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05/15/01

• From Alternative Press: Yes, 10 years ago, you would have never heard the News Desk say the sentence, “That Stone Temple Pilots album is really good.” In fact, you might have heard us refer to the band as “Clone Temple Toilets” or “Stone Gossard Pilots.” Well, we’d like a side of seared tuna to go with our marinated crow, because, STP’s latest, Shangri La-Dee Da, is an ambitious vehicle of great melodies, smart songwriting and full-on rock that’s ready to bulldoze the rap metal ghetto down. Recorded this winter in a rented mansion in Malibu, CA with longtime confidante Brendan O’Brien at the controls, the disc is proof that there is still room for sophistication in rock. Atlantic Records will release the disc June 19; STP are planning an extensive tour later this fall, but will be headlining the Rolling Rock Town Fair, at the Westmoreland County Fairgrounds in Mt. Pleasant, PA, on Aug. 4.

05/12/01

• From Atlantic Records: You could say STP put a little more effort in naming their newest. The follow-up to the simply titled No. 4 will be the exotic SHANGRI LA DEE DA. The new disc will be in stores June 19, and a rundown of the album’s track list (helped along by lead singer Scott Weiland) can be found over in the MTV online news. 
  
  Of course if you’re looking for the facts, we’ve got facts for days. SHANGRI LA was produced by longtime STP studio collaborator Brendan O’Brien (Pearl Jam, Rage Against The Machine). The new disc finds the California-based quartet - Scott Weiland, Dean DeLeo, Robert DeLeo, and Eric Kretz -continuing to carve out their own unique musical terrain, blending diamond-hard riffs, psychedelic experimentation, punk energy, and Beatlesque melodies into their most stunningly inspired artistic realization to date. Taking its title from the Malibu villa-cum-studio where it was conceived and recorded, the album sees the group operating at the peak of their powers on cuts like ‘Hollywood Bitch’ and ‘Wonderful,’ while other tracks evince the band’s interest in legendary Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim. All songs on SHANGRI-LA DEE DA were written by Stone Temple Pilots. 
  
  The album’s first single will be the power pop-infused ‘Days Of The Week,’ with a companion video currently in production. Full track listing below.
  
  Dumb Love 
  Days of the Week 
  Coma 
  Hollywood Bitch 
  Wonderful 
  Black Again 
  Hello, It’s Late 
  Too Cool Queenie 
  Regeneration 
  Bi-Polar Bear 
  Transmissions From A Lonely Room 
  A Song For Sleeping 
  Long Way Home 

05/05/01

05/01/01

• From Sonicnet.com: Tentative lineup includes Staind, System of a Down, singer says. 
  
  With President Bush in office, perhaps there's no better time for a return of Family Values.
  
  The successful hard-rock tour will resurface this fall with Stone Temple Pilots leading the charge, according to the band's frontman.
  
  "[Our management] asked everyone in the band if we were into it, and we said yea," Scott Weiland said Friday. "That's what we're going for right now."
  
  The trek is slated to run through the United States in October and November. Staind and System of a Down are also in discussions to appear on the bill, Weiland said. "That's the tentative lineup." 
  
  Publicists for Staind and System said the bands are still hammering out their fall tour plans and have made no firm decisions. Family Values producer John Scher said Monday (April 30) that organizers are not ready to make any announcements regarding the lineup.
  
  The Korn-founded Family Values fall tour had successful runs in 1998 and 1999 before taking a breather last year. Organizers cited stiff competition as the reason for the break, including Stone Temple Pilots' Return of the Rock tour with Godsmack. For a time, organizers kicked around the idea of staging the festival in the winter or spring of this year.
  
  Family Values' inaugural run in 1998 featured headliners Korn, Limp Bizkit, Rammstein, Orgy and Ice Cube. Limp Bizkit topped the 1999 trek, which featured a varying lineup that included Filter, Staind, the Crystal Method, Run-D.M.C., Mobb Deep and Method Man and Redman. Both were among the most successful tours of their respective years.
  
  STP just finished work on their fifth album, Shangri-La Dee Da, due June 19. Songs slated for the LP range from hard-rockers like "Dumb Love," "Long Way Home," and "Transmissions From a Lonely Room," to midtempo pop tunes like "Hello It's Late" and "Samba Nova" and the ballads "Wonderful" and "Noah's Song." Latin influences and experimental arrangements mark several tracks.
  
  Shangri-La's first single, the catchy pop-rocker "Days of the Week," will arrive at radio in late May as the band heads to Europe for a two-week tour.
  
  "[Days of the Week] has kind of a rock 'n' roll feel of Zeppelin during the Presence period, but melodically and lyrically where I was coming from was an Elvis Costello or Joe Jackson [influence]," Weiland said. 
  
  — Teri vanHorn 

04/30/01

• From Sonicnet.com: Follow-up to Vegas, due this summer, also features turntablist DJ Swamp. 
  
  Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland and Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello apparently can trip like the Crystal Method do, and are among the handful of guests on the breakbeat duo's upcoming album.
  
  Tweekend, due this summer, will also feature appearances from Beck turntablist DJ Swamp and Fiona Apple and Aimee Mann producer Jon Brion.
  
  The Crystal Method — Las Vegas-bred producers Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland — have been working in their Glendale, California, studio (known as the Bomb Shelter) for a year-and-a-half on the follow-up to their 1997 debut, Vegas, which included the hit single "Busy Child" (RealAudio excerpt). 
  
  "It's a little less electronic or techno, but it still sounds like us." — The Crystal Method's Ken Jordan 
  
  "It's a little less electronic or techno, but it still sounds like us," Jordan said of Tweekend. The sophomore-slump factor, he explained, is just beginning to enter their picture. "We didn't feel any pressure when we started recording, but we're starting to become more aware of it, 'cause everyone is asking us about it. But I'm not worried. This album is a lot better."
  
  "Murder," which features Weiland on vocals, and the tentatively titled "Name of the Game," which features Swamp on the wheels of steel, are the potential singles, Jordan said. Swamp also adds his scratching skills on at least one other track.
  
  Morello co-produced four tracks for Tweekend, three of which also feature him playing guitar. A song titled "Do It" finds Morello on guitar and talk-box vocals, while he co-produced but does not play on "P.H.D."
  
  "You can really tell it's him playing guitar on two of the songs," Jordan said. "We called him after we heard that he was a fan, but we thought it was a hoax because he didn't call us back. Then we found out we were calling the wrong number."
  
  Brion, who wrote and performed on "Bad Stone" (RealAudio excerpt) from Vegas, sings and plays keyboards on a track called "Over the Line." "That guy's the best all-around musician I've ever met," Jordan said of Brion.
  
  The Crystal Method plans to support the new album with a headlining tour that would kick off in June. Like the duo's tour two years ago with Orbital and the Lo-Fidelity Allstars as opening acts, it may also be called the Community Service Tour. Until then, fans can hear music from Tweekend on a free digital postcard at the www.thecrystalmethod.com. (The postcard is also available at www.sonicnet.com/dance.)
  
  The duo, whose multifaceted live show has garnered them comparisons to the Chemical Brothers, has been blurring the boundaries between rock and dance music in recent years. They recorded a ferocious version of Vegas' "(Can't You) Trip Like I Do" with Filter for the Spawn soundtrack, then toured with Limp Bizkit, Korn and Staind on the 1999 Family Values Tour.
  
  Last year, Kirkland recorded two tracks, "Narcotic" and "Spun," with Tommy Lee for his self-titled debut, Methods of Mayhem. 
  — Corey Moss, with additional reporting by Tina Johnson 

04/25/01

• So what’s with the rumor that Scott Weiland is negotiating a deal with Linda Jemison that would give the Stone Temple Pilots front man a financial interest in Linda’s Doll Hut? We were embarrassed to ask, but we did it anyway. "I’ve never even met Scott Weiland," said Linda, not making us feel any better. "I don’t know how rumors like that get started." We were about to launch into a profuse apology, but Linda continued. "Well, someone I’m working with is a friend of Scott Weiland," she acknowledged, "so maybe that’s how the rumor got started." And that gave us time to think of another question: Is Linda considering sharing ownership of her cozy Anaheim roadhouse with anyone? "W-e-l-l, possibly," Linda responded slowly, "but it’s nothing I would be willing to comment on." But Linda’s so darn outgoing and nice that it’s hard for her to say, "No comment," which sounds so insulated and terse; she just couldn’t leave it at that. "I will say that I’m looking to improve the club, but I’ve done nothing right now," she said and then broke into a giggle. "How’s that for a compact quote?" For the moment, great, although it certainly seems to suggest there’s more to come. "When anything happens," Linda promised, "you’ll be the first to know." We still don’t know how rumors like this get started, but we can see why they don’t die. (Dave Wielenga)

04/24/01

• From Sonicnet.com: LP slated for June 26; tracks include 'Days of the Week,' 'Hollywood Bitch,' 'Bipolar Bear.' 
  
  There's no trouble in Shangri-La for Stone Temple Pilots — they're releasing their fifth album, Shangri-La Dee Da, on June 26.
  
  The title was inspired by the Malibu villa where the band holed up and recorded the LP, which follows 1999's No. 4.
  
  STP kicked around the idea of recording a double album early in the recording process but later nixed the idea, according to Gayle Fine, a spokesperson at their management office. The band is mixing a surplus of songs in Atlanta with producer Brendan O'Brien and plan to use the leftovers as B-sides. 
  
  Songs slated for Shangri-La Dee Da include "Days of the Week," "Hollywood Bitch," "About a Fool" and "Bipolar Bear," Fine said. 
  
  The album will have its share of tough-grooved rockers, though both "About a Fool" and "Bipolar Bear" sport a bossa nova influence, a twist inspired by late Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim, whose music often featured simple melodies over sophisticated yet lush harmonic arrangements.
  
  While recording the album, bassist Robert DeLeo said STP felt a sense of freedom that had eluded them for years because of Scott Weiland's drug problems. "We're hitting territory that I've always wanted to accomplish and reach," the bassist said in January.
  
  The band abruptly had to wrap up work on No. 4 when the singer relapsed and was sentenced to a year in jail for violating probation. He was released in December 1999.
  
  Stone Temple Pilots also shot a behind-the-scenes documentary as they recorded Shangri-La Dee Da. The film, directed by rock photographer Chapman Baehler, is due later this year.
  
  The band, which headlines the Rolling Rock Town Fair on August 4 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, will hit the road this summer, possibly starting with an overseas run, Fine said.
  
  — Teri vanHorn 

04/23/01

• From LaTimes: By STEVE HOCHMAN
  
  Blame it on the bossa nova. 
  That might be the excuse you hear if Stone Temple Pilots fans don't take to some new directions that will be heard on the band's upcoming album, its first since singer Scott Weiland got control over the addiction problems that had clouded the group's career for years. 
  Titled "Shangri-La-Deeda" (a reference to the Malibu mansion where the band lived and recorded during the sessions), the album is due June 26. 
  Playing a sampling of songs, guitarist Dean DeLeo makes it clear that fans will get a healthy dose of the hard-edged rock songs for which the quartet is best known, with some new twists and particularly strong melodic developments. 
  One track mixes a crunchy rock riff with Weiland's Bowie-esque glam angles. Another alternates between power-pop verses somewhat reminiscent of XTC and harder choruses. A third is a big arena rocker that's almost like Cheap Trick crossed with Nine Inch Nails. 
  But to DeLeo, the essence of the band's growth may be found in some softer songs. While the group explored acoustic textures with "Sour Girl," the atypical song that proved the resurrecting hit from the last album, 1999's "No. 4," some songs from the new sessions represent a long-held desire by him and his brother, bassist Robert DeLeo, to display their devotion to bossa nova composer Antonio Carlos Jobim. 
  "We made the record I think we've been wanting to make for a long time," says Dean DeLeo. "We got into areas we always wanted to tap into but were wary about, because I don't think our fans and even our label [Atlantic Records] were willing to allow us to go there." 
  
  Two songs, "About a Fool" and "Bipolar Bear," not only incorporate a sort of bossa nova-based lilt, but also carry a sense of introspection in Weiland's lyrics that fans will certainly analyze for insights into his experiences and mind-set. 
  Further insights into the band may also come from a documentary about the making of the album. DeLeo says the entire experience was filmed, though no decision has been made about whether to release it. 
  "We got some really nice stuff and some pretty interesting situations, home-style situations with no guard up," he says. "For us aside from Scott, we've had pretty private lives and fans haven't gotten to see much of us over the last 10 years. Or maybe it's just something to show the grandkids." 

04/21/01

• From Allstar: For years, summer rock festival coordinators have grappled like roosters in cockfights to give the fans what they want -- an all-star lineup. Then last year, Rolling Rock discovered all you have to do is give bands what they want -- free beer. 
  
