Slash, drugs, rock & roll…and a jail sentence.
How Scott Weiland and STP reunited.
Look back at EWs story below.
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Man, I am so fried, he murmurs, rubbing his jaw with ringed fingers.
I cant believe Im standing right now.
Our story is similar to Led Zeppelin, who were hated by critics, he says.
They called them a poor version of other bands, too.
And our last album critics loved.
Of course, he adds, that one sold the least of all.
Its a pleasant, humbling shock to the band that their music has been passed along to another generation.
We havent toured, we havent done any press, we dont sell merchandise.
It wouldnt have been the same two years ago.
Well be done in the fall, and then I can commit to the next VR album.
And everything was cool.
Things got weird, and nobody was talking to me while we were on the road.
So March 21, I announced on stage that this would be the final Velvet Revolver tour.
(Hes an ass, Weiland says simply.)
They can say whatever they want to say.
(VRs remaining band members declined to comment for this article.)
Honestly, he continues, I think they should just get GNR back together.
And Im not being facetious.
Before all that, however, hell have to make a detour through the L.A. County penal system.
It gave me confidence, it took away pain, and it just did something.
Eventually, though, it destroys what it helped.
[…] Its like a self-injected cancer.
For many years, it was his only constant.
And back then, rehab was not a hip thing like it is now.
Like, He can do it, why cant I?
But no one is Keith.
God doesnt make many of them.
I want to evolve gracefully and more realistically.
Theres an acceptance that STP has always been an unmade bed, you know?
Dean DeLeo says, leaning back in his seat and spreading his palms on the table.
Its messy at times.
But at the end of the day, you always crawl back into it.
