Matt Sorum is an American rock drummer who has released two solo studio albums and a further 14 studio albums with various groups. He mainly plays drums.
| Year | Title |
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| 2004 | Hollywood Zen
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| 2014 | Stratosphere
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| Year | Song | Album | Notes |
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| 1999 | "Elected" | Humanary Stew: A Tribute to Alice Cooper [1] | with Billy Duffy, Steve Jones, and Duff McKagan |
| Year | Title |
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| 1988 | Y Kant Tori Read
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| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||||||||
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| US [2] | AUS [3] | AUT [4] | CAN [5] | GER [6] | IRE [7] | NL [8] | SWE [9] | SWI [10] | UK [11] | |||
| 1991 | Use Your Illusion I
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
Use Your Illusion II
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 1993 | "The Spaghetti Incident?"
| 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | — | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | ||||||||||||
| Year | Song | Album | Notes |
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| 1994 | "Sympathy for the Devil" | Interview with the Vampire | The Rolling Stones cover |
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||
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| US [17] | AUS | DEN | NOR | NZ | SWI | SWE | UK [18] | |||
| 1995 | It's Five O'Clock Somewhere
| 70 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | ||||||||||
| Year | Song | Album | Ref. |
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| 1995 | "Go Go Power Rangers" | Mighty Morphin Power Rangers The Movie: Original Soundtrack Album | [19] |
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| 2001 | Hawk
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| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
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| US [20] | AUS | DEN | NOR | NZ | SWI | SWE | UK [21] | |||||||
| 2001 | Beyond Good and Evil
| 37 | 61 | — | — | 33 | 93 | — | 69 | — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Songs | Album | Ref. |
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| 2006 | "Surrender" and "Twentieth Century Boy" | Employee of the Month: Original Soundtrack | [22] |
| Year | Title |
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| 2008 | Unfinished Business
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| Year | Song | Album |
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| 2012 | "Never Before" | Re-Machined: A Tribute to Deep Purple's Machine Head |
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| 2018 | "Down in Flames" | non-album single |
| 2019 | "Broken and Bruised" |
| Year | Artist(s) | Album | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Jeff Paris | Wired Up | [23] |
| 1993 | Duff McKagan | Believe in Me | [19] |
| 1994 | Gilby Clarke | Pawnshop Guitars | [19] |
| Buddy Rich | Burning for Buddy: A Tribute to the Music of Buddy Rich | [19] | |
| 1995 | Poe | Hello | [19] |
| Glenn Hughes | Feel | [19] | |
| 1996 | Teddy Andreadis | Innocent Loser | [19] |
| 1997 | Sammy Hagar | Marching to Mars | [19] |
| 1999 | Glenn Hughes | The Way It Is | [19] |
| 2000 | Milkweed | Milkweed | [19] |
| 2001 | Mr. Big | Actual Size | [19] |
| T-Square | Truth 21c | [19] | |
| Haven | The Road | [19] | |
| 2002 | Haven | [19] | |
| 2005 | Tommy Lee | Tommyland: The Ride | [22] |
| 2006 | ApologetiX | Wordplay | [22] |
| Stevie Salas | Be What It Is | [22] | |
| 2007 | Gina Gershon | In Search of Cleo | [22] |
| Circus Diablo | Circus Diablo | [22] | |
| 2008 | Sammy Hagar | Cosmic Universal Fashion | [22] |
| 2009 | Drive A | Loss Of Desire | [22] |
| Macy Gray | The Sellout | [22] | |
| 2011 | Atif Aslam | The Dreamer Awakes | [24] |
| 2018 | Billy Gibbons | The Big Bad Blues | |
| 2021 | Hardware | [25] | |
| 2022 | Stefanie Joosten | Singing to the Sky | [26] |
Slash's Snakepit was an American rock supergroup from Los Angeles, California, formed by Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash in 1994. Though often described as a solo or side project, Slash stated that Snakepit was a band with equal contributions by all members. The first lineup of the band consisted of Slash, two of his Guns N' Roses bandmates—drummer Matt Sorum and guitarist Gilby Clarke—as well as Alice in Chains bassist Mike Inez and former Jellyfish guitarist Eric Dover on lead vocals.
