Weiland Fires Back At Sorum: 'Ego And Jealousy Can Get The Better Of Anyone'

[guns_n_motley]

I dont see what matt said wrong in his post...to me it sounded like damage control to brush it off....Then scott comes out blasting him....Truly I think its over...after these shows its done guys...

[chineseblues]

I think it's hilarious that the band is falling apart. I wonder if Slash will take any of the blame this time around? Or is he just gonna blame it on everyone else like he did with Guns?

Leave Slash Alone!! (not Britney)

Why? The start of all this tension in the band was when he went to Axl's house. I just want to know if he is going to own up to his part in this. I don't think he will though...

[Fingers]

I do love rock and roll fights-this is both sad and fun to watch-at least they are not giving the "breaking up but will continue to remain friends" line we get out of hollywood couples..lol-I'm glad they do air it out in public, I think if you've spent money on the band and are into them, you deserve to hear why they are breaking up

[Naupis]

It really seems like he doesn't like any of the guys in the band...

I actually think it is more he really hates Matt Sorum. We have heard for years now even back to the beggining of the band that Matt and his rock n' roll groupie lifestyle has really clashed with Scott and where he was at in life trying to stay sober and all after the band first started. We used to hear that time and again, and then you look at Matt's comment about the world not exactly waiting on an STP reunion, and it seems as though there was never going to be any healing that. For whatever reason they reached the point where the straw broke the camel's back, but it seems those 2 have been butting heads for the entire existance of the band.

If you're Scott and you have a good fallback option, you are not as inclined to stick around and make it work if you detest one of the members of your band enough to make music not fun anymore. This is hardly the first time Matt has majorly rubbed someone the wrong way within the context of the greater band.

[mrlee]

i can see how matt would annoy. I remember when i watched the rise of VR he got on my nerves with his assholeness in contrast to duffs down to earthness.

[Ines_rocks!]

I think it's hilarious that the band is falling apart. I wonder if Slash will take any of the blame this time around? Or is he just gonna blame it on everyone else like he did with Guns?

Leave Slash Alone!! (not Britney)

Why? The start of all this tension in the band was when he went to Axl's house. I just want to know if he is going to own up to his part in this. I don't think he will though...

They?re a band. If this doesn?t work they all are to blame... including Dave. lol

[guns_n_motley]

Fact of the matter is, VR's second CD flopped and Scott was/is going back to STP....I said this months ago...its not like someone doing a "side project" where the band is smaller than your main band...hes going back to a band that could potentially do better than VR's latest outing...

it sounds to me like hes sick of everyone in the band and is leaving...Even Duff in a recent interview said "no one person defines us" and hinted that theyll "continue playing together" so it sounds like he feels its over with Scott...

They got scott with all his baggage because he was the most commercially viable at the time....it seems to have backfired as most supergroups do...

Ironically, Josh todd and Sebastian bach seem to be doing just fine...


Time to get a new singer, maybe a new band name and move on....

[guns_n_motley]

i can see how matt would annoy. I remember when i watched the rise of VR he got on my nerves with his assholeness in contrast to duffs down to earthness.

so can I, he got on my nerves watching that, complaining about every singer its like "dude your just a drummer"

but I dont think matt said anything in his blog that was that bad however...

[GnR-NOW]

Matt has always came off to me as someone who has an ego, in the VH1 BTM GNR, he seemed like it was because of him GNR got so big.  But when Scott says Matt can't handle a relationship, let alone having kids .... no offense but does Scott think he's actually a good father figure, he's probably the last guy that should've had kids with all his problems in and out of rehad.

[Ines_rocks!]

I hate that "separate note" of Scott in the end... it makes me thing if all of this ain?t promotion for STP you know...

[Smoking Guns]

Scott should just move on and not insult guys that were pretty loyal to him and very patient.  

HAS MATT EVER FUCKED UP ON DRUMS LIKE SCOTT DOES ON VOCALS??? NO  He is a pro when on stage. Weiland no longer is.  I think Matt's post was pretty tame.  I like matt's background vocals.  Fuck Scott for not handling this face to face.  Matt may be annoying, but the hired gun line was low and on most accounts seems like a very nice guy, especially to the fans.  Scott is such a child.  Is it ever his fault?

[guns_n_motley]

Scott should just move on and not insult guys that were pretty loyal to him and very patient.  

HAS MATT EVER FUCKED UP ON DRUMS LIKE SCOTT DOES ON VOCALS??? NO  He is a pro when on stage. Weiland no longer is.  I think Matt's post was pretty tame.  I like matt's background vocals.  Fuck Scott for not handling this face to face.  Matt may be annoying, but the hired gun line was low and on most accounts seems like a very nice guy, especially to the fans.  Scott is such a child.  Is it ever his fault?

its almost like Scott cane to HTGH and looked up all the insults people here throw at Matt

[Smoking Guns]

Jarmo, VR is now finally living up to the "dangerous" image.... Ha!!!

[chineseblues]

Jarmo, VR is now finally living up to the "dangerous" image.... Ha!!!

Dangerous? No. Acting like 40+ year old bitches? Yes.

[Fingers]

Scott should just move on and not insult guys that were pretty loyal to him and very patient.  

HAS MATT EVER FUCKED UP ON DRUMS LIKE SCOTT DOES ON VOCALS??? NO  He is a pro when on stage. Weiland no longer is.  I think Matt's post was pretty tame.  I like matt's background vocals.  Fuck Scott for not handling this face to face.  Matt may be annoying, but the hired gun line was low and on most accounts seems like a very nice guy, especially to the fans.  Scott is such a child.  Is it ever his fault?

I agree with the hired gun comment hitting below the belt-what defines a hired gun anymore in a band? What band (besides maybe U2, and a few others), has all original members? If that is the case, every band around these days exists of hired hands if they are not original members

[Smoking Guns]

Why does Scott always talk about his 35 million albums?  does he not want to mention the 300,000 he just sold of libertad???  Ha!  What an ego maniac.  I always thought for as big as Slash was, he was very humble.  Dave and Duff super humble.  Matt, small ego.  Scott, gigantic Ego.  No Meet and Greets.  Refused to do Izzy songs.  Fuck him.

[Smoking Guns]

Weiland had way to much fucking control anyway.  VR could have been a true hard rock outfit.

[Grouse]

I think it's hilarious that the band is falling apart. I wonder if Slash will take any of the blame this time around? Or is he just gonna blame it on everyone else like he did with Guns?

And how does this contribute to the discussion exactly? other than obviously trying to elicit a reaction from vr fans...

[cfcsfc]

Scott replied:
" You cancelled the Aussie tour in the fall because you went to rehab, but I won't say why"


So it was Sorum who caused the Aussie tour to not go ahead.
In the finnal 2 line's Scott apears to be all for STP. VR must be over with for sure.

I think it was Matt that caused the Aussi show's to be postponed. It was Scott that caused the reschedualed shows to be canceled. We got unlucky that both went to rehab during our shows!

I'm still suprised at how lame Scott is, posting an attack online instead of dealing with it face to face. Yet he's going on about maturity...

[SlashRock]

Fucking childish response by Scott, even if I do understand his frustration. I say let him go back to STP is that's where his heart lies. The guys I really feel sorry for are Slash, Duff and Dave-Slash and Duff for being in a shitty situation like this once again, and Dave because he doesn't really have anything to fall back on as far as I know.

As for the people denouncing Scott's talent-you're all fucking idiots. Just because you arent fond of him doesn't mean he's a talentless ponce. Lets leave that for Pete Doherty. Scott's past success speaks for itself.