Editing Velvet Revolver (section)

=== Search for a new singer and solo careers (2008–2015) ===
{{main|Slash (musician)|Duff McKagan|Dave Kushner|Matt Sorum}}
After Weiland's departure, the band began recording and searching for a new singer.<ref>{{cite web |title=VELVET REVOLVER Lays Down '12 New Jams,' According To Bassist MCKAGAN |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=April 10, 2008 |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=94640}}</ref> The search was sporadic with the band spending some time auditioning singers, then turning into solo projects, returning to the band, then abandoning it again. Several names were rumored to be auditioning for the band through the years. [[Myles Kennedy]] ([[Alter Bridge]]) was strongly rumored <ref name="Slash CRR">{{cite web |last=Wright |first=Jeb |title=Slash: Dangerously Beautiful |publisher=Classic Rock Revisited |date=May 19, 2010 |url=http://www.classicrockrevisited.com/interviewSlash.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016000346/http://classicrockrevisited.com/interviewSlash.htm |archive-date=October 16, 2012 }}</ref> due to his collaborations with Slash; [[Lenny Kravitz]],<ref>{{cite web |title=LENNY KRAVITZ Rumored To Be Rehearsing With VELVET REVOLVER |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=August 12, 2008 |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=102628}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=LENNY KRAVITZ: I Am Not Joining VELVET REVOLVER |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=August 12, 2008 |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=102665}}</ref> [[Chester Bennington]] of [[Linkin Park]],<ref>{{cite web |title=LINKIN PARK's BENNINGTON: I Am Not VELVET REVOLVER's New Singer  |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=June 16, 2008 |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=99093}}</ref> [[Steve Isaacs]] formerly of [[Skycycle (rock band)|Skycycle]] and [[the Panic Channel]],<ref>{{cite web |title=THE PANIC CHANNEL Frontman: 'I Am Not Singing For VELVET REVOLVER' |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=June 24, 2008 |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=99644}}</ref> [[Royston Langdon]] of [[Spacehog]],<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Halperin |first=Shirley |title=Spacehog's Royston Langdon in the running for Velvet Revolver frontman |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=July 30, 2008 |url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2008/07/30/royston-langdon/}}</ref> [[Donovan Leitch (actor)|Donovan Leitch]] of Camp Freddy, [[Ours (band)|Ours]] singer [[Jimmy Gnecco]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Shea |first=Matt |title=Matt Sorum, Guns N' Roses/Velvet Revolver – interview |publisher=TheVine.com.au |date=December 14, 2011 |url=http://www.thevine.com.au/music/interviews/matt-sorum,-guns-n%27-roses-_-interview20111214.aspx?ctpage=0 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110125543/http://www.thevine.com.au/music/interviews/matt-sorum%2C-guns-n%27-roses-_-interview20111214.aspx?ctpage=0 |archive-date=January 10, 2012 }}</ref> and [[Scars on Broadway]] guitarist [[Franky Perez]],<ref name="Franky Perez">{{cite web |last=Halperin |first=Shirley |title=Scott Weiland is like George Bush to me – I like him now that he's gone… |work=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]] |date=July 16, 2009 |url=http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/%e2%80%9cscott-weiland-is-like-george-bush-to-me-%e2%80%93-i-like-him-now-that-he%e2%80%99s-gone%e2%80%a6%e2%80%9d/}}</ref> as well as previous auditionee [[Sebastian Bach]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Sebastian Bach speaks about possibly joining Velvet Revolver |publisher=[[MusicRadar]] |date=May 8, 2008 |url=http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/sebastian-bach-speaks-about-possibly-joining-velvet-revolver-153315}}</ref> Ex-Slash's Snakepit lead vocalist Rod Jackson was rumoured to audition, but Slash stated that he would not collaborate with Jackson again, citing his poor work ethic and unreliability. Kushner later revealed that Perez was officially hired by the band as vocalist for a brief time in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/the-story-behind-franky-perezs-short-stint-as-lead-singer-for-velvet-revolver/|title=The Story Behind FRANKY PEREZ's Short Stint As Lead Singer For VELVET REVOLVER|date=April 15, 2018|website=Blabbermouth.net|access-date=April 23, 2020}}</ref>

Slash, McKagan, and Sorum all contributed to the song "[[Kissed It]]" for the [[Macy Gray]] album ''[[The Sellout (album)|The Sellout]]'', which was released on June 22, 2010. Despite not featuring Kushner, the trio were credited as Velvet Revolver on the album.<ref name="VR Macy Gray">{{cite news|date=May 21, 2010|title=Former GUNS N' ROSES Members Featured On New MACY GRAY Album|publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/BlabberMouth.Net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=140502}}</ref> The band released their first concert DVD on November 16, 2010, entitled ''Live In Houston'', which was filmed June 18, 2004, at the Verizon Wireless Theater while the band was touring in support of ''Contraband''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.slashparadise.com/discography/dvd-velvet-revolver-2010-live-in-houston.php|title=Live In Houston &#124; DVD by Velvet Revolver|website=Slashparadise.com|access-date=November 19, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=VELVET REVOLVER: 'Live In Houston' DVD Due Next Month |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=October 14, 2010 |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=147703 |access-date=December 10, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101017070640/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=147703 |archive-date=October 17, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Slash, McKagan and Sorum made a performance at the Road Recovery benefit concert on September 13 with a guest appearance from Kushner.<ref>{{cite news |last=Weyls |first=Ryan |title=Duff McKagan on his Sensei, Going Back to School, and Finding a New Singer for Velvet Revolver |work=[[OC Weekly]] |date=October 6, 2011 |url=http://blogs.ocweekly.com/heardmentality/2011/10/duff_mckagan_qa.php |access-date=October 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007102013/http://blogs.ocweekly.com/heardmentality/2011/10/duff_mckagan_qa.php |archive-date=October 7, 2011 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

