Velvet Revolver Discography

Velvet Revolver Discography

The following is a complete discography of hard rock band Velvet Revolver. Since 2003, they have released 2 studio albums, 1 extended play (EP) and 8 singles. Their most successful album was Contraband, which reached No. 1 in the US and was certified Double Platinum by the RIAA. Their most successful single was "Slither", which reached No. 1 in both the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks and Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks charts. Their only EP, Melody and the Tyranny, did not chart in the US or the UK.

Velvet Revolver is a Grammy Award-winning hard rock supergroup consisting of former Guns N' Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum, alongside Dave Kushner formerly of punk band Wasted Youth. Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland was Velvet Revolver's lead singer since their formation until parting ways with the band in 2008. In 2004, the band achieved commercial success with their debut album, Contraband. Critics initially described Velvet Revolver as a mere combination of Stone Temple Pilots and Guns N' Roses, and criticized the band for a "disconnection" between Scott Weiland and the rest of the band. With their single "Slither", they won the 2005 Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance.

The band released Libertad in 2007, driven by the release of the single "She Builds Quick Machines", and embarked on a tour with Alice in Chains. In April 2008, Weiland parted ways with Velvet Revolver and has since reunited with Stone Temple Pilots. Velvet Revolver has been on indefinite hiatus since April and in November 2008, the band was released by their record label Sony BMG/RCA Records at their request to allow them "complete freedom to go through whatever process it would take to accomplish" replacing Weiland.