SCOTT WEILAND Says His Former Bandmates In STP Will Have To 'Buy Him Out' Of Company
http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/scott-weiland-says-his-former-stp-bandmates-will-have-to-buy-him-out-of-company/On August 22,
Chad Tyson of the
98.7 The Gater radio station in West Palm Beach, Florida conducted an interview with former
STONE TEMPLE PILOTS singer
Scott Weiland. You can now listen to the chat below.
Speaking about his legal battle with his former bandmates over the use of the
STONE TEMPLE PILOTS name,
Weiland said: "We're in litigation. There's a band agreement, a band contract agreement. They didn't follow the rules that were set down as to… for any member, if you were to… There has to be a reason for letting go a member, you have to give them a certain period of time to deal with it whatever different ways you want them to do. But it's just ridiculous, 'cause they can't use the name with me not being in the band without us coming to an agreement. So I just don't really see that… They'll have buy me out of the company, because I have major value in the company and in the brand. So that's where we're at. The lawyers will deal with it."
STP fired
Weiland earlier this year and recruited
LINKIN PARK's
Chester Bennington to take over.
The group sued
Weiland in May, accusing him of using the band's name to advance his solo career, while claiming that his poor performances, late arrivals, and addiction struggles harmed the band's career.
Weiland has countersued, claiming that the band cannot use the
STONE TEMPLE PILOTS name without him.
STONE TEMPLE PILOTS, featuring
Chester Bennington, will release an EP this fall, in conjunction with a North American tour that kicks off on September 4 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and winds down on September 27 in Las Vegas.
Weiland told
The Pulse Of Radio that he and Bennington were good friends before this, but he doesn't see
Bennington's move as a betrayal. "Yeah, I mean, I've known Chester for a long time," he said. "I got to be pretty close with him on the
Family Values tour. I don't think
Chester did it in a spiteful way. The brothers
DeLeo [
Dean, guitar and
Robert, bass], they can be pretty persuasive."
Weiland recently embarked on a new run of solo tour dates beginning on August 2 in Los Angeles. As with his other shows earlier in the year,
Weiland is playing material from
STP's first two albums,
"Core" and
"Purple", as well as a smattering of covers, solo tunes and other
STP tracks.
Weiland's use of
STP songs in his solo shows was reportedly one of the reasons why the band sacked and then sued him. The band members claim that this, along with his erratic behavior and substance abuse issues, damaged their career.
