Velvet Revolver: Splits with rocker Scott Weiland
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April, 01 2008
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 Velvet Revolver: Splits with rocker Scott Weiland
The U.S. rock band Velvet Revolver announced on Tuesday that they are splitting with the group's troubled singer, Scott Weiland, citing his "increasingly erratic" behavior.
The announcement was in brief and to the point from the group's management company as the 40 year old Weiland and his recently reunited old band, Stone Temple Pilots, are set next week to announce plans for a highly anticipated summer tour.
The Stone Temple Pilots, which is also known as STP, have already confirmed a handful of upcoming dates, beginning with the Rock on the Range festival in Columbus, Ohio, on May 17-18.
Scott Weiland, whose career has long been overshadowed by heroin addiction, Rock on the Range will mark his first show with STP since the band played 13 concerts to promote its last album of new material, 2001's "Shangri-La Dee Da".
After departed from STP, Weiland joined as a lead singer with Velvet Revolver, the newly formed grunge rock band founded by three former members of Guns N' Roses - guitarist Slash, bassist Duff McKagan and drummer Matt Sorum along with second guitarist Dave Kushner.
From the very beginning, Velvet Revolver was facing with Weiland's drug and legal problems as it juggled performance schedules, recording sessions and promotional work to accommodate his court dates and rehab.
Last month, Weiland pleaded innocent to a charge of driving under the influence of drugs stemming from his arrest on a Los Angeles freeway ramp in November. He is free on $40,000 bail and is due back in court for a pretrial hearing on Friday.
A feud between Velvet Revolver's drummer and Weiland already had in doubt on the band's future when the statement on behalf of Sorum, Slash, McKagan and Kushner was issued under the headline "Velvet Revolver to Part Ways with Singer".
Slash of Velvet Revolver said, "This band is all about its fans and its music, and Scott Weiland isn't 100% committed to either. Among other things, his increasingly erratic on-stage behavior and personal problems have forced us to move on". |
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