"Ominously curt." Yeah I bet it was.

I have a problem with that guy. Don't like him, never did. I hope he gets his life together and quietly retires.

bobzilla77 said:

"Ominously curt." Yeah I bet it was.

I have a problem with that guy. Don't like him, never did. I hope he gets his life together and quietly retires.

I think he is worse than Axl in some ways.

I saw this coming a couple years ago. He's also the reason Velvet Revolver hasn't put out any more albums. Apparently he and the other members (Slash, Duff and Matt) butted heads with him.

I can't be the only one thinking this: bring back Dave Coutts! The world needs a Talk Show reunion!

rdhull said:

bobzilla77 said:

"Ominously curt." Yeah I bet it was.

I have a problem with that guy. Don't like him, never did. I hope he gets his life together and quietly retires.

I think he is worse than Axl in some ways.

I think the moment when I decided about him was when they opened for the Butthole Surfers in summer 93 right as Plush became a hit. They were introducing a song about rape. Real dark, deviant territory for a mainstream pop group, and you could hear him revelling in how dark it all was and how badass they were. "This is a song about getting FUCKED! When you don't want to get FUCKED!" It was the worst elevation of extremity to rockstar sensationalism and it made me fucking puke. It was like watching Loverboy engage the audience in a cheering contest but talking about rape.

Luckily the Buttholes came out soon after and we all chanted "There's a time to live and a time to die I smoke Elvis Presley's toenails when I wanna get hiiiiiiiiiiiiigh!" and wiped the awful taste from our mouths.

In case you couldn't tell I am one of those "underground rock" people that resented the famous grunge bands for co-opting "our" culture and flattening it out. I head Plush on the radio the other day and thought "man we were totally right."

On the right day I'll admit I think Vaseline and Interstate Love Song and Big Bang Baby are OK songs but not today. It's a good day for STP Hate so I'm gonna let it shine.

bobzilla77 said:

rdhull said:

I think he is worse than Axl in some ways.

I think the moment when I decided about him was when they opened for the Butthole Surfers in summer 93 right as Plush became a hit. They were introducing a song about rape. Real dark, deviant territory for a mainstream pop group, and you could hear him revelling in how dark it all was and how badass they were. "This is a song about getting FUCKED! When you don't want to get FUCKED!" It was the worst elevation of extremity to rockstar sensationalism and it made me fucking puke. It was like watching Loverboy engage the audience in a cheering contest but talking about rape.

Luckily the Buttholes came out soon after and we all chanted "There's a time to live and a time to die I smoke Elvis Presley's toenails when I wanna get hiiiiiiiiiiiiigh!" and wiped the awful taste from our mouths.

In case you couldn't tell I am one of those "underground rock" people that resented the famous grunge bands for co-opting "our" culture and flattening it out. I head Plush on the radio the other day and thought "man we were totally right."

On the right day I'll admit I think Vaseline and Interstate Love Song and Big Bang Baby are OK songs but not today. It's a good day for STP Hate so I'm gonna let it shine.

I know you're having the time of your life. To be honest, I only liked a couple of songs from them. I didn't think their material stood up compared to other so-called "grunge" acts.

bobzilla77 said:

rdhull said:

I think he is worse than Axl in some ways.

I think the moment when I decided about him was when they opened for the Butthole Surfers in summer 93 right as Plush became a hit. They were introducing a song about rape. Real dark, deviant territory for a mainstream pop group, and you could hear him revelling in how dark it all was and how badass they were. "This is a song about getting FUCKED! When you don't want to get FUCKED!" It was the worst elevation of extremity to rockstar sensationalism and it made me fucking puke. It was like watching Loverboy engage the audience in a cheering contest but talking about rape.

Luckily the Buttholes came out soon after and we all chanted "There's a time to live and a time to die I smoke Elvis Presley's toenails when I wanna get hiiiiiiiiiiiiigh!" and wiped the awful taste from our mouths.

