Word: rocke
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...already dead. And when he learned from the centurion that he was dead, he granted the body to Joseph. And he bought a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud, and laid him in a tomb which had been hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb. --Gospel of Mark...
...just so easy to hate Scott Weiland. Right as Pearl Jam decided they didn't want to be famous and began their ambitious attempt to alienate every single one of their fans, Weiland's bubble-grunge outfit Stone Temple Pilots went on to fill the blustery-rock void. STP sold millions of albums on the strengths of such artistic master-pieces as "Creep" and "Trippin' on a Hole In a Paper Heart," with self-confessed "fashion whore" Weiland squarely at the helm. Sure, they were hooky, but compared to Pearl Jam, STP exuded about as much genuine angst as Gavin...
Like Pearl Jam before him, Weiland has attempted to completely escape all the musical trappings and conventions that had him destined for the same great importance in rock history as Seven Mary Three and Candlebox. Instead, Weiland has decided to plunder the grave of the Beatles, fashioning an album styled to their late-1960s hijinks allied with the glam of 1970s David Bowie. Witness "Barbarella," the album's first single, and a seven-minute opus where Weiland throws in every studio trick the Beatles ever used, and then some. Unfortunately, Weiland has forgotten the difference between noise and tune--sift...
...earlier "Interstate Love Song," not that this is necessarily a bad thing. STP was a great radio band, and a simple, heart-felt blues ballad sounds as good today as it did three years ago. The next track, "Divider," runs along the same listenable tracks--a piano-driven, modern-rock testament to the pain of drug addiction...
...untalented artist struggling to find his voice and ultimately ending up with too much style and too little content. STP fans will undoubtedly argue whether Weiland was better off with his former bandmates or not, and at this point, it's tough choice--measured, vanilla alt-rock hits vs. weird, inspired unpredictability. But for Weiland, the real question is whether 12 Bar Blues will go down in rock history as the audacious start of a memorable and exciting solo career, or just a depraved one-off from a rock singer has-been...