Velvet Revolver split with vocalist Scott Weiland
Moving from Los Campesinos! to Slash in one short skip – oh, the joys of this job – DrownedinSound can report that vocalist Scott Weiland has left Velvet Revolver, seemingly to reunite with former band Stone Temple Pilots.
Weiland played his final show with the band - pictured, in happier times - in Amsterdam last night, before Slash released a statement explaining the break.
"This band is all about its fans and its music, and Scott Weiland isn't 100% committed to either," said the guitarist. "Among other things, his increasingly erratic onstage behavior and personal problems have forced us to move on."
Those “personal problems” resulted in Weiland recently entering rehab though the singer is obviously fit enough that his former band are expected to announce their reunion at a press conference later this week.
A review of the band's recent show in Brighton can be found here.
Photo: Andy Parker
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From the archive
That live review
had "jinx" written all over it. You broke Velvet Revolver!
Its cause
Weiland was too emo for the job. And there werent enough guitar solos.
Get Mark Ronson involved!
Then, not only will all your favourite Velvet Revolver & GnR songs be brutally destroyed by a deafening massacre of brass, but there'll also be vocals be Lily Allen! Amy Winehouse! That guy who sings that awful Radiohead cover!
You know it makes sense.
About bloomin' time
VR suck - long live STP!
(They'd better tour Europe before they all fall out/Weiland gets busted for crack again!)
Oh the tewars are streaming down my face now
it's like when Take That split up, i imagine the samaritans have been inundated with broken hearted rockers needing a good old cry
What about that lad from towers of london
he's definitely got the x factor.
and a death wish if he comes near me.

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