This combustible crew of misfits probably has spent more collective time in rehab than most small towns' citizenry. So combining them would mean that you were going to get something highly inflammatory or the usual supergroup corporate custard. Which also means that anything Velvet Revolver does would likely be similar to trolling the minefield. Fortunately, it turns out that they have made one of the best rock albums of the past few years. Slash has made the big riff record that G'n'R fans always know he has in him, and Scott Weiland has unobservedly become one of rock's most versatile voices.