who would of thought?...scott weiland and surviving members of gnr, along with dave kushner. what do you get?..velvet revolver. yea it seems like people from former bands are now coming together to make music again (example: audioslave). contraband totally rocks...the music is raw and energetic with all the licks and solos and edgy riffs along with scott's vocals. every song here is flawless...but there is just one little problem here. i don't know about anyone..but for some reason i just cant help but think Guns n' Roses!! why?...slash. his guitar work hasn't really changed, for example.."fall to pieces" will just take you back to "sweet child o' mine". its not that you will get the two bands mixed up..its just the music sounds a little like gnr..but yet again its slash and thats his trademark sound so its ok. wonder what they will bring to the table on their next record??