Velvet Revolver

It is the arithmetic that A&R dreams are made of: G n' R - Axl Rose + ex-STP throat = modern-rock nirvana. It is also true. The bulk of Contraband (skip the power ballads) is vicious, unapologetic Sunset Strip glam-metal classicism -- the kind of dynamite deja vu that almost makes you believe in the word supergroup again.

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