SCOTT WEILAND On VELVET REVOLVER Split, STP's Future

November 21, 2008

Gary Graff of Reuters/Billboard recently conducted an interview with STONE TEMPLE PILOTS/ex-VELVET REVOLVER singer Scott Weiland. An excerpt from the chat follows below.

Q: What did happen with VELVET REVOLVER?

Weiland: I had already talked to (guitarist) Slash and said there was going to be an STP tour, and that's the deal. And then basically (VELVET REVOLVER drummer) Matt Sorum just went on the web site one night and started talking s--t about me, and I responded and I basically said from the stage that this is the last VELVET REVOLVER tour. Some people thought I was kidding, but I meant it.

Q: Are you planning to make a STONE TEMPLE PILOTS album now that you've toured?

Weiland: I don't know how things are going to go with STP. It was sad to find out that we're still in some way locked into a contract with Atlantic Records, which is a travesty, actually. When we signed to them it was a great label. It was a beautiful time in music. Now if you say, "We're going to do this song as the first single," they go, "OK, we're going to do some radio testing." What the ... ? When we first talked about putting STP back together, it was, "Do this tour and then see about doing a creative deal with another company." So if it ends up being we have to make a certain amount of records for Atlantic in order to be free, then I don't know if I have that in me.

Read the entire interview from Reuters/Billboard.

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