Scott Weiland

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On with the shows . . .

Winter 2009's got plenty in store
If freezing your ass off builds character, music fans should prepare to develop way too much character over the next few months.
By MICHAEL BRODEUR AND CHRIS FARAONE | December 30, 2008

Scott Weiland | “Happy” in Galoshes

Softdrive/New West (2008)
It might be one of the year’s worst albums, an underwritten, overarranged mess of factory-floor guitar fuzz, go-nowhere vocal melodies, limp electronic beats, and lyrical clunkers
By MIKAEL WOOD | November 24, 2008

Real life rock ’n’ roll

Pistol Shot Gypsy: ‘For the people, by the people’
Pistol Shot Gypsy, formerly Soma City, has been in the midst of a complete overhaul, nominally, artistically, and personally.
By BOB GULLA | June 24, 2008

The big hurt: Music news in brief

Wal-Mart wanes, Satan wins, Weiland whines
Those of us still chuckling over DMX's “your momma ain’t name you no damn Barack” diatribe are in for another dose of ill-informed rapper cuteness.
By DAVID THORPE | April 15, 2008

The Big Hurt: Jammin’ with Nordstrom

Living guy sells out; dead guy sells out; living guys die
“I am stoked to collaborate with Nordstrom,” said Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz in a recent press release.
By DAVID THORPE | April 01, 2008

Voices carry

Stephen Malkmus, plus Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan as the Gutter Twins
Stephen Malkmus never sounds like anyone other than Stephen Malkmus.
By MATT ASHARE | March 05, 2008

Restless songsmith

Steve Smith finds a home for his rock in Boston
He wasn’t quite happy, and throughout Dirty Vegas’s two-disc career, he continued writing introspective, confessional songs on his acoustic guitar.
By MATT ASHARE | February 27, 2008

The big hurt: Hello, goodbye

And a warm hello to STP, Britney, and Lily Allen
I should probably explain that this is not the same David Thorpe who recently resigned from a different local newspaper where he wrote a beloved weekly column very, very much like this one.
By DAVID THORPE | February 20, 2008