SCOTT WEILAND Says 'Too Many Big Egos' Caused VELVET REVOLVER Split

November 12, 2008

STONE TEMPLE PILOTS/ex-VELVET REVOLVER singer Scott Weiland and drummer Eric Kretz were recently sued by the group's label, Atlantic Records, who allege that the pair have issued threats to stop performing unless their recording contract is changed.

"It's pretty fucked up, actually," Weiland told MTV News last week. "I don't know who we would record for. I'm not into recording for Atlantic Records, and there are some legal issues there. Originally, I was told — and I was told for years — that we were free from Atlantic. I don't know how it is that [bassist] Dean [DeLeo] and [guitarist] Robert [DeLeo] are free from [Atlantic], and [drummer] Eric [Kretz] and I are not. I have no interest in making a record for a major label. If we were going to make a record, I would want to do it in a way that was much more original and in a more creative fashion."

As for VELVET REVOLVER's collapse, Weiland said that, looking back on it now, he knows just what caused the band's turmoil.

"VELVET REVOLVER fell apart because there were too many big egos in the band — and I'm including myself," he said. "It wasn't necessarily about bad egos, just big egos, and unfortunately, it just mistakenly kind of eroded."

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