Scott Weiland keeps talking about his new album, next Stone Temple Pilots record, why Velvet Revolver didn’t work

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Scott Weiland keeps talking about his new album, next Stone Temple Pilots record, why Velvet Revolver didn’t work

By drainu182 ⋅ November 13, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

In a continuation of the interview with MTV, Scott Weiland talked more about his album as well as about STP and VR.

re: the new record
“When I look at people like Beck and even, unfortunately, Elliott Smith, who was one of my favorite singer/songwriters, the ability to do what you want to do at your own pace is appealing to me,” Weiland said. “You don’t really have any fiduciary responsibility to anyone but yourself. But being in a band, you do. It’s like, you can’t just say, ‘You know what? I don’t want to tour.’ You just can’t.”

re: being sued by Atlantic Records to stay in their contract and record a new album
“It’s pretty f—ed up, actually,” Weiland told MTV News last week. “I don’t know who we would record for. I’m not into recording for Atlantic Records, and there are some legal issues there. Originally, I was told — and I was told for years — that we were free from Atlantic. I don’t know how it is that [bassist] Dean [DeLeo] and [guitarist] Robert [DeLeo] are free from [Atlantic], and [drummer] Eric [Kretz] and I are not. I have no interest in making a record for a major label. If we were going to make a record, I would want to do it in a way that was much more original and in a more creative fashion.” Dean and Robert were able to be released from their deal to work on some solo stuff and on their side project band with Richard Patrick of Filter, Army of Anyone.

The label sued Scott Weiland and Eric Kretz to keep them in their recording contract. Both guys want out of their deal unless changes are made. Atlantic wants to hold onto them as long as possible, even up to three more albums.

The band is still however working on new material
“I know those guys have been writing, and there’s been some really cool stuff that’s come about from that,” he explained. “I’m proud of everything we’ve written. But to make another record would mean another couple of years of my life dedicated to that, and I just don’t know if that’s where I see myself going.”

re: Why VR didn’t work
“Velvet Revolver fell apart because there were too many big egos in the band — and I’m including myself,” he said. “It wasn’t necessarily about bad egos, just big egos, and unfortunately, it just mistakenly kind of eroded.” (this means it’s because Slash wanted to be the Guitar Hero, Duff the Zen who says he’s off drugs (bullshit), Sorum who couldn’t keep his mouth shut and Kushner who was too boring for anyone to talk about.

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