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Velvet Revolver

Velvet Revolver is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Sex Pistols, Stone Temple Pilots, Guns N' Roses, Bad Company and The Beatles. Those roots explain a lot about how Velvet Revolver arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Slash, Buckcherry, Chickenfoot, Alter Bridge and Jerry Cantrell, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Alter Bridge, Mad Season, Finley and Static-X, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 42 connections around Velvet Revolver, reaching back through Sex Pistols and forward to Alter Bridge. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Velvet Revolver was an American hard rock supergroup consisting of Guns N' Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum, alongside Dave Kushner formerly of punk band Wasted Youth, and Scott Weiland formerly of Stone Temple Pilots. The band formed in 2002 and was active until 2008, when Weiland was fired from the band and subsequently rejoined Stone Temple Pilots.

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Velvet RevolverSex PistolsStone Temple PilotsGuns N' RosesBad CompanyThe BeatlesNirvanaPink FloydTalking HeadsAlter BridgeMad SeasonFinleyStatic-XSlashBuckcherryChickenfootAlter BridgeJerry CantrellChris CornellWolfmotherThe Dead Daisies

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Velvet Revolver connections

Velvet Revolver grew out of Sex Pistols, Stone Temple Pilots, Guns N' Roses and Bad Company, shares an orbit with Slash, Buckcherry, Chickenfoot and Alter Bridge, went on to shape Alter Bridge, Mad Season, Finley and Static-X. 42 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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