Stone Temple Pilots Reveal ‘Disturbing’ Scott Weiland Song
Stone Temple Pilots drummer Eric Kretz discussed how Scott Weiland sang from the ‘disturbing’ point of view of a sexual predator in “Sex Type Thing” in a new Rock.com.arinterview, despite not being like that at all. The quotes below are translated so aren’t exactly correct.
“Sex Type Thing” is one of your favorite topics, but Scott did not like it to be made mosh because the lyrics embodied the “perspective” of a rapist. As a band, how do you feel about that today?
Yes, I think it has a double message: the music is very energetic and powerful, but the lyrics differ a lot. I remember that Weiland told that he wanted to address it in the first person, from the point of view of the author of the act, which was quite disturbing. And we said, “Oh, man, now you’re going to believe that you really think like that!” It was very disturbing because he was an extraordinary and obvious person who did not reason in that way, at all. So at first we deliberated whether people really understood the message, but then we gave it to them, just because we knew that he was not like that.
And in effect, part of the Americans misunderstood it.
For a long time he had to go out and explain it. Although today, being a song of more than twenty-five years, everyone listens to the words and do not analyze so in detail what Scott was trying to say. Directly they get to full with the energy of the subject, they enjoy it and they do mosh. Many of our songs have that challenging feeling and it takes you a lot to understand what we really try to express. It’s great that you mentioned it, because I did not analyze it a lot. So thanks.
LIMP BIZKIT, PUDDLE OF MUDD, SALIVA MEMBERS RELEASE SLEEPKILLERS SONG ‘SO LOW’
Courtesy of Sleepkillers
Fresh rock act Sleepkillers are back with an icy shot of post-grunge provocation on their new song, “So Low,” the second single from the supergroup that’s spearheaded by Limp Bizkit bassist Sam Rivers and ex-Puddle of Muddmember Damien Starkey.
It follows last year’s lumbering guitar stomp from the crew, “Dirty Foot,” which was the premiere tune from the nu¨-metal-indebted duo. Rivers and Starkey are joined by both Saliva‘s Bobby Amaru and fellow Puddle of Mudd alum Adam Latiff in their live lineup.
“So Low” is set to appear on the burgeoning rockers’ self-titled, debut album, due out March 1. Below, watch the stylized lyric clip for the emotion-fueled jam, and see the track listing for the upcoming Sleepkillers album after the video.
The band are said to be currently planning some live shows around the record’s release. Pre-orders for Sleepkillers album go live on iTunes, Thursday, Feb. 21, and will include instant downloads of “Dirty Foot” and “So Low.”
Sleepkillers, Sleepkillers Track Listing
“Dirty Foot”
“Leftovers”
“Left for Dead”
“Drown”
“Hate Me”
“End of the Rope”
“So Low”
“Hogtied”
“Facedown”
“Better Man”