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"Sucker Train Blues" roars out of the starting block, rocking like there's no tomorrow, with Weiland's seething vocals riding the six-string whirlwind generated by guitar supremo Slash and his new sidekick Dave Kushner. "Big Machine," with its doubtlessly autobiographical storyline about the pitfalls of stardom, melds the ring of truth with the voice of experience. The anthemic "Fall to Pieces" has echoes of vintage GNR, and Slash's "Sweet Child o' Mine"-like guitar intro to "Superhuman" similarly rolls back the years to his former band's late-1980s heyday. Far from being '80s-metal retreads in search of a new niche, though, the reenergized members of Velvet Revolver wipe the slate clean and rededicate themselves to take-no-prisoners rock & roll with CONTRABAND.
Timing your gigs and recording sessions around an unpredictable (and occasionally incarcerated) new lead singer might not seem the most auspicious start for a band. But when the singer is former Stone Temple Pilot Scott Weiland and the other musicians include Slash, Duff McKagan, and Matt Sorum--all veterans of Guns N' Roses--it's just business as usual. And these circumstances don't seem to have affected the supergroup's performance any, as evidenced by the outfit's raucous debut, CONTRABAND.
Explicit; Scott Weiland(Stp) Slash(Gnr) & Duff(Gnr)
Velvet Revolver: Scott Weiland (vocals); Slash (guitar, background vocals); Dave Kushner (guitar); Duff (bass guitar, background vocals); Matt Sorum (drums, background vocals).
Rolling Stone (p.153) - Included in Rolling Stone's Top 50 Records Of 2004 - "[V]icious, unapologetic Sunset Strip glam-metal classicism..."
Entertainment Weekly (pp.79-80) - "Like a refurbished Corvette tearing down Sunset Strip, they're determined to rock, dammit, and they go about their job with a revved-up efficiency." - Grade: B-
Q (p.127) - 4 stars out of 5 - "An old-school arena rock album enlivened by Weiland's Beatles-esque melodies and chameleon delivery."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.107) - 4 stars out of 5 - "CONTRABAND is a guilty pleasure....Velvet Revolver shoots for the sky and erupts in fireworks." Velvet Revolver Contraband Songs Contraband Music Review Average Rating: (3.9 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews THE BEST GnR' COVERBAND EVER!!!!
no not really. slash said the he wanted velvet to sound like guns n' roses. not even close. you think a junkie like scott weiland can take axl roses place?!?! nope. it was really sad to see velvet live and skinny scott did not know the words to the guns songs the band was performing. this album has a forced sound. overall weak. slash's solos don't have that punch or intensity that he had with axl and izzy. now that scott bailed on the band are they going to treat him like axl? talk crap about him and blame their down fall on him? i hope so cause' 15 years of talking trash about axl is very OLD news. oh yeah, didn't slash, duff, and matt walk out on guns n' roses. for all the velvet fans that have this very strange beef w/the new guns lineup. buy the new scott weiland cd, smoke crack...shoot up some junk and be all LA rock n' roll and sh1t..LMAO.
Submitted by Lucifer (Hell,USA)
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Boo! Bad copy protection!
Won't play properly in my computer, can't rip my own mp3 files from it. is this what it's come to? I'm supposed to have the right to unrestricted personal use of the music I buy and this CD doesn't meet that criteria. It's DEFECTIVE and I won't lets artists and labels that try to do this use my money to do so.
Submitted by Chris Lira (Pacific Northwest, USA) 
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 1 of 1 found this helpful. As close to Guns as youll ever get
If your a Slash fan then this album is for you.
Weilands songwriting and vocals fit perfect with Slash.
Duff and Matt hold the fort down as usual, this album rocks....
Submitted by jkashyap (San Francisco , CA USA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No  I expected more
With all this talent and experience, I was expecting to be blown away. The music was excellent and the lyrics are great, just didn't quite seem to come together through the whole cd. Songs like Slither and Superhuman tear it up. The cd is well balanced with some softer but more powerful hits like Fall to Pieces - my personal favorite.Then out of nowhere a song like You got No Right makes you stop and make sure the same cd is still playing because it comes out of nowhere and just uncharacteristically stinks, ruining the whole feeling the album had got you to at that point. Maybe if I could take my favorite songs and mix them on my own cd with a few of my other favorite G&R or STP Riffs, I'd feel like I had a more complete experience. But the technical control Media Max has placed over a cd I have bought and paid for ruins even that possibility. Ironically, you can still copy the whole disc, just can't make your own mix cd. I recommend going on line and buying just the few songs you like from a media store, and save your money for the next complete cd, which will hopefully have chemistry in it's entirety.
Submitted by Darth_Raider (Chester, Va, USA)
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Well worth the money
There were two cuts that lost me but there were several surprises. Besides Slither and Fall to Pieces, cuts 9 (Set Me Free) and 12 (Dirty Little Thing)should be hits on the radio. Why arn't they playing these? This is a good album well worth the money invested.
Submitted by geebert420 (Columbia, MO., USA)
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