Slash co-founded Velvet Revolver, which consisted of successful solo artists.
Slash (musician) . After leaving Guns N ' Roses in 1996 , he co-founded the supergroup Velvet Revolver , which re-established him as a mainstream performer in the mid to late 2000s . A supergroup is a music group whose members are already successful as solo artists or as part of other groups or well known in other musical professions .