First Comes Song, Then Comes Band Name

They may have been loaded and ready to fire, but for a while Velvet Revolver didn’t have a band name. “We didn’t really find a name until after we had recorded our first song for the soundtrack for ‘The Hulk’ movie and then we were forced to find a name,” guitarist Slash told MuchMusic. “If you look at the soundtrack for the album, on the liner notes, it says ‘Set Me Free’ done by Scott Weiland, Slash, Duff McKagan, Matt Sorum and Dave Kushner – because we didn’t have a name. So Velvet Revolver was like one of those little details we thought ‘Oh sh**, we really need a name now!'”