Scott Weiland

Memories of a Rock Star

By: Greg Prato

Narrated by: Greg Prato

Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins

Publisher's summary

From late 1992 and throughout the remainder of the decade, if you spent any amount of time watching MTV or listening to rock radio, you were bound to come in contact with a tune by Stone Temple Pilots. With such classic releases as Core, Purple, and Tiny Music....

Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop selling millions and spawning countless hits (Sex Type Thing, Plush, Creep, Vasoline, Interstate Love Song, Big Empty, Big Bang Baby, etc.), STP is now widely considered one of rock's all-time great acts. And during this time, there were few rock frontmen who commanded an audience and generated as many headlines as Scott Weiland. Despite fronting another successful band, Velvet Revolver, and issuing his own critically acclaimed solo albums, Weiland could not overcome his demons - passing away in 2015 (at the age of 48).

Scott Weiland: Memories of a Rock Star features nearly 30 all-new interviews conducted exclusively for this book, including members of bands that toured with STP (Megadeth, Meat Puppets, Blind Melon, etc.), worked with Scott (Scott's autobiography co-author David Ritz, video directors Kevin Kerslake and Josh Taft, producer/engineer Chris Goss, etc.), or were friends and/or admirers of Scott's music (Richard Patrick, Bob Forrest, Matt Pinfield, Eddie Trunk, etc.). Get ready for an honest and accurate portrayal of Scott Weiland!

©2016 Greg Prato Writer, Corp. (P)2021 Greg Prato Writer, Corp.

Not much to be excited about

From the get-go, the narrator's voice and cadence made this a tough one to get through. Almost as if a robot were reading the story.

The details shared about Scott are all second-hand accounts and read in a very boring, nerdy tone. There was nothing in this audiobook that I couldn't have gotten doing a Google search. it's a handful of interviews read outloud.

The idea is there, to document what others have said about a great frontman, but it'd be less painful for me to read these interview exchanges about Scott Weiland than to have somebody state the person's name, and follow with their answers. A painful listen. Should have been left alone as a soft cover printed book.

Disappointing

Regret this purchase for sure. There’s not a lot of good material out there about STP, and this “book” sadly doesn’t add much to the picture. No narrative to speak of, just 2nd (and often 3rd-hand) pull-quotes loosely gathered by topic. Much less satisfying than Prado’s grunge book… this feels like leftover scraps. The wooden narration only compounds the problem.

Don’t Bother

Another wasted credit on this piece of crap. I couldn’t finish it. Terrible. And the author should not read his own book. Just awful. I gave it one star because i couldn’t give it less.

Lots of stories about one of the greats.

If you're a Weiland fan it's a must listen. There's a lot of good stories from people that knew him.

Great

Another great one from Greg Prato. Tons of behind the scenes info. Keep them coming.