Stone Temple Pilots ( often abbreviated to STP ) is an American rock band from San Diego, California that consists of Scott Weiland ( lead vocals ), brothers Robert DeLeo ( bass guitar, vocals ) and Dean DeLeo ( guitar ), and Eric Kretz ( drums, percussion ).

Weiland has stated that his vocal style is influenced by Jim Morrison and David Bowie, who also serves as his main fashion influence.

Velvet Revolver is an American hard rock supergroup consisting of former Guns N ' Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan, and Matt Sorum, alongside Dave Kushner formerly of punk band Wasted Youth and Stone Temple Pilots vocalist Scott Weiland who left the band in 2008.

* Bob Weiland is a former MLB player ( Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Browns, St. Louis Cardinals )

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The lyrics are mostly in English, though in Weiland only German is performed.

: make a sound ; be heard ; Esperanto: sound ) is a band from Hamburg, Germany and was started in 2001 by Lennart A. Salomon ( vocals, Guitar ) Florian Sikorski ( Keyboards ) and Martin Weiland ( Keyboards, DJ ).

M. Weiland is active in the commercial music business in labels and sales.

Weiland is the co-producer of In Stitches.

Aptakisic Junior High School is part of Aptakisic-Tripp Community Consolidated School District 102 located on 1231 N. Weiland Road in Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

The following year she had roles in the comedy film Roseanna's Grave ( Paul Weiland, 1997 ), an episode of The Bill — as a woman whose nanny is accused of stealing from her — and a two-part episode of the Kevin Whately series The Broker's Man as a police officer.

Following the band's reunion in 2008, Weiland once again evolved as a songwriter, explaining: " the ' 90s, I was so overwhelmed with my heroin addiction, and so a lot of the stuff was just from my point of view.

" While writing for the album, Weiland believed that his band mates were going to reunite with Guns N ' Roses when the band's manager was talking to Axl Rose about switching management companies, and were not going to record their second album.

Following the completion of the album, Velvet Revolver performed for and inducted Van Halen into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with Weiland and Slash speaking on the band's behalf, on March 12, 2007.

Velvet Revolver's April 1 show at the Heineken Music Hall in the Netherlands was at the time the band's last performance with Weiland.

Tensions came to a head during Velvet Revolver's Glasgow show on March 20, 2008, where Weiland announced to the crowd that it was the band's last tour, unaware that the band were already planning on firing him.

Weiland stated on March 20, 2008 at Velvet Revolver's show in Glasgow that this would be the band's final tour.

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Two conflicting stories of how frontman Scott Weiland and bassist Robert DeLeo met have been described by the band ; one was that Weiland and DeLeo met at a Black Flag concert in Long Beach, California in 1986.

Weiland presented a different version of meeting Robert in his autobiography, stating that Weiland and his high school friend, guitarist Corey Hicock, pursued Robert after witnessing him play live.

Nevertheless, Weiland, DeLeo, and Hicock would eventually form a band with drummer David Allin, called Swing.

In October 1995, the band regrouped with Weiland to begin recording its third album, renting out a mansion in Santa Barbara, California for the band to live together during the recording process.

The band, sans Weiland, recruited Dave Coutts, the frontman of Ten Inch Men, and performed under the moniker Talk Show.

Meanwhile, pursuing his own musical interests, Weiland released his first solo album, 12 Bar Blues, in 1998.

Despite reports that the band began work on a sixth studio album in 2002 that reportedly would go back to their Core-era sound and planned on releasing it in 2003, the band had dissolved by the end of 2002, after reports of an altercation between Dean DeLeo and Weiland after the last show of Stone Temple Pilots ' fall 2002 tour.

Weiland first became associated with former Guns N ' Roses members Slash ( guitar ), Matt Sorum ( drums ), and Duff McKagan ( bass ) and former Wasted Youth guitarist Dave Kushner in 2002, who were looking for a singer to start a band.

After the STP break-up Weiland joined them in 2003.

She invited the DeLeo brothers to play at a private beach party, which led to the reconciliation of Weiland and the DeLeo brothers.

In 2007, Dean DeLeo and Weiland discussed a concert promoter's offer to headline several summer festivals.

