STONE TEMPLE PILOTS/ex-VELVET REVOLVERfrontman Scott Weiland's long-awaited autobiography,"Not Dead & Not For Sale", will be released on May 17 via the Simon & SchusterimprintScribner.Weiland, 43, collaborated on the project withDavid Ritz, the"Sexual Healing"lyricist who has co-written autobiographies for the likes ofMarvin Gaye,Aretha Franklin,Ray Charlesand more recentlyDon Rickles.
Weilandhas confirmed the following signing engagements for"Not Dead & Not For Sale":
Tuesday, May 17 at 7:00 p.m.
Barnes & Noble
33 East 17th Street
New York, NY
Tuesday, May 24 at 7:00 p.m.
Book Soup
8818 Sunset Blvd.
W. Hollywood, CA
In other news,Weiland's producer, business partner and touring guitaristDoug Greanrevealed in aFacebookposting thatWeilandhas plans to issue a new solo album later this year featuring eight previously unreleased tracks and five or six already released songs.Greanadded, "It's to go along with the book."
In a November 2007 interview withReuters,Weilandsaid that he was feeling overwhelmed by the prospect of chronicling his eventful life to date.
"It's a weird thing," he said. "You make a lot of records, write a lot of songs, but all of a sudden you go into a whole different vein, and it's a little bit scary to dive into."
In the early 1990s,STONE TEMPLE PILOTS- notU2, notNIRVANA, notPEARL JAM- was the hottest band in the world.STPtoppled such mega-bands asAEROSMITHandGUNS N' ROSESonMTVand theBillboardcharts.Weilandbecame an iconic frontman in the tradition ofMick Jagger,David Bowie, andRobert Plant.
Then, whenSTPimploded, it wasWeilandwho emerged as the emblem of rock star excess, with his well-publicized drug busts and trips to rehab.Weilandhas since made a series of stunning comebacks, fronting the supergroupVELVET REVOLVER, releasing solo work, and, most recently, reuniting withSTONE TEMPLE PILOTS. He still struggles with the bottle but he has prevailed as a loving, dedicated father, as well as a business-savvy artist whose well of creativity is far from empty.
These earthling papers exploreWeiland's early years as an altar boy right along with his first experiences with sex and drugs.Weilanddiscusses his complex relationships with his parents, stepfather, siblings, and the love of his life,Mary Forsberg Weiland. Readers learn the fascinating stories behind his most well-known songs and what it was like to be there at the beginning of the grunge phenomenon, asRolling Stoneproclaimed on its cover "the year punk broke.""Not Dead & Not for Sale"is a hard rock memoir to be reckoned with - a passionate, insightful, and at times humorous book that reads with extraordinary narrative force.
Source: www.Blabbermouth.Net
