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Rob Laing

"I did a Mountain Dew commercial": Velvet Revolver guitarist Dave Kushner on making a living as a musician away from the limelight

Dave Kushner, Scott Weiland and Slash of Velvet Revolver .

Dave Kushner was the least well-known member of Velvet Revolver when they emerged in a flaming ball of hype 2002, but he was also the unsung guitar hero that helped them deliver on their promise. When the band disintegrated by 2008, Kushner didn't stop being a working musician, and his willingness and ability to adapt is something to be study for anyone wanting a lasting career in this field.

Kushner has always been willing to do what it takes. As he tells Rob's School Of Music in a new interview, he got a job in the LA rehearsal studio Velvet Revolver were writing in while looking for a singer because he needed to make ends meet. And when VR bandmates Slash, Duff McKagan, Matt Sorum and Scott Weiland went on to other projects, he did that again.

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