July 30, 2008

Spacehog Frontman Joining Velvet Revolver?

With Scott Weiland out the door and on STP tour, Slash & friends are reportedly going to replace Mr. Reliable with Royston Langdon, the dork who fronted the English band Spacehog. They had a hit with the "In The Meantime" that wasn't by Helmet. More impressive? He bagged Liv Tyler (until she left him recently). Read more about his possible new VR role here.

Posted at 5:20 PM
Tags: Spacehog | Stone Temple Pilots | Velvet Revolver

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13 Comments

They'd be gaining a far superior singer who has no mainstream appeal and is from a band that would otherwise be looking to tour with other '90s where-are-they-nows. I'm totally interested to see if this goes anywhere at all.

Posted by: Chadams at 07/30/08 5:37 PM | Reply
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Could be totally neat if they ever covered "In The Meantime" just to hear Slash do that guitar hook ;)

Posted by: Chuy

in reply to Chadams's comment at 07/30/08 6:51 PM | Reply
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Was the dude from Buckcherry or the dude from Hinder too busy?

Posted by: volume-addict at 07/30/08 5:38 PM | Reply
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just make up with axl and get it over with already.....weiland sucks anyways

Posted by: shep at 07/30/08 6:24 PM | Reply
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1. That song is pretty good, surprisingly.
2. English guitar players throw like girls.

Posted by: Greydon Clark at 07/30/08 7:51 PM | Reply
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Was Cisco Adler too busy with Shwayze?

That woulda been buzzin'

Posted by: The Troof at 07/30/08 9:15 PM | Reply
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They should get Blackie from Urge Overkill!

Posted by: NewmRadio at 07/30/08 10:33 PM | Reply
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what

I actually like the three Spacehog albums quite a bit... they're up there with Possum Dixon and Harvey Danger as a band from that era that was sort of unfairly written off. This has some potential to be moderately more interesting than the old Velvet Revolver stuff, which was imho awful.

Posted by: Jason at 07/31/08 12:20 PM | Reply
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Yeah, it's been way too long since I listened to that stuff, but from what I remember Spacehog and Harvey Danger were both really well received back then--not just because they each had one radio hit. They definitely weren't like the other cheesy post grunge groups from that time. Also that deconstructive end of "In the Meantime" is totally Axel Rose style, so I think he'll blend in nicely.

Posted by: B

in reply to Jason's comment at 07/31/08 1:05 PM | Reply
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Wow... the guy from Spacehog is going to join Velvet Revolver? It's exciting to see two shitty 90s has-been bands joining forces like a one-hit-wonder corporate rock Voltron. I'm sure they'll reach entirely new heights of suck.

Posted by: steve at 07/31/08 12:41 PM | Reply
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what about the guy from the toadies? Wouldn't that be killer? Anyone? sigh.

Posted by: g-wog at 07/31/08 2:34 PM | Reply
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Do you wanna die? DO YOU WANNA DIE?!

Posted by: steve in reply to g-wog's comment at 07/31/08 4:42 PM | Reply
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Ah, yes Mr. Vaden Todd Lewis. Burden brothers- good stuff! He's touring with the toadies at this time.

Posted by: jane doe at 09/20/09 3:19 PM | Reply
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