Appetite for Destruction is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, released by Geffen Records on July 21, 1987. It initially received little mainstream attention, and it was not until the following year that Appetite for Destruction became a commercial success, after the band had toured and received significant airplay with the singles "Welcome to the Jungle", "Paradise City", and "Sweet Child o' Mine". The album went on to peak at number one on the US Billboard 200, and it became the seventh best-selling album of all time in the United States, as well as the best-selling debut album. With over 30 million copies sold worldwide, it is also one of the best-selling albums globally.
Use Your Illusion I is the third studio album by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, released on September 17, 1991, the same day as its counterpart Use Your Illusion II. Both albums were released in conjunction with the Use Your Illusion Tour. The album debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard charts, selling 685,000 copies in its first week, behind Use Your Illusion II's first-week sales of 770,000. Use Your Illusion I has sold 5,502,000 units in the United States as of 2010, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Each of the Use Your Illusion albums have been certified 7× Platinum by the RIAA. It was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1992. This is their first album to feature drummer Matt Sorum, who replaced Steven Adler following Adler's departure in 1990, as well as keyboardist Dizzy Reed. This is their first album to be recorded as a six-piece band.
Velvet Revolver was an American hard rock and alternative metal supergroup consisting of Guns N' Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum, alongside Dave Kushner formerly of punk band Wasted Youth, and Scott Weiland formerly of Stone Temple Pilots. The band formed in 2002 and was active until 2008, when Weiland left the band abruptly to rejoin Stone Temple Pilots.
Use Your Illusion II is the fourth studio album by the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses. The album was released on September 17, 1991, the same day as its counterpart Use Your Illusion I. Both albums were released in conjunction with the Use Your Illusion Tour. Bolstered by the lead single "You Could Be Mine", Use Your Illusion II was the slightly more popular of the two albums, selling a record 770,000 copies its first week and debuting at number 1 on the U.S. charts, ahead of Use Your Illusion I's first-week sales of 685,000. As of 2010, Use Your Illusion II has sold 5,587,000 units in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Both albums have since been certified 7× Platinum by the RIAA. It was also No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart for a single week.
Matthew William Sorum is an American drummer. He is best known as both a former member of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he recorded three studio albums, and as a member of the supergroup Velvet Revolver. Sorum is currently a member of the touring project, Kings of Chaos, and is a former member of both The Cult and Y Kant Tori Read. Sorum was also a member of Guns N' Roses side-projects, Slash's Snakepit and Neurotic Outsiders, and has released two solo albums, Hollywood Zen (2004) and Stratosphere (2014). He was the touring drummer for the supergroup Hollywood Vampires from 2015-2017. His latest project is Deadland Ritual, featuring Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler, Billy Idol guitarist Steve Stevens, and Apocalyptica vocalist Franky Perez.
Contraband is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Velvet Revolver, released on June 8, 2004, by RCA Records. A commercial success, Contraband debuted at number one on the American Billboard 200 chart and was certified double platinum by the RIAA.
Chinese Democracy is the sixth studio album by the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, released on November 23, 2008, by Black Frog and Geffen Records. It was the first Guns N' Roses studio album since the 1993 covers album "The Spaghetti Incident?", and their first album of original studio material since Use Your Illusion I and II (1991). It was the first Guns N' Roses album without their longtime producer Mike Clink; instead, it was produced by singer Axl Rose and Caram Costanzo. It underwent a protracted recording process, delayed by personnel and legal problems, label interference and Rose's perfectionism.
Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, released on March 23, 2004. Released by Geffen Records in part because of the delay in the making of Chinese Democracy, the album was subject to lawsuits by band member Axl Rose and former band members, in an attempt to block its release due to its track listing.
