Weiland to Front Gn’R Band
After two recorded songs and months of speculation, Stone Temple
Pilots singer Scott Weiland confirmed that he will be the singer
for the band featuring former Guns n’ Roses members Slash (guitar),
Duff McKagan (bass) and Matt Sorum (drums). According to Weiland,
the secretive group, which has been working under the name “the
Project,” will be called Reloaded.
“Yeah, I’m in the band,” Weiland told Rolling Stone
during Marilyn Manson’s show at Los Angeles’ Key Club on Monday
night. “We signed the contract.”
Sorum, who attended the Manson show with Weiland, was more
guarded about the singer’s involvement. “I need to ask my whole
band before we can say anything,” he said. “We left the studio
tonight to come down here to see Manson.”
Sorum and company had been searching for a frontman for the
better part of a year. In addition to an open call for demo tapes,
they tried out a stable of well-known singers including Sebastian
Bach (Skid Row), Travis Meek (Days of the New), Kelly Shaefer
(Neurotica), Josh Todd (Buckcherry) and A. Jay Popoff (Lit). VH1
has been filming the tryouts and sessions for an upcoming
special.
Last month, Weiland seemed to gain the pole position when he
recorded a cover of Pink Floyd’s “Money” with the band and
guitarist David Kushner (Suicidal Tendencies, Wasted Youth) for
The Italian Job soundtrack, due May 26th.
According to a post on the Stone Temple Pilots Web site,
Reloaded also worked on a new song called “Set Me Free” for The
Hulk soundtrack and hope to release a full-length record by
February 2004.