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Post by DRL on Oct 9, 2003 17:37:42 GMT -5
It's official: Velvet Revolver have inked a deal with RCA Records. Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland, ex-Wasted Youth guitarist Dave Kushner and the former Guns N' Roses trio of Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum hope to have their debut album in stores by the end of February.
I'm intrested to see and hear what Velvet Revolver sound like.
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Post by DRL on Jun 17, 2004 15:36:28 GMT -5
Velvet Revolver Shoots Straight To No. 1
Velvet Revolver smuggles its debut album "Contraband" right into the top slot on The Billboard 200. In its first week, the rock supergroup's RCA set sold 256,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
The group is a consortium of ex-Guns N' Roses bandmates Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum, Wasted Youth guitarist Dave Kushner and Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland. Last week, first single "Slither" reached the top of Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The band is in the midst of its first North American tour.
The arrival of "Contraband" cuts short the return of Usher's "Confessions" to No. 1. After a one-week rebound that upped its total to nine weeks at the top, the LaFace/Zomba set falls to No. 2 on a 12% slide to 171,000 copies.
Velvet Revolver leads a charge of rock arrivals, as new sets from 311 and a compilation culled from last year's Warped tour land in the top 10 this week. "Greatest Hits '93-03," the first such collection from rock/rap quintet 311, bows at No. 7 on sales of 63,000 copies. The Volcano/Zomba set opens in the same slot as the group's last studio album, 2003's "Evolver," which has sold 307,000 copies to date.
Right behind is Side One Dummy's "2004 Warped Tour" double-disc compilation. The set bows at No. 8 on sales of 61,000 copies after being sold for under $6 at retailers Circuit City, Best Buy and Target. It's the best debut in the Warped tour compilation series, beating the No. 21 opening of the previous year's set, which moved 39,000 copies in its first week.
Former chart-topper Avril Lavigne takes a 2-3 tumble with "Under My Skin" (Arista) on a 28% sales drop to 122,000 copies. Also falling one slot is Gretchen Wilson's "Here for the Party" (Epic) and Prince's "Musicology" (NPG/Columbia), which land at No. 4 and No. 5, respectively. Hoobastank's "The Reason" holds onto No. 6 for the third straight week.
D12 falls two spots to No. 9 with "D12 World" (Shady/Interscope) while Slipknot's "Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses" (Roadrunner) falls from No. 5 to close out the top 10. The latter debuted three weeks ago at No. 2.
Among the other notable Billboard 200 debuts this week is the latest from SheDaisy. With 42,000 copies, the pop-country trio's third studio effort, "Sweet Right Here," is its best opening sales week to date. The Hollywood set bows at No. 16, besting the opening of 2002's "Knock on the Sky," which debuted at No. 23 with 39,000 copies and has sold 218,000 copies to date.
Recently wed Latin star Marc Anthony enters album chart at No. 26 with the Spanish-language "Amar Sin Mentiras." The Sony set, which sold 35,000 copies, also tops Billboard's Top Latin Albums chart. Anthony's last album, 2002's "Mended," entered The Billboard 200 at No. 3 with sales of 111,000 copies and has moved 645,000 to date.
U.K. rock act PJ Harvey scores its biggest sales week ever and its highest Billboard 200 chart position with "Uh Huh Her." The Island set sold 34,000 copies to open at No. 29. The Polly Jean Harvey-led band's last album, the acclaimed 2000 set "Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea," entered at No. 42 with sales of 32,000 copies; it has sold 271,000 copies to date.
Also debuting this week is Fred Hammond's "Somethin' 'Bout Love" (Verity, No. 35), Bad Religion's "The Empire Strikes First" (Epitaph, No. 40), the Corrs' "Borrowed Heaven" (Atlantic, No. 51), the Calling's "Two" (RCA, No. 54) and Sonic Youth's "Sonic Nurse" (Geffen, No. 64).
Although overall U.S. album sales were down 1.8% to 10.8 million, about 15% behind the comparable week last year, sales for 2004 are edging out those of 2003 by 6.5%.
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Post by grimmstarr on Jun 27, 2004 11:10:36 GMT -5
Yeah...Velvet Revolver is sooo awesome!
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snizz
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Post by snizz on Jun 28, 2004 1:05:03 GMT -5
They've got potential but they haven't convinced me yet. Some songs sound like G'nR covering STP and the others sound like STP backed by G'nRs (thankfully ditching Axl A-hole. ) When they come up with something different I haven't already heard from either band before, we'll see. American Chopper DRL? ;D Mikey rocks!
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Post by LS on Jul 1, 2004 22:02:00 GMT -5
Yeah I was kinda disappointed too...not that they're bad or anything- they're not...there's a lot of talent there and I do like Slither and a couple other songs...Don't really know what I was expecting- but it is pretty much been there, heard that already. I just figure if you're gonna start a new band- at least make it sound like something 'new' (different)...
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