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FHM ? FOR HIM MAGAZINE ? JUNE 2004 Issue 45

REVIEWS ? MUSIC
Photography by Zach Cordner (13); Hair and Makeup by Darin, Tatiana and John Blaine for Exclusive Artists; Styling by Cynthia A. Freund for Mercury Artist Group
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The month?s releases faster than Chris Cornell loses his shirt
>Velvet Revolver Contraband RCA
FHM:  ?Is being regarded as a supergroup a hindrance??
Duff McKagan, bass:  ?We?ve got to wipe that idea out of people?s minds, and just come out and be mean and lean.  I?m going to do my part.  In the first video, I?ll be shirtless.?

MEXICAN FOOD WITH . . .
VELVET REVOLVER
Their livers obliterated, rock legends set out to destroy their bowels

>Super Tacos Michoacan, North Hollywood, CA   Round1: Corn chips
FHM  Before we get started, are any of you currently on the lam?
Duff McKagan, bass  No, not right now.
FHM  Phew.  You guys must have made a fortune playing in Guns N? Roses and Stone Temple Pilots.  Why are we eating at some low-rent taco stand?
Duff  We rehearse around the corner from here.  This place is horrible.  It?ll kill you.
Matt Sorum, drums  Anything could happen.  You could love it, or you could die.
FHM  Have you guys ever dusted your leathers with brown salsa?
Duff  I?ve shit my pants.  I was at a music convention in Chicago and I was too drunk to give a fuck.  I just went into the bathroom and wiped it off.
Slash, guitar  It wasn?t so much of a stench.
Matt  I was in a limo once with this hot little stripper.  I said to her, ?Baby, I think I?m feeling sick.?  Then it just came out like a scene from The Exorcist, out of my mouth and my ass at the same time.  The stripper was so disgusted, she was sick too.
FHM  Did you still get to bang her?
Matt  Sure.
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Round 2:  Arguing in Mexican
FHM  What do you guys usually order here?
Slash  A taco, an enchilada and lots of pickled jalapenos.  But my favorite tacos are the regular, cheap Taco Bell tacos.
Dave Kushner, guitar  Hard-shell tacos are a no-no.  I?m Mexican; hard-shell tacos are very American.  They?re for the weak.
Scott Weiland, singer  I prefer carnitas.  Slow-pulled pork, roasted pork ones.
Matt  Good Mexican food is all about the corn tortilla.  It?s got to be done on the grill and it?s got to be two layers.  The meat either has to be a good carne asada or a good pollo.  And no fucking cheese and shit on there.

Round 3:  Quesadilla appetizers
FHM  The album?s called Contraband.  What?s the biggest thing you?ve had wedged up your ass?
Duff  Probably my old lady?s finer.
Slash  Synthetic heroin in the form of a suppository.
Scott  I put a couple of balloons of heroin and a crack pipe up my ass.
FHM  Why put a crack pipe up your ass?
Scott  Cocaine paranoia.  I was in a suite at the Four Seasons in a city I won?t name.  I was convinced that secret agents were around; that kind of thing comes with the advanced stages of freebase smoking.  I didn?t want to get rid of the pipe, so I wrapped it in a plastic and ?keistered? it.  That?s the jail term for putting something up your ass.
FHM  What is a velvet revolver?  Is it a cock?
Duff  It?s whatever you might conjure up.  But there are some bad band names out there.  Pearl Jam is horrible.  Nirvana?  There was a Nirvana in every city.  There was an Incubus everywhere.  Led Zeppelin, Def Leppard:  They?re bad too.

>Round 4:  Tacos all around
FHM  Besides eating these tacos, what?s the most dangerous thing you?ve ever done?
Duff  I?ve OD?ed.  I?ve stood on the edge of Niagara Falls.  My pancreas blew up because I was drinking a gallon of vodka a day.  I could go on.
Matt  I hired a driver to take me into the jungles near Caracas, Venezuela, t score cocaine.  He spoke no English but he had a handlebar mustache.  Three days later, I woke up on the balcony of some hotel room I had no idea how I got to.
FHM  Dangerous.  You should carry a butterfly knife.
Matt  I have one.  Keith Richards is a butterfly-knife expert though.
FHM  Have your partied with the master?
Matt  Not with him, but in his vicinity.  He mixed me a drink.  It was nine parts vodka and one part cranberry.  At the bar he was ordering two Jack and gingers at a time.  I said, ?Keith, why order two drinks at once??  He said, ?In case I spill one.?
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>Round 5:  Burritos for six
FHM  Slash, pass the salsa.
Slash  I partied at the White House when Clinton was in office.  They had a New Year?s party and I snuck in a case of Evian filled with vodka.  The party was raging.  It was interesting meeting his daughter while she was partying hard.
FHM  Does this whole band exist as a fuck you to Axl?
Duff  No.  It?s our statement.
FHM  What do you think about his botox-and-leather look?
Matt  I?m not feeling it.  And I don?t know what?s going on with the hair.
FHM  How many albums will you release before Chinese Democracy comes out?
Matt  Probably three.

