10 Incredible Musical Side Projects

10. Velvet Revolver

It was a sad day for the rock community in 1996 when Slash announced that he had quit Guns N Roses. This left the guitar legend without a band and Axl Rose with a Guns N Roses album to make (which took him 14 YEARS!).

After a few bluesy outings, Slash decided to join forces with old GNR buds Duff McKagen and Matt Sorum for a new project with fellow guitarist Dave Kushner. So who could replace wild-man Axl? Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland.

In a move no one saw coming, Velvet Revolver, as it would soon be called, combined the fret pyrotechnics of 80's hard rock with the baritone bellow of 90's grunge. At first, this idea seemed like a disaster, but the record that surfaced was something else entirely.

Weiland's angered snarl meshed beautifully with Slash's guitar tone, and made for some of the heaviest riffs the guitarist has ever committed to tape on songs like "Slither" and "Sucker Train Blues."

After two albums, the band fell apart due to creative differences and Weiland's drug problems. Unfortunately, since Weiland passed on in 2015, fans can only speculate what would have happened if Velvet Revolver had continued.