Subsequently Weiland left Velvet Revolver in April 2008 and the following month, Stone Temple Pilots announced they were reuniting for a 65-date North American tour.

On January 2, 2012, Scott Weiland also commented on the 20th anniversary of Core, saying " Well, we're doing a lot of special things.

The following day, the band released a brief statement announcing that that night's show in Lethbridge, Alberta was cancelled due to Scott Weiland being ordered to go on " 48 hours complete vocal rest due to strained vocal cords.

During the taping of their VH1 Storytellers performance, Weiland acknowledged artists such as The Rolling Stones, Neil Young and Robert Plant as their musical heroes, being honored with the chance to perform with them throughout STP's career.

Weiland has been called a " chameleon " due to his ability to change his vocal and fashion style.

This unique sound is the backdrop for the band's message of dignity for indigenous people, all of humanity, and Earth.

The band's music is described as a blend of genres, including hard rock, funk, soul, hip hop, reggae, jazz and ska and is often compared to that of Rage Against the Machine, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Fishbone.

" Machine Gun ", the instrumental title track from the band's debut album, became a staple at American sporting events, and is similarly featured in many films, including Boogie Nights and Looking for Mr. Goodbar.

It includes 19 of the band's greatest hits and is also available in a box set with a 25 track DVD of their music videos.

Bassist Nick Seymour, who is also an artist, designed or co-designed all of the band's album covers and interior artwork.

This slight difference in instrumentation derives from the British concert band's heritage in military bands, where the highest brass instrument is always the cornet.

1: The Miracle and the Sleeper ", which was released on the band's 1992 breakthrough album, Images and Words, and is followed by the 2005 album " Octavarium ".

2008 also saw a Japan exclusive box set containing the band's first six albums, This is the Devo Box.

His work with Body Count, whose 1992 debut album Marrow described as a " rock album with a rap mentality ", is described as paving the way for the success of rap rock fusions by bands like Kid Rock and Limp Bizkit ; however, Marrow states that the band's style does not fuse the two genres, and is solely a rock band.

In a 2002 story for the Chicago Daily Record, Mark Guarino, the newspaper's music critic, wrote that "' Forever Changes ' is a touchstone for serious pop fanatics ..." He added that, "... the band's first three albums were since rediscovered as visionary classics, all three culminating in ' Forever Changes ' ( Elektra ), the band's 1967 masterpiece of ornate pop.

The band's fashion-sense has been seminal ; Simeon Lipman, head of pop culture at Christie's auction house, has commented that " Led Zeppelin have had a big influence on fashion because the whole aura surrounding them is so cool, and people want a piece of that ".

The band's success peaked between 1980 and 1981 with a number of UK chart hits, including the classic single " Ace of Spades ", which is still a crowd favourite today and the # 1 on the live album No Sleep ' til Hammersmith.

The band announced a three-week residency in Las Vegas, with bassist Nikki Sixx stating, " This is the beginning of what will be the biggest probably four to five years of the band's career.

The band's 1983 hit " Blue Monday ", the best-selling 12-inch single of all time, is one example of how the band transformed their sound.

Rob Gretton, the band's manager for over twenty years, is credited for having found the name " New Order " in an article in The Guardian entitled " The People's New Order of Kampuchea ".

The band's identity with its " hometown " of Burlington, Vermont is evident in their actions.

The lead track, " Tom Sawyer ", is probably the band's best-known song with " Limelight " also receiving satisfactory responses from listeners and radio stations.

The bulk of the band's music has always included synthetic instruments in some form or another, and this is a great source of contention in the Rush camp, especially the band's heavy reliance on synthesizers and keyboards during the 1980s, particularly on albums Grace Under Pressure, Power Windows, and Hold Your Fire.

Moving Pictures is currently the band's highest-selling album ( 4. 4 million units ).

The Midwestern United States was the original REO Speedwagon fan stronghold and is pivotal in this period of the band's history.

In a recent webisode posted on the band's website, Lewis stated that eight songs are written and that " every one of them is as heavy or heavier than the heaviest song on the last record ".