Scott Weiland Interview VIDEO

Posted on November 18, 2008

Scott Weiland recently had a revealing interview in which he discusses the demise of Velvet Revolver, and talk about his recent projects. See the video interview of Scott Weiland below.

From the LA Weekly interview with singer and occasional “train wreck” Scott Weiland:

When I arrive for our interview, Weiland and his band are rehearsing songs off his upcoming solo album, “Happy In Galoshes”, due November 25 on Weiland’s own Softdrive Records. Electricity crackles through the room as the musicians discuss each song and knock them out, one after another. The excitement is to be expected; Galoshes is Weiland’s first solo album in a decade (since the release of 12 Bar Blues in 1998) and his first collection of new material since his highly publicized falling out with Velvet Revolver this past Spring.

“We weren’t writing songs to write hits,” Weiland explains about his and songwriting/producing partner Doug Grean’s approach to Galoshes. “We looked at this place [Lavish Studio] as a place to create. It was kind of a getaway… a place to have solitude and, really, for me to write music that was true to me.”

Weiland went on to discuss the emotional turmoil that went into making this album, influenced much by the death of his brother in 2007, his mother’s recent battle with cancer and the legalities of separating from his wife, Mary Forsberg, with whom he has two kids. During one of the more poignant moments in our conversation, Weiland — lost in thought, his eyes far away — spoke of his children and how hard it is to miss any of their growing up because of touring demands.

“It pains me when I am gone for a month, even, and I come back and there’s differences — big positive amazing differences, beautiful differences — that I haven’t been a part of because I’ve been working… to make the money, out there on the road.”

Check out the video below for an inside look at L.A. Weekly’s visit to Weiland’s studio and our one-on-one interview.