Songfacts: And what about Slither from Velvet Revolver? It’s that youth apathy, that second-guessing yourself, not feeling like you fit in. Scott: That’s just the idea of being a young person somewhere, caught between still being a kid and becoming a young man. Songfacts:…what about the STP song Creep, what do you remember about the lyrical writing of that song? So it’s more about the vibe, the angst and that kind of a thing, as opposed to actual life experiences. I mean, at the age of 21, 22, I didn’t have a whole lot of life experiences. Songfacts: What was the lyrical inspiration behind the STP song, Dead and Bloated?
This is much more of an indie-sounding record, but it still is very much a rock and roll record. Which was fun, but I think for a lot of the STP and Velvet Revolver fans, it was kind of a stretch for them to wrap their heads around because they were very left-of-center records, 12 Bar Blues and Happy in Galoshes. We’d bring in loops and stuff – the loops that we created for the album, we’d bring them out live. That was fun, but it was more difficult to bring that to the stage, because it meant we had to have more players and a lot of effects.
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And as a solo artist, I kind of felt free to go off and explore all different styles of music that I’ve been interested in over my lifetime and find some sort of cosmic melting pot for it. When I was writing with STP and Velvet Revolver, it was kind of the same thing: One of the guys would have a song idea and we’d kind of suss it out with the band and then I’d write my melodies and then write my lyrics to the melodies. The two big bands that I’ve played in up to this point, Velvet Revolver and STP, are known for big, D-tuned power riffs, power chords, and big sound. In the past, writing alone, I’ve written much more eclectic records. Scott Weiland: Well, this album is different, the current one that I’m working on with the band. Songfacts: How would you say that you write your best songs? Excerpts from the interview appear below.
Greg Prato of Songfacts spoke with former Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver singer Scott Weiland.