>Round 6:  Pollo and hats
FHM  How long can a man get away with wearing a hat and leather pants?
Dave  Forever.  Look at Santa Claus.  He?s fat, he wears leather boots and he?s got a hat.
FHM  Slash, where?s your famous top hat?
Duff  He only pimps the old hat out for special occasions now.  I was the first one to experiment with the top hat.  Slash said, ?Hey, can I try that on??  It?s the perfect look for him and it keeps his hair out of his eyes.
FHM  Where do you buy those tiny belts for your hats?
Slash  The first one was a Concho belt I stole and cut with some scissors.  Concho belts are these Western belts that go around things.  Since then, I?ve only had two made.
FHM  Thanks for clearing that up.
Slash  Are these the things you think about?  I hate to think people lie awake at night thinking about where I get the little belts to go around my hats. (AV)

What a cool article.... thanks for posting this!

What was this interview aimed at 15 year olds? Just when I think I can't lose any more respect for these guys, they prove me wrong;
But what do you expect, the people that go to the VR shows will hear, "this song is good to fuck to, thta is why girls love it,"
 or "VR stands for big dick".

Wow, this band has some real class.
If Axl gave an inteview like you, all of you would be all over him bashing the hell out of him for being immature yet since its VR its ok.
 :hihi:

Go away!!!  Why is Axl on your brain 24 x 7??????  Anyway, that is the type of magazine FHM is. They asked fucked up questions and got fucked up answers. I think I can answer for most people here by saying every time we think we can't lose anymore respect for you, you prove us wrong...

^^^

Its nice to speak for most people, maybe you can read my fortune for me sometime.
But once again VR fans show their true colors, and instead of just replying to the topic they have to add personal stuff. Keep up the good work  : ok:

He did  :yes:  Tomass said this is the kind of magazine FHM is - in other words to expect the types of questions that were asked.  What were you expecting? A Victorian Age interview?

I'm with Tomass.  Go away Dave.  We all know you hate VR now and forevermore, and you love Axl now and forevermore.  I knew when I saw your name on this thread exactly what you were going to say.  We get the point Dave.


Having said that, this interview was really lame, and I will admit that it does make the band look bad.  Why would they grant an interview to a magazine like this?   ???

You need to learn how to read whole sentences. Trying reading it again, maybe you will understand my point or maybe not.

So let me say it again in a different way. Instead of just replying to post, why must most VR fans on this board add two their two cents with a personal attack?

Is that better?

As for Dizzy, go away? HMM it seems not to long ago people were all over axl and the new band saying how they fucked up old songs, how the new songs are not that good, and again that was all ok because it was bashing axl but now that people are not liking the VR songs you guys get all whiny and tell the people that don?t like them to go away. So stop making such an issue when I post and just reply to my opinions instead of crying and telling me to go away.

Pay back is a bitch.

Ah, so that's your motivation behind flooding this forum with your redundant anti-VR sentiments.  Way to display that maturity you are so adament about.   : ok:

Nevermind the fact that it could be because pro- ex gunner people were tired of hearing things like Buckethead whipes the floor with Slash...Tommy is tighter on bass than duff. Slash can only play blues guitar and nothing else. Robin is more creative. the new band plays the old songs better than the old ever did

it goes both ways..

If you were giving objective criticism that's one thing but you don't. You are here with one intent and one intent only. You are a soldier of Axl and you will do whatever you can to protect his image.  It eats you inside that VR is getting good pub and is getting more popular by the day. I am not sure why. As much as you like to roll your eyes and call VR fans one sided you are the one who is.  I can't stand Axl these days but if he deserves credit, I give it to him.  I thought the 2002 show I saw sucked but I wrote a review and said that Axl wasn't the problem. I also like some of the new GnR tunes and hated others. There are plenty of people that have criticised VR for certain things or songs and people don't get offended and jump on them like they do to  you.  It's the childish and pathetic way you come across. Payback isn't the bitch here.

That interview was just odd.........

These guys have done some weird, weird stuff - yet Axl is the crazy one? :confused:

Man that interview was........weird, sick also yet so funny :hihi: