Reuters - Dec 21, 2010
More than two years after dumping original lead singer Scott Weiland, the remaining members of Velvet Revolver are in the dating stages with an unidentified replacement, according to drummer Matt Sorum...
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Scott Weiland, Happy in Galoshes (New West Records) Fresh of his five-year stint with Velvet Revolver and a brief reunion tour with Stone Temple Pilots, enigmatic frontman Scott Weiland returns with...
More »AP - Nov 24, 2008
Behind an unmarked door on a nondescript street in an industrial part of town is Scott Weiland s second home: an old machine shop he transformed into his dream studio. Gold and platinum records cover...
More »Yahoo! Music - Nov 18, 2008
Guns N Roses/Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash has released a video in support of gay marriage. In the video clip, Slash plays the national anthem The Star-Spangled Banner on guitar in the background while...
More »E! Online - Sep 3, 2008
Come on, fans, Scott Weiland wants you to get Happy. The Stone Temple Pilots frontman has announced plans to drop his second solo album, simply titled Happy, in stores everywhere Nov. 18 via Weiland&#...
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Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland will release his second solo album on November 18, a decade after his first solo outing hit stores. Happy, which will be issued on Weiland's own Softdrive...
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Velvet Revolver bass player Duff McKagan has denied a report that former Spacehog frontman Royston Langdon is in line to become the band's new singer. McKagan told Billboard.com that Velvet Revolver...
More »Reuters - Aug 7, 2008
Velvet Revolver's Duff McKagan and Pearl Jam's Mike McCready will rock out with their side projects at the seventh annual Seattle Tattoo Expo, which kicks off Friday at the Seattle Center....
More »AP - Apr 29, 2008
Scott Weiland has pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor drunken driving charge and was sentenced to eight days in jail. The 40-year-old rocker entered the plea through his attorney in Los Angeles Superior...
More »E! Online - Apr 28, 2008
Scott Weiland is going to rock steady in jail for awhile. The frontman for the recently reunited Stone Temple Pilots was sentenced to eight days in jail after pleading no contest to misdemeanor driving...
More »Reuters - Apr 21, 2008
Velvet Revolver is considering creating a Web site to find a replacement for singer Scott Weiland, who was ousted from the rock band earlier this month. The band is actually talking about building a...
More »Reuters - Apr 3, 2008
Rock band Stone Temple Pilots, whose reunion has been overshadowed by singer Scott Weiland's latest contretemps, will launch a 65-date tour of North American amphitheaters next month, the group'...
More »E! Online - Apr 2, 2008
No, it's not an April Fools' joke. Velvet Revolver has fired Scott Weiland. The supergroup decided to part ways with its frontman, citing his "erratic onstage behavior" and other personal...
More »Reuters - Jan 15, 2008
Gibson Guitar will release eight new Slash-branded guitars on March 15, and is taking the current models affiliated with the Velvet Revolver guitarist off the market. Why eight? Price points, says...
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Former Guns N’ Roses/current Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash performed a special guitar duet Sunday (January 6) at the Computer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Delivering a speech at the annual event...
More »E! Online - Dec 12, 2007
Was Scott Weiland one loaded Revolver? The blotter-friendly, much-rehabbed rocker was charged Wednesday with a misdemeanor count of driving under the influence of drugs with a prior conviction, prosecutors...
More »E! Online - Dec 5, 2007
Japan's probably feeling a little psychic right about now. The week after Velvet Revolver announced the Japanese leg of its tour was off because the Asian nation had "tak[en] exception with...
More »AP - Dec 4, 2007
Scott Weiland was arrested for driving under the influence of a drug after he crashed his car, but his publicist says it was a minor accident and denies the allegations. The Stone Temple Pilots and...
More »E! Online - Nov 20, 2007
Japan has some of the toughest gun-control and immigration laws on the books, and now, officials there are trying to stop a loaded Revolver. Velvet Revolver has scuttled its four-city Japanese tour...
More »AP - Nov 20, 2007
The rock band Velvet Revolver has canceled a tour of Japan after authorities refused to give its members visas, possibly because of previous run-ins with the law. The band, which features former members...
More »Reuters - Nov 19, 2007
Grammy Award-winning U.S. hard rock band Velvet Revolver said it would not perform in Japan this month as scheduled because the authorities had refused them visas due to previous run-ins with the law....
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