No sooner do we mention Amy Winehouse's return to form in Lisbon than Scott Weiland reminds us about his own wobbly self. Looks like the Stone Temple Pilots reunion is going about as swimmingly as we predicted . He gave us false hope by not getting kicked out or arrested during STP's debut at the Harry Houdini Estate in in L.A., then showing he can still gyrate/dervish on Kimmel , but two weeks after the band started their big summer tour, there was no dervishing to be had. Nope, according to those who [...]
Amongst the more surreal moments of the Stone Temple Pilots' show at the PNC Bank Arts Center this past Sunday - and there were many - was the band breaking into an extended jam of The O'Jays' "For the Love of Money" just prior to final encore "Dead and Bloated." The moment was chock full of inadvertent gallows humor for two reasons: It's fairly clear that at some point in the past few months the DeLeo Brothers and Eric Kretz all got together and said "Fuck it, let's just try to make as much money as [...]
Coming out an hour late, forgetting lyrics, slurring apologetic introductions that get cut off by visibly annoyed band members—sounds like Weiland is back and better than ever! When Slash wakes up in a couple of hours and grabs The New York Times before enjoying his bagel (but after putting on on slippers, a bath towel, and a snake), the description of Stone Temple Pilots' New York show will undoubtedly inspire a smirk. Scott Weiland, the lead singer of Stone Temple Pilots, had just a few words for [...]