WEILAND AND THE NHL: THEY BOTH NEED ICE BEFORE THEY CAN PUT ON A SHOW

If there was ever a pop brawl we could find ourselves unmoved by, a battle of wits between Velvet Revolver and Doug Robb of Hoobastank was alwasy looking to shape us a flat one. And so far, it seems that Scott Weiland are as unmoved as we are by Robb throwing down a gauntlet: he's written a song which attempts to draw moral parallels between Velvet Revolver and, um, striking ice hockey players:

" 'If I Were You ...' was really inspired by, um, the NHL strike. Not like 'Oh, I'm going to write a song about hockey!' but watching all that — and going on tour with Velvet Revolver — you see all these guys who have so much and don't appreciate it," he said. "They seem to have forgotten where they came from. Actually, let me rephrase that: Four of those guys were the coolest ever, one of them is just in his own world. And I'll leave it at that."

It's a little unfair to blame Weiland for forgetting where he's come from - the man has got so much shit sloshing around inside his system it's a miracle he can remember what way round to put his trousers on in the morning.

But getting a lecture from Hoobastank? Damn, I'll bet that really makes him sit down and think some serious thoughts about his life.

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