I bought the Velvet Revolver cd and it's not the same as Guns N' Roses.  It's more like a recycled version of Stone Temple Pilots under a new name.  Sure, the album boasts great songs like Slither and Fall to pieces- but that's about it.  If you want Slash at his best, I would buy Guns N' Roses- Appetite for Destruction, Guns N' Roses- Use Your Illusion I and II and Guns N' Roses- G N' R Lies and The Spaghetti Incident?  You could also buy their Greatest Hits.  Velvet Revolver is nothing more than a cheap imitation of Guns N' Roses and Stone Temple Pilots