SCOTT WEILAND Shoots Down Rumors Of Rift With SLASH

February 11, 2005

In a recent interview with the Associated Press, VELVET REVOLVER frontman Scott Weiland addressed persistent rumors of a rift between him and the group's lead guitarist, Slash. The band suddenly fired their management company, with Slash opting to hire his own manager while the rest of the band chose a different one. And there were reports of clashes at a U.K. photo shoot.

"I love Slash and Slash loves me, and he and I get along great," Weiland said defensively. However, he added, "there are always conflicts that exist in every band," and "the only problem that Slash and I have are a couple of external variables and those external variables are private matters."

He declined to elaborate. "Bands have problems all the time. It's a marriage. It's a family," he said.

Is it egos? Too many chefs in the kitchen?

"Everyone's got an ego, right?" Weiland said. "One thing we've learned through the differences that we've experienced and the problems we've gone through in our last bands because of ego problems and mishaps — and that's how to keep a band together."

Will this toxic music cocktail drive rock to explosive new heights, or will they crash and explode?

"That's what you call the Evel Knievel factor," Weiland said playfully. "People didn't pay big bucks just to watch him jump. If he never crashed and burned once in a while, he wouldn't have sold out those stadiums."

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