Whereas Myles Kennedy and Slash have efficiently labored collectively of their band the Conspirators (who’re at the moment engaged on their fifth studio album) since 2012, Kennedy had beforehand turned down working with Slash on one other mission: Velvet Revolver.
Earlier than Scott Weiland ever joined the band, Kennedy was provided to audition for lead vocals, however turned the chance down. As an alternative, a 12 months later, he went on to hitch forces with former Creed members to type Alter Bridge.
In a current interview with Jamey Jasta, Kennedy defined why he turned down working with Slash over 20 years in the past.
“The primary time was once they have been in search of singers for what would turn into Velvet Revolver. That was in 2002. Lengthy story brief, [Slash] despatched, like, 4 demos, and I spent about two weeks with it. However, consider, that is proper after Mayfield 4, and I used to be fairly spent… I used to be simply form of… I don’t know, man. For lack of a greater phrase, I used to be form of broken items,” he mentioned.
“I used to be actually, actually disillusioned with the enterprise, with the business and I used to be form of at some extent the place I used to be questioning myself. Like I [thought I] lacked sure issues that you just wanted to step into one thing of that magnitude. So, I acquired the demo, I put some vocals to it, and I sat again and listened to it, and was like, ‘You recognize what, man? You’ve acquired to be sincere with your self. That is the chance of a lifetime.’ You could by no means get a chance like this once more, being in Spokane, Washington. However you already know what? You’re not gonna ship this in.’
“And I didn’t ship it in. Slash reached out later, and was like, ‘Hey, man, are you going to ship that again?’ And I used to be like, ‘Man, I’m so honored you reached out to me. You guys made a number of the biggest music ever. However I simply don’t assume I’m the correct man proper now.’ And so, that was laborious. After which, I acquired married, and went again to educating guitar, but it surely was the correct factor to do.”
