Dean DeLeo Discusses Stone Temple Pilots’ New Album
Michael Wright|05.28.2010In a recent interview with MusicRadar.com, Dean DeLeo talked about getting back into the studio with Stone Temple Pilots, a band he drove with ferocious guitars for 14 years. The band famously imploded in 2003, with Weiland joining former Guns N’ Roses members Slash, Duff McKagen and Matt Sorum in Velvet Revolver and Dean and his brother Robert forming Army of Anyone with Richard Patrick from Filter and drummer Ray Luzier. With Weiland’s recent departure from Velvet Revolver, the door was open for a reunion. After a massive North American tour, the band hunkered down in the studio and emerged with the self-titled Stone Temple Pilots, one of their best received albums to date.
“I always knew this day would come,” said DeLeo. “I've heard Scott [Weiland] talk about us making more music as 'unfinished business,' and you know, c'est la vie. Here we are. I hope to make five more great records with this band.”
“A lot of people called our situation a ‘break-up,’ but we ? and I'm talking about the band ? refer to it as a much-needed respite. Look, if we didn't go our separate ways right then and kind of tuck this in bed for a while, we never would've gotten back together. We were shoulder-to-shoulder for 14 years. We spent most of our adult lives in tight surroundings and quarters.”