Velvet Revolver

...GROUP TOMMY LEE has created a new drumming supergroup, called Bezerk. The band features Red Hot Chili Peppers' Chad Smith, Velvet Revolver's Matt Sorum, Incubus' Jose Pasillas and Godsmack's Sully Erna. They'll debut at Guitar...

In this article: Tommy Lee, All rights reserved, Guitar Center, John Bonham, Sully Erna, Jose Pasillas, and Matt Sorum

...condemned their union, as she vividly relates in "Fall to Pieces," whose title comes from a song by her husband's former band Velvet Revolver. Mental illness (her) and incarceration (both) did not help. But the book is no angry...

In this article: Scott Weiland, Heroin, Fall to Pieces, Los Angeles, Stone Temple Pilots, Suicide, Mental illness, and Vicodin

...help raise funds for the homeless. He was joined by his former bandmates Duff McKagan and Steve Adler, who also played with him in Velvet Revolver, plus Bennington, who fronted their rendition of 'Paradise City' on the night. Slash was...

In this article: Slash, Billy Idol, Ozzy Osbourne, Chester Bennington, Dave Navarro, Tom Morello, Linkin Park, Paradise City, Steve Adler, and Duff McKagan

...revenue source and creative outlet for the parties involved, so why not? Well, history is littered with plenty of reasons why not (Velvet Revolver or Zwan ring a bell?), but even those dubious of these projects couldn't help but register...

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Newscaster Ann Curry is 53. Former NASA astronaut Eileen Collins is 53. Actress Allison Janney is 50. Rock musician Matt Sorum (Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver) is 49. Actress Meg Ryan is 48. Actress-director Jodie Foster is 47. Actress Terry...

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When you mash-up members of Guns N' Roses and Stone Temple Pilots expectations are going to be ridiculously high. But for whatever reason, Velvet Revolver, which features Scott Weiland, Slash, Duff McKagen, Scott Sorum, Dave Kushner, just never...

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...of Scott Weiland, lead singer of the '90s grunge-lite band Stone Temple Pilots and, later, the heavy metal co-op Velvet Revolver. He is also known for his many, many trips to rehab and encounters with the law, some of...

In this article: Scott Weiland, Charlize Theron, Stone Temple Pilots, God, Bipolar disorder, Mental Illness, Cough, Codeine, and Cocaine

Here are some musicians who have famously stayed clean and sober. I hope Mr. and Mrs. Weiland join the club. Scott Weiland's former Velvet Revolver bandmate was an addict himself during most of his Guns N' Roses days. In his 2007...

In this article: Heroin, Mary Forsberg, Scott Weiland, Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend, Izzy Stradlin, Rock, Layla, and Fall to Pieces

SLIPKNOT star COREY TAYLOR has confirmed he auditioned to take over from SCOTT WEILAND as VELVET REVOLVER's frontman - but was rejected by the band because the try out 'just didn't work.' The group, led by former Guns N' Roses stars Slash...

In this article: Corey Taylor, Scott Weiland, Slither, Duff McKagan, Slash, Guns N' Roses, and Slipknot