VELVET REVOLVER Singer: 'There Are Five Large Egos In This Band'

October 18, 2004

VELVET REVOLVER singer Scott Weiland has told MTV.com that the free show they put on at a Hollywood parking lot last Wednesday (Oct. 13) is a good idea of what fans can expect on the band's current U.S. tour.

"The sum of all our parts, all our life experiences, we bring every one of the elements we have inside of us onto the stage and it explodes out of all our pores," Weiland said. "That's why people come to see us, and why our shows are selling out. I like to say it's the Evel Knievel factor. You've got to figure, the way we've all lived our lives, it's been pretty rough around the edges, so you get five guys who've lived that way, and you really never know what's going to happen. Anything can happen at any time.

"Everyone's really in a great place right now," Weiland continued. "There are five large egos in this band, that's kind of an undeniable factor. It's not like we're saints. We do argue. But we do know how to negotiate our way around those arguments. One thing that we have learned is to keep a band together. So going out on the road, when the road can be a tenuous place, and a lot of drama can ensue, and everyone has different ideas of how things should be run, well, we've learned what to do and what not to do. Through all the things we've done wrong in the past, we've learned what to do right."

VELVET REVOLVER tour dates:

Oct. 19 - Tulsa, OK @ Green on the East End
Oct. 20 - Oklahoma City, OK @ Zoo Amphitheatre
Oct. 23 - Phoenix, AZ @ Phoenix Coliseum
Oct. 24 - Dallas, TX @ Smirnoff Center
Oct. 25 - McAllen, TX @ Dodge Arena
Oct. 28 - San Antonio, TX @ Verizon Wireless
Oct. 30 - Houston, TX @ Cynthia Woods Pavilion
Oct. 31 - Little Rock, AR @ Alltel Arena
Nov. 01 - Austin, TX @ Austin Music Hall
Nov. 05 - Birmingham, AL @ Boutwell Municipal Auditorium
Nov. 06 - Memphis, TN @ Desoto County Civic Center
Nov. 09 - Worcester, MA @ Worcester Centrum
Nov. 12 - Manchester, NH @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Nov. 16 - Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
Nov. 23 - Detroit, MI @ Emerald Theatre

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