During a recent appearance on 90.3 WMSC FM, singer Myles Kennedy (Alter Bridge, Slash, solo) confirmed he was asked to audition for Velvet Revolver before Scott Weiland got the gig.
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The musician explained:
“They’d reached out and asked if I’d be interested in auditioning. Long story short, I respectfully declined, but I was beyond honored that they thought of me.
“For whatever reason, it didn’t feel like it would work at that point. That was the right move, ’cause I think that when Scott Weiland got in the mix, I was like, ‘Oh, yeah. That’s the guy.’
“I really love that band, actually; I thought those records were really cool. I thought he had just kind of a dangerous vibe that suited what they were doing.”
Focusing on the second time he had the chance to audition for VR, Myles said:
“It’s interesting: there were two times. So, the first time, Slash reached out.
“He doesn’t even remember this, but in 2002 – I think it was the summer or fall of 2002, before Weiland was even in the mix – I remember my manager had called me at the time and he said, ‘You might be getting a call from somebody in this camp, because they’re looking for singers.’
“But I was blown away when I picked up the phone and Slash was on the other end of the line.
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“And then, about seven years later, after they had parted ways with Scott and Alter Bridge was on hiatus, they reached out. So, yeah, there were two times. But I never auditioned – it was just something that had been talked about and never came to fruition.”