Stone Temple Pilots

[FunkyMonkey]

Stone Temple Pilots, Weiland Take Separate Paths To New Album

by Gary Graff, Detroit  |   March 25, 2010 4:39 EDT

"This record was made in a way that Scott wasn't really there for the creation of these songs, musically," DeLeo explains. "We kind of guessed our way through it. It was challenging because we had to get as much as we could done to complete a song, but then we had to hold back 'cause we had to see if it was in the right key and stuff like that. The songs that were sent over to (Weiland) were pretty much in a completed demo form with a scratch melody on there, and Scott has the option to use the melody or not.
 
"But, y'know, we've been a band for 18 years now -- more like 23, before we were signed. There's a certain understanding you have where you know what the other person is going to like and dislike and you know what's going to work. So even though it is challenging and you're not in the same room, to me it's a great achievement being able to write and produce and do this record the way we did. I'm very, very proud of that."

http://www.billboard.com/news/stone-temple-pilots-weiland-take-separate-1004078483.story#/news/stone-temple-pilots-weiland-take-separate-1004078483.story

[FunkyMonkey]

Here's some video of Scott Weiland falling off stage in Sioux City IA on March 24th.  There are also some pretty good videos at this other YouTube page.

Scott falling:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uVF22JPdbw

Show footage:
http://www.youtube.com/user/alzeppelin#p/u/0/23Sfn3IM7tY

Review:
http://siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/article_dee88b7c-03b0-5179-aa7b-a1e537fae6a8.html

Set List

Vasoline
Crackerman
Wicked Garden
Hollywood Bitch
Between the Lines
Hickory Dichotomy
Big Empty
Sour Girl
Creep
Plush
Interstate Love Song
Bagman
Huckleberry Crumble
Sex Type Thing
Dead and Bloated
Lounge Fly
Piece of Pie
Trippin' On A Hole In A Paper Heart

[FunkyMonkey]

Scott Weiland seem to be having "trouble" again...from a couple of fans:

After Sex Type Thing, Dead and Bloated, and Lounge Fly all went south and the Deleo?s walked off clearly not happy? but they came back to do Trippin? even though they seemed embarrased by Scott and wanted to just leave. They are classy people and deserve a lot of credit for trying to do whats right for the fans.

nicks posted this:
OK. Sorry. Scott was fucking up words for a good part of the show. When it got to D&B he totally forgot them and the melody. DeLeos were just looking at each other and stopped playing. Robert walked almost off stage. Kretz finally stopped but Scott was just signing mumble jumbles. Dean pulled Scott?s monitors and he actually sounded better after that, but they ended up quitting the song.

They went to Lounge Fly, but Robert and Dean looked really reluctant. Scott was still messing it up and just into the acoustic part, both DeLeos walked off. Kretz soon followed.

A couple minutes later they all came back on. Scott tried to introduce Po?P, but then said Trippin. They played that OK, but you could see the disgust in the D?s faces.

After that they did the group waving goodbye/thank you thing. The 3 walked off to the left. Scott grabbed a mic, said something like ?boys & girls, ladies & Gentlemen, cocksuckers?? then walked off to the right.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJQue8WBbFo

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http://grungereport.net/2010/03/27/deleo-brothers-and-eric-kretz-walk-out-on-scott-weiland-at-stone-temple-pilots-show/

[faldor]

Yeah that was a weird scene.  Seemed like everything was going wonderfully and all of a sudden Scott just forgot everything.  Maybe he was drinking throughout the show and it finally caught up with him at the end.  Someone did say he was sipping on something throughout the night, though not known if it was alcoholic.  I wouldn't think Scott would forget the lyrics sober though.  If so, they better invest in a teleprompter.

[GnFnR87]

i've been reading reviews on belowempty about the the show following scotts fuck up and they say he rebounded nicely. thank god too because supposedly VH1 filmed it for a concert special!!

[FunkyMonkey]

It's all here, but Warner Music pulled the video I posted earlier of Scott messing up "Dead And Bloated" :

SCOTT WEILAND's Milwaukee 'Disaster' - Mar. 27, 2010

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=137520

[FunkyMonkey]

WE HAVE LIFTOFF: Stone Temple Pilots' "Between the Lines" makes the largest positional gain in the 10-month history of Billboard's Rock Songs chart, as the lead single from the band's May 25 self-titled reunion album rockets 40-2.

The song improves from 2 to 11.8 million audience impressions (up 496%) on 146 stations.

Billboard

[Trist805]

WE HAVE LIFTOFF: Stone Temple Pilots' "Between the Lines" makes the largest positional gain in the 10-month history of Billboard's Rock Songs chart, as the lead single from the band's May 25 self-titled reunion album rockets 40-2.

The song improves from 2 to 11.8 million audience impressions (up 496%) on 146 stations.

Billboard

I'm happy to read that.  STP is a great band, and they deserve lots of success.

[FunkyMonkey]

Stone Temple Pilots: The Billboard Cover Story

by Mitchell Peters, L.A.  |   April 02, 2010

When asked if the comeback tour would lead to a new STP studio album with his bandmates Dean and Robert DeLeo (guitar and bass, respectively) and drummer Eric Kretz, Weiland seemed open to the idea-but not if it meant releasing the set on the Warner Music Group label, which signed the band in 1991.

"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," Weiland said. "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."

While the road to reconciliation wasn't easy, Weiland seems to have come to terms with the label in the past two years. The band's new self-titled album-its sixth studio release overall and first since "Shangri-La Dee Da" in 2001-will be released May 25 on Atlantic. While Weiland may have had grandiose visions on how to innovatively release a new STP album without label interference, his bandmates had to remind him of an important fact: They were still under contract with Atlantic.

"Yeah, that sounds fine and dandy, but I had to tap him on the shoulder and say, 'By the way, we're contractually obligated to two more albums,' " Dean DeLeo says. "I would've loved to have done that too, but I knew what was at hand on a legal front."

Continue here: http://www.billboard.com/news/stone-temple-pilots-the-billboard-cover-1004080343.story#/news/stone-temple-pilots-the-billboard-cover-1004080343.story?page=1

[FunkyMonkey]

Rock Songs

*** No. 1 *** "Between The Lines" Stone Temple Pilots

http://www.billboard.com/#/column/chartbeat/chart-highlights-rock-country-christian-1004080594.story?tag=hpfeed

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Meh...they've dethroned AiC, and not even with a decent single. The song is kind of generic.

[FunkyMonkey]

^^ I was a little surprised by this...

STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Single Makes Largest Positional Gain In 'Rock Songs' Chart History - Apr. 1, 2010

According to Billboard.com, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS' "Between the Lines" made the largest positional gain in the 10-month history of Billboard's Rock Songs chart, as the lead single from the band's self-titled reunion album rocketed 40-2. The song improved from 2 to 11.8 million audience impressions (up 496%) on 146 stations.

On Alternative Songs, the track bolted 39-9, marking the second-greatest positional increase in the chart's archives. Only DAVE MATTHEWS BAND's "Don't Drink the Water" (36-5 in 1998) and the SMASHING PUMPKINS' "The Everlasting Gaze" (40-9 in 2000) made bigger week-to-week jumps.

On Mainstream Rock, "Between the Lines" vaulted 36-7 for the chart's biggest positional leap since VAN HALEN's "The Dream Is Over" soared 46-15 on the chart dated February 29, 1992.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=137853

[D]

This song kicks ass.. i dont know why u all are so surprised. it is classic STP and is catchy as fuck!

[FunkyMonkey]

 

Rare unreleased video directed by Mark Racco featuring Scott Weiland (STP, VELVET REVOLVER) Jay Gordon (ORGY) Martyn Lenoble (PORNO FOR PYROS, JANE'S) Doug Ardito (PUDDLE OF MUDD) Shannon Leto (30 SECONDS TO MARS) and Ashley Hamilton (FINE, DANCIN WITH THE STARS) Very Rare

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wondergirls

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iagKhSJl_LA

[Eazy E]

This song kicks ass.. i dont know why u all are so surprised. it is classic STP and is catchy as fuck!

I agree... I haven't been paying much attention to STP's reunion, but this song caught my attention.  Seriously looking forward to the album now.

[FunkyMonkey]

Rock Songs

*** No. 1 *** "Between The Lines" Stone Temple Pilots

Billboard

[FunkyMonkey]

Stone Temple Pilots will be featured on VH1's "Friday Night Alright" concert series on May 21st.

[FunkyMonkey]

It's all right 'Between the Lines' for Stone Temple Pilots

Updated 15h 52m ago

Rare is the band that can sweep the airwaves with a fresh tune while clogging classic rock playlists with its catalog. It's rarer still when a grunge-era outfit with an erratic history straddles those camps.

Between the Lines, the first single from Stone Temple Pilots' self-titled album due May 25, is reigning at rock radio, topping USA TODAY's alternative airplay chart and ranking No. 2 and 3 in other rock formats.

"You can turn on any rock station and hear Interstate Love Song, Vasoline, Plush" or other '90s STP hits, says Billboard chart analyst Keith Caulfield. "The good news is people want to hear the new song, too. It's No. 1 on several Billboard rock charts."

Guitarist Dean DeLeo says he's humbled, but not surprised, by the tune's success.

"When the four of us get into a room to make a musical statement, it's undeniable that things happen," he says. "It's as if it was written before we were born. We know each other so well."

Too well, as it turns out. Since the instant success of 1992 debut Core, the band's been plagued by splits and friction. After releasing fifth album Shangri-La Dee Da in 2001, STP separated until a 2008 reunion tour.

"We lived shoulder to shoulder with each other in buses and dressing rooms around the globe for 12 years," DeLeo says. "Thank God for that time away from each other."

His brother, bassist Robert DeLeo, crafted Between's propulsive instrumental infrastructure, then passed it to singer Scott Weiland to add a melody line and lyrics.

"Robert was thinking Animals or Zombies, a '60s go-go beat and a girl in a miniskirt," DeLeo says. "Sometimes we don't feel musically what Scott does lyrically. He took it to an exciting place. It's pretty twisted."

Read between these lines: "You were always my favorite drug/Even when we used to take drugs."

Between builds to that charging chorus, a reference to Weiland's past addictions and tumultuous romance with ex-wife Mary Forsberg. It's the most straightforward verse in a song that also relates: "Penguins don't fly, crocodiles sometimes smile/Really love to fish but don't like superficial people."

"Sometimes you throw together random words that phonetically sound good with the melody and then you get to the meat of the song in the chorus," Weiland says.

Between the Lines "is as good as any of our great first singles," Weiland says. "These days, you always have nerves, because the market's totally changed. But radio still plays a big part in the success of an album, and we're off to a good start."

http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2010-04-21-stonetemple21_ST_N.htm

[FunkyMonkey]

Here is an interview with Scott Weiland that he did during a photo shoot for the April issue of Live OC.

Scott Weiland Photo Shoot & Interview

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdhppmsYvXI