Does the world need a genetically engineered new rock roll band?
Well I signed Stone Temple Pilots when I was at Atlantic, and I’ve been a friend of Scott Weiland’s ever since then, and I’m a big Scott Weiland fan. I don’t know the other members of Velvet Revolver, but there is no more authentic and personal artist that I’ve ever met than Scott Weiland. He is really in his own world. He really comes from the heart in everything he does, and if he believes in this band I believe in it. Will it sell records? Well, it’ll depend on the record. I haven’t heard the record. If it’s a really good record, if it touches and inspires people, it’ll sell. If it doesn’t, it won’t. It’s going to get played on the radio, it’s going to get press, it’s going to get marketed. So it’s going to depend on whether or not the core audience for it, which is rock fans, like it or not. And without having heard it I just don’t know. But I would never bet against Scott Weiland. He’s never been the favorite of critics, he’s always been sort of in his own path, but his talent for
