 GMT

Velvet Revolver and ex Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland is writing his memoirs. "It's a weird thing," he says. "You make a lot of records, write a lot of songs, but all of a sudden you go into a whole different vein, and it's a little bit scary to dive into."

Since when has Weiland been scared to dive into a new vein? Isn't that what the book will be about? One chapter on STP, one on Velvet Revolver, one on his little kids and a bunch of book about his battles with heorin- it will be like the non-thinking man's version of Naked Lunch but with a better soundtrack.

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Scott Weiland Thinks His Family is Normal

Whit Honea — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 16:05:00 GMT

Scott Weiland of Velvet Revolver is quoted in People as saying, "There's definitely a Cleaver sense about our household. We get our kids to bed at 8 p.m. We tuck them in. We lay down with them at night. There are three square meals – the whole shebang.

I hope he's talking about Cleaver, as in Beaver, and not the butchering tool.

It's hard to tell, since Weiland has been in and out of rehab for some pretty heavy drugs, and his wife, Mary, just 5 months ago, was arrested for felony arson after setting his wardrobe on fire. I don't think that Eddie Haskell's parents would let him hang-out there.

Added Weiland, "We're best friends, we're lovers, we're husband and wife. But in a sense we're both tortured souls."

Hey, if it works.

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