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''Contraband'' is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Velvet Revolver, released on June 8, 2004 by RCA Records. A commercial success, ''Contraband'' debuted at number one on the American ''Billboard'' 200 chart and was certified double platinum by the RIAA.〔("Velvet Revolver Shoots Straight to No. 1" ). billboard.com. June 16, 2004.〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Gold and Platinum Database Search )〕 ==Background and recording== Velvet Revolver formed when Guns N' Roses musicians Slash (guitar), Duff McKagan (bass) and Matt Sorum (drums) combined to play at a benefit concert for fellow musician Randy Castillo in 2002. They decided to form a band and recruited guitarist Dave Kushner who had previously played with Suicidal Tendencies, Wasted Youth, and Dave Navarro. The quartet then set about recruiting a lead singer with the recruitment process filmed by VH1. Several lead singers auditioned including Josh Todd of Buckcherry, Kelly Shaefer of Neurotica and Travis Meeks of Days of the New. Scott Weiland had become friends with McKagan and had played on the same bill as Kushner when Stone Temple Pilots were known as Mighty Joe Young and Kushner was in the Electric Love Hogs. Weiland heard the material and offered his services as the lead singer and the band clicked. Slash suggested the name Revolver for the project and Weiland suggested the addition of "Black Velvet"" to the title. "Black" was dropped to create the band's name, Velvet Revolver. Velvet Revolver recorded its first track "Set Me Free" for ''The Hulk'' soundtrack in 2003, along with a cover of Pink Floyd's "Money" for ''The Italian Job''. The band played their first live gig at the El Rey in Los Angeles in July 2003. It recorded ''Contraband'' in the latter part of 2003 with recording complicated by Weiland's court appearances for drug charges and his subsequent sentencing to undertake rehabilitation. In February 2005, RCA Records released a "Tour Edition" of the album in Europe, which included a bonus disc containing three songs: "Surrender" (originally by Cheap Trick), "No More, No More" (originally by Aerosmith), and an acoustic version of "Fall to Pieces". The United States release of the disc uses the MediaMax CD-3 system for copy protection, while Macrovision CDS-200 is used for the European release. The album cover features a silhouette of American actress Rena Riffel. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Contraband (Velvet Revolver album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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