  The 2000 Rolling Rock Town Fair featured a powerhouse lineup that included Red Hot Chili Peppers, Moby, Fuel, and Filter. This year the event -- which is being called Rolling Rock Town Fair 2.0 -- will showcase Stone Temple Pilots, Live, Incubus, Deftones, Staind, and Oleander. 
  
  The all-day concert will take place Aug. 4 at the Westmoreland Fairgrounds in Latrobe, Pa. Tickets are $39 and available now through TicketMaster online, select TicketMaster locations, rollingrock.com, and by calling (877) 9LATROBE. 
  
  Meanwhile, festival headliners Stone Temple Pilots are currently putting the finishing touches on their next album, which is tentatively scheduled for an end-of-June release. The as-yet-untitled disc was produced by Brendan O'Brien, who has worked on all of STP's records as well as albums by Pearl Jam, Rage Against the Machine, and Soundgarden.
  
  -- Jon Wiederhorn

04/07/01

• From MTV.com: Stone Temple Pilots will let fans watch them make their fifth album — but don't expect a personal invitation to their rented Malibu home.
  
  STP filmed a behind-the-scenes documentary as they recorded the LP in their beach villa-turned-recording studio.
  
  "It set out to be like a modern-day 'Let It Be,'" Chapman Baehler, the film's director, said Thursday (April 5), referring to Michael Lindsay-Hogg's 1970 Beatles documentary.
  
  The film follows singer Scott Weiland, guitarist Dean DeLeo, bassist Robert DeLeo and drummer Eric Kretz through the record-making process, from hammering out songs in preproduction to putting the tunes down on tape.
  
  "It's got a lot of really beautiful, moody shots — these art shots with either Dean or Robert playing an old organ in a really beautiful space, to Dean and Scott playing acoustic, to some totally awesome rock-out live stuff in the main recording space," Baehler said.
  
  An established rock photographer who has shot STP for years, Baehler was working with the band on a coffee-table book when they approached him about the documentary. The project is Baehler's first venture into filmmaking; all of the footage was shot by him and his sister, Rebecca Baehler. Both the book and the film should be out later this year, he said.
  
  STP moved into the Malibu house in January to work on the follow-up to 1999's platinum No. 4. The band is now mixing the album in Atlanta with longtime producer Brendan O'Brien, Baehler said.
  
  The always ambitious Weiland said late last year that the band planned to make the recording a double album. Shortly after work got underway, Robert DeLeo said that goal looked realistic.
  
  "Scott's in a space right now where we're not cramming to just get a single record done — he's in a space where I think a double record is possible."
  
  There was no word at press time about the status of the double-album plans, but a source at the band's label, Atlantic, said the label is hesitant about the idea.
  
  —Teri vanHorn

03/09/01

• From RollingStone.com: Film catches Stone Temple Pilots at work on next album.
  
  
  The Stone Temple Pilots have enlisted longtime band photographers Chapman and Rebecca Baehler to film a documentary of their current recording sessions. For the album-in-progress, the follow-up to 1999's No. 4, the quartet has installed a studio into a hilltop villa in Malibu. They're again working with producer Brendan O'Brien, whose produced all of the group's albums to date.The brother-sister photo team will be filming studio sessions as well as behind-the-scenes material. The as-yet-untitled documentary 
  might see a theatrical release, as the Baehlers are currently seeking a distribution deal. If not, the film will likely see a VHS/DVD release around the same time as the new record's release, sometime late in 2001/early 2002.
  
  Elsewhere, Scott Weiland and Co. have lent a previously unreleased live video recording of "Down" to the forthcoming Playstation II snowboarding game, "Cool Borders 2001." The band has also lent "Heaven and Hot Rods" (both songs originally appeared on No. 4) to the game.
  
  Weiland and guitarist Dean DeLeo also added vocals and guitar, respectively, to a remix of the Wallflowers' "Letters From the Wasteland." Sessions for the remix were held recently at Village Recorder Studios in Los Angeles with Andy Slater and Michael Penn 
  working the board, though no release date for the single bas been set.
  
  GREG HELLER
  (March 7, 2001)

02/23/01

• From AllStar: Feb 22, 2001, 1:30 pm PT
  
  The Wallflowers recently enlisted Stone Temple Pilots' singer Scott Weiland and guitarist Dean DeLeo to help the band out on a remix of "Letters From the Wasteland" from their latest album, Breach.
  
  Weiland sings back-up vocals and DeLeo adds guitar to the track in an effort to spice up the song for rock radio, where it was intended to be sent as a promo single. Weiland and DeLeo laid down their parts at the Village Recorder studio in West Los Angeles in December. The song was produced by Andy Slater and Michael Penn.
  
  It was unclear at press time, however, if the song will actually appear on the airwaves as it's currently tied up in record label red tape, according to a spokesperson for STP at Big Hassle Media.

02/19/01

• STP has been nominated for a California Music Award (formerly the Bammies) in the caterory of Outstanding Rock/Pop Album: The artists in the category are:
  
  Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump
  Stone Temple Pilots - No. 4
  Beck - Midnite Vultures
  Neil Young -Silver & Gold
  Jackpot - Weightless
  No Doubt - Return Of Saturn
  
  You the fans can help STP win by heading over to the online voting by clicking here. The Bammies will be held Saturday April 28 at Henry J. Kaiser Center in Oakland, CA. Winners are based on voting by the public.

01/31/01

01/22/01

• From radio.sonicnet: Scott Weiland Radio
  
  "I love rock stars," says Stone Temple Pilots lead singer Scott Weiland, of the artists he chose for his Radio.sonicn! Rock stars are born with another appendage, and that appendage is the ability to et station. "We're like magicians, ya know? We get to project love and positive energy. We get to create magicdress yourself up. I just want people to read this and realize that everybody has some sort of appendage, some special gift."
  
  SCOTT WEILAND'S PICKS INCLUDE:
  
  Stone Temple Pilots
  The Beatles
  Bob Marley
  Jane's Addiction
  Fugazi
  Jimi Hendrix
  Fiona Apple
  Frank Sinatra
  John Coltrane
  The Flaming Lips
  Prince
  The Beach Boys
  Fleetwood Mac
  R.E.M.
  The Doors
  Smashing Pumpkins
  Dwight Yoakam
  Radiohead
  David Bowie
  The Stone Roses

01/15/01

01/10/01

01/06/01

• From MTV.com: The Doors' recent appearance on "VH1 Storytellers," which paired surviving members Robbie Krieger, Ray Manzarek and John Densmore with singers such as Stone Temple Pilots' Scott Weiland, Creed's Scott Stapp, and Days of the New's Travis Meeks, may yield a collaboration album of new material.
  
  Keyboardist Manzarek said Thursday he is planning to write a new album with guitarist Krieger and "poets" Weiland and the Cult's Ian Astbury.
  
  "I got to know them a little, and they are both good guys," Manzarek said. "They're very intelligent."
  
  Manzarek has not written material with either artist yet, but he has acquired lyrics for six possible songs from punk rocker Jim Carroll. "He will be perfect for us," Manzarek said of the New York native, who wrote the autobiographical "The Basketball Diaries." Manzarek added that drummer Densmore would likely work on the album as well.
  
  Weiland and Astbury each contributed to the Doors tribute album Stoned Immaculate, which was released November 14 and also featured Train, Smash Mouth, Creed, Aerosmith, Oleander and Days of the New.
  
  Jane's Addiction/Porno for Pyros frontman Perry Farrell joined Train singer Patrick Monahan and others for the "Storytellers" taping, which marked the first time the remaining Doors had taken the stage together since being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993 (see "STP's Weiland Talks Doors Influence, 'Storytellers' ").
  
  Manzarek also plans to release a solo record of piano songs he has written in recent years. "That should take up most of 2001," he said.
  
  —Corey Moss

01/03/01

• From grammy.com:
  
  Category 17
  
  Best Hard Rock Performance
  For solo vocals, or Duos/Groups with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.
  
  1.American Bad Ass
  Kid Rock
  Track from: The History Of Rock
  [Top Dog/Lava/Atlantic Records]
  
  2.Take A Look Around (Theme From "M:I-2")
  Limp Bizkit
  Track from: Mission: Impossible 2 - Music From And Inspired By
  [Hollywood Records]
  
  3.Grievance
  Pearl Jam
  Track from: Binaural
  [Epic Records]
  
  4.Guerrilla Radio
  Rage Against The Machine
  Track from: The Battle Of Los Angeles
  [Epic Records]
  
  5.Down
  Stone Temple Pilots
  Track from: No. 4
  [Atlantic Records]
  
  List of Grammy nominations

12/21/00

• From Altervative Press: Album title: Holiday.  Release date: Summer 2001, on Atlantic.
  
  What can you expect? "I'm looking forwards to this being a much different experience, and for all of us to be working as one well-oiled sex machine," says Scott Weiland. "Because the last time, I spent equal parts of the time working on songs and equal parts locked in the closet shooting dope." Weiland has been planning to save rock'n'roll for years now, but his well-publicized relapse and subsequent stint in the slammer scuppered that undertaking following the release of 1999's No. 4. But if the stellar No. 4 was recorded with one arm tied, uh, off, you can only imagine what STP's next album will sound like now that Weiland's clean and sober and the band's members are back on friendly terms. "We knew we were on to something amazing during the other records, but it wasn't the same experience where it was one for all and all for one, like it was during [the band's 1992 debut] Core," admits Weiland. "And that's the vibe I anticipate on this next record." And though Weiland concedes that "rock is pretty uninspired these days," he still feels that STP have a lot left to contribute to the genre with new songs such as "Laser Vaginal Rejuvenation," "Astronaut School," "Holiday At The Infirmary" and "Coma." "We won't forsake the heavier more dangerous side, because that's where our strength is as a live group. But there are always those really subtle moments that make an album very well-rounded." (There's [sic] is also talk of a second album featuring STP's more soft-focus moments.) The band begin sessions for the disc in January with producer
  Brendan O'Brien on board again. This time they'll be working at a leisurely pace in a Malibu mansion overlooking the ocean. They'll also have their families along, which for Weiland includes his new wife, Mary, and their newly born son (due Nov. at presstime). All of these developments should equate to the quintessential Stone Temple Pilots
  album. "We are the band that we always wanted to be," he concludes. "Or we're on that path at least. You never completely arrive; once you completely arrive it's the day to put a toetag on you and bury you under the ground."

12/14/00

• From AllStar: 2000 Artist Top 10 Lists: STP, Fenix*TX, Semisonic, Killingtons, ADZ
  
  Dec 13, 2000, 12:30 pm PT
  
  It's that time of year again for allstar to let readers in on what has gotten the rocks of our favorite artists off throughout the year 2000, whether that be what 10 CDs they couldn't stop listening to, who their favorite film stars were, or, in general, the top 10 "anythings" that inspired them for whatever reason. It's all right here to entertain you over the holiday season. The lists will run through Jan. 5. If you miss one, no worries, just click on Previous Artist Top 10 Lists link at the bottom. Oh, and, while every effort was made to fact-check these lists, some entries were just impossible to verify. We printed most lists just as the artists wrote them. Cheers & Enjoy!
  
  Scott Weiland and Eric Kretz, Stone Temple Pilots
  
  1. Refused, New Noise Theology (EP)
  2. Supergrass, Supergrass
  3. Queens of the Stone Age, R
  4. Travis, The Man Who
  5. Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin IV
  6. The Doors, Morrison Hotel
  7. Mark Lanegan, I'll Take Care of You

12/08/00

• Early word leaked from the world of Ozzy indicates that next summer's proposed Ozzfest roster would be a very strong one, if it were to actually happen.
  
  This early "wish-list" of festival organizers not only includes Ozzy Osbourne, but is also said to include the new lineup of Guns N' Roses, as well as Tool, System of a Down, and possibly Stone Temple Pilots, so says a source within one of those groups' camps.
  
  According to a spokesperson for Osbourne and the festival, none of details have been officially sorted out. "No concrete decisions have been made regarding next year's lineup," they said, declining to comment on specific acts.
  
  Osbourne will be releasing a new album in the spring, as will Tool and System of a Down. As well, the release of the long-delayed new GNR album may actually happen next year, while STP is said to be set to record album number five.

12/07/00

• From MTV.com: Stone Temple Pilots Plan Double Album
  
  Teri vanHorn reports
  
  Stone Temple Pilots will hole up in a house on the California Coast in January to ready material for a double album, which Scott Weiland says will mean double the debauchery.
  
  "We found a beautiful house in Malibu," the singer told VH1 Radio recently. "It's an old Spanish house. We are going to live there, sleep naked there, have massive band orgies there, write the best music we have ever written and record a double album."
  
  STP already have a batch of new material in the can, written mostly during downtime on the road. The group will work again with longtime producer Brendan O'Brien on the as-yet-untitled double album, due in the spring or early summer.
  
  O'Brien has produced all of STP's releases: Core (1992), Purple (1994), Tiny Music ... Songs From the Vatican Gift Shop (1996) and No. 4 (1999).
  
  Stone Temple Pilots had considered making No. 4 a double album, but they were unable to because of Weiland's drug-related incarceration. He was released in late December.

11/28/00

• From Shoutweb.com: Stone Temple Pilots will enter the studio in January with producer Brendan O'Brien (Rage Against The Machine, Pearl Jam). STP's fifth album is expected out in late Summer through Atlantic Records.

11/23/00

• Stone Temple Pilots Plus One: Weiland And Wife Have Baby
  
  (11/22/00, 5 p.m. ET) - Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland and his wife Mary are the proud parents of a seven-pound, 10-ounce boy named Noah Mercer Weiland. The child measures more than 20 inches long. He was born Sunday (November 19) in Los Angeles.
  
  Of the new addition to his family, Weiland said, "It was the most glorious moment in my life. He is healthy, wealthy, and wiser than me."
  
  When asked recently if he was prepared for parenthood amid his continuing recovery from drug addiction, Weiland quipped, "Keith Richards has done it. It's kinda like this. I think since we've been out touring, you know, and since the time that I got out of jail, I've been able to juggle what I do onstage and what I do in my private life without
  dropping the pins. That means being a son to my mother and father, being a friend to these guys [band mates], a brother to my brother, and a husband to my wife."
  
  Bassist Robert DeLeo added, "I think Scott's actually doing physically and mentally the best I've ever seen him. If that mean's he's ready for a child, then its the best time."

11/22/00

• From Rolling Stone: Sprung from jail, he led STP back out on the warpath, married Mary Forsberg, and started a family.
  
  Stone Temple Pilot Scott Weiland rang in year 2000 a free man. Released from prison on December 30, 1999, he was remanded to the Impact rehabilitation center in Pasadena, California. On New Year's Eve, Weiland and his brothers in twelve-step recovery connected with their Higher Power and then got unplugged. "We had a little millenium party," he recalls. "People who had acoustic guitars played the Rolling Stones' 'Dead Flowers,' and [fellow inpatient] Ol' Dirty Bastard did an impromptu rap about pussy farts." Upon leaving rehab, Weiland hit the road for several laps around America with Stone Temple Pilots, married model Mary Forsberg and now eagerly awaits the birth of his first son, Noah. In January, Weiland and STP will move into a house in Malibu to write and record their fifth album.
  
  You had a momentous year. What was your favorite moment?
  
  Getting out of jail and kissing Mary for the first time after being locked up for six months. My visits were her on one side of the glass partition, me on the other - just like you see in all the movies.
  
  Congratulations on your nuptials. What did the groom wear?
  
  I didn't want to have a rock & roll atrocity wedding, so I chose a simple black suit by a friend of mine, who owns a boutique called Lord's, and a dusty-rose shirt and tie by Richard Tyler - to match the bridesmaids' dresses.
  
  Pretty conservative for a guy who's been onstage in a pink wig and silver sequined minidress.
  
  I think I looked rather shocking and great in it. When I'm on tour, my friend Jeff and I go to sex shops and try on women's lingerie and bondage clothes for the future amusement of STP audiences. There's a setup that works fairly well for stage: a sexy black bondage piece that has garters sewn in, and a corset and fishnets. Since it's latex, it doesn't really breathe, and at the end of the show you unzip it, give it a tug and it falls right down you,
  along with a quart of sweat.
  
  What is the thing you're most proud of doing this year?
  
  Creating my son. He was conceived in the Mercer Hotel in New York, so we named him Noah Mercer Weiland. I'm so excited. I've been reading the What to Expect When You're Expecting book for fathers, and I have my first Dungeons and Dragons board game and Intellivision video games for him.
  
  What will you tell him about drugs?
  
  I won't be one of those parents who will buy a keg of beer and allow all the fifteen-year-olds to ride their Schwinn cruisers over to my house and get fucked up. But no matter what I might say to not condone drugs, with my history it would be hypocritical. I hope to have the kind of relationship where he would not fear that I would talk down to him or be judgmental. And I would tell him there's a difference between people who experiment recreationally, which is a natural thing, and people like myself who become consumed by it - and nobody knows which category they're going to fit into. I think addiction can be genetic, so it's an awful risk.
  
  You've seen a lot, but what was the real eye-opening Scott Weiland humiliation of the year?
  
  Having Backstreet Boy A.J. with his rock band cover STP's "Down" and asking me to perform it with him. I mean, Hootie and the Blowfish covered "Interstate Love Song," and now this? Why couldn't it be Lou Reed, Willie Nelson or Johnny Cash?
  
  I understand your secret fantasy for 2001 is called the Sudden Death of Teen Pop. Discuss.
  
  I think record companies and industry heavy hitters created this thing to bring a safe element to a decade in music that had been fairly dark. What bothers me more than the singing boys is these bands that are being sold as punk. Instead of finding talent and creating a real revolution again, record execs are holding auditions for cute young kids, giving them $100 to spend on Melrose, coloring their hair and telling them to act sassy. It's much more honorable to be Justin Timberlake or Hanson, who write songs and play instruments, than these guys.
  
  -David A. Keeps, Rolling Stone #856/857

11/18/00

• From Launch: (11/17/00, 7 a.m. ET) - The first track on the new tribute album Stoned Immaculate: The Music Of The Doors is Stone Temple Pilots' version of "Break On Through," which features Doors guitarist Robby Krieger and keyboardist Ray Manzarek. Considering the amount of trouble Scott Weiland has been in over the past few years, including a stint in jail stemming from his drug addiction, LAUNCH wanted to know whether the song was recorded before or after the singer's "vacation."
  
  Krieger replied, "He had just gotten out of jail, I guess, and he seemed like in [a] pretty good mood, you know, although he was a little jumpy. He would disappear for about an hour sometimes, but we had a lot of fun doing the song. And, you know, I think Dean [DeLeo] is a great guitar player."
  
  -- Bruce Simon, New York

11/14/00

• From Sonicnet: Idea for collaboration between Stone Temple Pilots frontman, dance duo first came up during 1998 festival.
  
  Teri vanHorn and Tina Johnson report:
  
  Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland will join Crystal Method in the studio soon to sing on a track for the dance duo's next album.
  
  Crystal Method's Ken Jordan said the idea of collaborating with Weiland first came up when they shared a radio-festival bill in 1998. Weiland was then on a solo tour for 12 Bar Blues.
  
  "After we got done performing, we found out that he wanted to come onstage with us," Jordan said. "He had a whole vocal part written for one of our tracks, but we didn't know until after the set. We would've loved it.
  
  "A mutual friend found out that he was still interested in working together, so we contacted him through our publisher," Jordan said. "We sent him a few undeveloped tracks and he picked one he really likes."
  
  Weiland, who has been working with the song, is expected to join Jordan and partner Scott Kirkland in the studio later this month.
  
  Weiland is free to work on other projects since STP wrapped the Return of the Rock
  tour with Godsmack and Disturbed on Friday in Phoenix.
  
  He also will spend the coming weeks working with Inglewood, California, hip-hop group the Underdogs on their debut album, which will be released on his label, Lavish Records.
  
  The singer met one of the Underdogs while serving jail time on drug charges last year.
  
  STP plan to regroup in January to begin work on their fifth album, the follow-up to last year's platinum No. 4.

06/19/99

• From MuchMusic Rapid Fax: STONE TEMPLE PILOTS have finished recording songs for a new album and will begin mixing them when producer BRENDAN O'BRIEN can find time in his busy schedule, most likely next month. Word has it that Atlantic Records probably won't set a release date for the new STP album until they have the finished product in their hands. The label is hoping for an early November release.

06/15/99

• From APBonline: Just when you thought it was safe to enjoy a clean and sober Stone Temple Pilots show -- wham! -- Scott
  Weiland goes and violates the terms of his probation.
  
  Weiland, a recovering heroin addict, got off lucky earlier this year on charges of possession of a controlled substance. The Stone Temple Pilots frontman was spared jail time under the
  condition that he keep his nose -- and veins -- clean and take part in routine drug checkups with Impact, the rehabilitation clinic where he dried out.
  
  Apparently things weren't so cut and dry for Weiland. On June 4 he admitted to Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Larry Fidler that he had in fact violated terms of his probation. Although supervisors at Impact sent a letter to the court back in March giving the 31-year-old alternative rocker a positive nod, they changed their tune in a recent letter, saying Weiland had been removed from the program in mid-April, according to reports.
  
  Weiland must now report to a new drug program, Exodus, and film a public service announcement denouncing drug use. Fidler ordered Weiland to fund the video's production himself. This latest stint in court may be the reason the Stone Temple Pilots pulled out of their first official show since 1996. The band would have joined Hole, Rage Against the Machine, Blink 182 and Kid Rock, among others, at New York radio station K-Rock's annual Dysfunctional Family Picnic, scheduled for June 11.
  
  According to an Atlantic Records spokeswoman, the band has not set any future tour dates. However, we may see the band on the road this fall supporting the follow-up to its 1996 commercial flop, Tiny Music ... Songs From the Vatican Gift Shop. The label is currently trying to fit the record's release into its schedule, the spokeswoman said, and it may hit stores later this year. She had no comment on any of Weiland's recent court dealings or rehab trouble.

Thanx to Joe Martin for this one.

06/05/99

• From Sonicnet: LOS ANGELES -- Stone Temple Pilots singer
  Scott Weiland admitted in court Friday (June 4) to violating the terms of his probation on his August conviction for heroin possession.
  
  The band had recently dropped out of its first major performance since regrouping with the troubled vocalist.
  
  According to the court clerk in Judge Larry P. Fidler's office, the Los Angeles Superior Court judge received a letter from the Impact drug-rehabilitation center stating that Weiland had been discharged April 16 for failing to comply with the program.
  
  The exact violation did not come out in court, said the clerk, who asked not to be named. "Nothing was said on the record, only that he admitted to violating probation," she said. "They impose a lot of restrictions in the programs, and he was in violation of [at least one]. It may have been that he missed a urinalysis, it may have been that he tested [positive for drugs]."
  
  A spokesperson for Impact Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center said he could not discuss Weiland's dismissal.
  
  Though it had been announced STP would appear on this year's Dysfunctional Family Picnic -- an annual concert sponsored by the New York hard-rock radio station K-Rock (WXRK-FM) -- an
  Atlantic Records spokesperson said the band will not play the festival. The show is set for June 11.
  
  "We weren't too happy about it," said Marie Rodriques, a radio station spokesperson. "It had nothing to do with us."
  
  Appearing in court for a status hearing with his attorney, Michael Nasatir, Weiland, 31, was said to be wearing a gold-tinted tan suit and looking healthy. The court clerk called his demeanor "very quiet and cooperative."
  
  Fidler ordered Weiland to continue undergoing treatment in a new program, Exodus, which later will release him to a sober-living program. He is to return to Los Angeles Superior Court on Sept. 10 for another progress report. The judge also told the singer to produce and pay for an anti-drug public-service video "once he's well," according to District Attorney Norm Montrose.
  
  Though he called the judge's order for Weiland to make a video "ingenious," Montrose sought a more severe punishment during the hearing. "He ... said [Weiland] had been warned before," the clerk said. When the singer previously violated his probation in January, Fidler said Weiland would spend a year in jail if there were any further significant violations, according to Sandi Gibbons, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles district attorney.
  
  A spokesperson for the singer at Atlantic Records offered no comment. Neither Nasatir nor STP's manager, Steve Stewart, could be reached by press time.
  
  Following the January violation, Weiland was ordered to appear for regular progress reports on his recovery. In March, Impact presented Fidler with a positive report on the singer.
  
  The case stems from a September 1997 arrest in which Weiland was found with a small quantity of heroin. He pleaded no contest to the charge in August after several court hearings, and he
  finished a 90-day drug-treatment program in October.
  
  One year ago this week, on June 1, 1998, Weiland was again arrested in New York for heroin possession, which brought his first-ever solo tour, in support of 12 Bar Blues, to an end. He pleaded no contest to that charge in February and was warned by the New York judge that he would receive prison time if he did not complete his drug-rehabilitation program or if he violated
  probation.
  
  However, the Los Angeles violation will not have any effect on his New York sentence because the Los Angeles conviction preceded the New York one, a Manhattan district attorney spokesperson said.
  
  Previously, Weiland's drug problems derailed  STP's plans to tour behind 1996's Tiny Music ... Songs from the Vatican Giftshop, which featured the songs "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" and "Big Bang Baby" (Real Audio excerpt).
  
  Earlier this year, Stone Temple Pilots, whose Grammy-winning, platinum-selling sound ranges from hard rock to '60s-styled pop, began work on their fourth album with longtime producer Brendan O'Brien (Pearl Jam, Rage Against the Machine).

05/29/99

• From MTV: Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland will have a new song in stores when the highly anticipated soundtrack to the Mike Myers movie, "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me," is released.
  
