Scott Weiland Claims He Just Did It For The $$$ [VIDEO]

Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland has a new autobiography out.

It's entitled "Not Dead and Not For Sale", and rollingstone.com recently published an excerpt in which Weiland describes his tenure with supergroup Velvet Revolver.

In short, he did it for the cash.

"I wasn't sure whether I wanted to hook up with these guys. Duff said, 'There's soundtrack stuff we've been asked to do, and the money's great.' The money attracted me."

But at the same time, he goes on to say that the group essentially worked well with one another and he ultimately did like the music they produced ("Slither", in particular is a favorite of mine) though he states it wasn't his finest work.

"There was so much energy on the stage that at times it felt combustible -- anything could happen at any time. We were dangerous" he writes regarding the band members.

And of the music he states "I can't call it the music of my soul. There was a certain commercial calculation behind it."

Velvet Revolver eventually kicked him out of the band due to his ongoing drug problems or so they have claimed. Since then, Scott rejoined STP and hit the road (I caught them last summer at Roy Wilkins Auditorium: electrifying) and Velvet Revolver - remaining members Slash, Duff McKagan, Matt Sorum and Dave Kushner- has played an annoying game of cat-and-mouse with the public regarding reforming and replacing Weiland.

It has yet to happen.

I've speculated that Weiland never truly left and that the search for the new lead singer was a ruse to keep the fans interested while Weiland went and did his STP thing and then returned for another round of VR.

But with the release of the book, now I am not as sure.

Would you be interested in seeing a group whose lead singer basically calls so-so, and openly admits he's not into their music?

Either was, judging by what I experienced at Wilkins last year, I cannot wait for STP at Moondance Jam this July.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Scott Weiland is a natural born rock star. Perhaps this era's Jim Morrison. And yes, his unpredictability plays into it all.

Even if he is just doing it for the money.