Where does the name Velvet Revolver come from?
Originally, Slash came up with the name ‘Revolver’ after watching a movie where the word ‘Revolution’ came on the screen. Then ‘Revolver’ came to his mind, and he thought it was pretty cool, being the title of a great Beatles record. Slash also thought the word had some significance with the band members all coming from different bands, they all had a ‘revolving thing’ going. Slash wrote it down on a piece of paper, then Scott added some words, making ‘Black Velvet Revolver’. The whole band thought this was a cool name, but that it sounded very ‘Stone Temple Pilots’-esque. So they cut off the ‘Black’ and kept ‘Velvet Revolver’.
