Claim: Slash co-founded a hard rock supergroup.
Evidence: 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.
Velvet Revolver was an American hard rock supergroup consisting of former Guns N ' Roses members Slash -LRB- lead guitar -RRB- , Duff McKagan -LRB- bass , backing vocals -RRB- , and Matt Sorum -LRB- drums , backing vocals -RRB- , alongside Dave Kushner -LRB- rhythm guitar -RRB- formerly of punk band Wasted Youth.