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Velvet Revolver shows true GNR grit
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VELVET REVOLVER
AT THE RIVIERA THEATER
It's been a long, cold decade for Guns N' Roses fans. Maybe
because the GNR train wrecked so dismally, demand for some form --
any form -- of Guns-related material remains huge. Heck, Axl Rose
packed the Allstate Arena in 2002 for a disastrous "comeback" tour
with a no-name cast of jokers that could barely stay on the same beat
for two hours.
Rose still owns the band's name, but his long-rumored "Chinese
Democracy" record has bec...
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Velvet Revolver: Son of a Gun
The Washington Post
; Maybe Axl Rose has the right idea. If you're an early-'90s rock star, perhaps it's best to tell the world that you're working on a staggeringly anticipated comeback album and then lock yourself in a broom closet until everybody forgets you exist. On the other hand, if you're guitarist Slash,
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Velvet Revolver needs a lot more evolving
Daily Breeze
; TODAYVelvet Revolver is better in theory than in practice -- at least at this early stage. The L.A. band's first hometown show for a large audience, Tuesday night at the Wiltern Theatre, proved that simply pitting the guttural backbeat of Guns N' Roses with the sensual voice of Stone Temple Pilots
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VELVET REVOLVER TAKES AIM WITH A HARD-ROCK MERGER SLASH, SCOTT WEILAND TAKE IT TO A HEAVIER LEVEL
The Boston Globe
; Hard-rock credibility is hard to acquire - and even harder to sustain. Audiences are fickle, radio programmers' tastes change, acts lose their edge and turn into simpering fodder for classic-rock package tours. Few hard-rockers go the distance, but two bands that have scaled the heights are Guns N'
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'Velvet Revolver' happy to prove critics wrong while staying drug free
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
; Bassist Duff McKagan has always been the punk-rocker of his bands - - Guns N' Roses, and more recently Velvet Revolver. "I've had that image," McKagan by phone from his home in Los Angeles. (He has a second home in Seattle, Wash.) "But in reality, I love all kinds of music. I was the youngest of
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Velvet Revolver a fun blast from the past
Winnipeg Free Press
; By Rob Williams A velvet revolver sounds like a pretty innocuous weapon, but it becomes slightly more threatening when it's the name of the band lead by former members of Guns N' Roses and Stone Temple Pilots, two groups who lived the sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll lifestyle to the max. They are
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