Claim: Slash exclusively played country music.
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.
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.