"The band that played last weekend was not Stone Temple Pilots and it was wrong of them to present themselves as that. Blah, blah, blah.we will see what the courts have to say about all this legal BS. So moving forward, the group pressed on with Scott filing lawsuit after lawsuit with claims that the band cannot use their name without his consent. In the meantime, I'm looking forward to seeing all of my fans on my solo tour which starts this Friday." -Weiland (dated Feb 27th, 2013) Not sure how I can be 'terminated' from a band that I founded, fronted and co-wrote many of its biggest hits, but that's something for the lawyers to figure out. "I learned of my supposed 'termination' from Stone Temple Pilots this morning by reading about it in the press. A bit of a harsh move but this was not the first time that Scott was removed from a lead vocal spot before (coughSTPcoughVelvetRevolvercough). Different POV's on the band's future put a rift between the group and ultimately fired Scott from the position.
So for all those who haven't been following the entertainment news recently, Stone Temple Pilots (aka Robert DeLeo, Eric Kretz, and Dean DeLeo) have been in a family feud so to say with former vocalist and STP founder Scott Weiland. High rise or high road? That's the question that has been fumbling around in my head since the vocal takeover of Chester Bennington hands down one of the biggest names in rock n roll right now (and for the past 10 years).