Velvet Revolver Reloading

Many doubted that the potentially combustible combination of Scott Weiland and former members of Guns N' Roses could last more than one album, but Velvet Revolver are hoping to have the last laugh. Guitarist Slash says that, after a worldwide tour, the supergroup plans to get cracking on its second record in the fall.

"As soon as we get off the road, we want to start getting the next record done and get it out," he says. "We don't want to lose momentum."

The group already has plenty of material to follow up its 2004 chart-topping debut, Contraband. "We've got tapes and tapes of stuff that we've been writing at soundcheck," Slash says. "There should be more than an album's worth of material. And then there's all the stuff we wrote before we did the first record that we never really touched."

Slash also thinks that, with the orientation phase of the band over, their sophomore effort should ! come together more easily. "When we did this first record, it was like a bunch of kids in a sandbox all thrown in at one time," he says. "Now we've managed to play together as a band, grow as a band and get to know each other as a band."

Velvet Revolver's North American tour dates:

3/19: Phoenix, Phoenix International Raceway
3/22: Montreal, Bell Centre
3/23: Ontario, Coral Centre
3/24: Ontario, Copps Coliseum,
3/27: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Credit Union Center
3/28: Calgary, Alberta, Pengrowth Saddledome
3/29: Edmonton, Alberta, Rexall Place
3/31: Vancouver, Pacific Coliseum
4/12: Chula Vista, CA, Coors Amphitheatre
4/13: Fresno, CA, Save Mart Center
4/15: Santa Barbara, CA, County Bowl
4/16: Anaheim, CA, The Pond
4/17: Reno, Events Center,
4/19: San Francisco, Bill Graham Civic Center
4/21: Portland, OR, Rose Garden
4/22: Everett, WA, Everett Arena
4/23: Boise, ID, Taco Bell Arena
4/25: West V! alley City, E Center
4/26: Denver, Magness Arena
4/28: St. Pau l, MN, Xcel Energy Center
4/29: Rockford, IL, Metro Centre
4/30: Detroit, Palace of Auburn Hills
5/2: Buffalo, NY, HSBC Arena
5/3: Amherst, MA, Mullins Center
5/5: Raleigh, NC, Alltel Pavillion
5/6: Atlanta, Hifi Buys Amphitheater
5/7: Orlando, Tinker Field
5/13: Scranton, PA, Montage Mountain
5/14: Wantagh, NY, Jones Beach
5/15: Virginia Beach, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
5/17: Cleveland, Tower Amphitheater
5/18: Pittsburgh, Chevrolet Amphitheater
5/20: Holmdel, NJ, PNC
5/21: Columbia, MD, Merriweather
5/24: Tampa, St. Pete's Times Forum,
5/25: West Palm Beach, Sound Advice Amphitheatre