It's Five O'Clock Somewhere is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Slash's Snakepit, released in February 1995. The album was a moderate commercial success, reaching number 70 on the American Billboard 200 album chart and selling over a million copies worldwide. The songs "Beggars & Hangers-On" and "Good to Be Alive" were released as singles and promo videos were made for each track.
Libertad is the second and final studio album by American hard rock band Velvet Revolver, released on July 3, 2007. The name is Spanish and translates to "Liberty" or "freedom" in English. According to a 2007 interview with Rolling Stone, along with the Stone Temple Pilots albums Core and the self-titled 2010 album, Libertad is one of only three albums lead singer Scott Weiland wrote while sober.
American singer Brandy Norwood entered the music business as a backing vocalist for R&B boy bands such as Immature, prior to launching her own career in 1994. Her discography, as a solo artist, includes seven studio albums, one compilation album, one extended play, 42 singles, 46 album appearances and 25 soundtrack appearances. Norwood has sold over 8.6 million albums in the United States, and more than 40 million records worldwide. Additionally, she has won over 100 awards as a recording artist. In 1999, Billboard ranked Norwood among the top 20 of the Top Pop Artists of the 1990s.
The discography of Guns N' Roses, an American hard rock band, consists of six studio albums, one live album, two compilation albums, four extended plays (EPs), 20 singles, nine video albums and 23 music videos. Guns N' Roses was formed in Los Angeles, California with an original recording lineup of lead vocalist Axl Rose, lead guitarist Slash, rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin, bassist Duff McKagan and drummer Steven Adler. After self-releasing the EP Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide in December 1986, the band signed with Geffen Records and released its debut studio album Appetite for Destruction the following July. It topped the US Billboard 200 and went on to become one of the best-selling albums of all time, with reported sales over 30 million units worldwide, 18 million of which are in the US. Three singles – "Welcome to the Jungle", "Sweet Child o' Mine" and "Paradise City" – reached the US Billboard Hot 100 top ten, with "Sweet Child o' Mine" topping the chart.
The discography of Silverchair, an Australian alternative rock band, consists of five studio albums, one extended play (EP), nineteen singles, one live album, two compilation albums, four video albums, and twenty music videos.
The discography of American musician Izzy Stradlin consists of 11 studio albums, 1 extended play and 11 singles.
The discography of American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, who released their first album and singles in July 1968, includes 7 studio albums, 3 live albums, 41 compilation albums, and 29 singles. The group, although only active for 4 years, has sold more than 30 million albums and singles in the United States alone, and has charted in multiple countries throughout the world.
The discography of British singer Sting. Born Gordon Sumner in 1951, he was a member of the jazz group Last Exit, who released a cassette album in 1975. With The Police, Sting sold over 100 million records and singles. As a solo performer, he has released 15 albums between 1985 and 2021, most of which have sold millions of copies worldwide.
The discography of Velvet Revolver, an American hard rock band, consists of two studio albums, one extended play (EP), 11 singles, two video albums and eight music videos. Velvet Revolver was a supergroup formed in Rancho Santa Margarita, California in 2002 by former Guns N' Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan (bass) and Matt Sorum (drums), along with rhythm guitarist Dave Kushner and late vocalist Scott Weiland.
The solo discography of Slash, an American-English hard rock and heavy metal guitarist, comprises five studio albums, three live albums, two extended play (EP), 10 singles, and two video album. Slash has also featured on 12 singles by other artists, released ten music videos, and made contributions to numerous other releases.
"The Spaghetti Incident?" is the fifth studio album by the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses. The album is composed of covers of older punk rock, hard rock, and other songs. "The Spaghetti Incident?" is the only studio album to feature rhythm guitarist Gilby Clarke, who replaced original Guns N' Roses member Izzy Stradlin during the band's Use Your Illusion tour in 1991, as well as the last album to feature guitarist Slash, bassist Duff McKagan, and drummer Matt Sorum, following their departures in 1996 and 1997, respectively. It is also their final album to date featuring longtime producer Mike Clink.