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| | Description | In the early 1990s, Stone Temple Pilots—not U2, not Nirvana, not Pearl Jam—was the hottest band in the world. STP toppled such megabands as Aerosmith and Guns N’ Roses on MTV and the Billboard charts. Lead singer Scott Weiland became an iconic front man in the tradition of Mick Jagger, David Bowie, and Robert Plant. Then, when STP imploded, it was Weiland who emerged as the emblem of rock star excess, with his well-publicized drug busts and trips to rehab. Weiland has since made a series of stunning comebacks, fronting the supergroup Velvet Revolver, releasing solo work, and reuniting with Stone Temple Pilots. He has prevailed as a loving, dedicated father, as well as a business-savvy artist whose well of creativity is far from empty. Not Dead & Not for Sale is a hard rock memoir to be reckoned with—a passionate, insightful, and at times humorous book that reads with extraordinary narrative force. | |
| | Product Details | | Author: | Scott Weiland | | Hardcover: | 288 pages | | Publisher: | Scribner | | Publication Date: | May 17, 2011 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0743297164 | | Package Length: | 9.06 inches | | Package Width: | 6.3 inches | | Package Height: | 1.18 inches | | Package Weight: | 1.15 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 54 reviews |
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55 of 59 found the following review helpful:
 the worst Rock n' Roll Autobio I've ever read May 15, 2011
By STP fan
I am a huge STP fan, and have been looking forward to this books release since Mr. Weiland first began speaking of it 5-10 years ago. Given that much time to write the book and working with a talented co-author in David Ritz I felt like this was going to be a great read, from the point of view of a man that has lead one hell of a crazy life. instead all we are given is an extended recount of every article that is written about scott. There is almost no incite into the inner-workings of any of Scott's bands, or even expanded interpretations of well known story's of his life.
The book will take most people 1.5-3 hours to read, and approx. 10% of that is lyrics from songs he's written. It's 238 pages but reads like a 100 page book due to the "art", blank pages, and huge page breaks. so How do you cram great incite into the life of someone who's sold 40 Million records, been in rehab countless times, and been a permanent fixture in rock news for 20 years in 100 pages? You don't. Weiland's ex-wife Mary Forsberg's book released last year was much better written, much more informative, and much more interesting then Scott's book. Almost everything printed in this book was covered with more clarity in Mary's book.
If you really want to know about the history of STP, or Velvet revolver or Scott's solo work, there is much more information on-line then is offered in this book. It's incredible how little he delves into this actually. I haven't gone and actually counted but I'm sure the name Eric Kretz (STP drummer) only appears in the book 3 times. surely in 20 years of STP's history, Scott and Eric had SOME sort of note-worthy interaction. It almost seems that he purposely left all the interesting details of his life out. As if he started off with the intentions of baring his soul on paper like Anthony Kiedis did in his autobio, but quickly decided that he'd rather not have any information that wasn't already public knowledge released.
I have no doubt that the Story of Scott Weiland would be a compelling read, unfortunatly it appears that Scott figured out AFTER signing his book deal that he wasn't ready to let the world in on his private life.
24 of 25 found the following review helpful:
Underwhelmed May 19, 2011
By Lillian Rose
It is with sadness that I say that this is the most uninformative biography that I have read to date. I love biographies and am a huge STP fan but, feel robbed. I feel guilty for not writing a favorable review but, feel that I must in all good conscience be honest. There is no meat and potatoes in this bio. I would call it an outline and not a book. Very surprising considering Scott had help with it. I wonder if it's possible to get a refund?
36 of 42 found the following review helpful:
not much insight May 13, 2011
By austincara
i was really excited about this book, because i read mary weiland's account of things, and i thought it would be really interesting to see how someone else viewed the same events. scott starts with a promise of insight and helpfulness and a desire to be honest, however, when recounting events, very little is actually said. i feel like the same information could have been gotten from wikipedia. i think he had the best intentions when starting, but somehow lost interest in writing somewhere in the middle. if you don't want to share things with the world, i get it, and that's perfectly reasonable, but then don't write a book. there's very little relating of feelings toward certain subjects, and if feelings are shared, they're very superficial, that is, there's mention of guilt or bliss but no further elaborations. every now and then he puts in a random jab at his ex wife that seems to contradict everything he's just said about her. there's a lot of space filler and really just not a lot of either owning up to behavior or explaining his perspective of things. it's very dry. his drug use is more or less breezed over. not a lot of personal stories. like i said, i think he just really didn't want to tell anybody anything, and that's fair. i just don't know why i had to give him money for him to tell me that. i seriously read this book from cover to cover while my daughter watched tangled. i'm certain he could have actually helped a few people by writing more honestly.
10 of 10 found the following review helpful:
worthless really May 23, 2011
By GKmusicsales
No heart, no soul. No effort. Scott describes playing live as "punching the timeclock." His last record and this book follow that description too.
He regularly introduces a topic, describes it in no depth, and then moves on to a new topic. For every 2 pages of generously spaced text, there are two or three blank pages before the following "chapter." More or less, its information you can read on wikipedia if you so desired. In some instances, with more detail. Really disappointing.
10 of 10 found the following review helpful:
288 "Soft" Pages May 20, 2011
By Mikey
This book is reported at 288 pages. I would call it a "Soft" 288 pages. Many pages are blank or all black. Others have pictures or large song lyrics on them, leaving room for a paragraph or so.
Scott Weiland is loved principally because of STP and Velvet Revolver. Yet he provides frustratingly little details about his time in the bands.
"Perla, Slash's wife was getting so involved with the band that she was even in the meetings."
Okay. What was she doing? How was it disruptive?
He glosses over STP's rise to fame, as well as the bands few breakups. Very little gritty detail about tour stories, band conflicts, and generally things that fans of Weiland crave details about.
I finished this book in like less than 3 hours. Overall disappointing.
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