Making an album should be an honest experience. It shouldn't be about trying to gauge where popular music is today; it should be about artistic expression and putting down what you want to put down.

According to Dean DeLeo steps toward a Stone Temple Pilots reunion started with a simple phone call from Weiland's wife. Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop. In a November 2012 interview with Rolling Stone Weiland revealed that he is engaged to photographer Jamie Wachtel whom he met while filming the music video for his version of "I'll Be Home for Christmas" in 2011.

During a career spanning three decades Weiland is best known as the former frontman for the successful rock band Stone Temple Pilots as well as the supergroup Velvet Revolver from 2003 to 2008. He has also establiScott Weilandd himself as a solo artist releasing three studio albums a cover album and collaborations with several other musicians since 1998. While viewed as a talented and versatile vocalist Weiland's career has been plagued by substance abuse as well as several arrests.