Velvet Revolver (abbreviate to VR) is a Grammy Award-winning hard rock supergroup currently consisting of Slash (Lead Guitar), Duff McKagan (bass guitar, backing vocals), Matt Sorum (drums, percussion, backing vocals) of Guns N' Roses, and Dave Kushner (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), of Wasted Youth. Following the breakup of Stone Temple Pilots in 2003, the band achieved success with their debut album Contraband and released their second album Libertad in 2007. Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots was the lead singer for the band from 2003 until 2008, when he left to reunite the Stone Temple Pilots after a fall out with the other members of Velvet Revolver.