Archive for April, 2008

Velvet Revolver Is Firing Their Vocalist

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Velvet Revolver. Фото с официального сайта группы

Musicians from the rock-band Velvet Revolver have announced that they’ve stopped cooperating and working together with vocalist Scott Weiland.

The reason for breaking up was singer’s “an extremely unequable character”. Who will become a new Velvet Revolver’ vocalist is yet unknown.

An announcement was said against a backround of the news that Weiland is making a reunion with his former band Stone Temple Pilots.  He is planning to take some part in his former project.  Above all, during one of the recent concerts Weiland said that Velvet Revolver may fall apart because of his reunion with the former band. 

Velvet Revolver was formed in 2002 by the former members of Guns N’ Roses: guitarist Slash, bass guitarist Daff Duff Mckagan and drummer Matt Sorum. Since then the band has released two albums: “Contraband” (2004) and “Libertad” (2007). In April 2008 musicians were planning to enter the studio and record their third album.

Madonna and NATO??

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Мадонна. Фото AFP

Madonna’s career can serve a good example to the development of a new strategy for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. This opinion was told to the British newspaper “The Guardian” by the defense strategy analyst, representative of the Dutch institute of foreign affairs doctor Peter van Ham. 

Following his words, NATO should regularly reform itself in order to face new problems of the XXI century like cyber-terrorism, mass destruction weapons and war for energy resources. 

In this connection it is useful to look and the career of Madonna who again and again was able to reinvent herself even when her popularity was going down, said van Ham.  Current situation that takes place in the NATO, this expert compared to the Rolling Stones. “Right now NATO reminds the band which we recall with nostalgia and sadness; the band that basically had to finish it’s career long ago, but decided to stay in order to amuse public.  The Rolling Stones come to mind”, – exclaimed Peter van Ham.