  The soundtrack features the singer's collaboration with Big Blue Missile on a cover of the Zombies classic "Time of the Season." Weiland believes that rock music is making a return from the dead, and he told MTV News all about it during a recent stay in the studio with Limp Bizkit leader Fred Durst.
  
  "There's starting to be some excitement within rock and roll again," Weiland told MTV News. "You know, I think rock and roll and alternative music has gotten fairly stale and kind of boring in the last couple of years, since the earlier part of the '90s. And
  there's some good things happening again, sort of like a breath of fresh air. You know, bands like Limp Bizkit and Korn... Orgy, and a few others." [RealVideo]
  
  Also resuscitating rock on the star-studded "Austin Powers" soundtrack are such acts as Madonna, Lenny Kravitz, R.E.M., and "Scary Spice" Melanie G (see "'Austin Powers' Lures Scott Weiland, Flaming Lips"). The album is out on Tuesday.

05/25/99

• From MTV: The legendary animated feature "Heavy Metal," which spawned one of the most revered soundtracks of the AOR era, is being followed up with what looks to be a worthy successor. "Heavy Metal F.A.K.K. 2," produced by Kevin Eastman, is about to wrap up production and should be out
  later this year.
  
  Music supervisor Bruce Berman confirms that he is in talks with Axl Rose to include a new Guns N' Roses song in the movie,
  although it's not expected to appear on the soundtrack album. A source close to Rose says the singer is into the project, but he
  may or may not be able to work out a schedule that will allow him to participate.
  
  Another track that is verging on confirmed is a new song from the revamped Days Of the New, a.k.a. Travis Meeks. Like Rose,
  Meeks also shed his entire band (see "Days Of The New Are Two"). Meeks' new crew has a Louisville recording studio
  booked for this week.
  
  Cuts confirmed for "F.A.K.K." include a new song from Monster Magnet (produced for the occasion by Bob Ezrin); the debut from the new Tommy Lee/Snoop Dogg collaboration; a Rob Zombie remix courtesy of Nine Inch Nails/White Zombie associate Charlie Clouser; a yet-to-be-determined Powerman 5000 remix; and a track by Static X. Rumored to be in discussions are tracks from the Insane Clown Posse, Creed, and Stone Temple Pilots.
  
  Michael Langevin and Denis d'Amour, two members of Montreal's Voivod, are providing much of the score. Billy Idol is
  furnishing one of the featured voices in the picture, and organizers are also said to have approached Pamela Anderson Lee.
  
  The original "Heavy Metal" made its debut in 1981. The animated film included the voices of John Candy and Harold Ramis and the music of Black Sabbath, Blue Oyster Cult, Cheap Trick, Devo, Donald Fagen, Don Felder, Grand Funk Railroad, Sammy Hagar, Journey, Nazareth, and Stevie Nicks.
  
  The new film has confirmed video distribution through Sony's
  Columbia/Tristar, and the soundtrack is being issued by Restless Records. A deal for the feature's theatrical release is still being worked on.
  
  The 1999 version of "Heavy Metal" also boasts another spinoff. Ritual Entertainment will be producing the "Heavy Metal F.A.K.K. 2" game for PCs.

05/19/99

Hi there...this message/update will inform you about me and this site. Ok, I know what your thinking.....hey! he can talk and type :). I know that I don't post allot of my status or tough here but today I feel like doing it. I feel like thanking all the peoples who came here once again and e-mail me for all the good compliments. Since the "new style" I receive allot of attention but I really should gave credit where they are due. Adam Baso from the stonetemplepilots.net linking my page on his network really gave me a break.

Here are some of the results....

week may 2 to 8 -310- hits
week may 9 to 15 -678- hits

I'm not bragging but for me 678 a week is a big BIG ratting counter hit thing and thanx, keep them coming.

Now! if there's some lack of updating here well it's because I'm so damn buzy now with my job and all the college thing and other stuffs. I'm buzy but I will do my best to update this page to keep you coming back for more.

And finally, here's a quote that flip me off a little from a STP site. "I do not browse other STP sites because I am yet to find one that has original content." Guess what site. I don't find that right cause I think everyone have there own ideas and I think every STP site I've being to have something original, big or not big.

-Thanx

Dan

05/14/99

• From K-Rock: KRock Presents The Dysfunctional Family III
  At the Jones Beach Ampitheater on Friday, June 11th.
  This Show is SOLD OUT!
  Keep listening for your chance to win tickets!
  
  THE LINE UP:
  Rage Against the Machine
  Hole
  Limp Bizkit
  Live
  Blink 182
  Kid Rock
  
  *We regret to announce that due to
  circumstances beyond OUR control, Stone
  Temple Pilots will not be playing at our 3rd
  Annual Dysfunctional Family Picnic.
  
  Because of this unexpected change in the
  lineup, K-Rock will offer refunds on tickets
  purchased for the DFP at your point of
  purchase (Ticketmaster, Ticketmaster
  Charge-By-Phone,
  http://www.ticketmaster.com or the Jones
  Beach Box Office).

05/01/99

• From MTV: More shagadelic artists have signed on for the soundtrack to the upcoming Mike Myers flick "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me."
  
  The always-intriguing Scott Weiland will join the Big Blue Missile for a version of the Zombies chestnut "Time of the Season," while the Lucy Nation and the Flaming Lips will be weighing in with "All Right" and "Buggin'" respectively.
  
  Weiland can now be added to the list of artists already reported to be contributing cover songs to the soundtrack. R.E.M. has recorded a version of Tommy James and the Shondells' "Draggin' the Line;" Lenny Kravitz has reworked the 1970 Guess Who stomper "American Woman;" and Scary Spice Mel G. has teamed up with Timbaland for Cameo's "Word Up." Not to be outdone, Dr. Evil himself (a.k.a.Myers) will be crooning "Just the Two of Us," which was originally recorded by Bill Withers and Grover Washington Jr.
  
  Other big-name apperances include Green Day ("Espionage") and Madonna, whose "Beautiful Stranger" was produced by William Orbit (see "Madonna, Green Day, R.E.M., Kravitz, Others To Join 'Austin Powers'").
  
  Genuine groovy flavor will be provided by Burt Bacharach, who has again teamed up with Elvis Costello for a version of Bacharach's own "I'll Never Fall In Love Again." The Quincy Jones instrumental "Soul Bossa Nova," which accompanied the opening '60s sequence from the original "Austin Powers" movie, is scheduled to make a return soundtrack appearance as well. The album is scheduled to be in stores on June 1.
  
  Meanwhile, Kravitz and "Shagged" co-star Heather Graham recently took to the desert to shoot the video for "American Woman," the first single off the soundtrack. Graham plays Felicity Shagwell (Powers' new babe of the moment) in the film, which will be in theaters on June 15.

04/27/99

• From Rocktropolis: Looks like Stone Temple Pilots leader Scott Weiland is planning to tie the knot soon -- but we're not quite sure to whom yet, and we didn't even hear that he was divorced from his previous wife. Then again, we don't know everything, now do we? Meanwhile, STP is still in the studio recording their new album and have yet to schedule any mixing or mastering time. Pending artwork deadlines, Atlantic is now hoping for an August release.

04/27/99

• From K-Rock: K-Rock Presents The Dysfunctional Family III.
  
  THE LINE UP:
  Rage Against the Machine
  Stone Temple Pilots
  Hole
  Limp Bizkit
  Live
  Blink 182
  Kid Rock
  
  At the Jones Beach Ampitheater
  on Friday, June 11th.
  
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04/22/99

• From MTV: A month after playing a surprise gig at the Viper Room in Los Angeles, the Stone Temple Pilots have headed into a studio to start work on the band's new album, the long-awaited follow-up to 1996's "Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop."
  
  The group has tapped a familiar face to produce the new disc, which the band's label, Atlantic Records, is hoping to release this summer. Brendan O'Brien, who also produced the previous three STP albums, will man the boards for the as-yet-untitled project.
  
  The recent live reunion of STP's Dean and Robert DeLeo, Eric Kretz, and Scott Weiland marked the first time in almost two years that the group had played onstage together, dating back to the band's troubled 1997 spring tour.
  
  Since then, Weiland released a solo album, "12 Bar Blues," and struggled with legal problems related to arrests in New York and L.A. on various charges of drug possession. The remaining members of STP formed Talk Show with vocalist Dave Coutts, but that project was put on an indefinite hiatus after the three parted ways with Coutts last year

04/09/99

• From SonicNet: STP Recording Album. Rockers Stone Temple Pilots are in a Los Angeles studio recording the follow-up to 1996's Tiny Music: Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop, according to STP manager Steve Stewart. Working song titles include "Down," "Heaven & Hotshots" and "Church on Sunday." The foursome brought in longtime producer Brendan O'Brien and engineer Nick DiDia for the album, which is expected to be released in July or August.

04/08/99

• From SonicNet: Limp Bizkit Set Release Date. Limp Bizkit have set a June 22 release date for their sophomore album, Significant Other. The follow-up to Three Dollar Bill Y'all$ (1997) features a collaboration with Korn's Jonathan Davis and Stone Temple Pilots' Scott Weiland on "Nobody Like You." The album also may include collaborations with rappers Eminem ("Turn Me Loose") and Method Man ("Shut the Fuck Up").

04/06/99

• From Spin: ....a currently clean and sober Scott Weiland snowboarding down a mountain. The Mohawked grunge icon's arrival was apparently delayed by a combination of coproduction duties for the new Limp Bizkit album, band practice with the reunited members of Stone Temple Pilots, and a brief lockup in the slammer for violating his probation. "STP's my main priority now," he says. "It's a marriage with those guys, and I've rekindled the fire." Now that the singer's kicked heroin (again), he seems to have more energy than ever. Weiland's starting his own record label, Lavish Records, and aims to sign Britpoppy Los Angeles band Big Blue Missile, with whom he jammed at the festival. "A lot of movie industry people showed up at the gig, and they were dancing! It had a Bar Mitzvah vibe." Weiland is also plotting a star turn in a new film by director Marc Rocco. "It's Easy Rider meets The Hitcher meets The Breakfast Club," Weiland says. "I have no desire to be the next Brad Pitt, but I'm not bad-looking, either."...

04/03/99

• REVELATORY!
  Stone Temple Pilots come back from the dead.
  
  Stone Temple Pilots The Viper Room, Los Angeles
  Tuesday March 16
  
  '5/5'
  
  It's hard to believe after all the brushes with disaster (drugs, jails, and the terrible Talk Show) that the Stone Temple Pilots are back on the scene. It's even harder to believe it's been two years and two months since the band played onstage together. Tonite is both a suprise and a revatation for all present, and the first ray of hope for a band who had seemed so unswervingly doomed for so long.
  
  Wearing huge sunglasses and a knitted cap, an incognito Scott Weiland is ushered rigth through the centre of the crowd into the tiny Viper Roon. The crowd is crushed wall-to-wall with fans (and VIP guests like Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston and Marilyn Manson bassist Twiggy Ramirez), all eagerly awaiting the reunion of STP.
  
  The wait is well worth it. The next 90 minutes is filled with magical moments as STP chum out hit after hit. From drummer Eric Kretz' first pile driving rythmn on set opener 'Crackerman', the crowd are given a timely reminder that music doesnt have to suck and (contrary to popular opinion) the Backstreet Boys wil not, in fact, rule the world.
  
  By the time the band peel out the hypnotic guitar buzz of 'Vasoline', Weiland has removed his cap to reveal a shocking birght red mohawk: he looks bizarre, but he also looks more alive than he has done in aeons. Between songs his banter is frequent and frank, often displaying his sardonic wit and adressing the issues surrounding the bands absence "It wasnt all my fault," he says. Then, pointedly, the band break into 'Wicked Garden'.
  
  The 14-song set includes most of the Pilots' most melodic and heart-warming material - 'Trippin on a Hole in a Paper Heart', 'Intersate Love Song', 'Plush', 'Big Bang Baby' and the once-contreversial 'Sex Type Thing', all sounding rejuvenated and celebratory in this context. But teasing an audience already seething for new material, STP play only new song. Entitled 'Down', its rich in texture, heavy on the riffs and rocks in a way that suggests the Pilots' best days are still ahead. It is apparent to all that the quartet are nervous about playing new music, though. Once the song ends, Scott and the bassist Robert DeLeo take one look at each other and embrace. They have finally made it back, and the relief is palpable.
  
  Weiland jokes that the band will need coaxing with liquor to play more new songs. Guitarist Dean DeLeo is quick to partake of the numerous Jagermeister shots that come his way. But at the end of the night, dissapointingly, the promise of more new songs remains unfulfilled.
  
  "This is the band's favourite song to play," Scott says as they closethe night with a rampant blast through 'Piece of Pie' and depart the stage to a delirious response. As we approach a new millenium, STP's music sounds as fresh as ever, which is quite an achievement.
  
