Velvet Revolver

Velvet Revolver — Libertad

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By Caitlin Hotchkiss (CHARTattack) July 31, 2007 9:46 am
Not as boring as Audioslave, as pretentious as Satellite Party or as lame as The Panic Channel (and let's not even touch Rock Star Supernova), Velvet Revolver — the only mainstream rock supergroup left standing — continue to assert their own relevance, even if those left listening are Slash devotees and cougars who love Scott Weiland. At least the...
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Velvet Revolver Lucky The Not-Lame Weiland Showed Up

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By Andre Mihsin (CHARTattack) May 14, 2007 4:30 pm
In 2002, former Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell and members of Rage Against The Machine formed Audioslave and released their self-titled debut record. Another two albums and five years later the project was mercifully put to bed, with the proverbial final nail in the coffin coming in the form of an eagerly anticipated Rage reunion. In 2004,...
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Velvet Revolver — Contraband

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By Keith Carman (CHARTattack) June 8, 2004 12:40 pm
This is nothing less than what one would expect from the amalgamation of most of GN’R and STP’s Scott Weiland. Do away with the Illusion albums and Axl’s domineering keyboards and overwrought wankiness, throw in Weiland’s sultry crooning and Sid Vicious image… and voila, ‘90s rock with more swagger. While some of Contraband's tracks are...
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I Read The News Today... For July 26, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 26, 2011 3:50 pm
D-Sisive has announced that his next album Run With The Creeps will be released on Nov. 1. The concept album about a lonely meat packer's quest for love in the cold, cold city will feature contributions from Colin Stetson, Owen Pallett, Patrick Watson, Fucked Up's Pink Eyes and Karkwa... or probably just Muneshine. There's a teaser video you can...
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I Read The News Today... For April 1, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 1, 2011 3:48 pm
In case any of you out there actually still care about The Prodigy, they'll release a live CD/DVD/Blu-Ray called World's On Fire on May 24. Yeasayer are touring North America this spring to get all weird on you 'n' shit. —MySpace The Get Up Kids and Saves The Day are touring together this June. ... Crap, my emo-metre just broke. —Alternative Press...
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I Read The News Today... For Jan. 31, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) January 31, 2011 4:27 pm
Nova Scotia's Juno Award-nominated rapper Classified will release his Hand Shakes And Middle Fingers album on March 22 through Sony. He's also announced a tour for O-O-O Canada that'll take place in March and April. —classifiedofficial.com The Toronto Star takes a look at the decline of the turntable. DJ Kool Herc, who basically founded hip-hop,...
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Classified (Photo by Dustin Rabin)

I Read The News Today... For Sept. 23, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) September 23, 2010 11:54 am
Die Mannequin will play a free show at Toronto's Tattoo Rock Parlour tomorrow night. They'll be joined by Dearly Beloved and Darlings Of Chelsea. —MySpaceDeer Tick are auctioning their tour bus to help victims of flooding in Pakistan. The proceeds will go to Oxfam's relief efforts there. —eBay Andrew Bird will release an instrumental album,...
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Tommy Lee Goes Bezerk

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) November 24, 2009 11:23 am
Tommy Lee has started a project that's all kinds of nu-metal-tastic, and it's called Bezerk. At any rate, Bezerk includes drummers from several nu-metal bands, including Velvet Revolver's Matt Sorum, Incubus' Jose Pasillas and the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Chad Smith (who it seems will play with just about anybody at this point). The group also...
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Slash Confirmed For American Idol

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By Jen White (CHARTattack) May 1, 2009 1:12 pm
It's official: Slash will mentor the top four contestants on American Idol next week... and rockers all over the world will begin ceremonially burning their Slash's Snakepit albums. The Velvet Revolver and former Guns N' Roses guitarist will act as the celebrity mentor for remaining contestants Adam Lambert, Allison Iraheta, Danny Gokey and...
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Slash To Appear On American Idol

