Scott Weiland
Scott Weiland
Scott Richard Weilandwas an American musician, singer and songwriter. During a career spanning three decades, Weiland was best known as the lead singer of the band Stone Temple Pilots from 1989 to 2013, as well as the supergroup Velvet Revolver from 2003 to 2008. He also established himself as a solo artist, releasing two studio albums, two cover albums, a live album and collaborations with several other musicians since 1995...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth27 October 1967
CitySanta Cruz, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I'm beyond the point of thinking I'm powerful enough to solve my own problems.
I had always sung in choirs. Even when it was something to be laughed at or made fun of, you know, in school. And I was always the kid who was picked at the Christmas concert to sing the solo, you know, while the other kids snickered in the front few rows.
I really have paid no attention to social media. It's never been something that I've done. There are people that put up tour dates and basically say what's going on, but I need to get more involved, because I hear about rumors that are absolutely ridiculous.
I played in Velvet Revolver, which is a raw, bombastic blues band with a punk rock edge to it. It's like everything is based around the blues, no matter what the groove is.
I really didn't get obsessed with Bowie until my freshman year in high school. I remember listening to 'Starman' and thinking it sounded like it was a song for kids, like a lullaby. The Thin White Duke is my favorite look that he created.
I don't want to stay on the road for the rest of my life. I have two kids.
For the most part, rock fans don't go and buy CDs any more, very rarely. It's pretty much about downloads and streaming.
Do I show up onstage late sometimes? That's something I could definitely work on. I'm human.
It's a horrible thing to have someone pretend like they know what you're about and call you a fraud when they haven't given you a fair shot.
Not sure how I can be 'terminated' from a band that I founded, fronted and co-wrote many of their biggest hits. But that's something for the lawyers to figure out.
The Beatles have always had a big effect on me.
There was a period when STP and I weren't making music - we weren't getting along very good at all. But I had my studio, so I was writing and recording a lot of music. But something told me not to put it out. It was all stream of consciousness; it was clever, but it didn't really have substance.
There was a period of time where I really hated rock music.
Not many people are able to say that they had in their professional career the chance to perform in two bands that won Grammys and were multiplatinum bands.