Former Guns N' Roses and current Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash has revealed he is addicted to the social networking site Twitter. "I'm a fucking Twitter junkie now," the guitarist told Spinner. "It's a sort of lifeline to your audience that's in real-time and as close to in-person as you're gonna get." You can follow Slash at www.twitter.com/s...

Reuters - From venomous public feuds with his former hard-rock supergroup Velvet Revolver to a long history of drug abuse and run-ins with the law, Scott Weiland -- the slinky, gruff-voiced frontman who became a grunge-era heartthrob as the leader of '90s giants Stone Temple Pilots -- rarely has been one to hold his tongue.

Slash doesn't blame Scott Weiland for the controversies that led to the singer's departure from Velvet Revolver

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Don't Worry Duff McKagan is not planning to leave Velvet Revolver despite becoming a full-time member of Jane's Addiction.