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| Coming August 2, 2016 |
Stone Temple
Pilots, Big Bang Baby
These are
writing songs - songs and music videos that I listened to and watched while
writing THE LOVE KILLINGS...
I was in the
middle of writing THE LOVE KILLINGS when I heard the sad news that Scott
Weiland, lead singer for Stone Temple Pilots, had passed away. The story had
the feel of a dark death, alone in a tour bus on a cold winter night in
Minnesota. It was December 3, 2015. I could see it in my mind like I'm seeing
it now -- the eerie image of a bus idling in the night while knowing what was
happening inside. It must have been horrific, worse than what my imagination is
doing to it as I write this. My deadline for THE LOVE KILLINGS was twelve days
off, (the absolute last, no more favors deadline), and I still had fourteen
chapters to write, so I worked through the sad news as best I could.
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| Stone Temple Pilots |
Weiland's voice
and manner blew my mind from day one. But so did the raw sound of the entire
band. Robert DeLeo's clean bass playing that seemingly had no limitations, Eric Kretz keeping the heat up on drums. But what stands out most for me is Dean DeLeo on lead guitar and his unique respect
for rhythm and creating a true "wall of sound." I once heard Keith
Richards talk about the "wall of sound." He said that it was so
strong and so powerful at times that he could lean his back against it and feel
the vibrations pushing him back up. Dean DeLeo gives the concept a whole new
meaning, particularly in songs like Plush, Wicked
Garden, and Sex Type Thing.
But maybe the best
reason why I like Stone Temple Pilots so much is that it seems as if they
succeeded because of their fans. Like the great film director, Stanley Kubrick,
with each new project, it often took time for the media to catch up. But the fans of both the
band and the filmmaker were always there, and still are today.
THE LOVE
KILLINGS will be here in less than two weeks.Sleep tight,
Robert
Hey, what's next?
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