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) April 27, 2009 11:33 am
Velvet Revolver and former Guns N' Roses axeman Slash has been asked to mentor contestants on American Idol. Slash (real name Saul Hudson) revealed on his Twitter that he'd been asked to help the remaining contestants out as part of "Rock Week." No other information is available, but it likely means Slash will appear on the show next...
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Former GNR Bassist Working For Playboy

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By CHARTattack Staff January 30, 2009 1:24 pm
Former Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan has been kept busy by other projects since Velvet Revolver went on hiatus after frontman Scott Weiland's messy departure last spring. McKagan has been writing a weekly column for SeattleWeekly.com since last summer. "From my experience, once you are pegged as a 'rock guy', people just assume that...
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Duff McKagan and non-Bunny wife at 2006 Super Bowl (photo by Michael Spleet)

Slash Sues Over Unsuitable Party House

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) January 26, 2009 12:28 pm
A Los Angeles judge has ruled that Velvet Revolver and former Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash and his wife Perla Hudson can go ahead with a lawsuit against real estate brokers who the couple say misrepresented a Hollywood Hills house as a good party location. Slash (real name Saul Hudson) and his wife are suing real estate agent Gregory Holcomb and...
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Matt Sorum Snarky With Axl Rose

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By Jen White (CHARTattack) November 27, 2008 3:13 pm
Velvet Revolver and former Guns N' Roses drummer Matt Sorum has appeared in several video interviews voicing his thoughts about his former band's recently released Chinese Democracy. "It's a toe-tapper," a snarky Sorum said in a short video posted on TMZ. "I live to tell the tale," he said in passing to the group of...
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Slash Works With Ozzy And Fergie

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By Jen White (CHARTattack) November 25, 2008 11:48 am
Velvet Revolver and former Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash is working on his debut solo album, and his wife recently spilled the beans in another video (see below) about who he's working with — but not marrying. "It's going to be Slash and friends, Slash and everybody from Ozzy [Osbourne] to [Black Eyed Peas'] Fergie to everything in the...
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Slash Supports Gay Marriage

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) November 18, 2008 11:55 am
Although Axl Rose might have sung derisively about "faggots" on Guns N' Roses' "One In A Million," his former guitarist has just released a video that supports same-sex marriage. Slash (real name Saul Hudson) and his wife Perla Hudson appear in a new video in which they voice their distaste for Proposition 8, which recently...
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Velvet Revolver Search The Net For Next Singer

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) April 21, 2008 4:30 pm
Are you itching to fill Scott Weiland's shoes after his recent departure from Velvet Revolver and take his place next to former members of Guns 'N Roses and Wasted Youth? If so, you'll get your chance in the next few months when the band hold an online audition for their next singer. Velvet Revolver are still singer-less after Weiland was fired...
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Scott Weiland Is Now Officially Out Of Velvet Revolver

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) April 2, 2008 3:00 pm
Things seem to have gotten a little heated in Velvet Revolver land over the last week, to the extent that the band fired singer Scott Weiland on Tuesday. At a March 20 show in Glasgow, Scotland, Weiland announced that Velvet Revolver's current tour would be their last. This launched a spurt of online poop-hurling between Weiland and drummer...
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Trouble In Revolver Land? Scott Weiland Flies Into Matt Sorum

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By Jason MacNeil (CHARTattack) March 24, 2008 4:00 pm
It appears that Velvet Revolver are having some inner turmoil. Over the weekend, lead singer Scott Weiland launched into Matt Sorum regarding a statement the drummer made about why the rock group aren't clicking on all cylinders. After Weiland told the crowd at last Thursday's show in Glasgow, Scotland that this was Velvet Revolver's last tour...
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Velvet Revolver Feel The Rush

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Photographer: 
Thom Hamilton
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N/A
City: 
Toronto
Date: 
May 24, 2004

Velvet Revolver Grow Taller And Stretchier

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Photographer: 
Anita Zvonar
Venue: 
rawk machine
City: 
Toronto
Date: 
February 14, 2008
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