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DUFF MCKAGAN Says New VELVET REVOLVER Album Will Contain Contributions From Different Producers

May 10, 2006

VELVET REVOLVER bassist Duff McKagan (ex-GUNS N' ROSES) recently spoke to RollingStone.com about VR's upcoming sophomore album. "Lenny Kravitz wants to record us. Daniel Lanois, we want to do a track with. Pharrell will probably do one," said McKagan. "And then a myriad of others are doing two or three songs each." As for his favorite track thus far: "A song called 'Wasted Heart' is great. Kind of a back-to-'Exile on Main Street'-type of song."

McKagan told MTV.com last month that the band have already recorded some material that will appear on the upcoming CD, which has a working title of "Libertad".

Regarding the Pharrell collaboration, Duff said, "[Frontman] Scott [Weiland] and I met him at a Clive Davis party in L.A. a year and a half ago. That's when it started. We said, 'Hey, man, want to do a track with us?' And he said, 'I'd love to.' "

"I've always been a huge fan of early Motown and soul and PRINCE, so to explore something like that with Pharrell would be amazing," Duff added. "There's nothing like that out there. It's uncharted territory. Dude, it's going to be way cool. It's going to be stinky. Pharrell's a genius."

As previously reported, VELVET REVOLVER have been added to the list of performers scheduled for the second annual MusiCares MAP Fund Benefit Concert, which is honoring METALLICA frontman James Hetfield and concert promoter and manager Bill Silva. ALICE IN CHAINS' Jerry Cantrell and Sean Kinney, Tom Waits, BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB and Jason Mraz are also performing, and Jim Breuer and Margaret Cho are presenting. Author Greg Behrendt ("He's Just Not That Into You") is hosting the event, scheduled for Friday (May 12) in Hollywood.

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