Scott Weiland

Without Slash busting out mad riffs or the stress of living up to STP's '90s dominance, Scott Weiland can just be himself ... or his many selves. Ten years after releasing his solo debut of opiate-fueled, bluesy rockers, he is now "happy" and uses his new contentment to channel multiple personalities. His scratchy, strained croons allude to his troubled past, but beyond that he gives us Dylan Weiland on the twangy "Tangle With Your Mind," Bowie Weiland on "Paralysis" and the funky cover "Fame," Beach Boys Weiland on harmony-happy "Beautiful Day" and Prince Weiland on "Big Black Monster."

Stone Temple Pilots and ex-Velvet Revolver singer Scott Weiland does nothing in half
measures — drug troubles, band dramas or solo albums. His latest is two discs and all over
the highway, from the solid rock of "Missin' Cleveland" to the banjo-glam ballad "Tango With
Your Mind" to the bossa-nova glide of "Killing Me Sweetly." The connecting tissue is
Weiland's passion for another chameleon, David Bowie: The chorus in "She Sold... More >