  Ironically, STP have outlived most of their grounge brethen (Alice in Chains and Soundgarden to name two) and life in limbo would seem to have put back the energy back int the band. The sky is, once again, the limit. [Picture of the article]

03/31/99

• From Rocktropolis: While Elektra figures out what to do with Ashley Hamilton's in-the-can Fine album, the actor/musician son of George Hamilton has been recording yet another project with some very famous friends. Dubbed the Wondergirls, Hamilton
  (vocals/guitar) is joined by Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland (guest vocals/songwriting/some additional production), ex-Porno For Pyros bassist Martyn LeNoble(bass), ex-Failure guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen (guitar), actor Jared Leto's brother Shannon Leto (some drums), Orgy singer Jay Gordon (keyboards/some songwriting), and Fine guitarist Chris Lloyd (guitar). The group is currently in a Los Angeles studio with producer Josh Abraham (Orgy, Deadsy), and will most likely have an album, which looks to bemore edgy and electronic-sounding (think '80s electronic ala Love and Rockets) than Hamilton's more pop/rock- oriented Fine, out on Flip/143/Atlantic this fall. As for Fine's debut, Against The View, which was produced by Victor Indrizzo (Drizz, Magnificent Bastards), Elektra says the album's not yet inked in on their release schedule, but the label hopes to see it hit stores later this summer. It was originally slated for release in February.

• From MuchMusic Rapid Fax: STP SAYS "NO" TO LOLLAPALOOZA. The possibility that Lollapalooza will return this year is getting slimmer and slimmer. The STONE TEMPLE
  PILOTS are the latest in a long list of bands to turn down offers to play on the relaunch of the festival, which took last summer off due to lack of interest. Though STP have bailed, Lollapalooza co-owner TED GARDNER says there is a "remote possibility" the festival may happen if BUSH signs on.

03/27/99

• From SonicNet: A judge received a positive report on Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland's progress from Impact House, a drug-rehabilitation center, Friday morning (March 26) at Los Angeles Superior Court. Judge Larry P. Fidler had ordered Weiland to appear for Friday's hearing in January, after he failed to fully comply with a court-ordered rehab program. Weiland, who pleaded no contest in August to one count of possessing a personal-use quantity of heroin, is scheduled for another progress report June 4.

03/18/99

• From Rocktropolis: Stone Temple Pilots -- a band that was all but given up for dead by many people not so long ago despite being one of the decade's best- selling rock acts -- came roaring back to life Tuesday (March 16) night with a last-minute booking at the tiny Viper Room on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, Calif.
  
  The failed side projects, the drug busts, and the aborted past tours were all forgotten memories as the reunited quartet -- which last played a full show together "two years and two months ago," according to singer Scott Weiland -- gave the squeezed-in, guest-list-heavy crowd a powerful set of 13 songs taken from their three multi-platinum albums, as well as a sneak preview of their upcoming album with the impressive new tune "Down."  "This rock show is all about a benefit for Marilyn Manson's ankle," announced Weiland, who sported large dark sunglasses and an NYPD knit hat, after opening with the song "Crackerman" from STP's 1992 debut Core. After a charged performance of the soul-searching "Down," Weiland (who had since removed the hat to reveal a red mohawk) and bassist Robert DeLeo hugged each other and laughed, seemingly affirming what fans of the band have long known: these four are at their musical best only when working as a complete unit.
  
  "It wasn't all my fault," said the ever-animated Weiland, referring to the band's recent near-break-up which culminated in the release of his own solo album, as well as one from his bandmates (with a different singer) under the name Talk Show. "We took our individual paths and those paths crossed again," he continued before leading the band, which also includes DeLeo's brother Dean on guitar and drummer Eric Kretz, into "Wicked Garden." The 80-minute show also featured "Meatplow," "Tumble In the Rough" (whose troubled lyrics took new meaning in light of Weiland's recent time spent behind bars), "Vasoline," "Plush," "Interstate Love Song," "Tripping On a Hole In a Paper Heart," "Big Bang Baby," "Dead & Bloated," "Sex Type Thing," and encore "Piece of Pie," which the singer said was the band's favorite song to play live. A superior mid-show version of "Unglued" prompted Weiland to exclaim, "Rock and roll is fucking awesome." Manager Steve Stewart told allstar Tuesday afternoon that STP was playing the show because they "want people to know the band is back."
  
  "It really is like a fresh start," Stewart says. "It's amazing to see the way [the band has] gone through its trials and tribulations. It's really at the point now where I think everybody's got a very good understanding of where everybody else's head is. There's less 'Us-Them, he-us,' that kind of thing. It's a lot more cohesive, a lot more laid back. They understand that they work well together." Stewart also says the band plans to record their next album quickly, just as they did with their second album Purple. "They've been in rehearsals for the last month. They're going into the studio with [producer] Brendan O'Brien to start making the record a week from Thursday. We're looking for a late-July, early-August [release]."

03/17/99

• From SonicNet: LOS ANGELES -- With singer Scott Weiland professing his sobriety and fans singing along to hits from the band's three albums, Stone Temple Pilots united onstage for the first time in more than two years Tuesday night at the Viper Room.
  
  During the 80-minute set, STP played one new song, "Down," along with plenty of hits for an audience that included two members of Semisonic, Marilyn Manson bassist Twiggy Ramirez, Counting Crows singer Adam Duritz and actors Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston.
  
  "It's been two years and two months since this band has played together onstage," an especially talkative Weiland said after the band's knock-down rendition of their 1994 hit "Vasoline" (RealAudio excerpt). "And it wasn't all my fault. Not to get corny, but there are certain paths you take but they all reach the same destination. We took our paths and our paths converged again, all at this destination."
  
  "The reason why you're seeing this band is because there are four members," Weiland, who was dressed in solid black, with sunglasses and a stocking cap that read "NYPD," which he later removed to reveal a bright red mohawk, said later. "This would not go on at all without all four original members. One person is not any better or important than the other."
  
  While the singer fought a public battle with drug addiction over the last two years and released a solo disc, guitarist Dean DeLeo, bassist Robert DeLeo and drummer Eric Kretz released an album under the name Talk Show. But with longtime producer Brendan O'Brien, the four are working together on a new album.
  
  They've written 25 songs for it, Weiland said, but after some debate decided to play just one of them Tuesday.
  
  That song, the resolute rocker "Down," arrived midway through the set. It began with a drum assault, then exploded into the band's staple hard-rock groove while Weiland sang lyrics that pivoted on the line, "Will you follow me down?"
  
  "I lobbied to do another [new] song, but this band is a democracy and I was shot down," the singer said.
  
  Weiland -- who pleaded guilty a month ago to a heroin-possession charge in New York -- said Jagermeister shots might inspire his bandmates to play more new material, but he would abstain. He gets "wasted vicariously through other people," he said, in one of several references to his new sobriety.
  
  STP opened the set with "Crackerman," from Core (1992), during which the ever-commanding frontman writhed about and alternately sang through a bullhorn and directly through his microphone.
  
  Among the hits that followed were the Grammy-winning single "Plush," "Interstate Love Song" (RealAudio excerpt), and "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart," each of which inspired a sing-along echo in the crowd. Introducing "Plush," Weiland said, "This next song is sort of the pinnacle ... for the time when we went from opening up for Megadeth to playing bigger shows than Megadeth."
  
  STP stuck to their hard rock songs, staying away from the '60s-influenced ballads in their catalog. After they played "Sex Type Thing" (RealAudio excerpt), Weiland said, "We may not be the best rock 'n' roll band in the world, just the only one."
  
  "I thought it was incredible, every song, every second," said one fan, Gina Leary, 25. "After this, you can't f---ing dare question it -- STP are back and ready to bring rock back in a big, big way."
  
  Early in the show, Weiland proclaimed the gig a "benefit for Marilyn Manson's broken ankle" -- a reference to the injury the shock-rocker sustained during a performance here Sunday, forcing him to cut that show short and cancel three others. Addressing Manson bassist Ramirez, Weiland said he was bummed he only got to see five songs. "Not my fault," Ramirez yelled back.

03/17/99

• Bush, STP in Lollapalooza Contention
  
  "Should I stay or should I go" should be the official mantra of this year's Lollapalooza, provided there is one. No, there's still no official word whether the summer festival will return this year, but at least a throng of bands are paying it mind for a change.
  
  Bush, or at least their management team, are apparently mumbling the Clash chorus to themselves over and over again. Whether the grunge outfit's anticipated decision determines the fate of Lollapalooza may depend on the interest of another headlining contender, Stone Temple Pilots. If Bush decides it shouldn't go, all eyes will be on the Pilots. According to a source who requested anonymity, Lollapalooza organizers at the
  William Morris booking agency have "just recently" begun talks with STP about playing the tour.
  
  "They're exploring the opportunity," the source says. STP will likely have its long-awaited quasi-reunion album in stores in late-July, around the time Lollapalooza would launch. Of course, the possibility remains that both Bush and STP -- or neither -- will play the festival.
  
  Other bands that have been in negotiations to play the main stage -- and whose decision will be determined by the presence of a bona fide headliner -- include Luscious Jackson, Kid Rock, Eminem and the Roots. "It's sorta confirmed," says Roots tour manager Toya Day. "It's our option. We're just maybe waiting to see if something bigger comes in."
  
  "It would be silly for us and the promoters to look at a package of STP and five young bands," says Lollapalooza co-organizer Ted Gardner. "I think it needs to be a bit more solid than that. Maybe another kind of co-headlining situation would give an overall
  bulk to the package, and then [we could] be a bit adventurous with the opening acts."

03/02/99

• !!!!Stone Temple Pilots back in the studio!!!!
  Feb 23, 1999
  
  Contrary to all rumours concerning their untimely demise, the Stone Temple Pilots are back at it and hard at work on their fourth album -- and according to all preliminary reports, it's gonna burn hot enough to rocket them from the crypt. Lead singer Scott Weiland, who has made several high-profile appearances recently (most notably lending his vocal skills on a forthcoming Limp Bizkit release), has rejoined the band after taking a hiatus to record last years critically acclaimed solo album "12 BAR BLUES." The past several weeks have seen a burst of creative energy for STP, who after only four weeks of pre-production have upwards of 30 songs vying for a place on the upcoming album. Stay tuned to the Atlantic web site for updates as they develop.

02/23/99

• From Launch: (2/23/99, 1 a.m. PST) - With his drug and legal problems apparently behind him, Scott Weiland is once again making the scene and working on new music with the Stone Temple Pilots.
  
  Weiland, who was one of the celebrities in attendance for Hole's MTV special on Sunday (LAUNCH, 2/22), told LAUNCH that the band has been in pre-production on its fourth effort for four weeks, with between 25-30 songs vying for a place on the album.
  
  "In some ways, it's kind of back to where we left off with the first and second albums," said Weiland, referring to the band's 1992 debut Core and its 1994 follow-up Purple, which have been certified for sales of 7 million and 5 million copies in the U.S., respectively. The band's third album, 1996's more diverse and experimental Tiny Music...Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop, was a relative disappointment, certified for sales of 2 million.
  
  Now sporting a black Mohawk, Weiland said that he and his STP bandmates had fun experimenting on their outside projects, but were ready to get back to basics. Given STP's multiplatinum history, Weiland's 1998 solo effort 12 Bar Blues and the 1997 self-titled effort by Talk Show, which featured Pilots Eric Kretz, and Dean and Robert DeLeo, were both commercial disappointments.
  
  The DeLeos and Kretz formed Talk Show with former Ten Inch Men singer Dave Coutts after they became frustrated with Weiland's drug problems, which subsequently led to arrests in New York and Los Angeles (LAUNCH, 2/17).
  
  Prior to the release of his solo album, Weiland vowed that STP was going to regroup in 1999. At the time, he revealed that the band was offered $500,000 to contribute a song to the Godzilla soundtrack, but balked due to prior commitments. Now, however, the band has apparently buried the hatchet that lead to the outside projects. "We're all getting along great," Weiland said. "There's no chemical distractions, just pure unadulterated personality."
  
  With the new material, STP hopes to get back to its "roots" and what "first turned them on to playing," Weiland said. He added that the album, which he hopes will be ready for an early summer release, may also feature some semi-acoustic material, but "it's the heavy stuff that has us most excited."
  
  In addition to releasing a new album, Weiland says the band also plans to tour in the summer, possibly as headliners on the second "Family Values" tour. "[Limp Bizkit frontman] Fred Durst and I have been talking about it, but it's really up to all of the members of the band. I think it would be a lot of fun." (Aside from working with STP, Weiland has also guested on recordings for the new Limp Bizkit album [LAUNCH, 2/5]).
  
  Whether STP joins "Family Values" or launches its own tour, the band will have plenty of material to draw on. "It was difficult to pick songs from the three albums on our last tour and with four albums, I don't think it's going to be any easier," Weiland said. "The shows are probably going to be longer than two hours."
  
