Almost without exception, the best-remembered Stone Temple Pilots tracks remain the ones which broke this mould: ‘Sex Type Thing’ ‘Crackerman’ ‘Interstate Love Song.’ Now, with three former members of Guns N’ Roses and an LA punk stalwart to back him, Weiland appears in his element, even more so here than on the cobbled-together debut Contraband.Ĭontraband’s many flaws were immediate and apparent: as early as the second track the lack of sonic diversity was apparent, and Josh Abraham’s (Static-X, Limp Bizkit) streamlined, muddy production did little to highlight the instrumental prowess of Slash & Co. While the DeLeo brothers continue to make a hell of a racket with Filter’s Richard Patrick in Army Of Anyone, Weiland often appeared lost in the expanse between the brothers’ spacious, Sabbath-inspired riffs the archetypal singer of instinct, it often felt with STP as if Scott had too much time to think. Listening to Velvet Revolver’s new album Libertad, it’s more apparent than ever that, as a singer, Scott Weiland sounds infinitely more comfortable atop his current group’s compact, dynamic hard rock arrangements than he ever did with his one-time cohorts in Stone Temple Pilots. Velvet Revolver then wrote new songs and briefly auditioned singers before once again resuming their hiatus, although reunited with Scott Weiland for a one-off reunion show on Januat a benefit concert.ĭr Dave De Sylvia at wrote: However, McKagan left Jane's Addiction a few months after joining. The release of Slash's self-titled debut solo album and Duff McKagan's addition to the Jane's Addiction lineup seemed to put the future of the band in doubt. Velvet Revolver was put on indefinite hiatus in April 2008, and in November of that year, the band was released by their record label RCA Records at their request to allow them "complete freedom to go through whatever process it would take to accomplish" replacing Weiland. In April 2008, Weiland left Velvet Revolver and reunited with Stone Temple Pilots. The band released Libertad in 2007, driven by the release of the single "She Builds Quick Machines", and embarked on a tour with Alice in Chains. With their single "Slither", they won the 2005 Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance. Despite positive reviews, some critics initially described Velvet Revolver as a mere combination of Stone Temple Pilots and Guns N' Roses, criticizing them for a "disconnection" between Scott Weiland and the rest of the band. In 2004, the band achieved commercial success with their debut album, Contraband. Velvet Revolver is an American hard rock supergroup consisting of former Guns N' Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan, and Matt Sorum, alongside Dave Kushner formerly of punk band Wasted Youth and Stone Temple Pilots vocalist Scott Weiland who left the band in 2008.
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