Debut Velvet Revolver Album Due In May

Rock supergroup Velvet Revolver will release its debut album, "Contraband," May 18 via RCA. First single "Slither" will be delivered March 23 to U.S. rock radio outlets for airplay consideration. "Contraband" was co-produced by the group - former Stone Temple Pilots vocalist Scott Weiland, Guns N' Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum plus David Kushner of Suicidal Tendencies -- and Josh Abraham.

Among the other tracks set for inclusion are "Sucker Train Blues," "Fall To Pieces," "Super Human," "You Got No Right" "Set Me Free" and "Headspace."

"We're all looking for a rebirth here," Weiland says in a statement. "We're looking to get back that same feeling we had when we all first started making music -- the sense of doing it for the pure joy of making music. This music is just vicious, very aggressive and it forces you to lace your boots up and sort of get ready for the fight."

The group is gearing up for a tour in support of the set. "We can't wait," Slash says. "I'm just looking forward to fulfilling a touring thing that I never got to really finish with Guns. That's what I love, but we never got to do a lot of things for reasons that still don't make sense to me. I just want to play."

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finally. wonder if the cover of "money" will be on the cd?

Man, I miss STP.......

Sweet!
I'd love to see them live!
If Weiland can stay off the smack long enough for them to tour that is.

I'm not really happy about Weiland being in this band, but I'll still buy the CD because of the GN'R guys.

Should be a good effort. Hope Scott can keep a level head and follow through with the tour plans.

Is that the Pink Floyd Money you're talking about?

I believe it was a cover they did for the Italian Job soundtrack

same here...

will be curious as to how this turns out though.

Funny, whenever a band says stuff like this, it's usually an album full of ballads. I hope I'm wrong!

looking forward to this!