  The singer added that he was a bit disappointed that his solo album failed to become a commercial success, pointing the finger at radio programmers that "like things in cookie-cutter shapes." Nonetheless, he added that he was proud of the album. "Some of my favorite albums of all time weren't initially commercially successful, but later were well thought of."

02/21/99

• From USA Today: NEW YORK — Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland has been ordered back into drug rehabilitation. Weiland pleaded guilty to misdemeanor drug possession Tuesday in connection with an arrest last June, when police found him in a city housing project with $100 worth of heroin. He could have faced up to a year in jail, but Weiland was instead sentenced to a conditional discharge and told to complete an intensive drug program. The judge will dismiss Weiland's case after a year if he complies with the court's orders and does not get arrested again. The Stone Temple Pilots won a Grammy in 1994 for the song Plush.

02/16/99

• From SonicNet: NEW YORK -- Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland pleaded guilty Tuesday morning (Feb. 16) to a heroin-possession charge in exchange for a sentence that will involve no jail time as long as he stays out of trouble for a year.
  
  Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Neil Ross used harsh words in ordering Weiland, who was arrested in June during a drug sweep of a Lower East Side housing development, to finish a drug-rehabilitation program. Ross told the singer he will be sent to jail at Rikers Island for 30 days if he breaks any criminal law in the next year.
  
  "I don't think you understand the pain you've caused lots of people, as well as the pain you've caused yourself," the judge said.
  
  If Weiland gets into trouble again, the judge continued, "I don't think the people on Rikers Island are going to be as nice to you as others have been."
  
  Smiling as he left the courtroom, Weiland said the sentence "just means I can't get in trouble in the next year, which I don't plan to anyway."
  
  He said he believed the judge used especially strong words "to make a public example of me. I think if it had been a construction worker up there, it would have been different -- he wanted to make a point."
  
  Weiland had faced up to two years in jail for charges of criminal possession of a controlled substance and second-degree criminal trespass. As part of a plea agreement, the trespassing charge was dropped. He had to pay $85 in court costs.
  
  He told the court he was in "phase four" of a rehabilitation program at a facility called Impact House. That phase, he said, involves going to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings three times a week and meeting with a counselor weekly.
  
  "I wish you the best of luck," the judge said. "I don't think there's much anyone can do for you anymore except you."
  
  Weiland's lawyer, Robert Kalina, said, "We always wish the disposition of the case came out better, but this will allow Scott to move on and start making his music."
  
  Weiland, who has recently reunited with Stone Temple Pilots, said outside the courtroom that the band is in pre-production for an album in a North Hollywood, Calif., studio, and has written 20 songs.
  
  "We're hoping for a release in the early part of the summer, so we can follow up with an interesting tour, possibly with Limp Bizkit and the Foo Fighters," he said.
  
  Weiland was accompanied in court by his girlfriend, model Mary Forsberg. He was dressed conservatively in gray pants and a black sweater, and was sporting a short brown mohawk.

02/15/99

• From SonicNet: Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland is due in Manhattan Criminal Court Tuesday for a hearing that may bring to a close his drawn-out New York case regarding drug and trespassing charges.
  
  Weiland, who was arrested more than eight months ago after allegedly scoring heroin in a Lower East Side housing development, faces a maximum of two years in jail if convicted. District Attorney Christina Hatfield likely will offer him an alternative to a jail sentence in exchange for a guilty plea.
  
  Weiland's attorney, Bob Kalina, said on Jan. 22 -- the date of the last court proceeding in the case -- that he would discuss the case with Hatfield before Tuesday's hearing. Kalina expressed optimism that the case would be resolved at the hearing. "We're hoping to come to some kind of conclusion," he said.
  
  Judge Neil Ross told Kalina on Jan. 22 that Weiland must be present Tuesday. "This case needs to be resolved; otherwise it is going to the jury file," Ross told Kalina. "[Weiland] needs to be here [on Feb. 16], one way or another."
  
  Kalina could not be reached for further comment Monday (Feb. 15).
  
  The Stone Temple Pilots frontman was arrested on the afternoon of June 1, the same day he was scheduled to perform a sold-out show at New York's Irving Plaza as part of his first-ever solo tour. The bust occurred at about 3 p.m., as police were conducting a periodic sweep of the Wald housing development on the Lower East Side.
  
  Weiland was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance and second-degree criminal trespass, each of which carries a maximum penalty of one year in jail and a fine of up to $1,000.
  
  Weiland's court case has seen numerous continuances, which his defense team attributes in part to the singer's residence on the West Coast.
  
  Weiland recently dealt with problems stemming from a separate drug case in Los Angeles. After attempting to obtain a driver's license, the singer was taken into custody Jan. 15 because he had missed a class required by the terms of his probation. Weiland had completed a 90-day court-ordered stay at Impact House, a drug rehab facility, in
  October.
  
  He appeared in a Los Angeles court the following Wednesday after spending four days in jail. Escaping further jail time for the probation violation, Weiland received only a strict admonition by Superior Court Judge Larry P. Fidler to maintain the terms of his probation. He must appear in court March 26 for a status hearing in that case.
  
  Weiland was first ordered to Impact House after pleading guilty Aug. 12 to a year-old drug charge of heroin possession. The arrest in that case occurred in September 1997 when, while stopped for a traffic violation, he was found in possession of heroin and a hypodermic needle.
  
  While Weiland's legal problems have played havoc with his musical activities, the singer recently reunited with Stone Temple Pilots after releasing his 1998 solo debut album, 12-Bar Blues, which featured the single "Barbarella" (RealAudio excerpt).
  
  The rock band, which has been rehearsing in Los Angeles, has recruited longtime producer Brendan O'Brien (Pearl Jam) for the project. Weiland said recently that STP will tour this summer.

02/12/99

• From MTV: The members of Limp Bizkit are close to completing work on their next album, the follow-up to the group's 1997 record, "Three Dollar Bill Y'all." The hip-hop/metal outfit, which was thrust into the spotlight via its cover of George Michael's "Faith," has been huddled in the studio with Korn singer Jonathan Davis, Dr. Dre protege Eminem, rapper Method Man, and Stone Temple Pilots' Scott Weiland.
  
  As we previously reported (see "Limp Bizkit Looks To Coach Weiland For Help On Album"), Limp Bizkit singer Fred Durst took some vocal lessons from the STP frontman while working on the new record, and Durst says that the two intend on maintaining their creative relationship through additional collaborations.
  
  The duo already has one non-musical project lined up -- a film which Durst will write and direct with his friend, director Mark Racco, and which will have a fairly prominent role for Weiland.
  
  "It's kinda like a, its probably an 'Easy Rider' meets 'The Breakfast Club' of 1999 with a really dark twist to it," Durst said, "a really real twist to it and Scott's going to be in the movie. He's going to have a really cool role in the movie, but I don't know if I should give away the character. No, because then I'd have to tell the story."
  
  "[The character is] a mysterious hitchhiker type of individual," offered Weiland.
  
  Although the Bizkit-backed film is still in the preliminary stages, the group's new album is expected to hit store shelves in April. For more information on Limp Bizkit's new projects, be sure to check out "MTV News 1515" this weekend, airing on Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 10:30 a.m. and Sunday at 10:30 a.m.

02/02/99

• From MTV: It was an all-star summit of new wave metal and vintage alternative rock this weekend, as Limp Bizkit singer Fred Durst and Orgy guitarist Ryan Shuck hooked up in a Los Angeles studio with Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland and ex-Cult vocalist Ian Astbury to record a new version of the 1985 Sly Fox pacifist rave, "Let's Go All the Way."
  
  Rounding out the line-up was former Porno for Pyros bassist Martyn LeNoble, who played on Weiland's "12 Bar Blues" album, and F.I.N.E. singer Ashley Hamilton, the man responsible for putting the session together.
  
  For the song, which Hamilton says was recorded for an undetermined film soundtrack, Weiland shared vocal duties with Hamilton and Astbury, LeNoble and Shuck handles their familiar instruments, while Durst sat in the production chair.
  
  The recent flurry of studio activity for Weiland, who is also set to appear on the next Limp Bizkit record (see "Korn's Davis, Weiland To Appear On Next Limp Bizkit Album"), may be hopeful sign that the singer is ready to return to the studio with his STP bandmates.
  
  Prior to his drug bust in New York City last June, Weiland predicted that Stone Temple Pilot would reform in early '99 to record a new album for release by the end of the year (see "Scott Weiland Discusses New Record, Future Of STP").
  
  Two weeks ago, the STP singer spent a few days in an L.A. jail when authorities claimed he had violated terms of his probation agreement stemming from a different, drug-related charge. Weiland was eventually released back to a local halfway house and faces a March 26 hearing for a progress report on his treatment.

01/30/99

• From JAM tv: Any time all four members of the Stone Temple Pilots are in the same place at the same time it's a reunion.
  
  The Pilots have been on a kamikaze mission with infamy for some time now, and -- with ample help from frontman Scott Weiland -- have traded jabs with it several times over the course of their seven-year career. Now, STP will tempt fate again with long-time producer Brendan O'Brien (Pearl Jam, Matthew Sweet) and try their hand at recording their long-awaited follow-up to 1996's Tiny Music . . . Songs From the Vatican Gift Shop.
  
  According to band manager Steve Stewart, the band is writing and rehearsing now in Los Angeles and will do so until they begin rolling tape in March. O'Brien is currently finishing up work on the third Rage Against the Machine album and won't be on hand full-time until he's done, according to a source close to the project.
  
  Stewart says the new album will hit stores some time this summer, and the band's "intent is to tour this summer," and, no, STP have not been asked to perform on either Lollapalooza or OzzFest.

01/28/99

• From MTV: The "Faith"-covering hip-hop/metal outfit will boast one track on its sophomore album that features guest vocals from both Davis and Weiland. As we first reported last month (see "Limp Bizkit Looks To Coach Weiland For Help On Album"), Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst has been seeking vocal advice from the newly-mohawked Weiland, who will turn up elsewhere on the as-yet-untitled album as well.
  
  The band also hopes that Eminem and Method Man will turn up on the album, though they have not yet recorded anything for the album.
  
  When Limp's next opus arrives, it is expected to contain 13 tracks, the music for which was recorded in a Los Angeles studio with producer Terry Date. Though Durst still has some vocals to lay down, and DJ Lethal has a few touches to add, the follow-up to "Three Dollar Bill Y'all" should be out this April.

01/23/99

• From SonicNet: Contributing Editor Dakota Smith reports:
  Nearly eight months after Scott Weiland was arrested in New York City on drug and trespassing charges, his lawyer expressed hope that the case will be resolved soon.
  
  At a Manhattan Criminal Court hearing Friday morning (Jan. 22), the Stone Temple Pilots singer's attorney, Robert Kalina, received a continuance date of Feb. 16 for his client, allowing the lawyer to discuss the charges and a possible plea bargain with the district attorneyprosecuting the case.
  
  "We're hoping to come to some kind of conclusion," Kalina said after the hearing. "I'm hopeful."
  
  The 31-year-old Weiland was not present at this most recent hearing, having been excused during a previous court date Dec. 10. Kalina said he had talked to Weiland earlier in the day; he described the singer as doing "wonderfully."
  
  After leaving the courtroom Friday, Kalina explained that the case could be concluded at the Feb. 16 hearing. The lawyer said that he would enter into discussions with the D.A.'s office sometime before that date to try to reach an agreement on Weiland's plea.
  
  Kalina said that the defense team had had scheduling conflicts with the D.A.'s office, and that the two sides had not yet had a chance to meet to discuss the case.
  
  Christine Hatfield, the acting district attorney on the Weiland case, was not present during the hearing at the courtroom and could not be reached for comment.
  
  In granting the continuance date of Feb. 16, Judge Neil Ross had stern words for Kalina.
  
  "This case needs to be resolved; otherwise it is going to the jury file," Ross told Kalina. "[Weiland] needs to be here [on the 16th], one way or another."
  
  The Stone Temple Pilots frontman was arrested on the afternoon of June 1, the same day he was scheduled to perform a sold-out show at New York's Irving Plaza as part of his first-ever solo tour. The bust occurred at about 3 p.m. as police were conducting a periodic sweep of the Wald housing development on the Lower East Side.
  
  Weiland was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance and second-degree criminal trespass, each of which carries a maximum penalty of one year in jail and a fine of up to $1,000.
  
  Weiland's court case has seen numerous continuances, which his defense team attributes in part to the singer's residence on the West Coast.
  
  Meanwhile, on the West Coast, Weiland has been dealing with problems stemming from a separate drug case.
  
  He appeared in a Los Angeles court Wednesday after being taken into custody for violating probation following a court-ordered stay at Impact House, a drug rehabilitation facility. Escaping possible jail time for the probation violation, Weiland was given only a strict admonition by Superior Court Judge Larry P. Fidler to maintain the terms of his probation. The singer was released Wednesday afternoon and ordered to return to Impact House within 24 hours.
  
