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 Velvet Revolver
Contraband. This is the name of their first album as a band and has received good feedback from the media and rock fans everywhere, even before it was released.
3. The members are Slash on lead guitar, Duff McKagan on bass and Matt Sorum on drums. The other members are Scott Weiland on vocals who was a member of Stone Temple Pilots and Dave Kushner on guitar who was a member of Electric Love Hogs.
| What band was Scott Weiland (the lead singer) a member of before joining Velvet Revolver? | Velvet Revolver
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Stone Temple Pilots. Stone Temple Pilots consisted of Scott Weiland on vocals, Dean DeLeo on guitar, Robert DeLeo on bass and Eric Kretz on drums.
St. Louis. They played at The Pagent venue.
The Hulk. The actors that starred in the movie were Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Nick Nolte, Sam Elliot, Josh Lucas, and was directed by Ang Lee.
El Rey Theatre. El Ray Theatre is in Los Angeles.
| What was the band's first single called?(excluding "Set Me Free") | Velvet Revolver
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Slither. When it was released this song was being played all over America and had received positive feedback from the media in the US and the UK.
| When on tour in 2004, how many concerts did they do in New York?(excluding David Letterman as it doesn't really count as a concert) | Velvet Revolver
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2. They played at the Howard Stern Show on 24/5/04 and Roseland on 26/5/04.
8th June 2004. Their album was released in the UK on 7th June 2004.
RCA Records. Other well known bands are signed to RCA such as Kelly Clarkson, The Strokes, Christina Aguilera and The Foo Fighters.
True. Brink Media has also built websites for the likes of Triggerstreet and Muse Films.
| After Guns n' Roses, Slash, Duff and Matt came together for a tribute performance for which famous performer in 2002? | Velvet Revolver Part 2
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Randy Castillo. Randy Castillo, famous for his drumming with Ozzy Osbourne and Motley Crue, died of cancer March 26th, 2002 at the age of 51.
Dirty Little Thing. The video for the song is half animated. The idea was inspired by Japanese artist Rockin' Jellybean who designed Velvet Revolver's backdrop.
Best Hard Rock Performance - "Slither". The other nominees where Incubus for "Megalomaniac", Metallica for "Some Kind Of Monster", Nickleback for "Feelin Way to Damn Good" and Slipknot for "Duality". Previous winners include Foo Fighters, Stone Temple Pilots and Smashing Pumpkins.
11. In the US Billboard Album charts, it went straight to number one and entered at number 2 in the Australian charts.
Yes. The album went platinum on 08/02/05 and is available on DualDisc which features videos for both "Slither" and "Fall to Pieces".
| In 2005, Velvet Revolver were placed number one in two sections of the January edition of "Rolling Stone" magazine? | Velvet Revolver Part 2
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True. They were number one in Best New Artist and Best Hard Rock/Metal Band readers poll.
The Datsuns. The Datsuns hail from New Zealand and is fronted by Dolf De Datsun.
| Velvet Revolver provided songs for two movie soundtracks, "The Hulk" and for "The Italian Job". What was the original artist's name and the song for "The Italian Job"? | Velvet Revolver Part 2
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Pink Floyd - "Money". Velvet Revolver was approached to provide a song, when they were simply known as The Project.
| Which song do these lines come from:
"Metabolizin' everything that you see
But now and then or a little later
now I'm gonna take you down with me."? | Velvet Revolver "Contraband" Lyrics
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Set Me Free. This lyric is found right after the line: "You're kept alive and polarized with one thing in mind".
35. Scott Weiland's two kids at the album's release may have been an influence to these lyrics. Their names are Noah and Lucy.
Headspace. "Headspace" is the seventh song on the "Contraband" CD.
to lie. "You Got No Right" is not one of the best songs one the album, but it's still cool. This line is heard after the line "She won't be coming back too soon".
Scott Weiland and Dave Kushner. It is mainly down to Slash that this band was created.
RCA. The Band was originally going to be called "Black Velvet Revolver" but Slash thought it sounded too much like "Stone Temple Pilots".
| What was the band known as before the official name had been chosen? | Velvet Revolver
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The Project. The full name being the Duff/Slash/Matt Project.
| The second half of this quiz is lyrics. Which song are these lyrics from?
"Funny right here I find myself
Inside a paper cup"
| Velvet Revolver
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You Got No Right. "...Without a warning or a reason it's a treason
With no answer"
...is from which Contraband song?
| Which Velvet Revolver song is this from?
"Sometimes is all the time
And never means maybe" | Velvet Revolver
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Loving The Alien. David Bowie also did a song called "Loving the Alien" but it is not the same song.
| It's only one line but is very memorable:
"I - Don't - Anymore"
Which song is it from? | Velvet Revolver
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Illegal I Song. "...Just look and you'll
See me
Lying there
Lying there"
| Which song are these lines from?
"All the years I've tried
With more to go
Will the memories die
I'm waiting" | Velvet Revolver
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Fall to Pieces. "It's been a long year
Since you've been gone
I've been alone here
I've grown old
I fall to pieces, I'm falling
Fell to pieces and I'm still falling"
| One last trivia question:
Who is the oldest member of the band? | Velvet Revolver
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Matt. D.o.B oldest to youngest:
Matt: November 19, 1960
Duff: February 5, 1964
Slash: July 23, 1965
Dave: November 16, 1965
Scott: October 27, 1967
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