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Track Listings
| 1. Sucker Train Blues |
| 2. Do It For The Kids |
| 3. Big Machine |
| 4. Illegal i Song |
| 5. Spectacle |
| 6. Fall To Pieces |
| 7. Headspace |
| 8. Superhuman |
| 9. Set Me Free |
| 10. You Got No Right |
| 11. Slither |
| 12. Dirty Little Thing |
| 13. Loving The Alien |
Product Description
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Scott Weiland. Slash. Duff McKagen. Matt Sorum. It doesn't seem like a good idea to put these people in a room together, let alone a band. But it was the same exact explosive element of danger and low I.Q. scores that made both of these players' former groups-- Stone Temple Pilots and Guns N' Roses--sell billions, so why stand in their way? The music on Contraband sounds appropriately monumental, all window-quivering riffs, and ticker-tape parade choruses. "Do It For the Kids" and "Set Me Free" take direct inspiration from Nirvana, meaning they are brilliantly raw, raucous, and indecent. It's great stuff. The power-ballads like "Fall to Pieces" and "You Got No Right," however, are more heartburn than heartbreak when compared to past achievements like, oh, let's say "Sweet Child O' Mine." --Aidin Vaziri
Album Description
Limited edition CD, includes bonus tracks. RCA. 2005.
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Nov 1 2004
Format:Audio CD
I've had my eye on this CD for a while. Then, me and my friend traded CD's for a little while. He got my Texas Chainsaw Massacre Soundtrack, and I got his Velvet Revolver Contraband. And let me tell you, the trade wasn't fair. He got a head banging CD that sported such bands as Pantera, Hatebreed, Lamb Of God, Mushroomhead, Meshuggah. And I got THIS? Hell, no! Man! I was mad. I listened to this once all the way through, put the CD back in the case, and wanted to smash it. What a terrible recording! I was expecting what I heard from Fall To Pieces, and Slither. But the whole album was...was...not good. I give this two stars because - and I hate to say this, because I hate those people who buy a whole CD and only listen to the single(s) - the singles are the only two good songs. Do yourself a favour, skip this one. Get something else. As for me, I was glad I got my Texas Chainsaw Massacre Soundtrack back. Get Guns N Roses, there WAY better. I suggest Appetite For Destruction. My friend ended up buying the Texas Chainsaw Massacre Soundtrack, and I ended up writing a negative review on this site. What a waste of time. Slash is better than this.
Keep Shredding
Jack Metal
Don't buy! Please! Don't Buy!
July 4 2004
Format:Audio CD
All the children who buy this muck are misguided Satan worshippers. There is no redeeming value to this garbage. The band glorifies drugs, just read the title "Contraband". It is well known that every member in this blasphemous "band" are drug abusers and support the homosexual lifestyle. I know this because I learned the hard way.
I had the misfortune of buying this distasteful record for my nephew's first communion and I regret it deeply, more than anything before in my life. He plays it often and even recites the evil lyrics. His parents won't take it away from him for they fear he will lash out at them. Please, parents, I urge you to protect your children from this.
I had the misfortune of buying this distasteful record for my nephew's first communion and I regret it deeply, more than anything before in my life. He plays it often and even recites the evil lyrics. His parents won't take it away from him for they fear he will lash out at them. Please, parents, I urge you to protect your children from this.
Velvet Revolver Contraband--A Kick In The Pants!
Jun 26 2004
Format:Audio CD
Contraband--Super Debut Album!!!
I have to say that Velvet Revolver's Contraband IS pure ROCK!! Aggressive, energetic, and HARD!!
If you need to rev yourself up, this will give you a kick in the a**!! Great CD to hear LOUD while crusin' down the highway.
It's the kind of CD that once you hear it all the way through you say to yourself, I gotta hear that again!! Exciting as pure rock can get. It's great to hear guitar solos and Slash does a super job. It has some cool ballads too (great guitars and lyrics).
I never was a big Guns n' Roses fan, but loved Stone Temple Pilots. One thing I can say about GnR though is that as a band they were tight and rocked, it's Axl that turned me off to the band mostly.
Favorite songs are: Headspace, Sucker Train Blues, Do It For The Kids, Set Me Free, Slither, Fall To Pieces, Illegal i Song, Big Machine, You Got No Right, Loving The Alien, Superhuman.
If you have the chance to catch these guys live do it! These songs LIVE would be awesome!! I think the band has big potential....wonder what Axl thinks of it.
Play it loud & play it often!!
Vilma~
Mystic Rock Boutique
http://www.mysticrock.net
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Not quite what everyone was hoping for
I never imagined that the re-teaming of ex GNR members fronted by Scott Weiland would sound like this. Read more
Published on Mar 27 2006 by Derek Puzak
I'm still waiting for Guns N' Roses to reunite
I'm probably in the minority here. Well, so be it. Velvet Revolver is nothing more than a recycled version of the Stone Temple Pilots and they will never ever have the same... Read more
Published on Feb 25 2006 by Vader
PROOF THAT THEIRS STILL LIFE OUT THEIR!!!
sUCKER TrAIN bLUeS- 3.5/5 GETS ANNOYING AFTER A WHILE. dO iT fOR tHE kIDs 5/5 ONE OF MY FAVES. WAY TO BRING BACK HEAVY METAL.
bIG MAcHINE 5/5 BEST WITH HIGH BASS. Read more
bIG MAcHINE 5/5 BEST WITH HIGH BASS. Read more
Published on Sep 24 2005 by mike
back from the ashes
wow. what more can i say. ex members of guns n roses/stone temple pilots blah blah blah.. slash, scott weiland blah blah blah,.. Read more
Published on Sep 17 2005 by hugo
Inspired Debut
I bought Contraband almost one year ago and it's still one of my most played albums. I love it to pieces- Weiland is a versatile and unique vocalist with a lot of attitude and his... Read more
Published on July 21 2005
The best new album to come out in years
Former Guns n Roses members team up with Scott Weiland formerly of Stone Temple Pilots and energy bomb guitarist Dave Kushner. Read more
Published on April 4 2005 by Steven
Great album!
Its a great album but it requires some listening to appreciate it. Its no Gn'R but its great for what it is. In a time of so much dull rock music this is very refreshing. Read more
Published on Mar 14 2005
I LOVE IT
I thought this album rocks,Scott and slash really did an amazing job with this album as well as the other members. So I leave by saying WOWOWOWOWOWOW what an album!!!!!!!!!!!
Published on Dec 8 2004
Contraband: Weiland's Public Service Hours
It's a tough thing when one band joins the singer from another. Success greeted Audioslave, and the same was expected from the GN'R/STP crossover. Read more
Published on Nov 19 2004 by C. Horgan
Startin From Scratch and Doing It Right
It sure is nice to see the backbone of Gun's'N'Roses jump back to where they should be; away from the downfall of one power happy individual. Read more
Published on Sep 2 2004 by Danny Patey
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