The
discography
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of
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 pu ...
, an American
hard rock
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band, consists of two
studio album
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s, one
extended play
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(EP), 11
singles (nine as lead artist, two as featured artist), two
video album
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s and eight
music video
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s. Velvet Revolver was a
supergroup formed in
Rancho Santa Margarita, California
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in 2002 by former
Guns N' Roses
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members
Slash
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(lead guitar),
Duff McKagan
Michael Andrew "Duff" McKagan (born February 5, 1964) is an American musician. He was the bassist of hard rock band Guns N' Roses for twelve years, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. McKagan rejoined the b ...
(bass) and
Matt Sorum
Matthew William Sorum (born November 19, 1960) is an American drummer. He is best known as both a former member of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he recorded three studio albums, and as a member of the supergroup Velvet Revolver. ...
(drums), along with rhythm guitarist
Dave Kushner
Dave Kushner (born November 16, 1966) is an American musician best known as the rhythm guitarist for the hard rock supergroup Velvet Revolver. Kushner has also been a member of Wasted Youth, Electric Love Hogs, Loaded, Danzig, Jane's Addi ...
(formerly of
Wasted Youth) and late vocalist
Scott Weiland
Scott Richard Weiland (, ; né Kline; October 27, 1967 – December 3, 2015) was an American singer and songwriter. He was best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Stone Temple Pilots from 1989 to 2003 and again from 2008 to 2013, r ...
(formerly and subsequently of
Stone Temple Pilots
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).
The band signed with
RCA Records
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the next year and released its debut album ''
Contraband
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'' in 2004,
which topped the US
''Billboard'' 200 and has since sold over 4 million copies in the US.
The album was supported by the release of four singles, including "
Slither" which topped the ''Billboard''
Alternative Songs
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and
Mainstream Rock
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charts.
In 2005 the group contributed the song "
Come On, Come In" to the
''Fantastic Four'' soundtrack, which was also released as a single and reached number 14 on the Mainstream Rock chart.
The band also performed on a recording of "
Tears in Heaven" released to benefit victims of the
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
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.
Velvet Revolver returned in 2007 with ''
Libertad''.
The band's second album reached number five on the ''Billboard'' 200, and was certified gold in Canada and silver in the UK.
[ Note: User must manually search for Velvet Revolver.] Lead single "
She Builds Quick Machines" reached the top 20 of the Alternative Songs chart and number two on the Mainstream Rock chart.
Weiland departed the band in April 2008, before RCA dropped the group later in the year. In 2010, Slash, McKagan and Sorum (credited as Velvet Revolver) were featured on
Macy Gray
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's single "
Kissed It". The band has since released two live video albums: ''Live in Houston'' in 2010 and ''Let It Roll: Live in Germany'' in 2012.
Studio albums
Extended plays
Singles
As featured artist
Videos
Video albums
Music videos
Footnotes
References
External links
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