Guns N' Roses' music was basic and gritty, with a solid hard, bluesy base; they were dark, sleazy, dirty, and honest -- everything
that good hard rock and heavy metal should be. They innovatively combined the 1980's glam-rock scene with the underground
rock of the Sunset Strip. This resulted in an outcome which shattered all expectations and created a legend." At a time when
pop was dominated by dance music and pop metal, Guns N' Roses brought raw, ugly rock & roll crashing back into the charts.
They were not nice boys; nice boys don't play rock & roll. While Slash and Izzy Stradlin ferociously spit out dueling guitar riffs
worthy of Aerosmith or the Stones, Axl Rose screeched out his tales of sex, drugs, and apathy in the big city; bassist Duff
McKagan and drummer Steven Adler were a limber rhythm section that kept the music loose and powerful.
Velvet Revolver is a hard rock supergroup consisting of former Guns N' Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum,
and Dave Kushner, formerly of punk band Wasted Youth. Stone Temple Pilots vocalist Scott Weiland was Velvet Revolver's lead
singer from their formation until 2008.
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