  Weiland was first ordered to Impact House after pleading guilty Aug. 12 to a year-old drug charge of heroin possession. He was arrested in September 1997 when, while stopped for a traffic violation, he allegedly was found in possession of heroin and a hypodermic needle.
  
  The singer went on the lam for two weeks last year after skipping a July 9 hearing in connection with the 1997 arrest. A bench warrant was issued for his arrest after Weiland was spotted loitering outside the courtroom on the morning of the hearing. He was picked up July 21 and released the next morning on $250,000 bail.
  
  While Weiland's legal problems have played havoc with his musical activities, the singer recently reunited with Stone Temple Pilots after releasing his 1998 solo debut album, 12-Bar Blues, which featured the single "Barbarella" (RealAudio excerpt). He is expected to tour with STP this summer.

01/20/99

• From SonicNet: STP Singer Scott Weiland Scolded For Violating Probation Judge admonishes Stone Temple Pilots frontman and warns him he'll spend a year in jail if he does it again.
  
  Senior Writer Gil Kaufman reports:
  Superior Court Judge Larry P. Fidler severely admonished Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland in Los Angeles Superior Court Wednesday (Jan. 20) morning for violating his probation following a court-ordered stay at Impact House, a drug rehab facility.
  
  Accompanied by his lawyer, Michael Nasatir, at the proceedings, Weiland was said to have been "misty-eyed" after learning that he had escaped any serious consequences from his latest legal wrangling. Weiland had been jailed and was in court for violating the terms of his probation from a previous drug arrest. He was released Wednesday afternoon and ordered to return to Impact House within 24 hours.
  
  "If there's any further significant violation Weiland will do a minimum of a year in county jail," Sandi Gibbons, spokeswoman for the L.A. County District Attorney's office, said the judge told the singer. He also warned that he would not give Weiland "any slack" if there were further violations and that "it's getting to the point where state prison is a consideration."
  
  In court, Fidler listened to Ed Ward, Impact House's admissions director, explain that the singer had not complied with conditions of his probation.
  
  "[Ward] said he sent a letter to the judge in which he said Weiland had not completely complied with the program and [had] been terminated from the program," Gibbons said. "He said that Weiland had not made a 'significant change in behavior.' "
  
  Ward did not give details as to how the singer had violated his probation, Gibbons said.
  
  The 31-year-old singer, who recently completed a stay at Impact House, was taken into custody Friday evening and housed in the men's county jail until Wednesday morning on the probation violation.
  
  The singer -- handcuffed, dressed in prison blues and sporting a mohawk haircut -- stood during the barely half-hour proceeding and was described by Gibbons as "looking heavenward" with relief upon Fidler's announcement that the previous probation conditions would be reinstated. Gibbons said that onlookers included Weiland's parents, girlfriend and a few friends, all of whom appeared relieved at Fidler's judgment.
  
  "Scott was admonished and told to pay strict attention to [the terms of his probation]," Nasatir said after the proceeding, "which he intends to do." The lawyer described the singer as looking "healthy and strong" in court.
  
  Gibbons said both witnesses -- Ward and Weiland's probation officer -- attested to the singer's attempts to deal with his drug dependency.
  
  "His probation officer said the defendant was doing 'very well,' " Gibbons said, "and that he had tested clean as of his last test [Jan. 7]. And Ed Ward also said he was otherwise doing well and had tested clean. He said he visited him in jail and found him very low and Weiland indicated that he wanted to come back and work with him if he could."
  
  Weiland was first ordered to attend Impact House after pleading guilty Aug. 12 to a year-old drug charge of heroin possession. Weiland was arrested in September 1997 when, while stopped on a traffic violation, he allegedly had a "personal-use quantity" of heroin and a hypodermic needle.
  
  The singer went on the lam for two weeks last year after skipping a July 9 hearing in connection with the 1997 arrest. A bench warrant was issued for his arrest after the singer was spotted loitering outside the courtroom on the morning of the hearing. He was picked up July 21 and released the next morning on $250,000 bail.
  
  Weiland has been "working really, really hard at being clean and doing his program," according to a source close to the singer, who requested anonymity. "You can really see the difference. He's been doing everything to a 'T.' "
  
  Nasatir said he did not want to discuss the specific violation that landed Weiland in jail. "That's in the past," Nasatir said shortly after the court appearance. "I'm confident that Scott's problems are being dealt with in the appropriate manner and he's committed to using his talent to the best of his ability. Scott's sobriety is not an issue."
  
  Weiland and Nasatir had gone in front of Fidler last Friday for a scheduled meeting to discuss the amending of Weiland's driving privileges, before the singer was remanded into custody, according to Gibbons.
  
  The singer still faces charges in New York from a June 1 arrest last year on drug and trespass charges. That case was continued last month until Friday. Nasatir said he hoped that the Wednesday morning court appearance would not impact the New York court date, which Weiland is not required to attend.
  
  The New York arrest brought to an abrupt end Weiland's first-ever solo tour. Weiland was arrested the afternoon before he was scheduled to play a sold-out show at New York's Irving Plaza. The bust occurred as police were conducting a periodic sweep of the Wald housing development on the Lower East Side.
  
  Weiland recently reunited with his band after releasing his 1998 debut solo album, 12 Bar Blues, which featured the single "Barbarella" (RealAudio excerpt). He is expected to tour with STP this summer.

• From Rocktropolis: Jailed Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland appeared before Judge Larry Fidler in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday (Jan.20), where the singer answered charges that he failed to comply with one of the terms of his probation (rumored to be his failure to submit a scheduled urine sample to a local drug rehabilitation center). According to Sandi Gibbons, spokesperson for the Los Angeles District Attorney's office, Weiland will be released later Wednesday from county jail, where he has been since Friday (allstar, Jan. 19). His probation was reinstated, but not before the singer received a short and curt lecture from Judge Fidler. "[Judge] Fidler said if there is any significant further violation, Weiland will do a 'minimum of a year in county jail,'" says Gibbons. "He then told Weiland, 'It's getting to the point where state prison is a consideration. Rules are rules. They are the same for you as they are for anyone on the street... I'm not going to cut you any slack.'" Weiland's defense team called two witnesses on his behalf: Mustavo Mojarro, Wieland's probation officer; and Ed Ward, the admissions director of the Impact Drug and Alcohol Center, where Weiland was sentenced to 90 days as part of his probation (allstar, Aug. 12, 1998). Mojarro reported to the court that other than the slip-up at hand, Weiland had been fulfilling all aspects of his probation properly and had been testing clean for drug use. Ward then told the court that Impact had sent a letter to the judge a week ago stating that Weiland had not completely complied with all aspects of the program and had been terminated from the program, according to Gibbons. He also stated that Weiland's attitude could use improvement. "Ward indicated that there may be some attitude problem, because he said although he'd been doing well and testing clean, he had not made a significant, complete change of behavior," says Gibbons. Ward visited Weiland in jail over the weekend, where he says the singer appeared very down on himself. "[Ward] said he found [Weiland] very chagrined, and that he appeared as low as he'd ever seen him," says Gibbons. However, Weiland did indicate that he was interested in rejoining the program at Impact. When asked by the judge if he admitted violating his probation, Weiland, clad in courthouse blues and sporting a mohawk, responded, "Yes I do, your Honor." Judge Fidler ordered frequent progress report hearings for the singer, the first of which is scheduled for March 26.

• From MTV: Weiland Freed, Probation Reinstated During Court Date
  Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland is expected to be released on Wednesday after a California Judge reinstated the singer's probation, which had been revoked last week when he was taken into custody.
  
  As we previously reported (see "STP's Weiland Arrested For Probation Violation"), the singer was taken into custody on Friday when the singer and his attorney arrived at the courthouse to modify his suspended driving privileges.
  
  At the time, Weiland was accused of violating his probation, which stemmed from a felony heroin charge in September of 1997. His probation was then revoked and the singer was held without bail in the discipline section of Los Angeles County Jail.
  
  However, after testimony from Weiland's probation officer and the director of Impact House on Wednesday, a judge reinstated the singer's probation. The Impact House director noted that Weiland had exhibited some attitude problems, but that the singer has consistently tested clean.
  
  Weiland was expected to be released on Wednesday afternoon and to return to Impact House. The singer is scheduled to return to court on March 26 for a progress report.

01/20/99

• From SonicNet: Stone Temple Pilots Singer Jailed On Probation Violation Police say Scott Weiland was taken into custody for failing to provide a urine sample.
  
  Senior Writer Gil Kaufman reports:  Scott Weiland, the troubled lead singer for L.A. grunge rockers Stone Temple Pilots, who recently completed a court-ordered stay at a drug rehab clinic, was taken into custody Friday evening on a probation violation.
  
  The 31-year-old singer appeared with his lawyer, Michael Nasatir, at the Los Angeles County court building to amend his limited driving privileges, when he was taken into custody for an unspecified probation violation, according to Sandi Gibbons, a spokesperson for the L.A. County District Attorney's office.
  
  "[Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Larry P. Fidler] received a letter from Impact House on Thursday saying that the defendant didn't comply with certain conditions [of his probation]," Gibbons said.
  
  Impact House is the drug rehabilitation facility Weiland attended as a condition of his probation on a 1997 drug possession charge. Deputy Isaac Gonzalez of the media relations department of the L.A. County Sheriff's Department said the singer was taken into custody for failing to provide a urine sample. "He didn't provide [the urine sample] to his probation officer and the judge became aware of the failure and remanded him into custody," Gonzalez said. Gibbons would not verify that the failure to provide the sample led to the singer's jailing.
  
  According to an operator at the Los Angeles County jail's booking information department, who would not give her name, the singer was booked into the Los Angeles County Jail at 6:29 p.m. (PST) after making the court appearance. He was held on a no-bail warrant, Gonzalez said, meaning he would not be eligible for release before his next scheduled court date, Wednesday at 10 a.m. in Los Angeles Superior Court.
  
  Weiland was ordered to attend Impact House after pleading guilty Aug. 12 to a year-old drug charge of heroin possession. Weiland was arrested in September 1997 when, while stopped on a traffic violation, he was allegedly found with a "personal-use quantity" of heroin and a hypodermic needle. The singer was on the lam for two weeks last year after skipping a July 9 hearing in connection with the 1997 arrest. A bench warrant was issued for his arrest after the singer was spotted loitering outside the courtroom on the morning of the hearing. He was picked up July 21 and released the next morning on $250,000 bail.
  
  Weiland has been "working really, really hard at being clean and doing his program," according to a source close to the singer, who requested anonymity. "You can really see the difference. He's been doing everything to a 'T'."
  
  Nasatir could not be reached for comment at press time. A spokesperson for STP and Weiland's label, Atlantic Records, offered a no comment.
  
  Weiland recently reunited with his band after releasing his debut solo album last year, 12 Bar Blues, which featured the single, "Barbarella" (RealAudio excerpt).
  
  The singer still faces charges in New York from a June 1, 1998 arrest on drug and trespass charges. That case was continued last month until Friday.
  
  The New York arrest brought to an abrupt end Weiland's first-ever solo tour. Weiland was arrested the afternoon before he was scheduled to play a sold-out show at New York's Irving Plaza. The bust occurred as police were conducting a periodic sweep of the Wald housing development on the Lower East Side.
  
  Stone Temple Pilots, whose platinum-selling, Grammy-winning sound ranges from '60s-inspired pop to hard, post-grunge rock, rose to stardom with such songs as their 1992 hit "Plush." Though the band has been in limbo since early 1997, Weiland said last August that a new album is imminent.
  
  Weiland described the reunited group as being in the early stages of recording the first new STP album in two years. On Jan. 9, while attending a benefit show by post-grunge rockers Hole at Los Angeles' Viper Room, the newly mohawked singer said the group expected to release an album later this year and tour during the summer.
  
  "It's back to basics for this one, I think," Weiland said. STP's last album, Tiny Music ... Songs From the Vatican Gift Shop (1996) had a more retro sound than did its two predecessors, 1994's breakthrough Purple and 1992's Core, which were more straight-ahead rock.
  
  Frustrated by Weiland's ongoing drug problems, STP guitarist Dean DeLeo and drummer Eric Kretz walked away from STP more than a year ago to form Talk Show. Talk Show, which also include bassist Robert DeLeo, the fourth member of STP, and Ten Inch Men singer Dave Coutts, released one self-titled album last year. Coutts split with Talk Show last year.

• From MTV: STP's Weiland Arrested For Probation Violation
  Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland was arrested on Friday for a probation violation stemming from a felony heroin charge in September of 1997. According to a police spokesperson, the singer failed to provide a urine sample to his live-in drug treatment center, Impact House, which then in turn notified Los Angeles Superior Court. Weiland was sentenced back in August to 90 days in treatment and three years probation.
  
