FALL TO PIECES
I'M FALLING
FELL TO PIECES
AND I'M
STILL FALLING
Contraband
is the debut
studio album
by American
hard rock band
released on
June 8, 2004,
by RCA Records.
A commercial success,
Contraband
debuted at number one
on the American
Billboard 200 chart
and was certified
double platinum
by the RIAA.
Background and recording
Velvet Revolver
formed when
Guns N' Roses
musicians
Slash
(guitar),
Duff McKagan
(bass),
and
Matt Sorum
(drums)
combined to play
at a benefit concert
for fellow musician
Randy Castillo
in 2002.
They decided to
form a band
and recruited
guitarist
Dave Kushner
who had previously
played with
Suicidal Tendencies,
Wasted Youth,
and
Dave Navarro.
The quartet then set about
recruiting a
lead singer
with the recruitment process
filmed by VH1.
Several lead singers
auditioned
including
Josh Todd
of Buckcherry,
Kelly Shaefer
of
Neurotica
and
Travis Meeks
of
Days of the New.
Scott Weiland
had become friends
with McKagan
and had played
on the same bill as
Kushner
when
Stone Temple Pilots
were known as
Mighty Joe Young
and Kushner
was in the
Electric Love Hogs.
Weiland heard the material
and offered his services
as the lead singer
and the band clicked.
Slash suggested
the name
Revolver
for the project
while Weiland
suggested
Black Velvet Revolver
which was shortened to
Velvet Revolver.
Velvet Revolver
recorded its first track
"Set Me Free"
for
The Hulk soundtrack
in 2003,
later incorporated into
the album's track listing,
along with a cover of
Pink Floyd's
"Money"
for
The Italian Job,
which was later
released as a
B-side.
The band played their
first live gig
at the El Rey
in Los Angeles
in July 2003.
They recorded
Contraband
in the latter part
of 2003
with recording complicated
by Weiland's
court appearances
for drug charges
and his subsequent
sentencing to
undertake rehabilitation.
TRACKLIST
Do It For The Kids
Big Machine
Illegal I Song
Spectacle
Fall To Pieces
Headspace
Superhuman
Set Me Free
You Got No Right
Slither
Dirty Little Thing
Loving The Alien
BONUS !!!
B-Sides and Unreleased
No More, No More
Surrender
Gas and a Dollar Laugh
Money
Messages
Interstate Love Song
(Acoustic)
Fall To Pieces
(Acoustic)
Patience
(Acoustic)
Psycho Killer
Revolution
(Live)
Across The Universe
(Live)
(Various Artists)
The Last Fight
(Acoustic)
Slither
(Stripped and Raw)
Used To Lover Her
(Acoustic)
Tears in Heaven
(Various Artists)
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