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"ongelmia VR:ssa?", sillä kovasti on viime uutisointien puolesta näyttänyt.. Jännää kyllä, miten miepiteet (edes hieman, itseni tuntien) muuttuvat, sillä
Contrabandin aikaan vitutti kun valitsivat bändiin 'noin paskan laulajan [, eikä Izzy tullutkaan mukaan!]' Sebastian Bachin yms. kyvykkäämpien sijasta. Mutta nyt viime kesänä
Libertadin jälkeen huomasin pitäväni tästä kakkoslevystä kovastikin, hemmetin tiukka hard rock-kokonaisuus! Saapa nähdä, onko nisti-Weiland palannut poluilleen tuon viime vkon no-shown kanssa ja mitä (aina vihaamani) Stone Temple Pilotsin todennäköinen comeback tekee tälle bändille.
UK's Classic Rock magazine has tracked down VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan and quizzed him about VR singer Scott Weiland's absence from the group's performance at the Sundance Film Festival and the rumors of a reunion of Weiland's previous band, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS.
On the Sundance Film Festival:
"I sang 'It's So Easy' and 'I Wanna Be Your Dog' and then we were panicking a bit over what to play so [VR drummer] Matt [Sorum] got up and sang 'Patience', Matt's a great singer, he really is. Why wasn't Scott there? Scott missed his plane. Yeah, let's say that, Scott missed his plane…"
On STONE TEMPLE PILOTS reforming:
"That’s the rumor that I've heard too. Good for him. You can't plan ahead in this thing and if you do, you're going to be disappointed. Don't get me wrong, I love playing live and we love this band, but I don't have expectations any more. This is a great band and I'm proud to be a part of it, but it doesn't define me anymore."
Although there has been no official confirmation from anyone involved, Weiland told the Miami Herald over the weekend to be on the lookout for a STONE TEMPLE PILOTS reunion in the months ahead. The band members are reportedly on good terms again after their less than friendly break-up in 2002, and Weiland told The Pulse of Radio a while back that he wouldn't rule out getting back together. "I think that there is always that distinct possibility," he said. "I have to say it would never come in the way of VELVET REVOLVER, but I don't think that the story has been completely told. I'm unhappy with the ending of the story."
Weiland made his comments at an all-star gala event benefiting the AROD Family Foundation, on Saturday (January 19) at the Ritz Carlton hotel in South Beach, Florida.
SLASH: SCOTT WEILAND To Play With STONE TEMPLE PILOTS This Summer
Jan. 25, 2008
John Benson of Billboard.com reports: 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.
SCOTT WEILAND Apologizes For Missing SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL Concert
Jan. 23, 2008
VELVET REVOLVER frontman Scott Weiland has issued the following statement regarding his absence from the band's concert Sunday night (January 20) at the 944 Magazine's party at Tao during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah:
"I truly apologize on behalf of the band for our inability to perform at the scheduled party during the Sundance Film Festival. I performed the previous night in Miami in support of the A-Rod Family Foundation, and afterwards a jet was arranged to fly myself and a couple of the crew members to the festival, where I was looking forward to performing. Not only was I hoping to ROCK, but I also wanted to snowboard AND have some well...good and clean fun! Seriously, though...I even already had my 'one-piece' long johns on (no shit!!). Now...the problem was that the pilot of the private jet would not...I mean, absolutely would NOT fly us to Park City due to the low visibility and poor weather conditions. We did everything in our power to make it happen. At last minute, Matt [Sorum, VELVET REVOLVER drummer] tried to hook up a flight from L.A. to Park City, but the owner of the plane could not find a crew in time.
"I'm sorry...we all are. Who knows...maybe this happened for a reason."