Scott Weiland: "The internet is all crap"

[Tyrant]

Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver frontman Scott Weiland has told Xfm that he thinks the internet is "all crap" and no better than the old game of "Chinese whispers" when it comes to accuracy.

"It's all crap," Weiland told Xfm's Ian Camfield. "I read written reviews in major newspapers, but online stuff is like just a hyper-version of telephone.

"It's ridiculous. There are a lot of great things that have come from it, but I think there's a lot of bad things. I think it's destroyed modern journalism. It's turned things incredibly tabloidesque. Anyone who thinks they have passed basic creative writing 101 can be a blogger."

Now back with the reformed STP, Weiland is no stranger to the odd bit of tabloid gossip, and even went as far to say that the classic Arnold Schwarzenegger film 'The Terminator' eerily preicted the rise of the Web.

"Technology is pretty amazing, but it's grown leaps and bounds and it's sort of become ahead of itself. Movies like the original Terminator foresaw what would happen. They are metaphors, of course, but they saw that machines would just take over our lives."

You can hear the full interview in Ian Camfield's Rock Show on Saturday night (June 19).

To continue with Xfm's commitment to accuracy online, we will now end with another quote from Mr Weiland: "Me and Pete Doherty are about to put a band together. It's called The Hype."

It's all there on tape! Honest!



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[StoneTempleBrett]

Scott obviously hasn't discovered internet porn yet.

[Knuckles]

I will try and catch this online tonight 
 
Will try and note down most of what is said and post it on here for you guys that can't listen.

[Eijoo]

what a brilliant statement from scott(=^;^=)

[Peebs]

he's absolutely right!
The internet in theory is fantastic, the exhange of ideas with people around the world.
Unfortunately....
and yes anyone who can start a blog on wordpress thinks they are a journalist. Yea, no.
 
On a side note-great to see Ian get a radio gig on XFM. I liked him on K-Rock.
 
 

[robschmidt]

Scott is absolutely right that the internet can be a more widely and accessible place for gossip and rumors. I understand where he's coming from- especially how he has been perceived by bloggers and "journalists." I still think that the benefits of the internet outweigh that. Without the internet there would be no Below Empty!!!!I would argue that it's worked out well for us!

[CharlieBoston]

I understand where he's coming from. Bloggers often present their own opinions as fact. They can write whatever they want, and if it seems remotely plausible but otherwise false (like, "Scott Weiland is back on drugs because he messed up some lyrics to song xyz"), other blogs will catch wind of it and perpetuate the falsehood. It sucks, but since these people write for themselves and self-edit, they don't have that buffer of someone to tell them to do some fact checking like newspaper and magazine writers do.

[cosmicpilot]

Scott obviously hasn't discovered internet porn yet.

Maybe he has and is not letting on?  LOl I get a feeling one Scott is on internet porn, we may have a problem getting him back off again! :p

[rockdude_unglued519]

Fair enough I tend to agree with Scott big time on this one. Yes the internet can be a wonderful thing. But I think it has really sucked the minds out of people. It's as if so many people out there can't even think for themselves and are too damn lazy to really research a topic and just go to sources like wiki or read half assed attempts at journalisim and consider them to be Gospel. It's pretty sad to when you go out somewhere and you see children and adults alike completly unable to pry themselves from whatever electronic device they're into at the moment. Besides if I were Scott I would resent how the internet affected my life also. I mean the guy can't sneeze without people speculating that he's on drugs or he fucked up and did it the wrong way or w/e. Sorry for the rant but as much as I enjoy and appreciate the net at times, I really think as a society we are all far too reliant on it despite it being so underutilized in some ways.

[jjbsn5192]

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kind of funny i always saw Weiland and STP as a part of T2 dont ask why..
haha


it was that era and all but..
stp always reminded me of Terminator 2

[jjbsn5192]

what a brilliant statement from scott(=^;^=)

the inernet has become a place of living hell..


gossip & celebrities have become part of the center of the world.


its sad.

[Violet Skies]

Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver frontman Scott Weiland has told Xfm that he thinks the internet is "all crap" and no better than the old game of "Chinese whispers" when it comes to accuracy.

"It's all crap," Weiland told Xfm's Ian Camfield. "I read written reviews in major newspapers, but online stuff is like just a hyper-version of telephone.

"It's ridiculous. There are a lot of great things that have come from it, but I think there's a lot of bad things. I think it's destroyed modern journalism. It's turned things incredibly tabloidesque. Anyone who thinks they have passed basic creative writing 101 can be a blogger."

Now back with the reformed STP, Weiland is no stranger to the odd bit of tabloid gossip, and even went as far to say that the classic Arnold Schwarzenegger film 'The Terminator' eerily preicted the rise of the Web.

"Technology is pretty amazing, but it's grown leaps and bounds and it's sort of become ahead of itself. Movies like the original Terminator foresaw what would happen. They are metaphors, of course, but they saw that machines would just take over our lives."

You can hear the full interview in Ian Camfield's Rock Show on Saturday night (June 19).

To continue with Xfm's commitment to accuracy online, we will now end with another quote from Mr Weiland: "Me and Pete Doherty are about to put a band together. It's called The Hype."

It's all there on tape! Honest!



http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2010/scott-weiland-the-internet-is-ridiculous


 

His comments have definite relevance.

[Violet Skies]

Scott obviously hasn't discovered internet porn yet.

Don't forget, he did say a lot of great things have come from the net...don't be surprised if porn played a part in that comment.

[Knuckles]

Anyone listening to the show? He just said they were the only people in the UK who Scott would talk to.