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Topic: Velvet Revolver splits with rocker Scott Weiland

Four founding members of the rock band Velvet Revolver said on Tuesday they were splitting with the group's troubled singer, Scott Weiland, citing his "increasingly erratic" behavior.

The announcement came in a terse statement from the group's management company as Weiland, 40, and his recently reunited original band, Stone Temple Pilots, were set next week to announce plans for a highly anticipated summer tour.

The Pilots, also known by their acronym, STP, already have confirmed a handful of upcoming dates, beginning with the Rock on the Range festival in Columbus, Ohio, on May 17-18.

For 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."

Following the breakup of STP, Weiland was welcomed as lead singer for 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.

Velvet Revolver was confronted from the start 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 public feud between Weiland and Velvet Revolver's drummer already had cast 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."

"This band is all about its fans and its music, and Scott Weiland isn't 100% committed to either," Slash was quoted as saying. "Among other things, his increasingly erratic on-stage behavior and personal problems have forced us to move on."

There was no immediate comment from Weiland, Stone Temple Pilots or their representatives.

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Re: Velvet Revolver splits with rocker Scott Weiland

Only was a matter of time...Weiland has already struck back at the band with another rambling e mail, which one can read here :

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Re: Velvet Revolver splits with rocker Scott Weiland

Well thats just great.  I liked VR.  They should have went with the guy from Steelheart in the first place. That guy is amazing.  Wonder if VR will keep going or if they will just call it quits.

I hope that Slash does another Snakepit cd.  Those were freaking amazing.

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Re: Velvet Revolver splits with rocker Scott Weiland

Beerdog80 wrote:

I hope that Slash does another Snakepit cd.  Those were freaking amazing.

Agreed! The vocals were a little rough, but they rocked so hard it almost didn't matter.

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Re: Velvet Revolver splits with rocker Scott Weiland

Can you say G'n'R reunion.

Axel just signed with the same management company as the boys from Velvet Revolver (all the ex-members of GnR by the way- Minus Izzy)

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Re: Velvet Revolver splits with rocker Scott Weiland

Think I'll roll down to Paradise City for a cold one.

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Re: Velvet Revolver splits with rocker Scott Weiland

Gimme GnR & STP!


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Re: Velvet Revolver splits with rocker Scott Weiland

Whats wrong with ol Buckethead?  Is he a Coke guy or something?   smile

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Re: Velvet Revolver splits with rocker Scott Weiland

I'd love to see VR get a new singer or resolve differences and get GNR back together.   I hope Weiland can get it together before he is another young victim.

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Re: Velvet Revolver splits with rocker Scott Weiland

Beerdog80 wrote:

I hope that Slash does another Snakepit cd.  Those were freaking amazing.

ding ding ding we have a winner.  i loved those cds the first one in particular.  few agree but i thought the first snakepit album was the best thing slash has ever done and i loved the good guns n roses albums.  the second snakepit was good too.

as for the breakup, personally im glad.  thoses snakepit albums are part of the reason why.  stp were a pretty good band.  pretty ok anyway.  i thought weiland was a horrible fit for slash and co and thought how could the masses miss how mjuch better the music was when it was these guys and an unknown singer.  plus snakepit had mike inez on bass on the first one.  but hell i love duff.  anyway, i think this is for the best, velvet revolver was wasted years for some good musicians as far as im concerned.

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