Scott Weiland Q&A: Stone Temple Pilots Frontman Talks Axl Rose, STP's Reunion and Tight Jeans

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SCOTT WEILAND: 'I'm Not Quite So Sure That It Was All AXL's Fault'
Published 5/1/2008 at BLABBERMOUTH.NET Latest News
Evan Serpick of RollingStone.com recently conducted an in-depth interview with STONE TEMPLE PILOTS /ex- VELVET REVOLVER singer Scott Weiland . An excerpt from the chat follows: RollingStone.com : [ STONE TEMPLE PILOTS guitarist] Dean [ DeLeo ] said that he has a ton of material that he has written over the last five years with you and the band in mind. Do you have any idea what direction a new album would take? Weiland : I don't have any idea because Dean and Robert [ DeLeo ] played together consistently, and I haven't played with them in a long time. I played in ...

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Published 5/2/2008 by spencer at goldenfiddle -
... Scott Weiland on the nature of the Stone Temple Pilots reunion: “I got a phone call from Dean [DeLeo] when I was on tour with Revolver, and he said, “Hey listen, are you sitting down? There are a handful of festivals trying to reach out to us, and the money is pretty ridiculous.” I never thought our first reunion would be a tour playing our hits. Although there’s definitely nothing wrong with that.” ...

Fear Not: Diddy Will Weather This Recession
Published 5/2/2008 at Vulture
... "I'm 40 years old, and I feel like there are only a limited amount of years where you can wear those tight jeans. There comes a point where whether you can wear them or not, you shouldn't wear them." —Scott Weiland [Rolling Stone] ...

Stone Temple Pilots Bring Kimmel Some Reunited Rock, While Scott Weiland Feels Axl's Pain
Published 5/2/2008 by Stereogum at Stereogum
... the solo record coming along? SCOTT WEILAND: Basically done. Steve [Albini is] definitely my favorite rock producer. So we booked a session about a year and a half ago, and went in there and recorded four songs, and [we just went back] to record our basic tracks for four or five songs more. It's going to be a double album. It's garagey stuff and more hardcore stuff. Kind of like if Grandaddy bumped heads with Marvin Gaye. That, we'll have to hear. Read the rest of the interview here . Posted at 1:13 PM in ...