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===Post–breakup activities=== Following the breakup of Slash's Snakepit, Slash announced he was to begin working on a solo album.<ref name="Slash Blabbermouth"/> Instead he later worked with [[The Black Crowes]] drummer [[Steve Gorman]] and an unnamed bassist on a new project.<ref name="VR Ultimate Guitar">{{Cite web | last = Rosen | first = Steven | title = Velvet Revolver: 'We're Straight Up F—kin? Rock'. Part 2 | publisher = [[Ultimate Guitar Archive]] | date = February 11, 2006 | access-date = 2011-03-14 | url = http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/velvet_revolver_were_straight_up_f--kin_rock_part_2.html}}</ref> Together with his former Guns N' Roses bandmates [[Duff McKagan]] and [[Matt Sorum]], they formed The Project, that eventually became the hard rock [[Supergroup (music)|supergroup]] [[Velvet Revolver]] following the addition of former [[Wasted Youth (American band)|Wasted Youth]] guitarist [[Dave Kushner]], and then-former [[Stone Temple Pilots]] singer [[Scott Weiland]].<ref name="Velvet Revolver AMG">{{cite web | last = Loftus | first = Johnny | title = Velvet Revolver Biography | website = [[AllMusic]] | access-date = 2011-03-14 | url = {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p651389/biography|pure_url=yes}}}}</ref> They released their debut album ''[[Contraband (Velvet Revolver album)|Contraband]]'', in 2004,<ref name="Velvet Revolver AMG"/> followed by ''[[Libertad (Velvet Revolver album)|Libertad]]'' in 2007,<ref name="Velvet Revolver AMG"/> before they parted ways with Weiland and went on hiatus in 2008.<ref>{{cite news | title = It's Official: VELVET REVOLVER Parts Ways With Singer SCOTT WEILAND | work = [[Blabbermouth.net]] | date = April 1, 2008 | access-date = 2011-03-14 | url = http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=94021 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080404001835/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=94021 | archive-date = April 4, 2008 }}</ref> With Velvet Revolver on hiatus, Slash began work on his debut solo album.<ref name="Classic Slash">{{Citation | last = Wall | first = Mick | title = Classic Rock presents Slash: What Friends Are For | work = [[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]] | year = 2010 | page = 11 | isbn = 978-1-85870-318-3 }}</ref> ''[[Slash (album)|Slash]]'' was released on March 31, 2010, and featured a number of guests such as [[Andrew Stockdale]] of [[Wolfmother]], [[M. Shadows]] of [[Avenged Sevenfold]], [[Kid Rock]], [[Ozzy Osbourne]], [[Myles Kennedy]] of [[Alter Bridge]], and [[Fergie (singer)|Fergie]].<ref>{{Cite web | title = Slash album track by track | publisher = [[MusicRadar]] | date = March 4, 2010 | access-date = 2011-03-14 | url = http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/slash-solo-album-interview-the-track-by-track-guide-238767#content}}</ref> His band for the tour in support of the album consisted of Kennedy, bassist [[Todd Kerns]], and drummer [[Brent Fitz]]. It also included guitarist Bobby Schneck, formerly of [[Slash's Blues Ball]].<ref>{{Cite news | last = Bosso | first = Joe | title = Interview: Myles Kennedy talks Alter Bridge, Slash and Led Zeppelin | publisher = [[MusicRadar]] | date = November 30, 2010 | access-date = 2011-03-14 | url = http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/interview-myles-kennedy-talks-alter-bridge-slash-and-led-zeppelin-314959}}</ref>
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