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Contraband (Album) by Velvet Revolver

Artist Biography For Velvet Revolver

Velvet Revolver Was An American Hard Rock Supergroup Consisting Of Guns N'Roses Members Slash Lead Guitar Duff McKagan Bass Backing Vocals And Matt Sorum Drums Backing Vocals Alongside Dave Kushner Rhythm Guitar Formerly Of Punk Band Wasted Youth And Scott Weiland Lead Vocalist Formerly Of Stone Temple Pilots. The Band Formed In 2002 And Was Active Until 2008 When Weiland Left The Band Abruptly To Rejoin Stone Temple Pilots. In 2004 The Band Achieved Commercial Success With Their Debut Album Contraband. Despite Positive Reviews Some Critics Initially Described Velvet Revolver As A Mere Combination Of Stone Temple Pilots And Guns N'Roses And Criticizing Them For A "disconnection" Between Weiland And The Rest Of The Band. With Their Single "Slither" They Won The 2005 Grammy Award For Best Hard Rock Performance. The Band Released Libertad In 2007 Driven By The Release Of The Single "She Builds Quick Machines" And Embarked On A Tour With Alice In Chains. In April 2008 Weiland Was Fired From Velvet Revolver And Reunited With Stone Temple Pilots. Velvet Revolver Was Put On Indefinite Hiatus And In November Of That Year Requested To Be Released By Their Record Label RCA Records To Allow Themselves "complete Freedom To Go Through Whatever Process It Would Take To Accomplish" Replacing Weiland. Although Velvet Revolver Worked On New Material And Auditioned New Singers Following Scott Weiland's Departure The Band Has Not Released Any New Material And Only Performed Publicly Once Since 2008 When They Reunited With Weiland For A One-Off Reunion Show On January 12 2012 At A Benefit Concert. This Proved To Be Their Last Performance Together Before Weiland's Death On December 3 2015. Slash And McKagan Later Rejoined Guns N' Roses In 2016. On December 3 2015 Weiland Was Found Dead On His Tour Bus Around 9 Pm One Day Before He Was To Perform In Minnesota With His Band The Wildabouts Which Ended The Possible Reunion. Both Slash And McKagan Rejoined Guns N' Roses In 2016. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Velvet_Revolver Studio Albums
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Contraband Is The Debut Studio Album By American Hard Rock Band Velvet Revolver Released On June 8 2004 By RCA Records. A Commercial Success Contraband Debuted At Number One On The American Billboard 200 Chart And Was Certified 2x Platinum By The RIAA. Velvet Revolver Formed When Three Guns N' Roses Musicians - Slash Guitar Duff McKagan Bass And Matt Sorum Drums - Combined To Play At A Benefit Concert For Fellow Musician Randy Castillo In 2002. They Decided To Form Another Band And Recruited Guitarist Dave Kushner Who Had Previously Played With Suicidal Tendencies Wasted Youth And Dave Navarro. Kushner Had Gone To School With Slash And Had Worked With McKagan Before. The Quartet Was Known As The Project Pending The Selection Of A Permanent Name. The Quartet Then Set About Recruiting A Lead Singer With The Recruitment Process Filmed By VH1. Several Lead Singers Auditioned Including Josh Todd Of Buckcherry Kelly Shaefer Of Neurotica And Travis Meeks Of Days Of The New But They Were Unsuccessful. Scott Weiland Had Become Friends With McKagan And Had Played On The Same Bill As Kushner When Stone Temple Pilots Were Known As Mighty Joe Young And Kushner Was In The Electric Love Hogs. Weiland Heard The Material And Offered His Services As The Lead Singer And The Band Clicked. Slash Suggested The Name Revolver For The Project And Weiland Suggested The Addition Of Velvet To The Title. Velvet Revolver Recorded Its First Track "Set Me Free" For The Hulk Soundtrack In 2003 Along With A Cover Of Pink Floyd's "Money" For The Italian Job. The Band Played Their First Live Gig At The El Rey In Los Angeles In July 2003. It Recorded Contraband In The Latter Part Of 2003 With Recording Complicated By Weiland's Court Appearances For Drug Charges And His Subsequent Sentencing To Undertake Rehabilitation. In February 2005 RCA Records Released A "Tour Edition" Of The Album In Europe Which Included A Bonus Disc Containing Three Songs "Surrender" Originally By Cheap Trick "No More No More" Originally By Aerosmith And An Acoustic Version Of "Fall To Pieces". The United States Release Of The Disc Uses The MediaMax CD-3 System For Copy Protection While Macrovision CDS-200 Is Used For The European Release. Contraband Debuted At #1 On The Billboard Album Chart Selling Over 250 000 Copies. Notably This Marked The Best-Ever Debut For A New Rock Artist In The SoundScan Era. The Album Would Later Sell Over 2.9 Million Copies In The United States And 4 Million Worldwide It Was Scott Weiland's First Album To Top The Charts In Ten Years Since STP's Purple. It Was Also His First Album To Go Multi-Platinum Since STP's Tiny Music... Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop. The First Single "Slither" Topped A Composite World Modern Rock Chart In June And Later Hit #1 On The Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart For 8 Weeks. The Follow-Up "Fall To Pieces" Was A Major Crossover Hit That Reached #1 On The Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart For 11 Weeks. In 2005 Velvet Revolver Won A Grammy Award For Best Hard Rock Performance An Award Weiland Had Previously Won For The Stone Temple Pilots Song "Plush" In 1994. At The Ceremony They Were Asked To Play The Music For A Cover Of The Beatles' "Across The Universe". The Live Recording Was A Hit On ITunes With All Proceeds Going To Charity. Months Later VR Was Also Asked To Play The Music For A Cover Of Eric Clapton's "Tears In Heaven". The Single Was To Aid Victims Of The 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake With All Proceeds Going To Save The Children Foundation.