Velvet Revolver reunited for a one-off performance with Scott Weiland at a benefit concert for the late John O'Brien, on January 12, 2012.<ref>{{cite news |last=Leonard |first=Michael |title=Velvet Revolver Reunite! |publisher=Gibson.com |date=December 30, 2011 |url=http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/News/Velvet-Revolver-0101-2012/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108061807/http://www.gibson.com/en%2Dus/Lifestyle/News/Velvet%2DRevolver%2D0101%2D2012/ |archive-date=January 8, 2012 }}</ref> Following a benefit show for the Road Recovery in 2011 with the other Velvet Revolver members, each one agreed to a one-off reunion before Kushner invited Weiland, who also agreed. Kushner also stated it was then unknown what Velvet Revolver's plans were for the future after the reunion show; "I know everyone's got other commitments, but I think everyone's like, 'Let's get this thing done and get through this and then we'll see.{{'"}}<ref name="RS 2012">{{cite magazine|last=Baltin|first=Steve|date=January 6, 2012|title=Exclusive: The Reason Behind Velvet Revolver's One-Night Reunion|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/exclusive-the-reason-behind-velvet-revolvers-one-night-reunion-20120106}}</ref>

In April 2012, Weiland remarked that he would like to reunite permanently with Velvet Revolver, saying that "if [[Maynard James Keenan]] can do it with [[A Perfect Circle]] and [[Tool (band)|Tool]], then there's no reason why I shouldn't go and do it with both bands".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Prato |first=Greg |title=Scott Weiland Talks 'Avengers' Tune, STP Anniversary Tour |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher=Wenner Media |date=May 1, 2012 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/scott-weiland-talks-avengers-tune-stp-anniversary-tour-20120501}}</ref> Further in May in an interview with ABC Radio Weiland said that he had reunited with the band permanently for a tour and an album,<ref>{{cite news |title=Frontman Scott Weiland Back with Velvet Revolver, Band to Tour Later This Year |publisher=[[ABC News Radio]] |date=May 14, 2012 |url=http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2012/5/14/frontman-scott-weiland-back-with-velvet-revolver-band-to-tou.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517022749/http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2012/5/14/frontman-scott-weiland-back-with-velvet-revolver-band-to-tou.html |archive-date=May 17, 2012 }}</ref> which was denied a few days later by Slash in an interview with 93X.<ref>{{cite news |title=Slash on Velvet Revolver reunion: 'Scott Weiland is out of his mind' |work=[[NME]] |publisher=IPC Media |date=May 15, 2012 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/velvet-revolver/63802}}</ref>

On May 12, 2014, in an interview at the [[MusiCares]] benefit concert, Slash told journalist Lucas H. Gordon that he "think[s] [they're] gonna audition a singer" in the future. However, he also stated that he would be touring with his solo band "for the next year and a half."<ref>{{cite web |title=Velvet Revolver Has Lead Singer Audition Coming Up, Says Slash |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=May 16, 2014 |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/velvet-revolver-has-lead-singer-audition-coming-up-says-slash/}}</ref>

On June 29, 2014, in an interview to Totalrock radio, [[Duff McKagan]] talked to Hayley Leggs in Clisson France about the subject of a new lead vocalist for Velvet Revolver and revealed that there had been at least one audition for the role of lead vocalist, but said that the person that they auditioned did not properly impress the remaining members of the band. He also ruled himself out of being the band's lead vocalist.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/duff-mckagan-talks-velvet-revolver-singer-search-upcoming-documentary-based-on-his-memoir/|title=DUFF MCKAGAN Talks VELVET REVOLVER Singer Search, Upcoming Documentary Based On His Memoir|date=June 29, 2014|website=Blabbermouth.net|access-date=April 23, 2020}}</ref>

On December 3, 2015, Weiland was found dead on his tour bus around 9&nbsp;pm, one day before he was to perform in Minnesota with his band the Wildabouts, which ended the possible reunion.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Halperin|first1=Shirley|title=Scott Weiland, Former Stone Temple Pilots Singer, Dead at 48|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6785645/scott-weiland-stone-temple-pilots-dead|website=Billboard.com|access-date=December 4, 2015}}</ref> Both Slash and McKagan rejoined [[Guns N' Roses]] in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Guns N' Roses confirm return of Slash and Duff McKagan for Coachella reunion|url=https://www.nme.com/news/guns-n-roses/90618|website=NME.com|date=January 6, 2016|access-date=May 2, 2016}}</ref>