RonJonSurfer Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 Cornell Is Fans' Favorite To Replace Weiland Rocker Chris Cornell is a favorite to replace Scott Weiland in Velvet Revolver, according to a new online poll. Rock fans voted the former Soundgarden and Audioslave frontman as their pick to take over singing duties from Weiland, who departed the group last week, over Buckcherry star Josh Todd. Weiland's own pick, Sebastian Bach, came in third ahead of Eric Dover from Slash's Snakepit and former Guns 'N Roses star Izzy Stradlin. The poll was staged by RollingStone.com. Photo Copyright Wire Image Copyright World Entertainment News Network 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 Chris Cornell makes sense, yeah... I'm not a huge fan of his voice, but he does seem like the next logical option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 It all sounds a rather tawdry way of forming a band, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyguitar Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 Lisa Minelli's free right now. She appeals to the same sort of folk who like Velvet Revolver and Guns 'n' Roses....I sense a marriage made in heaven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamisammy29 Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 YEAH, LIZA ROCKS!! I'll tell you what, though. Izzy Stradlin made Guns N' Roses great, and can do the same for Velvet Revolver (not on vocals, of course). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 VR's second album sucked. Cornell might be a pretty cool addition. His voice is much better than Weiland's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 But IS IT BETTER THAN LIZA'S? "Or am I loozhing my mind?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyguitar Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 I suspect that G 'n' R and Velvet Revolver fans are not all in touch with their own sexuality. If they could just relax and become 'as one' with their feminine side, they could accept Lisa as their own true godess and express themselves in a less obviously homophobic way. I think she could, at last, make them feel....mighty real. JMHO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 I've been accused of many things for liking Guns N' Roses, but never sexual confusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 Well, it is noticeable that no female vocalists figure in the rollingstone poll to select a new vocalist for this band. That possibility wouldn't even be countenanced. Fact is that fans of this kind of band do appear to have a very strong preference for the idea of a rugged, sweaty guy at the front. One can only speculate why this is, but heavy rock has undoubtedly always been heavy on the homoerotic fantasy element. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daslied Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 Chris Cornell is way, way too good for that band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 Tragically, he has no choice: if the perpetual adolescents voting in this rollingstone.com poll don't have their way, there will be a cataclysmic eruption of pustular rage, and we will all die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daslied Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 So he can save us all by acquiescing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 I love being stereotyped based on the bands I like. I really do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 Steady on, Liz. 'Twas all said in jest. I'm sure nobody assumes that just because the G'n'R / Velvet Revolver audience contains more than its fair share of moronic homophobes, that all fans of the bands are moronic, homophobic, or indeed, in-the-closet homosexuals. But it is certainly arguable that the narcissistically posturing, male-dominated world of rock'n'roll- and its predominantly male adoring audience- is laced with a subtext of homo-erotic fantasy. I know that G'n'R / Velvet Revolver and others of their ilk have fans of diverse age and background: I do not intend to stereotype them all as perpetual adolescents. Many of us (old rockers, mods, punks, whatever) without remaining fixed in adolescenthood, carry features of our adolescence with us through to middle-age and beyond; there's no shame in that. (Ok, maybe there's a little). In using that phrase, I was specifically referring only to the more retarded type within the fan-base who would bother to vote in such a stoopid poll. Apologies for any offence caused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 I love being stereotyped based on the bands I like. I really do. What else are we supposed to do for a laugh , music related , here on SF , then ? Just know that what goes around comes around , and be content ... BF still has yet to reveal his appreciation of Culture Club , so be patient . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 No problem B-F. I only reacted because I've been walking on the edge of an emotional knife this week. Sorry about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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