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{
    "name": "Velvet revolver",
    "title": "Velvet revolver",
    "id": 1856,
    "slug": "velvet-revolver",
    "url": "https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/1856/?format=api",
    "bio_short": "Velvet Revolver are a Grammy Award-winning <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/hard%20rock\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">hard rock</a> supergroup consisting of former <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Guns+N%27+Roses\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Guns N' Roses</a> members <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Slash\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Slash</a>, <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Duff+McKagan\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Duff McKagan</a> and <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Matt+Sorum\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Matt Sorum</a>, alongside <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Dave+Kushner\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Dave Kushner</a> formerly of punk band <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Wasted+Youth\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Wasted Youth</a>. In 2004, the band achieved commercial success with their debut album, <a title=\"Velvet Revolver - Contraband\" href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Velvet+Revolver/Contraband\" class=\"bbcode_album\">Contraband</a>. Critics initially described Velvet Revolver as a mere combination of <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Stone+Temple+Pilots\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Stone Temple Pilots</a> and <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Guns+N%27+Roses\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Guns N' Roses</a>, and criticized the band for a &quot;disconnection&quot; between <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Scott+Weiland\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Scott Weiland</a> and the rest of the band. With their single <a title=\"Velvet Revolver &ndash; Slither\" href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Velvet+Revolver/_/Slither\" class=\"bbcode_track\">Slither</a>, they won the 2005 Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance. ",
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    "songs": []
}