In case you couldn't tell I am one of those "underground rock" people that resented the famous grunge bands for co-opting "our" culture and flattening it out. I head Plush on the radio the other day and thought "man we were totally right."

On the right day I'll admit I think Vaseline and Interstate Love Song and Big Bang Baby are OK songs but not today. It's a good day for STP Hate so I'm gonna let it shine.

Well I agree with your sentiments as Weiland has always had an aire of self importance..especiallylike you said, back when they debuted. Basically they were riding on the coattails of the grunge movement in a lot of peoples minds. Yes, they seeemd to go left of that but still..

I never liked his back and forth with STP (yeah I know his addiction problem is part of it) and his issues with other bands with Slash. And him trying to pretend he was david Bowie.

bobzilla77 said:

rdhull said:

I think he is worse than Axl in some ways.

I think the moment when I decided about him was when they opened for the Butthole Surfers in summer 93 right as Plush became a hit. They were introducing a song about rape. Real dark, deviant territory for a mainstream pop group, and you could hear him revelling in how dark it all was and how badass they were. "This is a song about getting FUCKED! When you don't want to get FUCKED!" It was the worst elevation of extremity to rockstar sensationalism and it made me fucking puke. It was like watching Loverboy engage the audience in a cheering contest but talking about rape.

Luckily the Buttholes came out soon after and we all chanted "There's a time to live and a time to die I smoke Elvis Presley's toenails when I wanna get hiiiiiiiiiiiiigh!" and wiped the awful taste from our mouths.

In case you couldn't tell I am one of those "underground rock" people that resented the famous grunge bands for co-opting "our" culture and flattening it out. I head Plush on the radio the other day and thought "man we were totally right."

On the right day I'll admit I think Vaseline and Interstate Love Song and Big Bang Baby are OK songs but not today. It's a good day for STP Hate so I'm gonna let it shine.

I will proudly raise my hand and say that I am a fairly big fan of Stone Temple Pilots. Shangri-La Dee Da was a bit disappointing but I enjoyed every album before that. It is probably fair to call them a singles band, they never really made a "classic" album, but I always found at least two or three album tracks that were worthwhile.

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rdhull said:

bobzilla77 said:

I think the moment when I decided about him was when they opened for the Butthole Surfers in summer 93 right as Plush became a hit. They were introducing a song about rape. Real dark, deviant territory for a mainstream pop group, and you could hear him revelling in how dark it all was and how badass they were. "This is a song about getting FUCKED! When you don't want to get FUCKED!" It was the worst elevation of extremity to rockstar sensationalism and it made me fucking puke. It was like watching Loverboy engage the audience in a cheering contest but talking about rape.

Luckily the Buttholes came out soon after and we all chanted "There's a time to live and a time to die I smoke Elvis Presley's toenails when I wanna get hiiiiiiiiiiiiigh!" and wiped the awful taste from our mouths.

In case you couldn't tell I am one of those "underground rock" people that resented the famous grunge bands for co-opting "our" culture and flattening it out. I head Plush on the radio the other day and thought "man we were totally right."

On the right day I'll admit I think Vaseline and Interstate Love Song and Big Bang Baby are OK songs but not today. It's a good day for STP Hate so I'm gonna let it shine.

Well I agree with your sentiments as Weiland has always had an aire of self importance..especiallylike you said, back when they debuted. Basically they were riding on the coattails of the grunge movement in a lot of peoples minds. Yes, they seeemd to go left of that but still..

I never liked his back and forth with STP (yeah I know his addiction problem is part of it) and his issues with other bands with Slash. And him trying to pretend he was david Bowie.

I do not know what you are talking about.

the main reason the band got famous was because of the other guys in the band the Deleo brothers

who write all the hits

and sadly, without Scott - they can't even manage to book casinos

Scott is an ass

I don't see how this is shocking. Hasn't Weiland had a "problem" since forever?