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Velvet Revolver
Band Rancho Santa Margarita United States Active 2002–2008
Velvet Revolver formed in 2002 in Rancho Santa Margarita, United States and was active until 2008. Velvet Revolver has 87 chart appearances on 58 radio countdowns from 29 stations on RockLists, spanning 2003–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Slither”, which appears on 32 lists and was voted number one once. In total the artist has topped 1 countdown. The station that charted Velvet Revolver most often is KROQ (Los Angeles, CA), with 7 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2004.
Velvet Revolver was the supergroup that actually delivered. Three Guns N' Roses veterans, Slash on lead guitar, Duff McKagan on bass and Matt Sorum on drums, teamed up in 2002 with Dave Kushner, who'd played in the punk band Wasted Youth and took the rhythm guitar slot, and then landed a frontman with plenty of history of his own: Scott Weiland, formerly of Stone Temple Pilots. Put that voice in front of that rhythm section and something was bound to catch fire.
Contraband, their 2004 debut on RCA, did the business. Some critics sniffed that it was just STP bolted onto GN'R, and complained that Weiland never quite meshed with the others, but "Slither" sank its teeth in anyway, all serrated riffs and sneer, and won the Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance. "Fall to Pieces" showed the soft, bruised underbelly. Libertad followed in 2007, led by "She Builds Quick Machines", and the band hit the road with Alice in Chains.
The fuse burned out fast. In April 2008 Weiland was fired and went back to Stone Temple Pilots, and Velvet Revolver went on hiatus, asking RCA to release them while they looked for a replacement. They auditioned singers, but no new material ever surfaced. The band reunited with Weiland just once, for a benefit show in 2012, and that was the last time they played together before his death.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Velvet Revolver on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slither | 32 | #1 | 1 | 2004 | |
| 2 | Fall to Pieces | 24 | #6 | – | 2004 | |
| 3 | She Builds Quick Machines | 7 | #22 | – | 2007 | |
| 4 | Dirty Little Thing | 5 | #26 | – | 2005 | |
| 5 | Set Me Free | 7 | #45 | – | 2003 | |
| 6 | Come On, Come In | 2 | #51 | – | 2005 | |
| 7 | Get Out the Door | 2 | #23 | – | 2008 | |
| 8 | Sucker Train Blues | 2 | #90 | – | 2005 | |
| 9 | The Last Fight | 2 | #76 | – | 2007 | |
| 10 | Big Machine | 1 | #93 | – | 2004 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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