Scott Weiland Gets Official Nod To Lead Ex-GN’R Members

MTV News reports the group known simply as the Project — featuring ex-Guns N’ Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum — has decided officially that Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland is getting the group’s singing slot. According to sources close to the band, the Project had been trying to help Weiland lessen his risk of a drug relapse, including exploring options such as rehab, methadone treatment, 24-hour supervision and martial-arts programs that would require mental discipline. Read more.