In a recent interview on Appetite For Distortion, musician Jimmy Gnecco revealed that over the years, at least a couple of iconic bands – including Alice in Chains and Velvet Revolver – have sought him out to step in on vocal duties.
“I had gotten asked about Alice in Chains at one time if I would just be interested. It wasn’t that they wanted me. It was just a question to see if I would be into doing it,” Gnecco said. “And then [Velvet Revolver] came up, and the timing was just bad for me to go down when they were starting Velvet Revolver.”
He continued, explaining that he thinks if he had taken them up on the opportunity to front Velvet Revolver it would have ended his career.
“Some time went by, and when they were having some issues they reached out again… I’m gonna give you my side of the whole thing. I’m sure they have their side of it. And it’s not anything bad. But, from my standpoint, what was happening was they had a bunch of things booked still, and they were kind of falling apart, and they were looking to see if somebody could jump in to fill the slot to go out and do it. I just thought that for me, that was kind of suicide to do that, pardon the term, but career suicide.”
“I know that vocally I could do it. I can sing those ranges and then some. Whether that’s good or bad. My range is technically a lot higher than Scott’s,” he said. “So it would make sense that I could do it, but it was always my feeling that it’s a tough crowd.”
