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
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#228: Interview with Stephen Brodsky of Cave In and Mutoid Man
#227: Trysome Eatone by Love Spit Love
#226: One-Hit Wonders of the 90s Discussion
#225: Sing to God by Cardiacs
#224: Interview with Matthew Sweet
#224: Interview with Matthew Sweet
#223: Kim Salmon & the Surrealists by Kim Salmon & the Surrealists
#222: Discussion on Australian Bands of the 1990s
#221: Together Alone by Crowded House
#220: Dig Me Out Goes to College - Capital University Music Tech Workshop
#219: Excerpts from a Love Circus by Lisa Germano
#218: Absolute Zero by Null
#217: Bands Reuniting Round Table Discussion
#216: Release by Cop Shoot Cop
#215: Interview with John Davis of Superdrag and The Lees of Memory
#214: Attack of the Grey Lantern by Mansun
#213: Discussion on Britpop
#212: Your Arsenal by Morrissey
#211: Interview with Kellii Scott of Failure
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