Slash: Weiland Playing With STP This Summer
After Velvet Revolver wraps a spring tour in support of its second album, "Libertad," frontman Scott Weiland will rejoin his former bandmates in Stone Temple Pilots for a handful of summer reunion shows, guitarist Slash tells Billboard.com.
STP broke up in late 2002; the band's last album was the previous year's "Shangri-La Dee Da." No other details have yet been revealed about STP's plans.
In the meantime, Weiland and his Velvet Revolver bandmates are still plugging away in support of "Libertad" with dates that run through early April. There's also the hope that recording for album number three could begin in the spring.
"I don't think anybody knew the second one came out," Slash admits. "We didn't promote it, for one. The first record I remember going out for three weeks on the road and just promoting, with (bassist) Duff (McKagan) and myself going to Europe, Japan and the States.
"This time around we actually went on the road way before the album came out. It's just a different kind of promotion," he continues. "People are just going to a concert, and you're not necessarily drilling into their head about the new album. So I think that had a lot to do with it. All things considered, it doesn't matter to me. It's still just a really good record."
On the current tour, which plays Milwaukee tonight (Jan. 25), Velvet Revolver has added additional Guns N' Roses and Stone Temple Pilots covers it hadn't performed previously.
"There was a point there where I thought that we felt like we were sort of obligated to do them, like people really, really were expecting that," Slash says. "And once we got a bigger catalog by putting out another record, there was a feeling like we don't necessarily have to do any Guns N' Roses and Stone Temple Pilots songs."
"It was more like Pete Townshend feeling like he didn't have to smash his amps every night," he continues. "So for a second there, that was the plan, but then we personally started missing it. They were like the easiest cover songs for us to cover because we wrote them, so we just sort of got over that."
Speaking of Guns N' Roses, Slash admits he has no contact with Axl Rose, nor has he heard material from the long-awaited "Chinese Democracy." But any silence between the camps is bound to end come 2012, when the influential hard rock act becomes eligible for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Slash, McKagan and drummer Matt Sorum experienced firsthand what could be in store based on the drama that ensued last year around Van Halen's induction into the Rock Hall. With Eddie Van Halen in rehab and David Lee Roth refusing to attend after a set list squabble, Velvet Revolver ended up jamming with Michael Anthony and Sammy Hagar.
"I never even thought about it until we had to do that," Slash says. "Somebody asked me, 'Do you think you guys will be able to show up for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (induction ceremony) in five years?' I was like, 'Oh, I guess we're eligible.' It never dawned on me before then. If this comes up, I'd hope we'd be mature enough to get up and do that, but I have no idea."
When asked what his gut feeling is about Rose and the other original members coming together, Slash says, "My gut doesn't count because it's not just about me. It's about everybody. And if it was easy to predict, we probably wouldn't have had so many hassles in the first place."
Stone Temple Pilots Reunion Tour Close To Becoming A Reality, Sources Say
Negotiations are still ongoing for potential U.S. summer trek.
The rumors began a few weeks back: Stone Temple Pilots — the grunge act featuring frontman Scott Weiland, bassist Robert DeLeo, guitarist Dean DeLeo and drummer Eric Kretz that has been on hiatus since 2002 — would be revived this summer for a one-off reunion tour of the U.S. And for weeks, nothing has been confirmed.
While no one from the STP camp has said definitively that the comeback is a go, Weiland did recently tell The Miami Herald that fans should "be on the lookout" for an STP reunion in the coming months. And then there's this week's Billboard story, which says that Weiland's Velvet Revolver bandmate Slash claimed the singer will rejoin his former bandmates in Stone Temple Pilots for a handful of summer reunion shows this summer — although the article contains no quote of him saying that.
Hmmm. Last anyone can remember, Slash was never a member of Stone Temple Pilots, and it hasn't yet been revealed what the guitarist actually said on the matter. What MTV News can tell you is that negotiations are still ongoing, but it's looking very likely that Stone Temple Pilots will be coming to a town near you this summer. According to numerous sources close to the band and others who work in various capacities throughout the industry, the reunion tour is on. Some claim venues have already been reserved throughout the country for the trek, and others say they're actively trying to secure their bands opening slots on the proposed run.
