Scott Weiland and Eric Kretz, Stone Temple Pilots’ vocalist and drummer, respectively are being sued by the Warner Music Group’s Atlantic Records for “trying to prematurely end their recording contract,” according to Reuters. Basically, Weiland and Kretz are not happy with the original terms of the deal and say they will not honor the contract unless they can renegotiate. This seems fair enough, considering the band has already given the label 6 albums. But, no. This is why you guys are going down: the label “wants the group to record a seventh album and deliver up to two more if Atlantic decides it wants them”. Not cool.
‘But why are the brothers DeLeo—guitarist Dean, bassist Robert—not being sued?’ you ask. Well, this is where the plot thickens. The DeLeos were let out of their contract when STP broke up. But now that the band have reunited and have talked about recording an album, the label feels it’s been duped and that the breakup was a ruse for STP to get out of their contract. That’s a bit of a stretch since the band was defunct for 6 years, but we kinda see how Atlantic would be miffed at missing out on a potential moneymaker. Or what passes for one in these piracy-laden times.
