As drugs, excess and Axl Rose's rampaging ego sent 1990s superstars Guns N'
Roses into terminal decline, former members Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum
reunited for impromptu jam sessions in 2002 and - with the help of Stone Temple
Pilots' front man Scott Weiland and Wasted Youth bassist Dave Kushner - the hard
rocking super-group Velvet Revolver was born. Debut album Contraband (2004)
became an instant success, shooting straight to the top of the US charts,
scoring a UK Number 7 with the single Fall To Pieces and winning a Grammy Award
for the track Slither. A performance at ...