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Weiland Escapes Jail
Scott Weiland's lucky he's not singing the 12-bar blues behind bars by now.
The Stone Temple Pilot turned Velvet Revolver frontman escaped jail time last week, as a judge in Pasadena, California, sentenced the rocker to three years' probation stemming from a May arrest on two felony counts of drug possession.
As part of his punishment, which was handed down last Thursday, Weiland will have to complete court-ordered counseling with Alcoholics Anonymous, attend multiple rehab sessions and submit to random-drug testing to make sure he's finally kicked his heroin habit.
(Weiland returned to rehab shortly after his arrest.)
Weiland, 35, was busted on May 18 in Burbank, California, shortly before midnight, after police pulled him over for driving without his lights on. A subsequent search of his vehicle turned up drug paraphernalia and small amounts of cocaine and heroin. He was booked on two counts of possession and was released on $10,000 bail later that morning. (His passenger, 29-year-old Jennifer Lynn Sires, was also arrested.)
Should Weiland relapse and violate the terms of his probation, the rocker could get up to a year in the slammer. But if he stays sober, the case will eventually be dismissed.
Based on his track record, though, that's easier said than done.
The sobriety-challenged singer has racked up more arrests than hits over the years. His numerous run-ins with the law landed him a one-year stint in a Los Angeles jail and helped scuttle his career with the Pilots, one of the '90s biggest-selling grunge acts.
After getting out of jail and cleaning himself up, he went solo with 1998's underwhelming 12 Bar Blues before rejoining STP for 2001's Shangri-La Dee Da, but the album quickly faded from the charts.
Weiland and company toured anyway, but the comeback was derailed when he was arrested on a spousal abuse rap in Las Vegas before a November 2001 show at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.
Aside from the odd concert, the Pilots have been laying low, and Weiland has since moved on to Velvet Revolver, a new band formed by ex-Guns N' Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum, along with David Kushner of Suicidal Tendencies.
Weiland's most recent drug charges had threatened to jeopardize the future of Revolver, which has been building buzz for months.The band's rendition of Pink Floyd's "Money" landed on the Italian Job soundtrack and an original tune, "Set Me Free," made it onto the Hulk soundtrack. The band also recorded a track called "Slither," with famed producer Bob Ezrin, known for working with such acts as Pink Floyd, Jane's Addiction and KISS.
Before Weiland was sentenced, the band wrote dozens of songs and tested some of the new material during a June gig at Los Angeles' El Rey Theater.
Velvet Revolver initially planned to put out an EP and DVD of the heavily hyped show (bootlegs are already circulating online), but the band changed its mind and decided to return to the studio in the fall and instead record a full-length album due in stores sometime in February. The hiatus will give Weiland time to make it through rehab and the band time to find a producer and record label (Elektra, Warner and RCA are all said to be in the mix).
"Scott is doing very well, thanks everybody for their support and is looking forward to making the Velvet Revolver album to be released early next year," said band rep Arlett Vereecke.
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