Velvet Revolver Asked To Leave RCA Records

Reports are beginning to surface that Velvet Revolver, the supergroup which featured former Guns N Roses members Slash, Duff McKagen and Matt Sorum aswell as Stone Temple Pilots vocalist Scott Weiland, asked for their release from RCA Records. This way, they felt they would be under less pressure to find a new vocalist who could suitably replace Weiland.

Carl Stubner, the band's manager, says: "We're incredibly grateful to RCA and Ashley Newton for their passion and hard work and for the success they achieved with Velvet Revolver through the band's first two records. The band is thankful that RCA understood the task at hand and has allowed the band to continue on their own."

Stubner added: "This band is comprised of some of the greatest rock musicians of the past three decades. They have built a brand with a solid foundation on a global level. And their sole focus has been, and continues to be, finding the singer/songwriter who will stand alongside them."