“Velvet Revolver could have been as big as Guns N’ Roses”

The former drummer of Guns N’ Roses, Matt Sorumduring an interview published on the channel YouTube Get On The Busamong other topics, talked about his time with i Velvet Revolver expressing the firm belief that the group composed not only of him but also of Guns N’ Roses Slash And Duff McKagan together with the former singer of Stone Temple Pilots Scott Weiland had all it takes to replicate the band’s success Axl Rose.

Says Sorum without a hint of regret: “Velvet Revolver weren’t as big as Guns N’ Roses, but they could have been. They just didn’t last long enough.”

He then continued by photographing the period in which i Velvet Revolver they remained active, from 2003 to 2012: “I don’t think it’s a question of size, really. You play in an arena and you’re already quite big. For me, it was probably the best because I had a lot clearer ideas too. So, I had been through hard times. We had all been through hard times, we had all made mistakes. The band, the other band had broken up. You know, we really wanted to stick together.”

Matt Sorum he didn’t hold back in talking about the dissolution of a band that had nevertheless had a certain degree of success and even achieved a victory at the Grammy Awards. “Unfortunately, we fell back into the same bad habits, the same old shit, and everything fell apart. But I still think about it, especially when we got the Grammy. We had never gotten a Grammy with Guns N’ Roses. That was a huge moment. Three Grammy nominations and we won one.”

“Contraband” (read the review here), the debut album of Velvet Revolver released in 2004, it reached number one on the US sales chart directly in the first week and was the album’s first single, “Slither”remained at the top of the mainstream rock chart for eight consecutive weeks. It was thanks to “Slither” that the group won the Grammy in the category ‘Best Hard Rock Performance’. Then, internal conflicts and personal problems led to their dissolution.