The fact that the DeLeo brothers' post-STP band, Army of Anyone, are on indefinite hiatus might make the reunion even more of a genuine possibility. Velvet Revolver, on the other hand, just kicked off a tour on Thursday night and are expected to begin writing material for their next album in the spring.
So, will the STP reunion happen this summer or will it not? If the tour does indeed go down, then it would be one of the biggest reunions in recent years — and would follow something of a rock trend. Bands like Rage Against the Machine, the Police and even Led Zeppelin have all re-formed in recent years. In the meantime, we'll just have to keep our fingers crossed.
...Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver rocker Scott Weiland, who told us that we should be on the lookout for an STP reunion in the coming months
Reunion Tour Close To Becoming A Reality, Sources Say
Negotiations are still ongoing for potential U.S. summer trek.
The rumors began a few weeks back: Stone Temple Pilots — the grunge act featuring frontman Scott Weiland, bassist Robert DeLeo, guitarist Dean DeLeo and drummer Eric Kretz that has been on hiatus since 2002 — would be revived this summer for a one-off reunion tour of the U.S. And for weeks, nothing has been confirmed.
While no one from the STP camp has said definitively that the comeback is a go, Weiland did recently tell The Miami Herald that fans should "be on the lookout" for an STP reunion in the coming months. And then there's this week's Billboard story, which says that Weiland's Velvet Revolver bandmate Slash claimed the singer will rejoin his former bandmates in Stone Temple Pilots for a handful of summer reunion shows this summer — although the article contains no quote of him saying that.
Hmmm. Last anyone can remember, Slash was never a member of Stone Temple Pilots, and it hasn't yet been revealed what the guitarist actually said on the matter. What MTV News can tell you is that negotiations are still ongoing, but it's looking very likely that Stone Temple Pilots will be coming to a town near you this summer. According to numerous sources close to the band and others who work in various capacities throughout the industry, the reunion tour is on. Some claim venues have already been reserved throughout the country for the trek, and others say they're actively trying to secure their bands opening slots on the proposed run.
The fact that the DeLeo brothers' post-STP band, Army of Anyone, are on indefinite hiatus might make the reunion even more of a genuine possibility. Velvet Revolver, on the other hand, just kicked off a tour on Thursday night and are expected to begin writing material for their next album in the spring.
So, will the STP reunion happen this summer or will it not? If the tour does indeed go down, then it would be one of the biggest reunions in recent years — and would follow something of a rock trend. Bands like Rage Against the Machine, the Police and even Led Zeppelin have all re-formed in recent years. In the meantime, we'll just have to keep our fingers crossed.
Got this in my email the other day.....Guess I might be off to Ohio in May!!
According to HardDrive Radio, the reunited STONE
TEMPLE PILOTS will perform at the Rock on the Range on
May 17 in Columbus, Ohio.
VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Slash recently confirmed to
Billboard.com that VELVET singer Scott Weiland will
reunite with his previous band, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS,
for a short series of shows this summer. Slash did not
offer any other details and there has yet to be
official word from STONE TEMPLE PILOTS themselves.
Weiland broke the news last month at a benefit in
Florida, telling the Miami Herald to watch out for an
STP reunion in the months ahead. VELVET REVOLVER is
touring now in support of last year's "Libertad" album
and plans to begin work on its third record this
spring.
Although STONE TEMPLE PILOTS broke up in 2002 under
less than friendly circumstances, both Weiland and
guitarist Dean DeLeo have said that the band members
are all on good terms now. Weiland even told The Pulse
of Radio he could envision making another STP album.
"We were never a band that felt like we needed to lean
too hard onto our muscle," he said. "We always felt
like we had enough beauty and enough finesse in our
music, you know, while we were together, that could
carry us into a long career. So for us to make a
record at an older age doesn't seem like a stretch,
you know, 'cause we were never all about brawn."
STP headlines Rock on The Range!!
Rock on The Range Returns to Crew Stadium, for 2 HUGE DAYS This May 17 and 18th With New Rock, 99.7 The Blitz! Headliners Stone Temple Pilots will be together again for the first time in over 7 years at Rock on the Range! Full details coming Tuesday including more of the lineup and how you can score presale tickets from The Blitz!!
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42 euros +frais pour VR à l'AB...too much
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