During our revisit of the one and only Talk Show album featuring the three guys not named Scott Weiland from Stone Temple Pilots during their infamous 1997 hiatus, we remarked how the music remained steady but the vocals and melodies were less interesting. Now we get to examine the other side of that temporary split with Weiland's 1998 solo debut 12 Bar Blues. Would the lack of the DeLeo brothers inventive riffing similarly hamper the lead singers creative output? The simple answer is no, thanks to Weiland's willingness to experiment, filling the record with interesting sounds and surrounding himself with accomplished musicians. It is an admirable, if occasionally messy, attempt to shatter the perceptions of what it meant to be "the lead singer of Stone Temple Pilots," but more often than not, the influences start to show. Sadly, this left us wondering if the lukewarm critical reception, albums sales and radio play pushed Weiland back into the easy embrace of Stone Temple Pilots too quickly, who churned out successive radio friendly if bland riffage that palled to their primer-era output. Weiland never pushed the envelope like he did on this record, and we try to figure out why.
Intro - Barbarella
13:20 - Mockingbird Girl
18:05 - About Nothing
29:28 - Son
Outro - Lady, Your Roof Brings Me Down
#369: Wonderful Life by The Tories
#368: This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours by Manic Street Preachers
#367: Apocalypse Dudes by Turbonegro
#366: Albums of 1998 Roundtable
#365: How to Measure a Planet? by The Gathering
#364: Ill At Ease by The Mark Of Cain
#363: Season Seven in Review
#362: Arc Angels by Arc Angels
#361: Stain by Living Colour
#360: KISS in the 90s Roundtable
#359: Interview with Rick Ruhl of Every Mother’s Nightmare
#358: Gran Turismo by The Cardigans
#357: Sophomore Slump Revisited - Freak Show by Silverchair
#356: Firecracker by Lisa Loeb
#355: Re-Animation Festival by The Groovie Ghoulies
#354: Woman’s Gotta Have It by Cornershop
#353: Forever And Counting by Hot Water Music
#352: Digging Your Scene - Roundtable Discussion on Minneapolis-St. Paul in the 90s
#351: One Mississippi by Brendan Benson
#350: Seemless by Into Another
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