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It?ain't?easy?being?Weiland.?The?oft-stoned,?famously?glittering?Temple?Pilot?never?got?very?much?respect?from?the?larger?rock?community.?But?lost?among?the?cackling?and?grunge?whispers?was?his?talent?as?a?vocal?stylist,?and?what?counts?these?days?as?veteran?status.?In?2004?it's?Velvet?Revolver,?and?—?surprise?—?Weiland's?still?getting?grief.?He's?hired?on?with?Slash,?Duff,?and?Matt?Sorum,?fellow?vets?on?the?prod?for?rock?glory?in?the?shifting?sands?of?post-zenith?opportunity.?On?Contraband,?they?and?additional?guitarist?Dave?Kushner?kick?up?quite?a?racket.?But?battling?the?naysayers?can?be?a?full-time?job,?especially?when?so?many?can't?see?the?potential?in?fronting?G?N'?R's?hard?rock?swagger?with?Weiland's?glammy?and?elastic?vocals.?It's?the?politics?of?Contraband?—?too?much?chatter?about?legacies,?court?dates,?and?addictions,?not?enough?attention?to?getting?a?fix?of?tough?love.?"Went?too?fast?I'm?out?of?luck?and?I?don't?even?give?a?f*ck,"?Weiland?spits?on?"Do?It?for?the?Kids,"