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Album Of The Week Club review: Contraband by Velvet Revolver
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Did Velvet Revolver produce an album to do the legacy of Guns N' Roses proud? Or was it just another under-achieving and short-lived side-project?

The unlikely birth of Velvet Revolver, the supergroup who triumphed against the odds
By Jon Hotten published
Velvet Revolver’s debut album, Contraband, was released on June 8, 2004. In this classic interview, Slash reveals how one of rock’s greatest modern supergroups got off the ground

The 50 best metal albums of the 2000s
By Merlin Alderslade published
From nu metal classics by Slipknot, Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit to metal legends like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest bouncing back in style, these are the albums that defined the 2000s

How David Bowie's authoritarian Thin White Duke persona inspired Scott Weiland
By Karl Stephens published
Late Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver frontman Scott Weiland once talked in detail about why David Bowie was his biggest inspiration

The greatest metal records that never were
By Alex Chillingworth, Adam Brennan, Stephen Hill, Dom Lawson, Dannii Leivers last updated
Unfinished or abandoned, these are the records from some of metals' biggest names that remain lost in time

Velvet Revolver's Contraband: a triumph of faith over circumstance
By Jon Hotten published
The most eagerly awaited album of 2004 - Velvet Revolver's Contraband – came from a grizzled gaggle of rusty Gunners and a frontman with toxicology trouble

Scott Weiland's 10 favourite Scott Weiland songs
By Paul Brannigan last updated
In 2015, late Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver singer Scott Weiland picked 10 favourite songs from his back catalogue

Slash: My Life Story
By James Gill last updated
The Guns N'Roses guitar legend looks back on a life that rewrote the book on sex, drugs and rock'n'roll
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