Matt Sorum is a member of velvet revolver.
Contraband is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Velvet Revolver , released on June 8 , 2004 by RCA Records . Matt Sorum . He is best known as both a former member of the hard rock band Guns N ' Roses , with whom he recorded three studio albums , and as a member of the supergroup Velvet Revolver . In 2001 , Sorum rejoined The Cult to perform on their reunion album , Beyond Good and Evil ( 2001 ) , and its subsequent tour and subsequently co-founded the hard rock supergroup Velvet Revolver , alongside former Guns N ' Roses bandmates , Slash and Duff McKagan .