Sykes out??

The addition of Kotzen would have me very excited.

oh man, kotzen would be an incredible addition.

I was hoping it would be Paul Gilbert!

Apparently it is Kotzen, according to Melodic Rock.
 
Guess I should have read three or four posts previously.
 
Carry on.

With Kotzen onboard this will make things interesting. I'm a Kotzen fan so in other words im really looking forward to it :D Having Derek S involved would have been nice but maybe another time as he's busy with BCC n things...

Really don't know too much about Kotzen. I'll wait and see.
 
 

Kotzen? what kind of singer is he?
 
I was actually chatting about this last night with JRundquist at the In Flames/Trivium show in Minneapolis, and Ty Tabor might have been a PERFECT choice in the ability to sing lead vocals, and a guitarist doing that 70's Hard Rock kind of stuff (and experience in a Power Trio). Also adding the fact I believe MP contacted him many years ago for the Yellow Matter Custard show, but he wasn't available. But the availability still may not make sense at this point.

check him out on youtube. he's great. 

If it is Kotzen then Mike will be collaborating with a former member of Poison!  Such a small world the LA scene.  Kotzen is a *great* musician and performer though.  

Either MP stopped caring about being the one to break news about his bands or he is real pissed at all the leaks coming out these days. 

LiquidDreams


Either MP stopped caring about being the one to break news about his bands or he is real pissed at all the leaks coming out these days. 

I had the same thought.

Mike has always been a little needlessly secretive. I hope he embraces the "leaks" as getting him positive attention from music media.

It's Trunk's job to tell us what is happening the "world of hard rock and heavy metal" and you can't fault a man for doing his job.

Mike, I'll do it, no sweat. I'll even bring my own songs I've written. I've sang and played for years, and always jam with a modernized/old school form.

That's what I love about this forum. I never heard of Kotzen. I just checked his music out and the guys got chops.
More music to check out.

If it was anyone other than Ed Trunk, I'd be more inclined to think that Mike might be wanting to have more control on the press, but they profess to be such good friends, and Mike is on that show more than most... I tend to think it is Mike being a class act once again and helping his bud do what he does best:  report on hard rock and heavy metal.

(Though I have to say, I like Eddie, and I listen to his shows, but MAN can that guy self-promote. "I put a lot of time into this one and..."  Really?  It took THAT much of your time to convice Mike to play drums???)

Didn't melodicrock.com break the news before Trunk?

 

From Richie Kotzen's facebook.....
 
"I wanted to address the recent rumor about the project with Billy, Mike, and I... Although we did throw some ideas around neither of us decided to make any public announcements so today's internet buzz was a surprise. I will say I am a fan of both Mike and Billy. I'm sure a collaboration would produce some interesting results."

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Kotzen? what kind of singer is he?

I was actually chatting about this last night with JRundquist at the In Flames/Trivium show in Minneapolis, and Ty Tabor might have been a PERFECT choice in the ability to sing lead vocals, and a guitarist doing that 70's Hard Rock kind of stuff (and experience in a Power Trio). Also adding the fact I believe MP contacted him many years ago for the Yellow Matter Custard show, but he wasn't available. But the availability still may not make sense at this point.

Ty would be a very very cool choice, and I'd love for him and MP to do something sometime.. but he's already in a trio with Jelly Jam which is with John Myung. A bit different from MP's trio, but idk. I'm not nitpicking though.. I'd love to see them work together. Knowing Ty's work ethic.. it's very different from MP's. Ty doesn't want to be busy all the time, and when he finally finds the time to do the side projects.. they're somewhat sporadic. A couple years back they were more prevalent.

I really love Ty as a guitarist, but I'm not really a fan of his singing. It all sort of gets stuck in that Lennon-esque vibe with limited range.
 
But, either Sykes or Kotzen can put down their guitars and be taken seriously as lead singers... Richie especially has an awesome voice.  He has the looks and talent that should have made him a superstar.... like a 100X better version of John Mayer, without the hit singles.
 
I wish people would stop billing him as "former Poison guitarist", because for people who don't know, it immediately invokes images of C.C. Deville. I think that hurt the Vertu project.

Richie Kotzen totally changed the sound of Poison with Native Tongue and it's certainly not an album to be ashamed of.
 
Hope something comes out of this.

Isn't saying "Ritchie Kotzen, Poison guitarist" like saying "Ray Gillen, Black Sabbath singer" or "John Corabi, Motley Crue singer"?  I mean, that might be his highest profile gig, but in terms of his career and the band's career, it's more "footnote" than "defining moment". 

Yes, absolutely right. I think some will get far too worked up over it.
 
But, from a personal perspective, I don't think Poison deserve the implied discredit anyway. They're a straight forward, rocking party band and there's nothing wrong with that. Room for all types of music on our little rock.

true.. they can all stand on their own merits surely

nobloodyname

But, from a personal perspective, I don't think Poison deserve the implied discredit anyway. They're a straight forward, rocking party band and there's nothing wrong with that. Room for all types of music on our little rock.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING 'BOUT!

My thoughts (as if it matters...)
 
Richie Kotzen - listening to his new album right now and would love to hear him rock out a bit more.
Paul Gilbert -  musically, yes, but he's not the guitar playing frontman of a power trio...
John Corabi - I like this suggestion - I'm not sure about his lead guitar work (only because I've never heard it) but otherwise awesome
 
A few more "dream people" to throw out there:
 
Reb Beach (not a bad singer)
Zakk Wylde (if he can tap back into his "Pride and Glory" vibe)
Matthew Bellamy (if he only let his rock side out)
Orianthi (really...)
Myles Kennedy (actually a VERY talented guitarist)
 
Any other suggestions?

Michael Sweet, Billy Sheeham and Mike Portnoy!