According to Splat, Avenged Sevenfold frontman M. Shadows has spoken out in support of Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose in his war of words with his former Guns bandmates and Velvet Revolver singer Scott Weiland.
Rose lambasted Velvet Revolver bassist Duff McKagan and guitarist Slash, claiming that the latter called Weiland a "fraud" and McKagan "spineless" in an early morning meeting at Rose's house last year. Weiland, in turn, called Rose a "fat, Botox-faced, wig-wearin' fuck." Scott wrote that Rose had an "unoriginal, uncreative little mind, the same mind that had to rely on its bandmates to write melodies and lyrics ? who's the fraud now?"
Commented M. Shadows, "
I feel Axl is a better singer, Guns N' Roses was a better band. Stone Temple Pilots wasn't ever close to that status. Axl was nothing but a nice, down-to-earth, great guy to talk to when I met him. Very respectful and generous, taking pictures with everyone and just seemed to be having a good time."
Avenged Sevenfold are set to support Guns N' Roses on some of their forthcoming European dates this summer, reported Blabbermouth.net.
In other news, Avenged Sevenfold, widely believed to be the yet-to-be-named "mystery" band on Ozzfest this summer, are keeping silence about their involvement. However, guitarist Zacky Vengeance told Launch that the group is excited about what it's got in store for June, after finishing a U.S. run with Coheed And Cambria. "After we get back from Coheed, we're thinking that we need to go back to Europe because we want to be a band that takes over the world and doesn't leave any uncharted territory," he said. "So we actually got offered to tour with just about our favorite band in the history of the world in Europe for the month of June. I think we're gonna be going out with Metallica as their main support."
im not here to point fingers but in my opinion, Axl probably shoulda handled this shit better, and Scott sounds bitter. he soulda let Axl worked this shit out between Duff, Slash, and Axl.