▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁he ▁effectively ▁put ▁Lo aded ▁on ▁hi atus ▁the ▁same ▁year . ▁Adding ▁former ▁Lo aded ▁guitar ist ▁Dave ▁K ush ner ▁and ▁Stone ▁Temple ▁Pil ots ▁singer ▁Scott ▁We il and ▁to ▁the ▁line up , ▁they ▁formed ▁the ▁hard ▁rock ▁super group ▁Vel vet ▁Revol ver ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 . ▁They ▁released ▁their ▁debut ▁album , ▁Cont rab and , ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁and ▁the ▁follow - up , ▁Libert ad , ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁Lo aded ▁reun ited ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁to ▁perform ▁a ▁benefit ▁show ▁for ▁Jerry ▁Allen ' s ▁Can cer ▁Fund ▁and ▁continued ▁to ▁play ▁shows ▁on ▁occasion . ▁Know ing ▁that ▁Vel vet ▁Revol ver ' s ▁tour ▁was ▁ending , ▁McK agan ▁announced ▁that ▁Lo aded ▁were ▁working ▁on ▁a ▁new ▁album . ▁ ▁Lo aded ▁r ented ▁a ▁re he ars al ▁space ▁and ▁wrote ▁new ▁material ▁including ▁" M oth ers ▁Day ," ▁" I ▁See ▁Through ▁You ," ▁" S le aze ▁Factory ," ▁" F lat line ," ▁and ▁worked ▁on ▁older ▁material ▁such ▁as ▁" S ick ," ▁wrote ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁and ▁" W asted ▁Heart ," ▁wrote ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 - 0 7 . ▁They ▁began ▁recording ▁the ▁album ▁on ▁June ▁ 4 , ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁with ▁producer ▁Martin ▁Fe ve year ▁at ▁Jup iter ▁Studios ▁in ▁Seattle