March 2nd, 2007
From: http://www.therockradio.com/
Velvet Revolver has been tapped for Van Halen's induction into the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame. The band will perform in Van Halen's place, and
singer Scott Weiland and guitarist Slash will speak on Van Halen's behalf.
For now, it doesn't look like David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar will join
Velvet Revolver onstage, and Michael Anthony hasn't commented yet. It's
still unknown whether Eddie and Alex Van Halen will attend the ceremony.
Velvet Revolver just finished recording their new album, titled Libertad.
It should be out this summer, and the band has South American dates with
Aerosmith in April and a possible U.S. tour in May.
Hagar had originally told us that he thought the job of inducting Van
Halen into the Rock Hall would go to his friend and sometime drummer Chad
Smith's group: "I was told that they were gonna get the Chili Pepp --
trying to get the (Red Hot) Chili Peppers to induct us. And I shouldn't,
maybe shouldn't be saying this (chuckles), but... letting the cat out of
the bag... I said, 'Chad, I think they're gonna ask you guys to do it.'
He's going, 'Great, man!' (laughs)".
Smith regularly joins Hagar onstage at the singer's Cabo Wabo Cantina in
Mexico, and Hagar told us that he, Smith, and Michael Anthony are thinking
about making a record under the name Chicken Foot.
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