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 Scott Weiland recently spoke with Rollign Stone, and among other topics covered his recent split with Velvet Revolver.
Several excerpts from the interview are included below.
Q: You've said the story of STP never really seemed finished and you
thought there would be another chapter. Now that it seems to be here,
how does it feel to be back with these guys?
Weiland: "It feels great, actually. And I think the reason is
because it wasn't planned. I wasn't approached by my manager. I wasn't
approached by an agent or a group of promoters. 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, that's one of the great
things that we've achieved. Ultimately our goal was to create a legacy.
When we were in the car driving around together, promoting local gigs,
it was, 'One day we will be one of those bands that have a creative
legacy.' We've been able to achieve that, but we feel that there is
more to say. So we kind of felt it would be through the challenge of
making new music. That would be the voice of the STP reunion.
I always felt we were a very interesting live band, that we could
deliver the rock when we want to and then delve into these really
spacey, trippy places where you weren't quite sure where we were at
until we landed back into that big riff again. Then we had these songs
that if you took away the volume, sounded quite a lot like Burt
Bacharach songs with melodies that were a bit different, and quite a
bit more morbid. But that's kind of what made the band sort of unique."
Q: Did that call from Dean come at a time when things were already falling apart with Velvet Revolver?
Weiland: "No, things at that time were working quite well with
Velvet Revolver and I didn't want to mention it to them until there was
a plan and a couple gigs that were actually booked. Slash and I were
usually the ones who talked to each other first about things, then we'd
go to the rest of the guys. And, unfortunately because of certain
people's egos, it ? I walked into a situation where there was a lot of
baggage. I had a lot of baggage walking into my situation. I was in a
band where at the end, it was pretty much three against one. And so I'm
pretty sure that it felt that way to Axl as well. I have to say this,
and I'm not just saying this now because of my situation I went
through, but I heard a lot of great GUNS N' ROSES stories you guys in
the press will never hear. Everyone has made Axl out to be this
horrendously crazy person, this bad guy, and I don't know him very well
at all. He and I for whatever reason got almost tricked into this
little media spat for a moment because one of our band members happened
to run into him and said that he said something. So, my point being
that having been in a band with Velvet Revolver now for five and a half
years, I'm not quite so sure that it was all Axl's fault.
It's like, why does it always have to be the lead singer? Matt
Sorum in front of my face, he was the sweetest guy in the world. But
there were some times, out of the blue, the guy just randomly hated me.
We all carried our own baggage in that band. In a sense, that's why
people were intrigued, you know, especially for the first couple of
years. Because they were kind of waiting on the trainwreck to happen.
They just thought it would happen a lot sooner."
Go to this location for the complete interview.
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