  A spokesperson for the District Attorney's office says that Weiland and his attorney went to court on Friday to modify his suspended driving privileges. He was taken into custody on the spot. The singer is being held in the discipline section of Los Angeles County Jail without bail until he goes before a judge on Wednesday. At that time, Weiland's probation could be extended or he could be sentenced to more jail time.
  
  Weiland also has a court date set for Friday in New York for an unrelated heroin charge. The singer does not have to appear in person.
  

• From ChartAttack:  As a public service, DAMN is going to bring everyone up to speed on our two favourite rock & roll criminals...Scott Weiland's arrest over the weekend was erroneously reported by an employee of the Los Angeles courthouse as a drug-related issue, when in fact it was due to a parole violation. Weiland had visited the courthouse to have his driver's license reinstated (the suspension was due to a previous conviction), and was nabbed upon his arrival for an unrelated incident. However, the parole was a condition of a previous heroin rap, so it's possible controlled substances are somehow involved. With respect to the New York court date Weiland has on Friday, Allstar reports he is not required to attend the proceedings.

01/19/99

• From Rocktropolis: Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland's arrest on Friday (Jan.15) was for a technical violation of his parole, and the singer was taken into custody at Los Angeles Superior Court while renewing his suspended driver's license, according to a source. The singer was not arrested for unlawful possession of a controlled substance, as previously stated by the Los Angeles County jail's booking information department, but rather for violating the terms of his parole from his February 1998 possession of heroin arrest. The specifics of that violation were unclear at press time. Weiland has already served 90 days in a California drug rehabilitation center for that arrest
  (allstar, Aug. 12, 1998). The singer is currently being held without bail in Los Angeles County Jail. He is due to reappear in Los Angeles Superior Court on Jan. 20. He also has a Manhattan Criminal Court date on Jan.22 for an unrelated heroin charge (allstar, Dec.10, 1998); however, Weiland is not required to appear in person.

01/17/99

• You,  the people out there,  have voted Big Bang Baby for best music video ever.  The next poll gonna be up and I don't think that poll have never being done on other page before so... what is the best overall STP/Scott Weiland site out there???  I've also added some video clip on the multimedia section so check it out.

01/13/99

• From SonicNet: Stone Temple Pilots In Studio. Scott Weiland and the rest of the Stone Temple Pilots are back in the studio, working on material for a new album, the singer said Saturday. Weiland, who completed a 90-day, court-ordered drug-rehabilitation program in October, added that the rock band plans a summer world tour. Weiland's drug problems botched STP's plans to tour behind their last album, 1996's Tiny Music ... Songs From the Vatican Gift Shop. They also forced him to cut short his tour for his 1998 solo album, 12 Bar Blues.

This is GREAT news...

01/09/99

• The "Nothing4Free" Theme is complete so go check it out if you will.  I've added a Nothing4Free Winamp Skin in my theme.  This skin is one of my favorite thing that I've  done for this site so I think you gonna like it.   You know, every thing that I've done for this site I've done it for YOU the Stone Temple Pilots fan because the other days I was looking for a STP winamp skin and I never found one.  And I said to myself "would it be good if someone make some STP stuff like skin and wav and stuffs".  So it hit me the other days...hey let's make my own skin and other stuff so that people like me could come here and maybe found what they want.  So I hope this site fulfill all your need.

01/07/99

• Your probably wondering when I'm gonna change my quizlet thing.   Well the thing is that I'm gonna change it every 50 user or hit.  So now you know.  And there a little article about Scott on my message board so check that out.   My N4F theme is begining to grow.  I've done an animated cursor(the busy one) and some wav's.  My animated cursor is better looking than I tough it would be so I think your gonna like it.

01/06/99

• No STP news so I was bored and decided to make new stuff for my site.  I've put a little STP bio for those who don't know jack about the best damn band of the 90's.  A special page for Chateau Mars for better view of it and I'm planning to do a N4F theme thing.  Go check it out and let me know  what you can do to help me out here.  I just can stop making stuff for this site you know.  I would like to take this opportunity to thank the people who came here and like my page, the ones who send me stuffs like picture and also those who said good thing about this site.  Thank yah!!!

12/29/98

• I've made some little change in my site for the new years.   It's not a big big change but I think it will be easier to read and load that way and also less confusing for some people.  Let me know if you like this format better than the other one.  I'm tired now...

12/28/98

• Hey there...I'm back...I was gone a couple of days for the holidays but I'm back now.  I've put Chateau Mars and Lazy Divey lyrics on the 12 Bar Blues lyrics section.   I like lyrics you know, it kind of give me an ideas of what the songs means and I don't like to hum along.  Here's some little news that I find in another site.   Jan '99 issue of Hit Prader: THE TOP 5 OF 1998
  
  Top 5 Angst-Riddled Rockers
  1. Scott Weiland <------
  2. Courtney Love
  3. Layne Stanley
  4. Trent Reznor
  5. Axl Rose
  
  Top 5 Missing In Action
  1. Nine Inch Nails
  2. Silverchair
  3. Guns 'N Roses
  4. Stone Temple Pilots <-------
  5. Alice In Chains
  
  Top 5 Rumors
  1. Stone Temple Pilots Breaking Up <-------
  2. New NIN Disc
  3. New Guns 'N Roses Albums
  4. KoRn/Zombie War Of Words
  5. Judas Priest "Reunion"

12/19/98

• OK...This is so cool...Chateau Mars full version(I think).   Well it's not a 48 sec mp3 but a 128 sec that make like 2 min and 08 sec so I think it's full .  Me and Jason from Comatose  Commodity are the only one to have a full good version of Chateau Mars. So check it out, a full version of Chateau Mars in mp3 format.

12/16/98

• From MTV Online: Limp Bizkit Looks To Coach Weiland For Help On Album. 
  Limp Bizkit is currently working on the follow-up to 1997's "Three Dollar Bill, Y'All," and they're getting help from at least one surprising source. Bizkit frontman Fred Durst has enlisted the help of Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland as a sort of vocal coach on the album, and Durst told our colleagues in the MTV Radio Network that Weiland may even be heard on the album when it arrives next year. "I can probably bet on that one," Durst said of the likelihood that Weiland will appear on the album. "You know, he's more there to help us. He's really good at melodies and melodic senses if you've seen his hit record, now I mean 'record' as in like how many singles he's put out. He did go off on his own tangent for a while and he had a couple of problems, but his musical sense is great you know... The best singers in the world, whether you like them or not, have had vocal coaches and I'd rather have one that's someone that I really loved and bought his records myself instead of some fat little gay guy."  Durst also said that the band hopes to return to the Family Values tour again next year, perhaps in a headlining capacity. Limp Bizkit hopes to have its sophomore album in stores by April of 1999.

12/13/98

• More STP news from Los Angeles Times: ABORTED TAKEOFF.. A Stone Temple Pilots reunion nearly got off the ground as the inaugural event in the reopening of the remodeled Viper Room, planned as a benefit for the Musicians' Assistance Program on Jan. 7. But the band, apparently wary of putting a bright spotlight on its first show together in more than a year and a half, decided to pass on the offer. Band management would not comment, but sources close to the situation say that the Pilots, with original singer Scott Weiland, will soon start work on a new album with plans for summer release. The band split last year with Weiland, whose drug problems had hindered their touring plans. Weiland recorded a solo album, while the three other members recorded with a new singer under the name Talk Show. Neither album sold well, and Weiland's tour was cut short when he was arrested in New York for drug possession. He served three months in rehab and is on three years' probation.

12/11/98

• From SonicNet: Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland's drug and trespassing case was continued again Thursday (Dec. 10) in New York, this time until Jan. 22, according to spokesperson Wayne Brison of the Manhattan district attorney's office. Weiland was present, but did not actually appear before the judge as the court had previously excused him from the hearing. The charges stem from Weiland's arrest on the afternoon of June 1 -- the same day he was scheduled to perform a solo show at New York's Irving Plaza; the arrest led to the cancellation of his solo tour.

12/09/98

• From Sonicnet: Stone Temple Pilots Back To Work On New Songs

  Meanwhile, singer Scott Weiland is excused from court date on drug charges.
  
  Contributing Editor Teri vanHorn reports:
  
  After nearly two years apart due in part to singer Scott Weiland's battle with drugs, platinum-selling rock band Stone Temple Pilots are again writing songs together, an Atlantic Records spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday (Dec. 8).
  
  However, she said it is unclear whether the new material will turn up on an album.
  
  "It's more like a jamming-type thing right now, but they're taking a 'wait and see how it goes' kind-of approach," said the spokeswoman, who preferred not to be named. "What actually
  transpires from it, we don't know yet. But hopefully something will come of it."
  
  The group's lead singer, Weiland, told SonicNet Music News in the summer that a fourth STP album is imminent. The San Diego-based foursome, with a sound ranging from '60s-inspired pop to hard, post-grunge rock, rose to stardom in 1992 and scored hits with such songs as "Plush" and "Interstate Love Song".
  
  In recent years, the group's activities have been hampered by Weiland's ongoing legal problems and battles with drug addiction, the latter botching STP's plans to tour in support of their 1996 album, Tiny Music ... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop. The singer, who released his first solo album, 12 Bar Blues, this year, currently faces drug and trespassing charges stemming from his New York City arrest June 1 -- the day he
  had been scheduled to perform a sold-out show at that city's Irving Plaza. The bust occurred while police were conducting a periodic sweep of the Wald housing development on Manhattan's Lower East Side.
  
  Weiland was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance and second-degree criminal trespass, both of which carry a maximum penalty of one year in jail and a fine of $1,000.
  
  Weiland's arrest put an abrupt end to his first-ever solo tour, which had been intended to support 12 Bar Blues, which featured the single "Barbarella".
  
  Meanwhile, Weiland has been excused from his scheduled Thursday court date regarding those charges, according to his lawyer's office.
  
  Jeremy Kalina, who practices at the law office of his father, Robert Kalina, who is Weiland's attorney, said that the vocalist was excused per his office's request. A spokesperson for the New York state court system said Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Ellen Coin waived Weiland's appearance as a courtesy, because the singer resides in California.
  
  At a court hearing Nov. 4, Coin continued the case to allow Robert Kalina and District Attorney Christina Hatfield to discuss the charges and a possible plea bargain.
  
  Jeremy Kalina could not confirm the status of their discussions Tuesday (Dec. 8), but he said the parties will discuss the case at Thursday's hearing. "Both parties -- the people of the state of New York and us, his lawyers -- will be there in front of the judge to discuss what's happening with the case," he said.
  
  Regarding the final outcome, Kalina said, "Obviously the hope is that everything gets reduced and dismissed for Scott's sake."
  
  Weiland also was excused from a July 31 hearing in the New York case because he had begun treatment in L.A. His rehab stay there followed several missed court dates in an L.A. case also involving drug possession, stemming from a September 1997 arrest. Upon Weiland's failure to appear at a July 9 hearing, Judge Larry P. Fidler issued a bench warrant for his arrest.
  
  The singer spent 13 days at large until he was picked up near downtown L.A. and arrested July 21. He spent that night in jail and was released the next morning on a $250,000 bond.

12/06/98

• Scott court date is in 3 days and I'll try to keep you in post for that. I heard somewhere that STP have done all of there instrument part or something like that for there new album and the only thing missing is Scott vocal. I don't know if that's true but it's cool to know anyways.  You should go visit the Silvergun Superman site cause they have a mp3 of the song Interstate Love Song done by Hootie and the Blowfish, yeah you hear me "Hootie and the Blowfish". They sing it pretty well but mixte up some lyrics.

11/12/98

• Well it look like Scott will have to wait another month to see if he's gonna go free I guess. I tough that hole deal gonna end the 4th of November but then again...I've done a lots of new thing if my page like the My bootleg section, I am uploading my mp3 and the picture section is updated a little. I've build a chat room too.

10/30/98

• In less then a week Scott Will ,maybe, be  out of rehab. My news section don't run very  much these days. I'm planing to do a section call My Bootleg. It's a cd that I made with some mp3 that I download here and there from other great site. I don't take credit for these mp3, I didn't make them but I made the cd. It's not an official bootleg, it's just something I made for fun. I will upload the 16 track somewhere in the future.

10/28/98

• I was so busy building my page that I forgot about Scott birthday.   Well Happy birthday.  I don't think this is the best birthday for him in rehab. I've put more stuffs in the Other Stuffs section.

10/27/98

• I've put the talk show and 12 bar blues lyric on , updated some stuff, nothing much really, no news about Weiland .

10/23/98

• I am slowly building this page and this section will be updated sometime in the future.  News are that Scott will be out on November 14th and the next STP album will be out in 99, maybe sooner, I can't wait. So I'll go back to my construction.

10/23/98

• Birth of the Nothing4Free Web Site