Released debut album Contraband

Velvet Revolver’s debut album Contraband was released in June 2004 to much success. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and has sold over three million copies worldwide to date. Two of the album’s songs, ” Slither ” and ” Fall to Pieces “, reached number one on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. The song “Slither” also won a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance with Vocal in 2005, an award Weiland had won previously with STP for the song ” Plush ” in 1994. At the 2005 Grammy Awards , Weiland (along with the rest of Velvet Revolver) performed the Beatles song ” Across the Universe “, along with Bono , Brian Wilson , Norah Jones , Stevie Wonder , Steven Tyler , Billie Joe Armstrong , Alison Krauss , and Alicia Keys . On July 2, 2005, Weiland and Velvet Revolver performed at Live 8 in London, in which Weiland was condemned for using strong language before the UK watershed during the performance.