Scott Weiland’s Solo Band Sounds JUST Like (a) Stone Temple Pilots (High School Cover Band)

Scott Weiland is in the middle of a solo tour on which, by his own admission, “easily 90 to 95 percent” the set consists of songs from the first two Stone Temple Pilots albums, Core and Purple. In fact, it seems that this is the very reason he was fired from, and is now being sued by, that very band: according to STP’s lawsuit, Weiland “refused to commit to a tour schedule” and “wanted to hijack” the band’s tour so that he could “use STP’s name and assets to launch a solo tour at the Band’s expense.” The news that he’s out on the road almost exclusively performing STP songs without the rest of the band certainly doesn’t hurt their claim.

But they can take comfort in the below video, which was filmed in Los Angeles last week, and which demonstrates the level of quality fans are enjoying at these solo shows. First, Weiland serenades the audience with an a capella version of “Dead and Bloated,” sung in a “funny” voice. Then, in that same voice, he mumbles something about French senator Daniel Dubois bringing his guitar (or something). Then the band finally kicks into “Sex Type Thing” which does not sound good.

For one thing, the changes they’ve made to the song are misguided at best. The song loses its creepy, intimidating vibe when played this fast (keep in mind it’s a song about rape, written from the point of the view of the rapist). And they’ve added a second guitar part to accomodate, y’know, the second guitarist, which is fine in theory — Velvet Revolver did the song with two guitarists — but the second guitar part just doesn’t sound right for the song at all. That same guitarist also plays a solo that is absolutely abysmal, so maybe don’t have him in your band, ever.

And for another thing… holy shit Weiland just seems totally whacked out of his head. This is the way “Sex Type Thing” sounds when you come home drunk and start absentmindedly singing it to yourself, doing a silly version of Weiland’s actual voice.

So let’s all give Scott Weiland a round of applause for making the band that just hired the fucker from Linkin Suck look so good. Jesus Christ, dude.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=nXBcP-XLXxY

Thanks: Hetal